Montana farmers urged to follow three point conservation plan
The Montana state advisory feed committee urges ranchers to conserve feeds, market livestock orderly, and order protein supplements early amid a grain and preteis supply crisis. Gov. Ford appointed the panel to study feed needs and seek regulatory relief from Washington, noting record livestock numbers and strong calf and lamb crops. Montana farmers have surpassed the export bonus wheat quota by about half a million bushels for European famine aid.
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Helena
LLP
Montana
Sam C. Ford
Washington
Bozeman
R. J. McKenna
Emergency Food Program
Montana 4-H clubs plan new awards and activities
Government paid a 30 cent per bushel wheat bonus to encourage farmers to release grain. The latest Bureau of Agricultural Economics report notes Montana winter wheat prospects are uneven due to drought and weed growth, with central regions faring better than northcentral areas. Some fields diverted to other uses. rains since the report improved conditions. Potatoes planted in eastern counties. over three quarters of corn seeded. flax planting awaiting rain. Range feed generally adequate in some areas but scarce in others, risking livestock liquidation without rain within 10 to 14 days. Montana 4-H plans include delegates to the national 4-H club in Washington, a better methods award in farm and home electrical uses with three $100 scholarships, and a 4-H better club meetings program awarding a gavel to top clubs, plus state level consideration for travel and congress expenses.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana
Southcentral
Northcentral
Continental Divide
Nothern
R. E. Cameron
Bozeman
Washington
Cameron
Nual
Better Methods
Montana Power Co
Rainy season news and community notices at Collins
A local weather note reports showers Sunday evening lifting crop and pasture growth with several mentions of hoppers. Community events include a farewell for the Lincolns moving to Oregon, a Lincoln auction visit, a Collins H D picnic on June 16 at the old picnic grounds, plus visits by residents to Great Falls and Conrad and various social calls.
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Carl Eckland
Great Falls
McClenhan
Opal Coghill
Margo
Conrad
Frank Horak
England
Gladys Baquet
Chris Trebesch
Fitzgerald
Calvin Lewis
Chris Heerman
George Tomsha
Gordon Schlepp
Clyde Baquet
Fred Lincoln
Woodburn
Ore
Bill Fourt
Oregon
Charley Tomsha
Gervais
Walsh
Rocky Mountain
Collins
Mary Rigby
W. Muller
Miss Thyme
Lincoln
Collins Hall
Walter Edwards
Nevin Caskey
Lincolns
Edwards
County Agent’s Corner on Grasshoppers and 4-H Activities
Grasshoppers are hatching in the eastern county. A bait mixing station at Chateau, led by George Dobson, is operating, with a new Dutton site under Jay Wellhouser. 4-H livestock members Amy Simpson and Hugh Maxwell attended a Great Falls feeding and judging demonstration, with a county team planned for Bozeman in September.
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Chateau
George Dobson
Dobson
Dutton
Amy Simpson
Hugh Maxwell
Great Falls
Amy
Hugh
Fairfield
Legion
Lions
Joe Eiseman
Bozeman
Livestock Club
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Attra
Changi
Shempei
Raymond Kelly
Jay Wellhouser
Acantha
Citizens State Bank
Choteau
Federal Reserve System
U. S. Army
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