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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
8
Montana harvests show binders outperform combines and headers for small farms. While combines risk overripe grain and loss from weather, binders yield better quality by cutting earlier and stacking, with less risk from rain.
An editorial urges farmers to discard the disk and plow deeply to conserve moisture. It argues that stacked grain and early seeding boost yields, recommends a binder for small farms, and notes June rainfall was scant. A successful crop depends on thorough soil preparation and timely planting for 1917 harvest prospects.
Legislation seeks $1,000,000 in the House and Senate to buy seeds for Montana dry land farmers who struggled this season. Farmers would repay the government after next season's harvest, with approval from Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman.
Greenfield places Montana wheat at 21 million bushels with total value around 45 to 60 million dollars at Chicago prices. Government and state figures forecast strong cash returns despite drought a few weeks earlier, with oats rye flax barley and corn also contributing, while hay and livestock markets rise on feed shortages and future restocking needs.
New York reports over a thousand deaths from heat in the previous week. Across the globe dispatches note German warnings, wartime moves, and public notices from Amsterdam to Denver. Reports cover bonds, conscription, and peculiar local incidents as war continues.
The federal food administration will control wheat flour and bread, and may seize the 1917 wheat harvest to conserve supply and stabilize prices for the army and allies. Buying agencies will be set up at major terminals, mills licensed, prices fixed, middlemen regulated, and futures trading eliminated.
Readable fragments show Wheat yield data at Miller farm with mentions of Senor wheat and pricing details. It references Centralite and Stax areas with possible sale dates and percentages, indicating price guidance or market notes for the harvest period.
Marketing is our business We buy and sell hay grain potatoes apples peaches pears coal wood fence posts poles house logs livestock second hand and new sacks Car lots specialty We accept consignments joint accounts bank guarantee and shipments with bill of lading attached to draft Great Falls Montana address.Figure Northern Produce Co 500 Firat Ave So Great Falls Montana.
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