Montana Wheat Shortfall Could Benefit State Banker Says
A Minneapolis banker F B Bryan, head of Bankers Trust & Savings, argues Montana's expected wheat crop will be at most 50 percent of 1916. He warns a full drought recovery would spike land values and trigger reckless speculation, urging conservative, diversified farming and a crop credit plan led by the Montana Bankers Association.
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Minneapolis
F. B. Bryan
Bankers’ Trust & Savings Bank
Montana
Union
Montana Bankers Association
Present styles expose a woman’s slender frame easily
A brief remark notes that current fashions reveal a woman's thin figure, making it hard to hide. The line comments on how clothing and styling highlight body shape in modern dress.
Hens That Moult Late Prove Best Breeders
The article argues late-moulting hens lay the most eggs yearly and are best kept. It advises weekly culling over the next ten weeks as egg production declines, detailing picking methods, a catching hook, and signs of nonproducers such as shrinking combs, pale shanks, neck and shoulder molt, and close lay bones.
State Veterinarians Rally For Livestock Disease Alert
Warning of alien enemies inoculating livestock with anthrax has the U S Bureau of Animal Industry on alert. State veterinarians, including Dr W J Butler, will coordinate with federal officials, test pure bred herds in Gallatin County, and deploy tuberculosis testing and new vaccines. Federal veterinarians will staff Spokane Williston and Glendive to monitor interstate stock shipments.
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U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
W. J. Butler
Washington
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Montana
Gallagher
Gallatin County
Spokane
Williston
Glendive
Flour Mills of State Rank High in Montana Industry
A federal census report ranks Montana flour and grist mills just after lumber in industry importance. For 1909 to 1914 the value of products rose from 2.18 million to 4.89 million, with wheat grinding the largest growth and rye grinding shrinking.
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Federal
Montana
Farmers' Picnics Draw Nearly 380000 Attendees
Across Montana agricultural communities the extension department organized patriotic picnics at colleges, drawing nearly 380000 people over the past two months.
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Montana
Government Urges Montana to Plant One Million Acres of Wheat
The agriculture department asks Montana to plant about one million acres of wheat next year, up nearly one third from this year. Rye acreage should rise 173 percent to over 5 million acres statewide, guiding a national goal of 1.0 billion bushels of wheat and 83 million of rye as a war measure to stave off bread shortages.
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Montana
Agricultural Department
Washington
Pershing
France
America
Red Cross
Bingham
Utah
Commercial Club
Paris
North Sea
Wsshington
Denver
Agnes Lowe
Ann Arbor
Rocky Mountain National Park
War Department
United States
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Medical and Sanitary Corps
National Army
National Guard
Regular Army
Montana soil stands up well under test
This dry season in Montana led farmers to hurry planting. Poor soil prep and excessive grain reduced yields, but with good tillage and normal rainfall the state could harvest about half a normal crop. The year tested Montana soil and it proved productive overall.
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Montana
State Game Laws Condensed Summary
The hunting season overview outlines changes from the last legislature. Deer season allows any sex or age from October 1 to December 1 except in Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer, Richland and Dawson counties. Elk season closed except in Flathead, Lincoln, Teton and parts of Missoula and Powell counties with October 1 to December window and Madison, Gallatin, Park areas noted. Bag limit set at one elk per season with exceptions in Park and Gallatin counties.
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DeHart
Yellowstone
Rosebud
Custer
Richland
Dawson
Flathead
Lincoln
Teton
Missoula
Powell Sea
Madison
Gallatin
Park
Amd
War News Dispatches From Across the Nation
Reports from multiple cities show draft health stats, naval contracts, medical needs, and military prep. Chicago notes 75 percent pass physicals, while Washington says 1,744,000 yards of uniform cloth have been contracted and 2,000 dentists are needed in the army.
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Chicago
Washington
Navy Department
Army
New York
Pittsburgh
May Wilson
London
Samuel Gompers
Billy Sunday
War Aims Committee
Boston
Kingdon Gould
Gould
LaFollette
Federal Department of Justice
Panama Canal
Congress
Winona
Sybil Campbell
Worthington
Ohio
Bleecker Street
Paris
Uncle Sam
Denver
Ed Wright
Douglas
Wyo
Wilson
Pueblo
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
F. M. Keys
Hollis
Robert Blake
Tien Tow Liu
Columbia University
America
France
Joseph Judels
Judels
Daniels
United States
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Elk Basin
Liberal Commission
Great Falls, Mont
Daisy
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
N.Y
Montana Motor CO
Haynes Automobiles
Ninth St. N
Great Falls
Haynes
Falls
Montanas
Boulder Hot Springs
Reynolds
Yeneger
Williams
R. F. Heath & Co
Billings
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