Early Crop Reports Favorable Harvest Outlook in Montana
Montana county agents report dry spots in flax and slow growth in some areas yet overall prospects remain brighter than the national average. Spring wheat on June 1 shows 78.6 condition, signaling no overproduction and possible strong demand for high protein wheat if quality stays steady. World prices unlikely to rise, with export prospects around 150 million bushels next fall. Hog markets show strength for five months as prices hit multi year highs and price relations remain tight. Prices of potatoes stay strong while feed crops lag and farm purchasing power edges up to 88.
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Montana State College
Montana
United States
Montana Extension Service
Federal Department
LAND SETTLEMENT PROJECT STARTED IN PHILLIPS COUNTY
Great Northern offers tentative lease on about 10 000 acres of irrigated land in the Milk River area pending government contract ratification. Officials from the reclamation service and Great Northern immigration department met with Phillips county landowners to discuss options to attract settlers once the contract is approved. Participants included George Kreutzer E C Leedy Charles D Greefield Sr K O Molen and G Pratt.
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Great Northern
Malta
George Kreutzer
The
Reclamation Service
E. C. Leedy
Great Northern Immigration Department
Charles D. Greefield, Sr
K. O. Molen
G. Pratt
Phillips County
Michael Riser Acquitted in Lewistown Murder Case
Michael Riser, charged with the murder of Traffic Officer Frank Draper in Lewistown last November, was acquitted by a jury.
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Michael Riser
Frank Draper
Lewistown
Famous horse for experiment farm at Miles City
The United States Range Livestock Experiment Station at Miles City Montana will start a purebred Morgan horse stud to produce range saddle horses under the joint direction of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry and the Montana Experiment Station. Premier sire will be Revere 7422 from Middlebury Vermont.
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Montana State College
Montana
United States Range Livestock Experiment Station
Miles City
C. N. Arnett
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Congress
Morgan Stud
Miles City Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Miles ‘City
Revere
United States
Morgan Horse Farm
Middlebury
Vermont
Bennington
Richard Sellman
Rochelle
Texas
Morgan
United States Morgan Horse Farm
Montana grain dealers push closer Montana Extension Service link
At the Northwestern Grain Dealers association convention in Helena on June 7 a three member committee was named to coordinate with the Montana Extension Service and Montana Experiment Station. The push aims to improve Montana grain crops through pure seed, standard varieties, and protein studies to shift wheat trading toward protein basis.
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Montana State College
Northwestern Grain Dealers Association
Helena
Montana Extension Service
Montana Experiment Station
Chester Sweet
Belgrade
E. M. Wright
Manhattan
L. C. Walsh
Montana
Farming progress and disease updates in the region
Farming officials report 79 4-H club members this spring across Er gus County working on 129 separate projects. Demonstrations on calcium cyanide for pocket gophers are planned if successful. Foot-and-mouth disease is declared eradicated in the U S, with import restrictions still in effect. Spaying services expand in Richland County with county veterinarians assisting. Alaska reports early maturing barley oats and spring wheat in valleys. Dairy cows and sheep outreach extends to Flathead County via the Agricultural Credit Corporation. Indian wheat yield estimates are revised upward to 323.605 million bushels year. County farm clubs held a Picnic at Barnaby Lake with W L Stockton speaking. Seed staining law assigns red dye to Italian red clover seed. alfalfa seed from Africa and Turkestan under consideration. Valley County wool marketing via National Wool Exchange planned. Milk River Livestock Shipping Association to aid growers.
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Valley County
National Wool Exchange
Milk River Livestock Shipping Association
Fort Benton firm supplied saddles to mounted police
The Fort Benton based I. G. Baker & Co. served as official paymasters for the Mounted Police of the Canadian government and manufactured saddles and other equipment in the seventies. The North West Mounted Police cooperated with American authorities, with little friction along the border.
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Fort Benton
I. G. Baker & Co
Mounted Police
Northwest Mounted Police
Notable RCMP Survivor of Fort MacLeod Served in Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Colonel James T. Stanford, now president of Conrad Banking in Great Falls, was a member of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and is among the few survivors from the force as it existed when stationed at Fort MacLeod.
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James T. Stanford
Conrad Banking Company
Great Falls
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Fort MacLeod
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