The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-08-05
News Notes From
Co. Agents Office
Fairs

FAIRS
Lincoln County can boast of four
continuous days of fair this year.
The Tobacco Valley Community
Fair is being held Friday and Sat
urday, September and 4, at Eur
eka, and the Western Lincoln Co.
Community Fair is being held on
Sunday and Monday, September 5
and at Libby.
Lets boost Lincoln County by tax
ing an active part in our local fairs
and exhibiting the many different
agricultural commodities produced
here as well as our raw materials
and manufactured products. Our
fairs are held at time when there
are a good many tourists on the
road. Tourists often attend fairs
to learn what is produced in an
area. In this manner, fairs serve
the purpose of advertising the coun-
ty. The larger the exhibits, the
better the advertisement. People
may be attracted by the scenic
beauty and the possibilities of agri-
cultural, mineral and manufactur
ing development and return to help
develop our natural resources.
Fairs afford the local people an
opportunity to display their pro-
ducts in a friendly, competitive
spirit. This competitive spirit helps
us to produce better products to
Guido our neighbors. It is a place
where people can have a friendly
exchange of ideas on how they can
improve the quantity or quality of
their products. The fair is also
place where new crops and pro-
ducts can be shown to indicate fu-
ture. possibilities for the county.
Record Egg Production
o. w. Boepple's flock of 81 white
1eghorns at Libby laid an average
of 24.8 eggs per hen for the month
of July to top the state extension
demonstration flocks of less than
100 hens.
For flocks of more than 100 hens
Mrs. Paul Woods flock of ITO white
leghorns at East Helena led the
state with an average of 27.3 eggs
per hen.
Gull NOn-Laying Hens
Today's high cost of feed empha-
sizes the need for poultry raisers
to Gull out non-laying hens. To
check whether or not a flock is /.
made up of good layers these chick.
ems should show alertness and
energy and have a bright and waxy !
comb A hen not producing will
show a willing comb and will soon
be eating up the profits made from
the layers.
Two methods can be used in Gull
ing. A hook can be employed at
feeding time, or it can be used with
a flash light at night so as not to
disturb laying hens in the flock. 4
With the hook the poultryman can
avoid handling the entire flock.
It is a good idea to place the culls
in a separate pen away from the
having house so that a cash buyer
can get them without bringing any
disease into the neighborhood OF n
the LAYING house and cause any
In the laying flock.
Horn Fly Dope
Some recent experiments con
Quoted by the state entomologlst's
office on the control of horn flies
on cattle indicate under Montana
that a one-half per cent
DOT spray is the most practical
The one-half per cent spray Will
give complete control and the resi-
dual effect remains for over three
weeks.
One dairy herd that was treated
milk production one quart
Der animal per day This farmer
reported that his cows were much
EASIER to handle after treating. This
S the peak of the horn fly season
and a lot of good can be done by
.DraUipC OOW