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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
14
Phil I. Cole of Chateau Montana, a leading cattle and sheep grower, reports a mild winter reduced feeding and favorable weather. He predicts an excellent 1919 wool clip and says most wool will be sold on consignment due to unsettled market conditions postwar.
The speaker urges fixed price purchases to avoid market swings and defend margins. He argues wool should be sold at market price to prevent guessing at price direction. He expects higher wool yield due to consistently healthy, well nourished sheep, predicting a good year for wool growers.
A nationalist drive urges Montana sportsmen clubs to join a campaign to exterminate crows. The article casts the crow as a beautiful yet dangerous pest harming crops by killing crop insects. It likens the bird to a pirate and calls for public cooperation to remove it amid broader anti Bolshevik sentiment.
Building plans for a practical farm house stress tailored layouts that avoid waste space and include time saving devices. Emphasizes entry vestibules, screened porches, compact kitchens, accessible ice and water, and options to hire outside help, with energy saving appliances as investments.
Guidance on winter dairy feeding urges mimicking summer forage. Recommend alfalfa hay silage and grain to maintain milk output, with precise grain mix of corn chop wheat bran and linseed or cottonseed meal. Stresses warm, clean housing and barn construction for efficiency.
Hart-Parr of Charles City Iowa resumes focus on New Hart-Parr Tractors after two years of war work. The plant invested $500000 in new machinery to build tractors with reserve power for emergencies. A Hart-Parr branch at Great Falls Montana is being completed to handle dealer and customer business.
The most economical dairy cattle feed this season is alfalfa hay and silage with grain added as milk output dictates. A standard feeding rule is one pound hay and three pounds silage per 100 pounds of live weight, plus grain proportional to milk. Montana can adapt this, with variations where hay must be shipped in. Sudan grass hay or kaffir fodder may substitute for silage.
George W. Ascough of the State Nursery and Seed Co says Montana farmers, reacting to two dry, hot years and wheat price swings, will plant more crop varieties this year. They are buying seeds early and expect unusual farm activity in 1919, with emphasis on crops suited to dry weather alongside wheat.
A two year old buffalo bull weighing about 1500 pounds was taken from Mammoth Hot Springs and shipped from Livingston by express to San Francisco. It is the third park shipment this winter and is consigned to the superintendent of parks in San Francisco. Express charges totaled 153 dollars prepaid.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura products for baby rash relief. It claims hot baths with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment and optional Cuticura Talcum, priced at 25 cents each and available everywhere.
Architect urges better farm housing as a key to keeping skilled labor and boosting efficiency. Billion dollars spent on munition workers and shipbuilders show comfort and recreation lift productivity. Farmers must provide similar comforts for hired help and family to improve happiness and prosperity.
August Vaux of Sidney in the lower Yellowstone shows Montana sheep feeding practicality. He cultivates corn, stores siloed forage by the hundred tons, and this year shipped 126-pound wethers to Chicago at $12 per hundredweight. Feed remains the key, and he grows it.
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