Farm Credit service taps Montana State staff for wheat program duties
E A Starch acting head of Agricultural Economics at Montana State College will join the Farm Credit Administration for three months starting Oct 2 to help run the wheat adjustment program in Montana. He will work from the state college with headquarters there. Earlier MSU selections included M L Wilson as Wheat Section chief and C C Conser aiding in Washington. William DeYoung was also appointed to the Farm Credit Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Starch
Department of Agricultural Economics
Farm Credit Administration
Montana State College
Alfred Atkinson
Starch
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Montana
State College
M. L. Wilson
Wilson
Cc. C
Grading School At Great Falls Montana
A turkey grading school directed by a U S department of agriculture representative will be held at Great Falls October 23 24. Montana State College extension poultry specialist Miss S E Cushman notes graders must attend and pass the exam to work under federal grades. About 20 trainees are expected for cooperative poultry marketing groups creameries and related bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Falls
S. E. Cushman
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Plow Strategy Aims to Kill Grasshopper Eggs
A moldboard plow should be used to till early next spring in fields with abundant grasshopper eggs. Plowing before hatch, around May 15, covers eggs deeply so young hoppers cannot reach the surface.
When Your Daughter Comes to Womanhood
An old girlhood advice card urges mothers to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to teen daughters during adolescence. It emphasizes health guidance and the goal of a happy, healthy wife and mother in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
White King
Bureau Proposes Revision of Federal Grain Standard
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U S Department of Agriculture proposes revisions to federal grain standards to reflect modern harvest and trade practices. Changes include fewer corn grades, new mixed grain and malting barley grades, removal of some numerical factors, and added moisture notes, with a three to four month public comment period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
R. W. Skelton
Great Falls
Federal
Montana
Bureau
Grain Trade
State Departments of Agriculture and Agricultural Colleges
Early Plowing Cuts Grasshopper Damage Next Spring
Montana State College agronomist Sam Sloan notes that early plowing toward May 1 buries grasshopper eggs and yields more wheat. Records from the north Montana experiment station show May plow averages about 20.4 bushels per acre, while delaying to July drops to under 16. Fall plowing also yields about 20 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Sloan
Montana State College
North Montana
Havre
Sloan
State College Entomology Department
Warm Weather Slows Sugar Beet Shipments in Montana
Sugar beet shipments from western Montana are limited by heat as Amalgamated Sugar restricts loading. Townsend station allows 3.5 to 4 cars daily while growers rush to harvest. Canton valley yields reach 15 to 16 tons per acre with sugar content up to 17 percent, higher than prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Missoula
Montana
Townsend Beet
Townsend
Toston
Canton
Civil War Relics Collected by W. D. White of Billings
W. D. White of Billings gathers an extensive Civil War relic collection. Envelopes with patriotic scenes, portraits of Union generals, bayonets, swords, cannons, Confederate money, and a battle roll lead the display. Also include a war ledger from Dobbin and a field telescope from Champions Hill. White, 85, active in the Grand Army of the Republic, recalls Lincoln visits and his service in 1862.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
White
United States
A. S. Dobbins
Sterling Price
George Washington
Maj
Andrew White
Illinois
Wayne County
Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
Fairfield
Vicksburg
Arkansas
Louisiana
Montana
Blue Creek
Butter and Cheese Output Rise in Montana August
Montana dairy division reports August gains in butter and cheese production versus August 1932. Ice cream output plummeted to 16,761 gallons from 97,497 in July and 80,048 in August 1932. Butter reached 1,555,237 pounds and cheese 210,498 pounds. Three new creameries began reporting: Hopper at Miles City, Skinner's Confectionary at Shelby, and Ravalli County creamery at Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
George L. Hopper
Miles City
Skinner’s Confectionary
Shelby
Ravalli County Creamery
Hamilton
Sheepherder Seeks Compensation After Bear Chase Near Browning
Thomas Troy a 63 year old sheepherder filed with the state accident board for injuries from a bear chase while herding near Browning Montana. He grabbed his gun at 2 am to pursue the bear which damaged his shoulder and caused internal injuries after he tripped on a boulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Accident Board
Thomas Troy
Browning
Surplus Distribution Plan Aims to Aid 3.5 Million Relief Families
The Agricultural Adjustment administration will buy and distribute surpluses of dairy, poultry, hogs, cotton, cattle, fruits, vegetables, and grains to 3.5 million relief families in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Funding may come from processing taxes, FERA appropriations, and Reconstruction Finance loans. Economists say the program increases consumption beyond existing relief, while also curbing future surpluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Washington, D. C
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The
Purebred Suffolk Ewe Sale Planned at Pocatello
Dr R O Young of Pocatello Idaho hosts a November 4 sale at the Young ranch seven miles north of town. His 400 head purebred Suffolk flock, largest in the United States, will be offered along with imported stock and rams from the university herd. The event marks the first purebred Suffolk ewe sale in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
R. O. Young
Pocatello
Idaho
Dr. Young
England
Ogden
Utah
Young Ranch
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Clark’s Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
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Billings
Mr. White
Fifty-sixth
Illinois Infantry
William White
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OLD Union Stockyards Co
Washington
D. K
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Bear
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America
Guy Earnhart
Borcer
Tex
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Texas
Hughes & Company
Third Street
Butt Mont
Huseth
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Standard Motor Company
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