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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
7
Garfield county District 16 faces losing its school ma'am as Sunday church access ends. A plan provides free 12 mile Sunday transport to services, or any service, for continuity. The item appears among a series of Montana civic notes including court hearings and local council actions.
At the Montana State fairgrounds annual pure bred sheep sale S W McClure reports that 58 cents a pound was offered for an eastern Montana clip and refused. Montana wools are in high demand and the plan aims to cut middlemen profits by delivering finished fabrics from virgin Montana wool to consumers through a contract with independent mills.
Governor Stewart and the state board of pardons favor a parole release for Eustachio Guidice who killed Joe Thomas in self defense during a domestic situation. Guidice's sentence was commuted to a maximum of five years and a minimum of one, with release planned within weeks. Mrs. Joe Thomas urged mercy noting Guidice protected her from her abusive husband.
Frank Pierce of Lewistown was arrested by deputy state fire marshal John C. Bebb and released on bonds pending trial on arson charges. Investigators traced furniture believed burned in a sand pit house fire near Lewistown in May. Insurance covered 2800 with 8000 on furniture. others confessed details to county attorney and Bebb.
Billings man George Williamson was fined five times the $10 he received in error from bank teller Miss Mary Ogle after a cashier's check mistake. Justice of the Peace Anderson ordered Williamson to pay $50 and return the $10 to the bank following a petty larceny charge.
Several hundred horses were sold over several days in Malta with buyers mainly reselling in eastern and southern states. Local buyers found good work stock while overall prices were moderate but steady. A trainload has departed for Oklahoma and Texas under Ross Brothers of Fort Worth Texas supervision.
Nineteen year old Estrid Ott of Denmark begins a world circling trip from New York on a route through China and India, southern Europe and homeward. She aims to show girls can travel safely and cheaply. During the influenza epidemic she organized girls for hospital and home service work.
A white leghorn named Babe Ruth surpasses prior yearly egg records by laying 326 eggs, topping the 314 egg mark. Hatch date March 31 1919 and first egg laid August 26 mark her laying year end August 25. The bird weighs three and a half pounds and eyes for the year weigh ten times that.
The article outlines two fowl housing extremes the colony plan with free range and low fencing and the continuous house with connected pens under one roof. It notes colony benefits like reduced fencing needs and low maintenance but cites labor costs in bad weather and higher construction costs, and compares density with 100 birds per acre for colony versus 450 to 600 per acre for continuous houses.
Poultry specialists from the U S department of agriculture advise teaching chicks to roost at eight to twelve weeks. Use wide perches three to four inches to minimize crooked breasts and crowded floors. Start with old hens on the perches or place chicks on perches after dark until they learn.
The text advises on chick brooding practice when hatching. Birds remain in the incubator 24 to 36 hours without feed before transfer to the brooder. The brooder should operate for one or two days at proper temperature before chicks are added. Transfer methods in cold weather require a covered basket.
Lack of proper culling hurts profits in poultry flocks. About forty percent of hens in average flocks are nonproductive and should be sold or eaten. It costs roughly two dollars yearly to feed each hen. if she yields fewer eggs, she is unprofitable.
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