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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
4
Agricultural notes urge Montana farmers to plant Marquis spring wheat on dry land to offset winter killed fall sowings. Recommends 4 to 5 pecks seed per acre and urges testing frost damaged seed. If winter wheat has died, plant spring wheat early to ensure early maturity and good bread quality.
Agricultural expert William F. Schoppe warns of nationwide egg shortages due to reduced flocks from high grain prices and war demand for fuel. He urges Montanans to hatch pullets in April and May, set hens, or buy incubators, while urging urban residents to raise a few pullets to bolster supplies.
Montana land offices report a flood of filings with about fifty homesteads daily in Glasgow. Railroads haul in settlers by carloads from the east and south, and buyers from across the state chase parcels near rail lines. Experts estimate one million acres to be cultivated this year, signaling a major agricultural push toward a 100 million bushel wheat era.
A wide world brief lists a Philippines oil discovery, U S and United Kingdom wartime preparations, and finance moves. It notes 114 Cunard ships, exemptions for married soldiers with dependents, Belgian and French war aid, and looming income tax schemes.
Montana farmers urge organized action against a single California coyote blamed for heavy losses. The animal killed 60 turkeys owned by one woman, 17 head of another’s livestock, and 25 lambs, inflicting about $500 in damages to the neighborhood.
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