Summer range prospects improve cattle restocking plans
Montana livestock outlook remains favorable with May yields lifting pastures to 87 percent of normal and range condition to 93 percent. J. G. Diamond reports improved May conditions statewide, though northeastern Montana lags due to drought. Cattle gains on abundant feed, good calf crops, and strong sheep lambs stand out as drought effects ease.
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Montana
Helena
J. G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau Statistician
Federal Weather and Agricultural Economics Bureaus
Cricket Horde Beaten Back by Montana Extermination Army
An army of entomologists and county agents led by Dr. Harlow B. Mills fights Mormon cricket hordes across Carbon Yellowstone and Big Horn counties in Montana and surrounding Wyoming. Barriers traps and oil films kill thousands daily, with flames and oil-sacks used at bridges. Mills warns any lull risks rapid spread and major damage. barriers remain the best defense across the region.
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Montana
Harlow B. Mills
Montana State College
Mills
United States
Carbon
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Wyoming
Big Horn County
Federal chiefs tour Prairie county grazing project progress
A 25 member federal delegation led by W. H. Jones toured Prairie county sites showing stock water dams fencing corrals and spring developments as the government converts 390,206 acres into a grazing district with a nonprofit rancher board directing flood irrigation forage crops and recreation facilities at Little Sheep mountain. The Clark dam and pole corrals illustrate modern design while a 60 miles stock pass and 207 miles of fencing demonstrate scale and planning.
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Prairie County
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
W. H. Jones
Federal Department
Little Sheep Mountain
Jones
Clark
Resent
Insects Threaten Crops Across Montana in 1938
May and June conditions lift crop prospects as rainfall supports grain and hay yields. Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets threaten eastern Montana, but overall winter wheat may reach a record 16.6 million bushels. June 1 conditions highest since 1922. Jupiter's equator day length noted with planetary lag due to non solid structure.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Relief Rulings Clarified on Residence for Assistance
The attorney general issues two opinions to the Missoula county welfare board about establishing county residence for relief and WPA certification. One case involved a Lake county recipient employed in Missoula for over six months, the other a State University of Montana student from Richland county living in Missoula two years. Both rulings affirm residency and eligibility for relief and WPA certification if in need.
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Missoula County
Missoula
Works Progress Administration
State University
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