Irrigated Lands Prove Profitable for Beef Cattle Gains
Montana State College reports on feeding trials at Bozeman showing irrigated pasture and alfalfa boosting cattle gains. Hereford steers weighed 541 pounds at start, reached 1055 pounds after summer and winter phases, with total gains around 514 pounds per head and values near 9.75 per hundred.
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Montana State College
Montana Agricultural Experiments Station
Bozeman
D. W. Chittenden
Animal Husbandry Department
U. S. Range Livestock Experiment Station
Miles City
Chittenden
New Sugar Beet Resists Disease
The agriculture department announced two new sugar beet varieties U S 34 and U S 33 resistant to curly top disease. U S 34 yielded 11.4 tons per acre under severe exposure, U S 33 8.5 tons, while the parent U S No. 1 produced 7.4 tons. Both U S 34 and U S 33 offer strong resistance for western Colorado Utah Idaho Montana Oregon and Washington growers.
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Agriculture Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department
U. S
U.S
United States 34
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Conservation of Soil to Be Urged in Montana Conferences
County economic conferences in Montana this March will focus on soil conservation as essential for farmers and ranchers. Clyde McKee of Montana State College notes wind and water cause yearly erosion. discussions aim to foster planned adjustments for a stabilized agricultural future, with recommendations due in spring 1937.
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Montana State College
Montana
Clyde McKee
McKee
Montana Agricultural Census Highlights 1935
Census figures show Montana farm and ranch activity across counties. Four thousand seven hundred ninety seven women participated in home management and house furnishing projects through the extension service. Missoula county cattle numbers reach 20,705 in 1935, Yellowstone average farm size sits at 599 acres, Cascade county totals 1,097,421 acres in farms, state cattle totals rise from 1,147,318 in 1930 to 1,530,015 in 1935, and the forestry nursery at Montana State University has supplied 7,595,467 trees for shelterbelts since 1927.
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Montana State College
MontAna Extension Service
Missoula County
Yellowstone County
Cascade County
Montana
Montana State University
Butte Boxer Joe Simonich Wins Four Bouts in Ten Days
The Butte welterweight known as the Butte Butcher Boy went 4-0 in a 10 day stretch in January 1924, fighting in Butte Tacoma Helena and Portland. He defeated Kid Herman of Chicago in Butte via technical knockout and drew praise for ring craft while later serving as a referee.
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Simonich
Herman Joe Simonich
Butte
Tacoma
Helena
Portland
Joe
Battling Krause
Ted Karauche
Joe Dunn
Kid” Herman
Chicago
Herman
Frank Walker
American Legion
Washington
Frank C. Walker
Doc” Flynn
Montana
al Webster
Billings
Bill Tait
Law Risken
Anaconda Standard
Risken
Joe Simonich
Tillie
Legion
Broadway
Flynn
Doc
Victor
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Oregon
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Chuck” Staples
Chuck
Staples
Pete Latzo
Hay
Ralston
Big Hole
Jackson
Cowboy Martin
Jack Carpenter
Farmers' cash receipts show 12 percent rise in 1935
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a 12 percent gain in farm receipts from principal products and rental and benefit payments for 1935, totaling 6.83 billion dollars, up from 6.10 billion in 1934. The rise reflects a 20 percent upswing in general farm prices, with the largest gains in the eastern corn belt Kentucky Oklahoma and mountain states. Fine salt should be used to clean pearl handled articles.
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Montana State College
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Corn Belt
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Mountain States
Doan's Pills Promise Kidney Relief And Flush
Medical authorities describe kidneys as containing 15 miles of tubelike filters that purify blood. Doan's Pills are advertised to flush these tubes and relieve symptoms like backache and fatigue, claiming success for over 40 years and urging purchase at druggists.
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Doan
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