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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1923
Page
3
The leading articles on this page are prepared by experts of the State Agricultural College at Bozeman where state and federal governments provide funds for experimentation to determine the best tillage methods for Montana. Every former reader of this newspaper is urged to file these articles away.
Poultry specialist H. H. Cushman urges farmers to cull nonlaying hens and select winter layers. He advises inspecting body development, pelvic spacing, comb color, and vent moisture, removing deformed or sick birds, and using leg bands for winter housing identification.
The weekly cattle receipts total 192 560 versus 185 920 last week as warm weather and high corn prices press markets. Beef cattle mainly 4.50 to 7.50 per cwt with some week’s top at 8.25. veal calves 9.75 to 10.00. cows 3.25 to 5.00. hogs lack outsiders and trade weak. Feeder and stocker activity remains constrained by corn costs, while some well bred steers fetch up to 7.00 per cwt and overall trade holds near steady.
Livestock specialist R B Millin explains that baby beef comes from calves 14 to 18 months heavily fed after weaning. Start grain before weaning, then gradual grain increases. Proper timing, castration, dehorning, and vaccination minimize milk fat loss, with profits driven by the 120 to 200 day finish gap and feed mix choices such as alfalfa and corn.
Trade fell 25 cents across the board with butchers paying 7.25 for fackers and 6.25 for sows and heavies, some top butcher orders reaching 8.40. Pigs sold at 7.00. Sheep and lambs remained heavy with native prices down 25 cents per cwt while Westerns held steady and strong demand looms for Western stock. A Montreal woman on vacation noted a Montreal golf course squirrel carried a ball to its nest, replacing it with nuts after following the animal for 68 balls. Separately, Moros attacked a school house in Lanao province killing 10 constabulary and three teachers, highlighting unrest against Filipino authority despite not opposing Americans.
Workers organize corn shows across the state with combined corn hog and poultry events. Key dates include November 2-3 Culbertson corn hogs, November 3 Fort Benton corn and poultry, November 5 Plentywood corn, November 8-10 Chinook corn hogs and poultry, and November 15-17 Miles City State Corn Show.
Eight steer calves gained 7.96 pounds daily for 136 days on a ground oats and hulled barley ration, then not fat enough for baby beef. A second group gained 1.56 pounds daily on about four pounds of grain, also not fat enough to sell as killers or to gain on grass, disproving the idea that grass alone yields good baby beef after some grain feeding. The article notes rations for baby beef in Montana and the need for muscle and bone building feeds, with substitutions and grain alternatives.
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