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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
5
Beaverhead County farm near Dillon unveils an advanced irrigation plant on Beaverhead Ranch Company land. The system aims to conserve water and boost crop production by linking a 25 mile distant storage basin to the land, using declared water rights on Birch creek to capture full stream flow and reduce losses along the Oregon Shortline railway.
C. E. Hubbard offers practical tips for wintering bees. Key points include 30 to 35 pounds of honey per colony, wind protection, and proper hive packing with four inches of insulation beneath, six on the sides, and eight on top. Ground cork, leaves, chaff, shavings, and sawdust are effective packing materials.
Montana hay yields are light and will be consumed within the state. Gallatin crops rise in wheat due to more acres, while Northern Montana buys hay amid drought. Prices show No 1 Timothy at 32 dollars, alfalfa 2 under, Butte quotes 27 and 25, oats at 2.75 a hundred, barley 2.10 cwt, potatoes slow 0.75 to 1 wholesale.
A new equalizing reservoir near the head of the first distributing laterals on the ranch has been completed and tested. It stores 150 acre feet and helps utilize the creek flow more efficiently throughout the irrigation season, reducing waste during high water and preserving spring runoff.
An engineer led a decade long salvage effort to store acre feet of water via five completion level reservoirs at Birch creek headwaters from Boot to Anchor lakes. The dams meet high standards with concrete core walls gates and spillways. Storage reaches about 6,500 acre feet, enough to run a continuous 1000 inch stream for 110 days and irrigate roughly 6,000 acres.
Montana State Poultry Breeders announce the eleventh annual show in Butte from January 13 to 18, with inter state interest from Wyoming Dakota Idaho Washington Oregon and Calgary. The event, official APA show, offers gold medals diplomas and cash prizes for cockerels bantams and pens, plus silver trophies and a bird scoring cup. Entries close January 4 with secretary J L Dorsh in Butte.
The Montana Dairymen's association will hold its annual convention in Billings on January 9 and 10. G L Martin, secretary, notes a program covering dairying conditions in Montana dairy projects for 1919 the cooperative cheese factory the cow in our national life improving creamery disposal of surplus butter safe milk for babies dairy products at home raw to finished product and other dairy topics.
A plan describes installing a micro irrigation plant to use water more efficiently, enabling scheduled storage periods to suit each case. It notes many Montana sites could build such plants at low cost to boost crop yields. The Beaverhead ranch storage system was designed and built by George R. Metlen of Dillon, Montana.
A federal draft for a soldier settlement program is sent to Governor Stewart seeking enactment. It creates a soldier settlement board with a $5,000 state-paid chairman and two other members, eminent domain powers, and land and irrigation control. Two cooperation plans, land provision by the state with federal funding and a board financed option, outline loans, timelines, and repayment terms for soldier farmers and laborers.
A Montana farmer named Stevens bought two sections of Northern Pacific land forty miles north of Terry. He planted the land to flax, harvested 16,000 bushels at four dollars per bushel, totaling $64,000, marking a bright spot in regional agriculture this year.
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