{ title: 'The Stanford World (Stanford, Mont.) 1909-1920, May 23, 1918, Page 2, Image 2', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about Chronicling America - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85053199/1918-05-23/ed-1/seq-2.png', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85053199/1918-05-23/ed-1/seq-2.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85053199/1918-05-23/ed-1/seq-2/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn85053199/1918-05-23/ed-1/seq-2/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
About The Stanford World (Stanford, Mont.) 1909-1920 | View This Issue
The Stanford World (Stanford, Mont.), 23 May 1918, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053199/1918-05-23/ed-1/seq-2/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
THE STANFORD WORLD. ITHEASURE STATE [FARM MD LIVESTOCK ENROLL CITY MEN TO HELP HARVEST A BUMPER CROP NEED OF HUSKIES FOR THE HARVEST -- - Labor su:reys in nearly every ag- ricultural couaty cf . Montana show either a present r trospecUvi-, ebort- age or help and this is a situation that every effort should be made to meet. There is no doubt that given good crops throughout the state the farm- ers of Montana will need a large ad- ditional amount of labor during the harvest time. The tillers of the soil have res- ponded most patriotically to the na- tional request to put in as large an acreage of grain as possible, and hav- ing done their part in this matter it is up to the rest of the people to see to it that the endeavors of the farmers in this respect are not un- duly handicapped for want of labor later in the 6 ason. Most of the grain sown in Montana ripens within a few weeks of the same time, which means that reaping begins almost simultaneously in this state, and if these cereals are al- lowed to become over -ripe before be- ing cut heavy loss ensues through the grain scattering out of the heads, and often by storms laying the crops down so that it is frequently very difficult, or impossible, to cut them. During the harvest ' season this year all work in the populous centers that can wait should be postponed, and labor not positively needed be urged to go into the country and help out the farmers with their crops. The great demanti in these critical times is for the production of more food, and the farmers, having res- ponded splendidly to this call, their 'patriotic efforts must not be allow- ed to fail of full fruition through an inability to garner their crops at the proper time because they cannot ob- tain necessary assistance when the grain should be harvested. This is a matter of national im- portance, and without doubt there will be hardly any work in this country so vital as that of saving these great crops when they are ripe and this is something which every- one should keep in mind with a view of helping to solve the problem. FOR FIVE BEST SHEAVES WHEAT A BARREL OF OIL The Montana Oil company, general office, Helena, will offer one barrel, fifty gallons, of Mon -o -co tractor lu- bricating oil for the hest five sheaves of wheat, any variety, grown during the 1918 season by a Montana farm- er on ground tilled by an oil tractor or harvested by an oil tractor. The barrel of oil will be delivered to the successful contestant from the near- est station of the Montana Oil com- pany, and the winner will have his choice of gas tractor oils sold by the Montana Oil company. • The Sabotage Taw With the enactment by congress of the new sabotage law it is claimed that there will be a more vigorous prosecution of those who interfere with properties or industries the con- duct of which is necessary in the pro- secution of the war. WHEAT BUSHELAGE MAY REACH 50,000,000 THIS YEAR, WITH AN ENORMOUS YIELD or OTHER GRAINS; MOST OF THE MEN WII0 WOULD HELP WITH THE HAuvusT HAVE GONE AWAY TO WAlt; EVERY CITY MAN WHO IS WILLING TO HELP SHOULD BE ENROLLED. - Montana will have the largest that they will have to sacrifice some wheat crop this year that has ever of their own work. We ought to been harvested in the state. The know right away how many are will - acreage of seeded land is fully 25 ing to take hold. The matter ought per cent in excess of any former year. not to be left until the eleventh hour. The season is from 15 to 30 days ad- The only way we can know upon vanced as compared with seasons of what to depend Is to have every city the past. It J8 well within the pos- man enrolled who is willing to help, sIbilities to harvest 50,000,000 bu- and a statement made as to what he shels of wheat and an enormous bu- can do. Actions and not words are sheliage of other grains, what will count In this movement Farmers of Montana are faced with from now on. The chamber of corn - the biggest Job they have ever merce of every town and city has be - known, a Job they are going to be un- fore it a big opportunity in taking able to handle unless the city folks hold of this enrollment. The sooner turn out in large numbers to help we let the farmers know that the harvest these crops. At least 50 per city men are behind them in some cent of the man population of our more tangible way than Just words, cities is sfarm experienced. It is from the more smoothly will the machin- this group the farmers should be re- ery work when the harvest is on. inforced, because there will be no We cannot count on getting much time to fuss with inexperienced help. help front the outside. We have our Men who have had experience but high school boys, but must not fig - are out of practice will not be able to tire too strongly on them. They will do a hard day's work \right off the do their part, if they are given a bat\ but they will have good judg- chance, and I hope the farmers will ment—they will know how to run a receive them favorably. They are binder, a mowing machine, or how to being prepared, are enthusiastic, and drive a header box and to be gen- will be able to render more efficient erally all around handy men. service than the farmers now feel The question that confronts the that they will. but there is still some farmers is: Are the city men willing prejudice against the city boy on the to turn out? This work will mean farm. IS IT CHEAPER TO BUY BABY CHICKS THAN TO HATCH THEM? 0 0 other work, but it also makes it pos- sible to keep the hens at work pro - it is not man: years ago diming eggs, instead of wasting sev- that the farmer and poultry I eral weeks of their valuable time in keeper with a small flock de- hatching and rearing a brood of pended almost entirely on the chicks. Our present day efficiency broody hen as a means of re- calls for breaking up the broody flowing the flock from year to hens as quickly as possible arid get - year. To some extent this is Ong them back to laying. true today, but with the won - Time host in Broodiness derful progress made in arti- ficial incubation and brood- ing, the hen has been largely discarded as a means of hatch- ing and rearing chicks. (By Charles L. Opperman.i In our 20th century poultry keep- ing the extensive commercial hatch- eries are taking the place of \old biddy.\ The progressive farmer and poultry kee i .er are finding it more profitable to purchase baby chicks or have their eggs hatched at these es- tablishments at so much per hundred, thus doing away with the trouble and inconvenience of fussing with a lot of sitting hens. Such a plant not only gives the busy poultry keeper more time for HAVE YOU SEEN THIS SIGN BEFORE • ? KEEP YOUR MONEY IN MONTANA GO BUYiz t 4 1 / 4 0\ °. GUARANTEED QUALITY MONTANA OIL COMPANY WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU A Truck Will Haul More Than Your Two Best Teams You can depend on the STEWART Truck. They have a reputa- tion for economically serving on the payroll of nearly every branch of industry for over five years and in all that time, none have ever worn out. We are ready to help you solve your hauling problem, with a fully guaranteed truck fitted with the body suited for your particular needs at a price you can afford to pay. Write us for interesting booklets. T . T. C. POWER Motor Car Co. State Distributors HELENA, MONTANA S01110 valuable territory open to dealers of standing. STRAW DESTROYED ,,IIELPS THE KAISER Every time a farmer burns a straw stack he is giving aid to the kaiser! By feeding straw and other rough 'feeds together with small amounts of cottonseed meal or cake, grain may be released. Many straw stacks have been burn- ed in the last few weeks. In travel- ing 14 miles one man saw 14 burn- ing stacks in a certain Montana coun- ty. In Iowa and other corn belt states cattlemen are paying as high as $7 a ton for sttaw. Farmers who have been using straw, silage, corn fodder, and a small amount of alfalfa hay with a little cottonseed meal or cake or some soft corn say that this combina- tion makes good inexpensive beef. The straw should at least be spread ouVirto enrich the soil. How important this is from an eco- nomic standpoint can be readily ap- preciated when we stop to consider that the average hen wastes at least two months in hatching and caring for her chicks. If she is taken in hand as soon as she shows signs of broodiness and treated with' a view of breaking up this tendency, her production can be increased at leash two dozen eggs. Figuring on the basis of 30 cents a dozen for eggs, the possible saving front 10 broody hens properly broken as soon as they manifest It tendency to sit, will be sufficient to purchase 50 baby chicks. Further argument should not be ne- cessary to convince the progressive poultry keeper that it pays, and pays well, to break up the \broodies.\ CLAPPER MACHINERY CO. BILLINGS, MONTANA Distributors: BIG BULL TRACTORS A 12-24 Horse Power, Real Kerosene Burning Tractor WILLIAMS SEPARATORS A Thresher That Gets All of the Grain VULCAN PLOWS Power Lift Engine Plows Catalogs ttpon Request bet us figure with you. Broody Hens Are Heavy Pro‘it,cers A very interesting relation between the number of times a hen goes broody and her egg production has been established by our egg -laying contests. The average of five con- tests conducted at the Missouri state experiment station showed that 5,301 hens went broody on an average of two times for each hen. All varie- ties where the hens averaged broody four or more times averaged 132 eggs per lien. The varieties showing no broodiness averaged to lay 125 eggs each. All varieties going broody one to four times produced the highest averages of eggs. This practical data, which is based on the performance of several thousand hens, is a strong retommendation for the assertion that it pays to break up the broody hen. To illustrate the absurd methods that some people practice to break up broodiness in hens I will cite an in- cident that came to my attention last spring. Mrs. X, who keeps a small flock of hens, read or heard some- where that by ducking the hen in a tub of water and holding her there for a few moments the desire to sit would quickly vanish. She imme- diately proceeded to put the plan in- to motion, with the result that the two liens treated will never pit again. They are dead. It seems that she got mixed up on her time and held the hens under the waxer a little too long. As practiced by Mrs. X, this plan will give positive results, but it is rather expensive. There is no need to resort to cruel or extreme measures in curing the broody hen, since we have simple, practical me- thods which have long since proved their value. How to Discourage Broodiness Confining the hens to a slatted crate is probably the simplest and most practical method of eliminating me broody tendency. For the com- mercial flocks of several hundred layers, the best plan is to have one of these slatted crates in every pen. A good location is at one end of the dropping platform.' A practical size for commercial plants where the layers are kept in flocks of 100 is a crate 4x6 feet and 16 inches high. The floor and sides of the crate should be made of slats about 1 1 / 2 tingles wide, placed two inches apart. The top can be made of plain inch lumber. The crate can be hung from the ceiling or allowed to rest on cross -pieces supported by the drop- ping platform. For the farm flock a similar crate niinus the bottom can be employed. The crate can be kept in the hen house until the weather permits Its removal out of doors. It should then be transferred to the orchard or some good grass plot and moved as often as the ground under it becomes foul. For the backyard flock a coop two feet square and 16 inches high will answer all purposes. This size is large enough to accommodate about four average size hens. It space is available the crate should be kept out of doors as soon as the weather per- mits. Object of Slatted Coop The essential point In breaking a broody hen is to keep her from a sit- ting position, anq the slatted crate accomplishes this trick with little of on trouble. From three to four days is generally sufficient to break up the habit in the average lien, while the more persistent sitters will mu - ally succumb in six or seven days. While the hens are in the coop thJy should receive the beat of attention. Pure water, feed and grit should be blikore them at all times. For this pdipose small galvanized iron cups, such as are used in the poultry shows, will be found very' satisfactory, as they can be easily fastened to the outside of the crate. By feeding the hens liberally while they are con- fined in the broody coop they do not lose flesh, but remain in good COhdition and are ready to resume laying in a few days after they are released. SUBSTITUTES FOR FLOUR MUST NOT SELL TOO HIGH Not Too Late Wheat flour substitutes should sell from 10 to 20 per cent less than wheat flour. Food Administrator Hoover notified state food adminis- trators. The administrators were instructed to direct wholesalers to stop dealing with retailers who can- not Justify their prices on the basis of the cost of their goods. Cornmeal and oatmeal should sell 20 per cent below the price of wheat flour, and corn flour and barley flour should sell 10 per cent below wheat flour, the administrators were informed. Tiohernians Deserting Austrians Large numbers of Bohemian troops are Joining the Italian forces, it is re- potted. The detachments belong to a Czecho-Slovak army being formed in Bohemia. It is thought that this action will seriously affect t. 3 Slays fighting„ with the Austrians. You have until June 10 to get your hail insurance ap- plication in and be protected without paying any cash in ' advance• * after that date all applications must be accom- panied by one per cent of the amount of the policy. We are striving to educate Montana farmers into the habit of help- ing themselves and thereby keeping considerable money in their own pockets. If you have already shown your busi- ness foresight in this respect talk the matter over with your neighbors and urge them to do likewise. This is the farm- ers' own campaign and it is to the interest of every farmer in the state that it be a gigantic success. To date we have received over $2,000,000.00 worth of business on this basis but because some communities are slow to perceive the advantages of the opportunity we offer, our line is uneven in spots. However, we intend to benefit our policy holders still further by putting men into the field and endeavoring to cover the entire state thoroughly, there- by spreading the risk and writing a tremendous line. Remember that a vast business and a broad spread of risk means an exceedingly small assessment. To any who have not received application blanks and full information we urge immediate action by filling la the attached coupon or writing us a letter. Bear in mind that June 10 is the latest date we can receive applications with- out any cash advance. Do not neglect your opportunity and give this your immediate attention. INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Name Address Acres on S R of Equity 27-31 . Stanton Bank Building Acres on S T ....... ....R GREAT FALLS Warren of Wyoming United States Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming, who is well known in Montana, has announced that he will be a candidate to suc- ceed himself. Two years ago he made a public statement to the effect that lie would retire with the expiration of this' term. Frank W. Mondell, congressman, who aspired to succeed Senator Warren, will not be a can- didate for the senatorship. We Want Shipments of CREAM OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT WE GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TREATMENT Send for Prices and Shipping 'rags Great Falls Dairy Products C GREAT FALLS, MONTANA U. S. Food Administration License (;-25383 American Society Montana's greatest farmers' insurance company. Provides pro- tection at actual cost. Hail, Fire, Lightning, Automobile (fire, theft, and explosion), Livestock. Reasons Why YOU Should Own a Sanford Friction Thresher It fits your farm and pocket book. Does not injure grain or berry. Low speed and low power. Thresh anything that is threshable. By owning your own machine you can thresh at the proper time. Do your own work and earn what you pay others. Flax straw threshed by our machine is worth 100 per cent more. You can solve your labor troubles. ANY FARMER CAN OPERATE OUR FRICTION THRESHER. By turning one tension bolt you can go from large to small grain. All perfect seeds germinate. 1 - It runs lighter loaded than empty. See your local dealer or write direct to Sanford Friction Thresher Manufacturing Company GREAT FALLS, MONT. 11/NNENNYN VIONTANA ' (\niers—Pearl and Brawn OR - 1RN AND Boys lie,,, else 8 to 19 13 tulle Men'a size 8 to 18 1-2 1 12 1: . 9 275 5 5 Boy, Ore 1 to 5 1-2 if your stealer can't supply you \rite HENNESSY'S, Butte C) 11F.G.IN II SA.PAT OFT THE BEST. SHOE VALUE MADE ••••••••• 00 • 0114 : 0 ••••••••••••••••00••••••••••0***••••••
