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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1919
Page
6
Weeds rob soil moisture and nutrients and increase tillage costs. They spread via wind, water, animals, birds, machinery, and seed. We classify annuals biennials and perennials and outline control: prevent seed production, destroy seeds, and eradicate rootstocks. Annuals die if seeds are prevented, biennials must be cut or plowed before flowering, perennials require surface exposure or cultivation to exhaust roots.
The article outlines weed risks to crops and stock, noting poisonous weeds and those harboring pests and diseases. It advises identifying growth types, preventing seed ripening, forcing germination by cultivation and destroying seedlings, cutting and burning escaped weeds, and avoiding plowing under seeded weeds.
A rural tip urges starting a manure plant to raise 1919 crops. It advises collecting all waste from fields including straw, cornstalks, haytops, and litter, then stock trampling and absorbing liquids to form evenly heated, manageable manure.
Locals tout a plan favoring pro per fermentation to improve worker health. The initiative urges harvesting manure from nearby stockyards during rest periods to keep the team fit and productive.
Guidance on feeding young chicks suggests five meals daily alternating soft food and scratch, with fresh greens and sprouted oats. It notes chicks may be hatched and shipped without feeding for up to 36 hours as yolk provides nourishment. Also details scratch mix, johnnycake mix, and water needs.
A feature on duck farming explains using a handful of sand with each feeding to aid digestion. Ducks mature in about two and a half years, with market weight around five pounds in ten weeks. The Aylesbury duck, named for the Vale of Aylesbury, is England’s market duck, noted for its long body.
The text describes duck growth stages from incubation to eight to ten weeks, noting weights around nine pounds per pair and rapid early weight gain. It states February marks laying season and advises tractor owners to select oils for the coming season, recommending Monaco Oils optimized for Montana conditions.
The notice offers agricultural lands with terms of 10 percent down and balance payable in 10 yearly installments at 6 percent interest. Lands are located off lands of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
Montana Warrenton Development Co. presents Warrenton Oregon as the Pacific terminal with Columbia River mouth access, timber loads, salmon industry, water and electric systems, paving, and a planned Astoria Iron Works complex. Investment terms offered from the Stanton Bank Building address.
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