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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1919
Page
6
Minnesota agriculturists announce a large scale limestone trial on Judith basin style farms. Two tons of crushed limestone per acre will be used across Varied Acre plots with exact sowing to compare yields against untreated plots. Additional fertilizer may be tested, while weather conditions previously hindered results.
The Montana Hereford Breeders association announces its first annual sale on March 10 in Billings. Fifty top Herefords—30 bulls and 20 females—will go on the block, with Ben Magness as presiding auctioneer and Lester H. Thompson as sales manager. Local herds from Townsend, Bozeman, Spion Kop, Helena, Belt, Stanford, Lewistown, Cardwell, Billings, and Melville are represented. The event aims to broaden Montana beef stock markets and showcase superior whiteface stock from the Treasure State.
The end of the war left American farmers facing a wheat glut as plantings surged to new highs. 1919 winter wheat acres reached 49.3 million with spring wheat at 75 million, implying a potential 350 million bushels surplus. Beets gain favor in irrigation regions as farmers shift to sugar crops amid prices and market uncertainty.
Deer Lodge witnesses an unseasonably warm winter with a Rhode Island Red hen hatching a dozen chicks in a stolen outbuilding nest, robins returning to Deer Lodge, and the city using water wagons to combat dust. January 1919 sets a record with average temperatures about 12 degrees above normal at 32.5 degrees above zero.
The long trail of farmer struggle is portrayed in a historically valuable play backed by the Department of Agriculture. Montana extension workers trains a cast from their own staff to perform as part of county farm bureau winter meetings. The itinerary runs from January into March with stops including Terry on February 17 and Glendive in February.
Commissioner Daniel C. Roper announced that forms for reporting income taxes under $5,000 will be printed and distributed to collectors by February 1. Taxes for 1918 will be collected under the pending revenue bill, not the October 1917 act, with other forms to follow soon after enactment.
The extension department of Montana State College presents a farm education drama titled The Long Trail. Written by Bozeman extension leader Misa Mignon Quan, the one act or multi scene production uses a Montana setting to portray progress in agricultural education from the farmer viewpoint.
Four very fine boar pigs offered by Eik Ran Ranch in Highwood Montana for immediate sale. Each boar priced at $1,000 with the market value noted as a strong opportunity for buyers.
A compact item lists dates from February 19 in Sidney through February 26 in Havre with mentions of Glasgow Malta Chinook and Malta again, suggesting a schedule or travel itinerary across multiple towns. The text reads like a fragment of a community calendar or notice.
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