Counties Expand Exhibits at State Fair Display
Ralph Darlington of Three Forks says farm products exhibits will be much larger this year with more than twice as many counties taking booths. George L. Knight will lead parasite control displays by the state horticultural department alongside charts and literature. The horticultural section includes grading of vegetables and fruits. Glacier county and the Blackfeet Indian reservation will share adjacent booths to feature Indian agricultural work with several other counties— Jefferson Broadwater Park Gallatin Missoula Lewis and Clark Flathead Ravalli—reserved in the agricultural hall. The U S department of agriculture will showcase forestry, animal husbandry and diverse farming displays.
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Ralph Darlington
Three Forks
State Horticultural Department
George L. Knight
Glacier County
Blackfeet
Jefferson
Broadwater
Park
Gallatin
Missoula
Lewis and Clark
Flathead
Ravalli
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Agricultural Line
Madison
Silver Bow
Powell
Lake
Glacier
Cascade
Beaverhead
Montana State Fair Sets Big Nonstop Entertainment Lineup
The Montana State Fair runs August 17-22 with a seven event daily racing program drawing horses from western states and Canada. Exhibits from 4-H show stock, poultry, and swine loom large as 15 states and Canadian provinces plan show herds, plus aerial acts by Pitcairp autogiro and Taggart’s Vagabonds of the Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Pitcair
Farm notes and household tips from a 1940s era column
A collection of rural tips covers poultry color, copper and brass cleaning with buttermilk, June tuberculin tests showing 28 cattle reacting out of 7970, Sam Sloan becoming Montana Extension agronomist, handling honeybee stings, pale western cutworm control by keeping stock off fallowed ground, soil crust preventing egg laying, and making homemade fly paper from rosin castor oil and paper.
Outlook predicts price lift for Great Northern beans
The Montana Agricultural Outlook for July urges continued advertising and strict grading to push Great Northern bean prices above Michigan pea beans at eastern points, reflecting how the price spread drives marketing strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Montana
Michigan
United States
Idaho
Washington
Great
World Wheat Crop Set for Sharp Decline From 1930
The Outlook notes a small Montana wheat crop of 26.4 million bushels versus a U S total of 869 million, four million above 1930 and 47 million above the five year average. Spring wheat drops to 156 million from 251 last year, while winter wheat remains strong led by Kansas Texas and Oklahoma growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Montana irrigation meetings to tour state fields
State officials announce an irrigation meeting tour from August 18 to September 22 across Montana. J C Taylor says demonstrations will show land leveling and ditching for efficient water use with a coach exhibit and three day county stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Northern Pacific Railroad
G. H. Bingham
State College Agronomy Department
Milwaukee stock movement advice boosts distant grazing and sales
Agricultural agents Paul Lewis and Evan Hall report ample feed, water, and range east of the Montana line for stockmove rs with cattle and sheep growing calves and lambs for fall Market. Demand for breeding stock is strong in South Dakota Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Illinois. Three rail rates, graze in transit stocker and emergency, govern shipments as Montana stockmen plan moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lewis
Milwaukee Railroad
Aberdeen
Evan Hall
Miles City
Montana
South Dakota
Mr. Hall
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lewis
Forbes Leslie
Winnett
Morristown
Milwaukee
Corn
W. J. Butler
Unidentified man found dead south of Wisdom
A man about 40 years old was found near the highway six miles south of Wisdom and taken to Dillon after Coroner James E. Phillips investigated. The coroner ruled death from natural causes, noting the man had been dead four to five days, and efforts to identify him were unsuccessful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Dillon
James E. Phillips
Event Dates Spanning September Across Montana Venues
The notice lists a series of September dates across several cities including Missoula Rowan Deer Lodge and Columbus. Events are scheduled from the 5th to the 22nd with activity clustered around weekends in early to mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Rowan
Deer Lodge
Columbus
Bus Line Applications Heard By State
State hearings in Miles City on August 21 consider common carrier permits. A. F. Edwards and Miles City’s Miles are Broadus mail stage seek authority for Miles City to Broadus route via Beebe and Volborg. O T Halsey seeks Miles City to Powderville permit. Also notes port of New Orleans freight and rubber glove exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Philipsburg
Drummond
Miles City
A. F. Edwards
Miles
Broadus
Beebe
Volborg
O. T. Halsey
Powderville
Traffic control restarted on English rural roads
English authorities renew automatic traffic management schemes on rural lanes aiming to reduce speed related incidents. The move targets quieter routes where safety concerns persist.
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Leggat Hotel
Mont
Butte
Great Falls
Bank of Great Falls
Huseth
Optometrist and
Optician
Nine Mile River
Nine Mile Valley
Missoula River
Milwaukee and
Northern Pacific Railways
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Ment
Ares
Montana State Fair
Taggart
Dodson
Ernie Young
Theatle-Duffield
Helena
Sam Sloan
Fall River County
Northwest Tent & Awning CO
First Ave
Meat
Butte Poultry CO
Wyoming St
Capital City Poultry Exchange, Inc
Old Union Stockyards
Spokanie
A. ¥. Overman & CO. Livestock Commission
Spokane, Wash
Spokame
Spokane
the Old
Union N Stockyards
V. M. Rotebocek President
A. E. Lawson
Northern Pacific Railway
State College
Work
Sidney
J. Courtice
Louis Campbell
State College and Extension
Mr. Bingham
O. W. Monson
Myles City
Forsyth
Hysham
Manhattan
Helens
State Nursery & Seed Co
New Orleans
Tru-Blu Biscuit Company
Schiltz
Montana Life Insurance Co
H. BR. Cunningham
Wyoming
J. W. Hansen
Gillette
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Chicago
Wacker Drive
Anaconda
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