Daniels County 1924 Wealth Production and Farm Achievements
In Daniels County 1924 per capita wealth production reached 1166 dollars from a total county value of about 5 480 000 with a population of around 4 390 400 dollars. The county features a modern water and sewer system 24 hour electric service and a grammar and high school with 12 teachers. It hosts a flour mill six grain elevators four mercantile stores two newspapers three hardware stores and six hotels. The region praises diversified farming with profitable crops despite occasional short years and notes the retirement of a veteran farmer Mr Bibby after long service and craft.
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Daniels County
Scobey
Northwest
Room for 1375 New Farmers on Proven Daniels County Land
County land data shows 1,375 new farm families fit on proven acreage. Total 910,080 acres of tillable land, 728,000 acres under cultivation, and 155,000 acres currently farmed.
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Daniels County
Scobey Montana Wheat Heart Of Daniels County Riches
Scobey in Daniels County stands as a major wheat hub with six elevators a flour mill and two grain dumps set to handle about 2.25 million bushels of the 1924 crop. The county shows per capita wealth over 1100 dollars, with Scobey hosting banks a customs house and an oil market, while diversified crops include corn hogs and turkeys.
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Daniels County
Scobey
Montana
Canada
First National Merchants National
Citizens’ State
Land Courany
United States
United States Customs House
Northwest
Wheat Production Leaders Signal 1924 Grain Show Results
Claude Tande of Scobey averaged 43 bushels per acre on 70 acres of Marquis wheat and won the sweepstakes at the state grain and seed show in Bozeman. Frank Fouhy of Battleson averaged 45 bushels per acre on 50 acres, with Alexis Lewis of Carbett averaging 40 3 4 bushels on Marquis wheat and placing fourth among 45 entries at the Northern Montana show in Wolf Point.
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Claude Tande
Scobey
Mr. Tande
Bozeman
Frank Fouhy
Battleson
Alexis Lewis
Carbett
Montana
Wolf Point
Fortune in Flax and a Farmer's Rise Near Scobey
The article chronicles farm prosperity in Scobey area through figures on corn hogs flax and wax acreage and highlights Louis Lappierre a Canadian immigrant who built a 1570 acre modern farm with electric lights and large equipment. It notes a 1916 flax shipment check of 29800 dollars the largest grain payment to a US farmer at the time and mentions Steve Watts nearby.
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Louis Lappierre
Canada
Scobey
University of Minnesota
United States
Steve Watts
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ted Tee
Horseshoe Basin
Daniels Courity
County Agricultural Department
Tion
Tom Bibby
Seabey Territory
Bibby
Frank Hughes
Jake Kostinuk
Louis Lapierre
Mr. Lapierre
Herman Wagner
Henry Jacobson
David Brothers
C. Monnerey
Walt Truax
E. Spear
Davis & Schweisinger
John A. Davis
Kerstein Brothers
Dillon Brothers
Hanson Brothers
Dick Juel
Ooead
Andrew Tymofichuk
Ole Shipstead
Nels
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