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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1916
Page
8
A concise look at how classified columns evolved from old century peddlers to modern ads. It notes their role in connecting buyers and sellers and urges readers to read the current notices for opportunities they may not realize they seek.
Multiple Montana properties listed by Great Falls and Helena firms describe 640 acre stock and grain ranches with plow land and grazing, prices from 7.75 to 8.50 per acre, six percent financing, and long-term payments. Also offered are 600 acre church land with irrigation, 3820 to 10,000 acre stock and grain ranches, and various 1,200 cash down options through North eat Realty and Platt and Weath Co.
Land and ranch offers from Wallity Cooperative Association Great Falls Montana include 320 acres near Conrad at 12.50 per acre with 200 acres cultivated and a reservoir. 6,000 acre sheep ranch with 10,000 sheep near town at 11.00. 625 acres irrigated near a four mile railroad town at 25 per acre. 6,000 cattle ranch in Big Hole country at 12.50 per acre. 600 acre stock ranch with 88 cattle 40 horses and 200 tons hay at 16,000. Large and small tracts offered for grain stock and mixed farming.
Classified note offering to trade coastal real estate for Helena or Montana property. Promises to send particulars. Contact Box 181 Brat don Oregon.
Printer ad for merchant salesmen in Circle Montana seeks sober industrious men with knowledge of all country shop departments. No cigarettes or booze, no tramps. State wages. steady job. $5 commission each. no collecting, no expense or risk. Canfield Mfg. Co. lists Chicago address for prospects.
Classified notice seeking an experienced cafe operator with $200 or $300 to take over a profitable venture. Apply at Great Northern Hotel Malta Montana.
A desk sergeant questions the man about a charge while a policeman quips it is foul language. The exchange highlights a brief, humorous clash over conduct and policing terms.
Flathead Cow Testing Association reports Downey from Podratz herd produced 99.3 pounds of butterfat in July and August, nearly matching the state average annual yield in two months. Tests show steady improvement in Flathead stock as farmers cull poorer cows to raise overall milk fat production.
A trainload of cattle consisting of 40 cars and about 500 head was loaded here recently for the Chicago stockyards. The shipment will net more than 50 thousand dollars above all shipping expenses.
Dr. F Harris director of the Logan Utah experiment station told irrigation congress delegates that wheat can be grown more profitably by dry farming than by irrigation. He urged careful study of irrigation in wheat.
J. H. Carmichael BE. W. Ellis and Mrs Amelia Mosher with several others shipped 28 carloads of sheep valued at 60 000 to the Chicago market. The lot is described as the best ever sent from the county.
In 2016 dialogue questions the practicality of back fastening with a humorous exchange. A woman asks for hooks and eyes on backs of coats and pants while a man questions how they would dress otherwise. The humorous argument reflects clothing design debates and gendered fashion norms.
Breed ing or dairy heifers or range cattle for sale and cattle on time to responsible parties. Right price quotes available, with some choice cattle on hand. Tuber culin tested free of charge. Write or wire for information from King Cattle Co at Union Stock Yards South St St Paul Minn.
Farmers should select next year’s seed from the highest producing hills at digging time. Choose hills with at least eight or nine good marketable tubers, regardless of smaller potatoes in the hill. High yielding seed traits may not transmit beyond one generation, so yearly selection is required.
Big Timber expert J. Pope analyzes ten years of monthly prices for wheat corn oats and cotton concluding holding crops for speculative gain generally lowers farmers profits. He cites comparisons on potatoes hay apples and notes egg storage losses and seasonal marketing patterns.
In Eureka the Kootenai valley reports strong crop results with high wheat prices. Turkey red fall wheat by Joseph Peltier averaged over 40 bushels per acre, sold at $1.40 per bushel, yielding $56 per acre. Land in the district sells for $45 to $50 an acre with more land claimed equally productive.
About half of 22 000 acres of state lands offered for sale were sold at an average 14 82 per acre. Some parcels brought 30 50 per acre. Total sales reached 192 608 dollars with 80 percent outside the Judith Basin and much in eastern Fergus county including parcels up to 30 miles from the railroad.
Wartime wheat price discussion notes prices could rise to two dollars a bushel before 1917. Historical figures show spikes after wars, with 1788 to 1796 peaks and 1815 to 1867 patterns. The article suggests studies link postwar price surges to long, exhausting conflicts, predicting possible higher levels after the current war ends.
Montana farming guidance urges ranchers to use precise temperatures and clean equipment to improve butter. It recommends thermometer use, separate milkings, controlled warming to 70 degrees, churning 25 to 30 minutes, thorough washing, and salt and mold for marketable rectangular sticks wrapped in parchment.
Glasgow reports a state land sale where B Hargadine paid 28.50 per acre. Of 13000 acres offered, 7016 were sold, raising 107256 dollars at an average price of 15.30 per acre.
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