Chinook Shines as Center of Opportunity in North Country
Chinook Montana anchors settlement drive with 25 000 acres available for homesteads. Sugar beet yields climb from 16 tons per acre in 1923 to 2114 tons per acre with irrigation in 1924. Chinook residents mine coal locally, coal prized among Montana mines. The town hosts a Carnegie library, grain elevators, a flour mill, garages, and growing facilities.
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Chinook
Sugar City
North Country
Tory
Montana
Opinion
H. B. Brooks
Chinook Seeks New Farmers to Settle Blaine County Lands
The Chinook district offers irrigable and non irrigable lands with prices from 35 to 75 dollars per acre for irrigated plots and 10 to 25 dollars for non irrigable. Land can be bought for 3.50 at the mine or 4.50 delivered in town. The Chinook Commercial Club invites farmers to share in prosperity and assists in settling newcomers on profitable lands. Chinook features include municipal services, a 70 000 dollar courthouse, three schools, four churches, three hotels, a weekly newspaper The Chinook, and a welcoming community. Data supplied by local banks, merchants, and the Chinook Commercial Club.
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Chinook
The
State Will Expand Farm Marketing Research
Montana Experiment Station prepared to study agricultural economics including marketing of farm products and home economics under the Purnell act. Funds start at 20000 dollars per station with annual increments to 60000. National and local committees will guide plans to avoid duplication as directors note the shift from production focus to economic and sociologic factors in farming.
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Montana
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Montana Experiment Station
F. B. Linfield
Linfield
St. Louis
William M. Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Pippy and Fortune
Lincoln County
Sand Point
Idaho
Montana farming groups plan carload cattle shipment and dairy efforts
Montana agricultural groups report plans to ship a carload of Guernsey cows heifers and bulls plus milking Shorthorns to Richland county farmers. Local meetings, dairying discussions, and credit arrangements with the Agricultural Credit Corporation were noted, alongside gopher poison results, spaying demonstrations, and seed crop surveys across Fergus, Hill, Phillips, and other counties.
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Montana State College
HB Agricultural Credit Corporation
Montana Farm Investments
Richland County
Montana
Cabin Creek
Fallon Flat
Prairie County
New Studies Aim to Improve Farm Life and Home Management
The Secretary of Agriculture urges research into home management to ease farm women’s burdens and support child care, arguing long term benefits for agricultural civilization. Montana Experiment Station plans to contribute, focusing on practical agriculture and a satisfying farm life in Montana.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Montana
North Carolina Legislature Enacts Over 1000 Laws
The recent session of the North Carolina legislature enacted more than 1,000 laws. The body passed a broad package addressing state governance, economic policy, and public services, signaling substantial legislative activity.
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North Carolina
Women's Camp delegates from Flathead county attend Lake Rowan event
Fifteen official delegates from local home demonstration clubs in Flathead county represented agricultural communities at the Lake Rowan Women’s Camp held last month.
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Flathead County
Lake Rowan
Montana Wheat Growers Elect Officers in Lewistown Meeting
The Montana Wheat Growers association board, elected D. R. Cresap as president, Herb Bjorklund as first vice president, J. H. McAfee as second vice president, and D. B. Bolton as secretary treasurer in Lewistown. They authorized a referendum to suspend operations for one year, with ballots mailed after printing. The group also decided to discontinue the Montana Wheat Grower newspaper.
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Montana Wheat Growers’ Association
Lewistown
D. R. Cresap
Herb Bjorklund
J. H. McAfee
D. B. Bolton
Board of Directors
Association
The
Montana Wheat Grower
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I. D. Boyle
Blaine County Abstract Co
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Vernon Butler
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