Corn and hogs move Montana toward better prices
Senator James Griffin of Chinook says Montana’s corn and hog industry is expanding as farmers diversify crops. He notes eastern counties show rising corn acres and more hogs, with potential for cattle feeding and home finishing of Montana beef. Great Falls Meat Co. and Spokane shipments illustrate growing market reach. a larger fair building is urged for equal county representation. Kevin gas well at 35-35-3 flows, to supply Kevin heating and lighting.
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Montana
James Griffin
Chinook
Griffin
Richland
Great Falls
Mr. Griffin
Stove turns 95 percent air into heat on demand
St. Louis fuel expert Mr. B M Oliver unveils a simple device that lets any stove furnace or heater burn 95 of air with minimal coal and no component changes. The system promises triple heat from coal and claims long life and safety with wide use already reported by housewives. Offers free booklet and sales plan for distributors.
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B. M. Oliver
St. Louis
Oliver
Bitter Root apple crop heads to market and cider plants
Apple picking in Bitter Root valley runs strong despite hail damage. Hundreds of carloads of first class fruit will be shipped or used for cider. Corvallis cider plant aims for 100 carloads. Stevensville packer facility opened by Montana Fruit Distributors under R. H. Jarvis with local help ready by October 15 deadline.
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Corvallis
Stevensville
Montana Fruit Distributors
First National Bank
R. H. Jarvis
Early Lawmakers on Agriculture in Montana 1864 Report
The 1864 report from Charles E. Bagg, chairman of the Montana Senate agriculture committee, urged Congress to fund a $50,000 agricultural college. It noted Gallatin Madison and other valleys rich in agricultural wealth and called for a memorial to prioritize farming interests to keep Montanans from leaving the territory.
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Montana
Commonwealth
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate
Council
David Hilger
State Historical Society
Sidney Edgerton
Territorial
Charles S. Bagg
State Historical Library
Territory of
Legislative Assembly
Gallatin
Madison
Bitter Root
Prickly Pear
Sun River
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Deer Lodge
House of the Legislative Assembly
Congress
First pure bred Shorthorn cattle reach Montana in 1878
A Canadian herd book pedigree shows Nero II a red and white bull imported by A S Rife of Dillon in 1878. The shipment of twenty registered bulls and heifers arrived in Montana via Corinne Utah, with D E Metlen and others sharing cattle on Horse Prairie. The venture faced early skepticism and winter losses, but helped start improved breeding in the region.
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George
Metlen
Nero II
William Reed
Nassagawaya
County Halton
Ontario
Canada
James Marks
Rockwood
Nero
Betsey Sr
Norman
G. Dam
Empress
Prince Albert
Duke of Wellington
John R. Craig
Agricultural and Arte Association of Canada
D. E. Metlen
Montana
A. S. Rife
Dillon
Mr. Rife
Wm. Reed
Nassagawey
Halton County
Hesper
Corinne
Utah
Isaac Rife
Horse Prairie
Martin Barratt
G. M. Brown
Pat Holehan
Old Horse Prairie Herding Association
Rife
United States
Aged Prospector Shaffer Strikes Big Montana Gold Find
A H Shaffer, a 70 year old prospector tracing back to 1864, unveils a huge gold strike in the Highlands area near Butte Montana. He reports assays showing $295.40 in gold and $6 in silver from outcroppings and $9 186.50 in gold from a lead, with plans to extend the road to the claim.
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Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
A. H. Shaffer
West
Highlands
Butte
Golden Surprise
Mr. Shaffer
Shaffer
Alder Gulch
Topeka
Kan
Early cattle breeding on Horse Prairie noted in Missoula history
A historical reference explains the lasting impact of early breeding of cattle on Horse Prairie near Missoula. It also notes a Montana irrigationists meeting scheduled for November 1920.
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Missoula
Irrigationists of
Montana
Freak Apple Tree Blooms In Park County
In late September a Park county tree at Dave Short hill’s orchard shows normal apple blossoms on one side while the opposite side bears large ripe fruit. Local fruit expert Bert Krohne says it’s the first time he has heard of blossoms and fruit on the same tree in fall.
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Luther Burbank
Park County
Dave Shorthill
Pine Creek
Rosedale School
Bert T. Krohne
CO. Krohne Sons
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Fair, Favors Feeding
Kevin
Nicholson
Coleman Lame Co
Wichita
Manaus
Agricultural College
Adgerton
Chas. E. Bagg
George Metlen
U. S
Bonanza
Ekgemenl
FOR
Eanut
Cat Creek
Mutual Oil Gcompany
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