New Certification Rules for Potato Seed Growers
Montana officials approve amended seed potato certification rules for field inspection fees of 5 dollars application and per acre charges irrigated 4 dollars and dry land 2 dollars. Growers must submit 60 pounds seed for tests by May 15 and maintain strict disease limits plus roguing and pest control.
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Montana State College
Montana Potato Improvement Association
F. M. Harrington
Harrington
Bliss Triumph
Montana
Starrington
New Yorker
Ohio
South
Montana Experiment Station
Biss Triumph Reed
Horticultural Department
Bozeman
Mrs. Mary E. Johnson Credits Golden Medical Discovery
In Billings Montana Mrs. Mary E. Johnson describes two years of coughing and weakness ending with marked health improvement after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. She credits the product with stopping the cough and aiding recovery, recommending it as a blood medicine for the weak and run-down.
Rhubarb Garden Guide Stresses Proper Planting and Care
Rhubarb should be cultivated in most gardens as a reliable early spring crop. Advice covers division of old crowns for new plants, spacing and depth, gentle handling to store food in tubers, and permitting two seasons of growth before harvesting. Regular annual soil feeding and seasonal timing for stalk removal are outlined.
British Railways Embrace Motor Cars on Branch Lines
British railroad networks adopt American practice of using motor cars on branch lines where full trains lack profitability, shifting toward smaller, flexible service to maintain transport links.
Flax acreage shifts as Montana farmers adjust plans
Montana farmers expect a near ten percent rise in flax acreage overall, while northeast districts anticipate declines. New breaking and eastern regions may drive more flax planting this season. Advice covers weed control, seedbed prep, and recommended varieties for new and old land, with seed sources via county agents.
Farmer Kruse Runs 320 Acre Farm Without Animals
Albert Kruse, a leading Garfield County farmer near Jordan, cultivates his 320 acre farm with a tractor only and keeps no living animals on the property. He homesteaded in Montana in 1914 after graduating from Millikin University in Decatur Illinois.
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Albert Kruse
Garfield County
Jordan
Mr. Kruse
Kruse
Montana
School of
Millikin University of
Decatur, Ill
Garfield County Livestock Shipping Association Formed
Garfield county farmers in Jordan perfected an organization to be called the Garfield County Livestock Shipping association. A committee of J. W. Hensteigh Myron Thornton A B Glass Clyde White and John Womble was named to draft by laws.
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County Livestock Shipping Association
Jordan
Garfield County
Garfield County Livestock Shipping Association
J. W. Hensteigh
Myron Thornton
A. B. Glass
Clyde White
John Womble
Scientist Urges Men to Marry Women with High Weteps
A scientist advises outlining mate choice by high Weteps, suggesting marriage to women with elevated Weteps levels as a criterion for suitability.
Improvement Drive Aims at Better Great Northern Bean
Yellowstone county experiments led by county agent Charles Ruzicka seek a uniform, purer Great Northern bean strain to satisfy commercial canners. Collaboration with Montana State College and Huntley experiment farm tests 70 selections, with 60 on Huntley and 20 on Martin Curtis farm.
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Great Northern
Yellowstone County
Charles Ruzicka
Montana State College
Huntley Experiment Farm
Huntley
Martin Curtis
Billings
Yellowstone
Ruzicka
Crow Indian Boys Poultry Club Organized in Pryor Montana
Crow Indian boys form a poultry club in Pryor under state guidance led by Dr. R C Holgate. Fourteen members sign the preliminary agreement pledging to organize, care duties shift among members during short absences, and Rhode Island Reds will be raised. Plans include a poultry exhibit at the Midland Empire fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryor
Montana
R. C. Holgate
Rhode Island Reds
Broker’s Tele Phone Number Found On Umbrella Handle
A New York broker reports his telephone number engraved on his umbrella handle and notes it has been returned to him seven times, suggesting repeated misplacement or misrouting.
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New York
Six Montana Towns Join In New County Fair
The Montana Association of Fair Secretaries formed a county fair circuit including Sheridan Wyoming Forsyth Lewistown Bozeman and Missoula. Fairs set for September and October with Forsyth and Lewistown running on same dates. Cuthbert Peat elected president with Theo Hogland Bert Hammond A J Ham and George Lewis as officers and executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Missoula
Lewistown
Forsyth
Cuthbert Peat
Theo
Hogland
Bert Hammond
Billings
First Session Divorces and Demographics in Territorial Assembly
The narrative sketches early frontier life in Montana with traders, miners, and settlers, noting marriages between white men and Native women. It describes how big earnings, long separations, and new arrivals led to three-way liaisons and waves of divorce petitions shaping the province’s first territorial assembly.
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Legislative Assembly
Missouri
Kentucky
Montana
Early Montana Governance Then and Now Compared
The article recalls Montana in 1864 with no treasury and time warrants instead of salaries. It contrasts that era with modern times when a 60 day session costs about 200 000 dollars and salaries for leader positions rose from 2 500 dollars yearly to much higher. It notes rapid development from a taxed revenue base to a mature state budget.
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Treasury
Supreme Court
Council Chamber
Senate
Page
Montana
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
State Agricultural College At
Bone
Long National Forest
Finto
Blackfoot Land Development
Mont
Montana State College Extension Service
N. D
Farm Shipping Association
Crow Indian Boys
Fletcher
Ciddies
Oultry
Montana Meat and Commission Co
Butte
Uteh Ave
Butte, Ment
Seaw
W. OU
UES Enee Een
Ekeain CO
Spokane
Spokane Union Stock Yards
Washington
Lederle Blackley
Roarhinbank
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Lederle Aggoressin
Minnesota 13
Gehu
State Nursery & Seed Co
Helena
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