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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
6
The USDA urges boosting sugar beet acreage for 1918 as part of a broader plan for self-sufficiency. It emphasizes community food production, non-perishable staples, and targeted sugar beet and sugar cane growth where factories and conditions permit, alongside safeguarding established crop practices to avoid dislocation of food supply.
Readable text notes Berry's Poultry Farm at Clarinda Iowa offering poultry and fowl varieties. The advertisement lists Berry's Poultry Farm, Box 130, Clarinda, Iowa, promoting birds and care notes for buyers.
Montana lawmaker Maggie Hathaway Ravalli County declares women will enter grain fields next fall to replace soldiers who went to war. She predicts many women will farm, drawn by better pay, shorter hours, and healthier outdoor work, and notes Utah sugar beet districts show women prefer field work.
A 500 acre farm near Tours France will train crippled French soldiers in farming skills. Professor Clare Arnett of Montana State Agricultural College will direct the operation with M. Marchand as chief of agriculture. The Red Cross equips workshops at Saint Maurice for electrical training and other plants are being outfitted to aid returning soldiers.
Montana farmers of small means turn to sheep as a profitable venture. Select foundation stock best fitting local conditions and popular in the community to ensure market for surplus. Aim for ideal conformation in ram and ewes, cull those far from the ideal, and provide environment matching the breed's development. The breeder must love sheep, keep records, and efficiently fulfill customer orders.
Montana land sales expect a revival with strong demand from eastern and western buyers. Tenant farmers from midwest states show rising inquiries, while Central Montana Ranches reports many buyers willing to pay 25 to 40 dollars per acre. If wheat price legislation passes, money will be cheap and land values may rise after harvest.
The Department of Agriculture issued a supplementary food production program urging more spring wheat and livestock, especially hogs, to feed the Army and allies. Emphasis rests on wheat and hogs, with a call to adjust crops if needed, while urging the South to feed its people and stock, plant cotton, and support wool for soldiers. The department will aid farmers in securing seeds and protecting crops and livestock from pests and disease.
Internal Revenue updates detail farmer obligations to file returns on all profits from operations in the past year. Gains from sale or exchange of farm products must be reported in the year of sale, even if produced or bought for resale. Deductions apply to the tax year when the right to them arises, regardless of whether products have sold. Rents paid in crop shares are treated as income when converted to money, with deductions tied to the year of those conversions. When crops are held for higher prices, shrinkage and storage losses are not deductible.
London reports the Prince of Wales took his seat in the House of Lords after turning 21. Other items note aerial posts between London and major capitals soon to be instituted, unrest in German munition factories, a rare five cent 1845 stamp selling for 335 dollars, and military promotions.
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