Fears No Over Production of Premium Spring Wheat
Montana State College reports 84 percent of Montana spring wheat graded No 1 or premium. Montana leads in quality while adjacent states show lower premiums. A 20 year review shows current acreage unlikely to create a surplus if demand holds, with imports averaging 20 million bushels yearly from Canada as a safety margin.
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Montana State College
Montana
State College Extension Service
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Canada
Davis
United States
C. C. Davis
Northwest Spring Wheat Belt
Graduates Earn Certificates in Montana Winter Short Course
The winter agricultural short course at Montana State College closed with 24 students receiving certificates. Principal A L McMahon noted it is the second year under the unit course plan, allowing students to specialize for the full 12 weeks. Forty percent more graduates than last year, with 24 named recipients across several towns.
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Montana State College
A. L. McMahon
Agricultural College
McMahon
John H. Beardsley
Ismay
Leslie B. Crouch
Billings
Peter Christofferson
Big Sandy
Steven A. Dornbus
Manhattan
Martin August Bickert
Harlowton
Joseph F. Ferguson
Butte
Herman C. Hanson
Scobey
Richard DeWitt Huggins
Stevensville
World crop plantings rise in northern hemisphere wheat
Reports from Montana State College indicate 16 northern hemisphere nations will plant about 3.75 million acres more wheat this year than last. Data from Germany Hungary Yugoslavia and northern Africa are still pending. The United States India France and Italy show the largest increases.
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Montana State College
Germany
Hungary
Suga Slavia
Africa
United States
India
France
Italy
Working women and girls earned under three dollars a week
Forty years ago thousands of laboring women and girls in Chicago and New York along with other major cities faced wages below three dollars weekly, highlighting historical low pay levels for female workers.
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Chicago
New York
The Lady Word Traces Back to Anglo Saxon Roots
The term lady originates in Anglo Saxon times with the sense of she who looks after the loaf, revealing how social roles shaped language. This etymology shows a link between domestic duties and titles in early English society.
Dairy Loan Program Promises $500 000 for Farms
The Agricultural Credit Corporation announces a 1925 campaign to distribute 500000 in loans for dairy cattle and sheep across Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Montana. Interest remains 6 percent with staged repayments through 1928 and purchase charges of 5 a head for cattle. The plan emphasizes careful selection of farmers and continuation of the 1924 terms while stressing repayment and sound business principles.
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The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Northwest Livestock
A. P. Kemp
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Davis Leaves Montana for Chicago After Four Year Term
Chester C. Davis completes his four year term as Montana commissioner of agriculture on April 1 1925 and will relocate his family to Chicago where he expects a permanent position. A H Bowman arrives from Denver March 25 to assist before official installation in Helena. Davis had planned a Washington post before Secretary Wallace death redirected him to a Chicago agricultural role.
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Chester C. Davis
Montana
Chicago
A. H. Bowman
Hardin
J. E. Erickson
Denver
Helena
Wallace
Davis
Washington
Bitter Root girl Fern Frost wins dairy scholarship
Fern Frost a 16 year old from Hamilton in Bitter Root valley earns a college scholarship for dairying based on her work as a dairy maid. She heads the local 4 H Dairy Calf club with a five head Jersey herd and is a partner in her father P Frost’s dairy business. Charles Potter notes she is a leading state dairy club member.
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Fern Frost
Montana
Hamilton
P. Frost
Fern
Charles EK. Potter
Sugar Beet Growers Receive Hefty 1924 Payout Totals
Great Western Sugar reports Montana growers received 326 786 88 dollars plus 6 a ton original payment on the 1924 crop. Total Montana payments reach 2 548 572 63 and Midland Empire 3 044 020 with Loveland Wyoming factory. Billings workers gain 650 000 as factory profits. nationwide Montana Wyoming Colorado Nebraska growers total 23 000 000.
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Midland
Great Western Sugar Company
W. P. Hogarty
Montana
Midland Empire
Loveland
Wyo
Great Western
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Hogarty
Fewer People on Farms Shrink Farm Labor Share
Dr. H. C. Taylor of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes a decline in farm workers from 87 percent in 1820 to 26 percent in 1920. He predicts further reductions with more labor-saving devices reducing rural employment.
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H. C. Taylor
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economcs
Taylor
Antwerp birth of six sons in a year shocks town
Madame Carlier of Antwerp reportedly had six sons in one year with triplets born in January and again in December. The remarkable multiple birth has drawn local interest and astonishment.
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Antwerp
Big Horn county farms show strong tenancy and optimism
F M Lipp of First National Bank Hardin says most Big Horn county farms have tenants and predicts 1925 crop acreage will surpass 1924. Wheat beans beets flax barley oats yield well with alfalfa seed at about 20 cents a pound. He forecasts higher cattle prices and increased hog production with good prices likely to boost farm incomes.
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Big Horn County
F. M. Lipp
First National Bank of
Hardin
Mr. Lipp
Lipp
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Vicks
Tre Caienn
Surya
A Men Fun Commissions Co
Butta
Meetar
Kain
O. Botte, Ment
Missoula
Ashington
Queen Hatchery
Jay
Seattle
Solo National Forest
Blackfoot Land Development
Mont
Lederle Blackley
Montana State Veterinarypartment
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Lederle
E. M. Knowles
Montane
Northrup, King & Co
Northrup King&Cos Seeds
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