Bow and arrow hunters complete Yellowstone grizzly hunt
Dr. Saxon Pope and party with a special permit claim a successful expedition killing four grizzlies by bow and arrow in Yellowstone park. Montana news notes also report Senator Walsh’s Helena return and planned Yellowstone tour with officials, livestock shipping legal tests, a $100 fine on Northern Pacific for hogs, and various local incidents and filings.
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San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
Saxon Pope
James B Evans claims world record for Washington Monument elevator travel
James B Evans, a 32 year elevator operator at the Washington Monument, says he has made over 800,000 trips, traveling 540 feet up and back daily at about 30 rides per day. He estimates the total distance at more than 50,000 miles.
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James B. Evans
Washington Monument
Elvator
Poultry Cackles Value of Feathered Stock
United States agriculture reports show poultry on farms exceeds all other live stock combined and a larger share are purebred under the Better Lives Better Stock campaign. A Connecticut farmer enrolled in the movement lists 30 cattle and 1,939 poultry, all pure breeding, with no other breeding stock on the farm.
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United States
Connecticut
Swimming Hole for Ducks
The article notes that ducks no longer need water to swim but still benefit from a small swimming hole. For market ducks fattening is faster without swimming, yet the birds must have ample drinking water and a depth sufficient to allow head immersion.
Aggressive Lice Control Urged for Flocks
The notice stresses vigorous inspection when a promising bird lags in growth or shows a pale face and dull plumage. Lice can infest some birds while others stay clear, and without strong action they will stunt the flock.
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Ilice
Growing Poultry: Feed, Space, and Early Care Tips
Advice on indoor poultry farming covers water supply, avoiding crowding, and feeding chicks at 24 to 36 hours old. It notes disposing of male birds, improving egg quality, early yolk use in poults, breed differences in perch acceptance, and maintaining steady growth from hatch to maturity.
Sheep Raising Film Highlights Farm Practices and Marketing
A three reel educational film by the U S Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Animal Industry covers a year with the sheep flock from fall culling to lamb sale, cooperative wool and lamb marketing, and meat preparation from slaughter to cutting.
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Film Laboratories
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Meat supplies for family on the farm
The article notes that nearly two thirds of farm meat is pork with over 500 pounds per family consumed on average. It states most pork products are home produced, cheap pigs can be raised, and wastes and dairy by products serve as feed. Farmers kill and dress hogs, obtaining good meat and lard, with a smokehouse used for curing pork.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Profitable Sheep Raising Promoted by Legume Forage
A Beltsville Maryland experiment by the US Department of Agriculture shows eastern lands can profit from intensive sheep raising fed entirely on forage crops. A 30 acre plot in 1916 could not feed 44 ewes and 33 lambs but now supports 100 ewes with lambs. improvements come from manures lime phosphates and especially legume crops fed on ground with rotated forage and rapid pasture changes to curb parasites.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Government Farm
Beltsville
Livestock Notes on Herd Health and Feeding Practices
Practical guidance on range lambs being docked and castrated, hogs on pasture less prone to worms, horses needing yearly dental exams and rasping with age. It notes hog farming profitability from growing condition and advises calves begin grain at about two weeks, suggesting ground oats, barley or corn meal and wheat bran as starter feed.
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Helena
City
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Secretary, of the Interior
Payne
Yellowstone
Montana
State Livestock Commission
United States District Court
Wood Livestock Company of
Idaho
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Nellie Simpson
Lfe
Arkansas
Butte
Montana Irrigation Commission
Judith
Wilf
Interior
Yellowstone Irrigation Association
Livingston
Jerome G. Locke
Spokane
Washington Chambers of Commerce
Jay
District No. 1
United States Forest Service
Missoula
Edward Caughey
East Park Street
William Lloyd
Trego
Fortune
Eureka Hospital
8. C. “Ford
Cascade Silver Mines & Mills Co
Belt Creek
Neihart
Governor Cox
Butte Miner
Washington
Creat Falls
Bilings
State Medical Association
Billings
Montana Tower Company
Public Service Commission
Labor Party
Chicago
Max Hays
United States Army
New York
Nome
Alaska
James M. Cox
Ohio
Dayton
Orlando F. Scott
Orlando Scott
F. D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Department of
Jones
Berkshire
Barrow
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