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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
4
The article advises protection against cold weather for Montana strawberry patches both commercial and home. It explains mulch choices coarse slough grass or well-threshed straw, timing in December, and risks from thaw cycles that can break roots. It notes everbearing varieties are growing in popularity and warns against dense packing that restricts air.
A detailed tour of how hens form eggs from yolk to shell. The left ovary creates yolks stacked in a grape-like cluster, then the oviduct adds albumen and membranes before the shell forms in the uterus. It explains fertilization, yolk suspension, and how fright or stress can reverse laying, even producing an egg inside the oviduct that a hen may absorb.
In fattening lambs for market use rugged, uniform stock weighing 55 to 60 pounds is ideal. Start with one-eighth pound of grain daily and gradually rise to 1 1/2 to 2 pounds per day as feed is increased while roughage is reduced. Ensure lambs clean up feed, provide proper feed banks and south-facing sheds for dryness, and arrange drainage for optimal conditions. Lambs 75 to 80 pounds are a good market weight. equipment costs are low and good material is emphasized.
Purebred livestock should be insured if valuable or owned by a man of limited means. Before insuring, consider capital invested, quality, herd size, and financial resources. Some insurance companies are reliable, others questionable. Information on reliability is available from the state insurance commissioner.
The article extols Montana alfalfa as excellent pasture for bees and honey production. It highlights Italian bees as best suited for the climate, noting their gentleness, disease resistance, and efficiency in scarce honey periods, while contrasting with the German bee and mentioning Carniolan and Caucasian varieties and swarm tendencies.
D W Raymond, secretary of the state livestock commission, battles a rail mix-up that sent Montana cattle to Omaha. Officials seek individual head records by brand weight and price to settle accounts after misallocated cattle credits. Ding Dong, a Missoula stockman, seeks $3,770 for his cattle caught in the error.
Solicitor Lamar of the postal department rules there is nothing seditious in the November 106 article in the Butte Independent, which was held up. The piece may now go through the mails, and Lamar seeks editor support for the government.
British and American items report Cau casus split from Russia. Lonoke Ark chosen for an aviation school site. Yale to issue a 1400 star service flag. London hears a rising American music trend. bread prices up 55 percent in six months. War Dept plans for cavalry expansion to 3 million total forces. Crowder appeals for lawyers to guard soldiers rights. fuel admin urges 68 degree home heat. a wealthy Pennsylvanian wills 12 000 dollars yearly to the president’s wife. debates on war with Germany allies to begin in December. Lemmon South Dakota elevators destroyed amid food-store plot fears. war risk insurance crosses one billion. railroads possibly nationalized for war. von Bernstroff degree at Franklin and Marshall struck. von Hughes Jr enlists. New York waterways under army control. strict U.S. entry controls announced. auto makers cut output 40–60 percent for war contracts. Seattle sees a general order restricting soldiers’ city visits. Luxburg telegrams denial from Argentina. pension check to Civil War veteran after 53 years. fuel price prosecutions warned. 200 plus American volunteers in Paris told to go home or enlist. Rosenwald insured for 2 million for estate liquidity. Crowder foresees allied manpower as war winner. Perry’s 1853 voyage remembered. Canadian Fenwick exempt for anti-submarine work.
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