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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
6
The federal government urges doubling poultry output to about 100 hens per farm from the current 40. It notes 24 percent of farms have no poultry and asks those farms to build flocks of at least 40 hens. The piece also recommends increasing ducks and geese as fat producers to aid wartime food supply.
Kansas State experts urge plowing under Sudan grass stubble early winter to bury chinch bugs. Chinchugs migrate into the stubble from corn and sorg hum, trapping bugs as the grass cannot be burned. Deep plowing seven inches before freeze is recommended to protect the crop.
A direct to consumer wholesale pitch advertises eggs poultry dressed pork veal hay grain and potatoes with cash on delivery option. It promises market prices and payments by check within 48 hours of receipt and notes net prices f o b Great Falls with no commission. It lists item prices per pound and calls for shipments of hay grain in any quantity.
The article from the United States Food Administration calls every American to conserve food after production and to see the agricultural problem as a global stake. It warns the war's outcome hinges on farmers and households alike, with victory in France tied to saving food at home and in kitchens.
A Montana study links hairless newborn pigs to thyroid iodine deficiency. Dr. Howard Welch notes hairless pigs have enlarged goiters and low thyroid iodine. Feeding potassium iodide to sows for 100 days produced normal litters on 23 ranches, suggesting iodine treatment. The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station offers iodine at 50 cents per head for hogs or sheep.
A brief aphorism notes that a person who dismisses effort or purpose will miss opportunities and fail to reach destinations or goals. The statement emphasizes attitude and consequence in personal progress.
Article advises farmers to imitate natural forage in late fall and winter by using alfalfa hay silage and grain to maintain milk production. Recommends a grain mix of corn chop wheat bran and linseed or cottonseed meal, and stresses warm, clean housing and access to warm water to avoid production loss.
Montana railroads lose over 2000 head of cattle sheep hogs horses and mules annually with an estimated value around 60000 per year per railroad. Missouri Pacific figures show 121696 livestock killed on 15 roads across Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana over five years worth about 7800000. Experts blame lack of farm fencing and stray stock plus occasional poultry losses and urge stricter enforcement and better farmer care.
Western Montana farmers on the Flathead Indian Reservation plow day and night before Christmas to expand spring sowing and boost U S production. Gasoline tractors with large headlights work nonstop through December. ground remains unfrozen, snow fallen, plan to continue through Christmas and possibly New Year’s Day.
Fragmentary notes mention Berry's Pontiry Ferm and Bex 130 in Clartede town but details are unclear. No clear event or outcome is readable.
A wide roundup notes Mrs. Mary Peterson joining the Red Cross at 104, millions of letters misdirected, submarines sunk, copper allocations, butter prices at peak, platinum shipments, and war production of Underwood typewriters. It also covers naval aid to Russia, French and Belgian issues, insurance losses, Quebec secession talk, and vivid reports from London and Paris on air raids, food prospects, and political shifts.
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