Beef Cattle shifts from steer days to cow and calf era
Montana State College reports in a new bulletin that steer herds are shrinking while cow and calf herds grow, reducing unit sizes and boosting beef produced on general farms. Miles City conference notes the decline of great cattle outfits once shaping the region’s romantic cattle era.
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West
Louis Vinke
Montana
Montana Experiment Station
Miles City
Great Northwestern Plains
More Livestock on Project Urged and Credit Availability
A plan to form intermediate credit associations on the Lower Yellowstone and Shoshone projects aims to fund dairy cattle and sheep purchases. George C. Kreutzer reports that federal loan acts could back loans via rediscounting, enabling large-scale livestock financing and longer terms to spur diversified farming and settlement efforts.
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Yellowstone
Shone
George C. Kreutzer
Washington
Reclamation Economics
Billings
Kreutzer
Alex Healy
Worland Banker
Shoshone
E. E. Roddis
United States Reclamation Service
Montana
Huntley
H. M. Schilling
Homer Hancock
Mrs Mattie Agnew Praises Dr Pierce Remedies
Mrs Mattie E Agnew of Sa wattle California recalls suffering back pain and near death before using Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Favorite Prescription and Pellets The testimonial urges others to ask druggists for the family medicines or send 10 cents for a trial tablet package from Doctor Pierce's Clinic Buffalo NY
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Mattie E. Agnew Sawtell
Calif
Dr. Pierce
Mattie E. Agnew
107Th Ave
Doctor Pierce
Dr Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Montana Beef Herd Shifts to Cow and Calf Basis
Data from 40 Montana counties shows beef cows rising from 203,437 in 1920 to 369,234 in 1925 while other beef cattle decline. All beef cattle grow from 820,445 to 886,562, indicating a shift to cow and calf marketing though quality suffers as scrub and discarded dairy stock enter the herd.
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Montana
Farming Outlook and Personnel Change in Montana Agriculture
Foster county farmers plan to raise potato acreage this year led by county agent Paul Lewis. Spring wheat planting remains similar to last year while barley and oats rise. corn acreage declines and flax remains small. Winter wheat is in good condition. A wolf named Snowslide, a 15 year old stock killer, was killed by poisoned bait in the Highwood Mountain district, per government hunter Barney Brannin. Eastern Teton County farmers near Dutton, Power and Collins will use duckfoot cultivator for summer fallow, per county agent R. E. Clarkson. Dc N Arnett has resigned as vice dean of agriculture and head of animal husbandry at Montana State College to manage his sheep ranch. successor unnamed.
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Montana
South Dakota
Vinke
Texas
Pacific
Kansas Prairies
Indian Territory
Kansas
West
Northwest
United States Forest Service
Board of Survey
Peoleche
Kreutzer
Yellowstone
Milk River
Columbia Basin
Billings
Powell
Willwood
Hubert Work
Interior
B. M. Cox
Cody
H. L. Looper
Lovell
L. M. Mitchell
Riverton
Wyo
Belle Fourche
Montana State College
Foster County
Paul Lewis
Barney Brannin
Highwood Mountain District
Barney
Teton County
Dutton, Power and Collins
R. E. Clarkson
Joe Laubach
Frank Loch
Dutton
Dc. N. Arnett
Purdue University
Iowa State College
Gallatin Valley
Montana range horse losses linked to winter hardship
County agricultural agents report many range horses died last winter in northern and eastern Montana due to lack of feed and exposure. Losses were heaviest in Hill Roosevelt Phillips Daniels and Custer counties. Stillwater county farmers report a 10 percent rise in broad sows this spring with further increases in Phillips Judith Basin Lewis and Clark Valley and Roosevelt counties. To offset more hogs, northern and eastern counties plan larger plantings of feed and pasture crops.
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Montana
Hill
Roosevelt
Phillips
Daniels
Custer
Stillwater County
Judith Basin
Lewis and Clark
Valley
Cod liver oil trial aids poultry flocks in drought regions
Parts of the state report leg weakness in poultry improved by cod liver oil added to dry mash at two percent. Don Waite's farm in Judith Basin county reports lambing results with a 112 percent lamb crop from his current ewes, marking first lambing reports from that county.
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Judith Basin
Don Waite
Western Montana Co-operative Egg and Poultry Association Formed
The Western Montana Co operative Egg and Poultry association, an outgrowth of a Missoula agricul tural promotion meeting, is filed with the secretary of state with headquarters in Missoula and a capital of 10 000 dollars. Directors include C H Pearce William Eliason Ernest Eliason Milo Hummer and others from Deer Lodge Hamilton Stevensville Alberton and Missoula.
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Missoula
State College
Western Montana Co-operative Egg and Poultry Association
C. H. Pearce
William Eliason
Ernest Eliason
Milo Hummer
Deer Lodge
Paul Pagenkopf
A Lady of Distinction Uses Cuticura For Clear Skin
An advertisement highlights a woman of distinction credited with beauty from a perfume and a routine of Cuticura Soap bath with hot water to cleanse pores and Cuticura Talcum powder for four clear healthy skin notes.
How to Make Bread From Yeast to Oven
Home expert Jeanette Beyer explains bread making with emphasis on using good bread flour and yeast. She covers yeast types, mixing and kneading, dough rise, and oven temperatures, plus a tested recipe and sponge method for reliable loaves.
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Lable
Jeanette Beyer
Home Service Dept
Royal Milling Company
Miss R. Clara R
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Plains
Clark's Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Uren Hatchery
Second Ave
Seattle
Oultry
Montana Meat and Commission Co
Butte
Mont
Kent
Farm Poultry Association
State Nursery & Seed Co
Helena
Rex
Connelly
Great Falls
Molena
Lewistown
Glasgow
Ruigen
Ron
Bundts
Orotring Karl Ee Es County Hatchery
Dept.c
Alexandria
Mina
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