Optimistic Montana Crop and Livestock Report Sees Gains
U S Agricultural Marketing Service at Helena reports October 1 crop and livestock conditions improved from September. Ranges cattle and sheep recovered after drought, eastern Montana saw below normal rainfall, sheep and lambs near year earlier highs, and cattle moving to market with better feed. Harvests near and late crops show slight improvement while potato yields disappoint.
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Montana
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Helena
October crop summary notes declines in 1939 compared to 1938
The October 1 crop summary shows spring wheat yield steady while other grains rise slightly. Haying and apples benefited from September weather. It projects 15 crops totaling about 143 percent of 1928 37 average, below 1938 by about 18 percent. Milk and egg production trends and wages are given with pasture and stock details for Montana.
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Drouth
Montana
Proper Housing During Winter Will Increase Dairy Cow's Milk Flow
Bozeman report urges dairymen to vet winter housing for comfort and cleanliness. Extension dairy specialist J. O. Tretsven says well ventilated barns at 45 to 55 degrees boost milk flow, with four square feet of window light and 500 cubic feet per cow. A adjacent shed bedded with straw aids protection and dry rest.
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Bozpman
J. O. Tretsven
Montana State College
Tretsven
Augusta six man team defeats St. Marys 20 to 6
Augusta's six man football squad rostered Bohler Foser Christian Dyer Nixon and Kirk aldie beat St. Marys at Great Falls by 20 to 6. The night also featured a new theatre opening at Pings with weekly showings and leading pictures.
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Augusta
Robert Bohler
Frank Foser
Lawrence Christian
Robert Dyer
Walter Nixon
William Kirkaldie
St. Mary’s
Great Falls
Pings
Bud Kennedy
Dan Neal
Here
Chateau Hospital
Julius Wuerthner
Masonic Welfare
FE. A. Wellman
Bingham
Fred Bernier
Jacquiline McRae
Wynn Garwood
Lewis Mason
Butte
W. E. Bernier
Order of Eastern Star
Helen Wellman
Miss Wellman
Los Angeles
Frederic L. Rickard
Helena
T. M. Wiles
George Foster
Augusta Peps
J. T. Bailey
John Breidenbach
Boosters
Federal Agency to Buy Montana Apples
Governor Ayers asks the federal surplus commodities corporation to survey Montana apples and devise a plan to aid growers. A telegram from H C Albin notes MT growers face unmarketable surplus due to exports decline and urges purchase for distribution to needy families.
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Roy E. Ayers
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Montana
H. C. Albin
Ayers
Albin
Montana Examiner Ordered To Record Delinquent Taxes
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules Montana law empowers the state examiner to prescribe a delinquent tax record for counties and counties must conform. The opinion, written for State Examiner W. A. Brown, states the cost of installing the records is mandatory and can be treated as an emergency expenditure under the county budget law.
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H. J. Freebourn
Montana
W. A. Brown
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