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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1917
Page
2
The article argues farmers should keep books to view all operations as a business. It explains investment and labor return, open market prices, cost of production and profit, and how simple inventories plus detailed farm accounts raise earnings and living standards.
Bitter Root valley pea growers averaged about 100 dollars per acre for 1917. A. R. Craft of Stevensville cleared 120 dollars per acre on six acres of wrinkled peas, selling 200 bushels and saving some for himself. Joseph Door of Florence, with over 200 acres, led producers, averaging 17 bushels per acre for Marrowfat and Alaska peas and up to 27 bushels for wrinkled varieties. Wrinkled peas typically yielded more, but higher prices for smooth peas offset lower output.
Farmers should pick seed corn from a locally productive variety that conforms to a single type. Best in-field selection favors ears from tall, sturdy stalks that mature with normal soil moisture and nutrients, with downward hanging ears. Keep seed dry over winter and test germination before planting. What happened to the old fashioned restaurant offering a square meal for a quarter?
A reflective note urging readers to live in a way that leaves others missing them after death. It emphasizes thoughtful living and lasting impact through actions and relationships.
A quirky linguistic note traces the term camou flage to American usage where the same idea is affectionately called bull as a slang for bluff or deception. The piece explores how language crosses borders and how humor shapes terms.
Dry flax stores well but requires careful handling to avoid cracking seed, excess dockage, and heating. Keep grain dry, set the separator properly at 980 to 1000 rpm, use an appropriate flax sieve, and avoid over cleaning to prevent loss with tailings.
Musselshell County agent Roy S. Scott urges merchants to buy home grown potatoes to aid small scale farmers. He notes rising yields and competition from home gardens, warns that shipping in out of state produce hurts local markets, and asks farmers to list their sale quantities for fall.
D. J. Burke a pioneer Montana contractor has addressed the car shortage by using a personal fleet. He rebuilt and repurposed his own cars and sent them to lumber mills in the northwest to haul supplies to his Lewistown projects, keeping material flowing despite overall rail constraints.
A proverb notes that a man lacking enthusiasm will not advance, likening it to an engine without steam and implying motivation is essential for progress.
Instructions advise covering hardy plants such as roses tulips hyacinths and crocuses with leaves straw or manure containing 50 to 60 percent straw. Apply after ground freezes then cover 10 to 14 inches deep and secure with boards. Keep mulch through March and remove if bulbs tops yellow or during warm spells. relocate mulch for cold nights.
A. A. White advertises business and residence lots for sale across Minnesota North Dakota Montana Oregon Washington and California along with 21 Flathead lake townsites. TheFlathead lake site is praised as a later great resort on the Great Northern railway with branch lines and proximity to Glacier National Park. Offices listed in St. Paul Missoula and Kalispell.
A roundup from New York to London covers stock trades, notable deaths, draft exemptions, camp rations, Belgian relief purchases, Ohio river work, sugar rations, war insurance premiums, airplane locating devices, and an expected major naval engagement. Officials note mass European return migration postwar and German preparations for air battles with Americans.
The firm states it pays market value for contracted goods and accepts shipments with bills of lading through American Bank & Trust Co of Great Falls Montana. It invites buyers of carrots oats hay oats coal wood fence posts poles house logs sacks and other items to request prices or send offerings.
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