Three Counties to Send 4-H Teams to Portland Livestock Show
Montana 4-H clubs from Lewis and Clark Judith Basin and Gallatin counties will send two demonstration teams and two judging teams to the Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland Oregon October 25 to November 1. The Lewis and Clark judging team includes Harlan Herrin Alan Shumate and Winton Herrin with Herrin serving as state 4-H club secretary. The agri cultural demonstration team features Lester Keilman Donald Raw and is led by Potter. The Lewis and Clark home economics judging team includes Marie McGowan and Mable Hurni while Gallatin county members Phyllis Davis and Ruth Balentine prepare the clothes closet conveniences demonstration. The teams earned their Portland slots by winning top honors at the Midland Empire fair in Billings in early September.
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Montana State College
Lewis and Clark County
Judith Basin
Gallatin County
Portland
Ore
Charles E. Potter
Montana
Harlan Herrin
Alan Shumate
Winton Herrin
Lester Keilman
Donald Raw
Judith Basin County
Marie McGowan
Mable Hurni
Phyllis Davis
Ruth Balentine
Billings
Copper carbonate dusting advised for winter wheat infection control
Montana State college specialists endorse copper carbonate dusting as the most effective method to combat stinking smut in winter wheat. Each bushel should receive two to three ounces of powder mixed thoroughly with seed, using either a commercial treating machine or a home made mixer, with proper ventilation and respiratory protection.
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Montana State College
Careful Livestock Marketing Advised By Co op Group
Central Co operative Association of South St. Paul Minnesota urges careful livestock marketing to hold price levels and improve profits. Last week sheep bids fell 25 to 50 cents as packers had fewer head, feeders scarce. Montana lambs quoted 8 to 8.25, feeders 6.50 to 7.00. Cattle demand for stockers and feeders is narrow with light Montana runs 25 to 50 cents lower. steers 8.00 to 9.00 for top, 7.50 to 8.50 typical. dehorned Herefords up to 8.50, yearlings 7.00 to 7.50, mediums 6 to 7, common 4.50 to 6.00.
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Central Co- Operative Association
South St. Paul
Minn
Livestock Commission House
Montana
Central Cooperative Association of
South Saint Paul
Central Cooperative Association
Central
Central Cooperative Association N. KE. Carnes
South St, Paul
Plant Fruits This Fall for Returns Next Summer
Readers are urged to plant fruit trees and berries this fall to gain an earlier harvest next year. The piece highlights apples peaches plums and cherries for ornament and fruit, notes fall planting advantages, and suggests strawberries blackberries raspberries and grapes as compact, productive options for home gardens.
Clubs Prepare For North Central Montana Fair Contests
Cascade county 4-H clubs are asked to form teams for judging and demonstration contests at the North Central Montana fairgrounds on October 18. Any county or district club may enter one team in agricultural and one in home economics. Teams must be in good standing with up to date record books. The planned county home economics eliminations on Sept. 27 were canceled as the demonstration contest may be small. Winners from Cascade district will compete with other district winners. Demonstrations by county teams from Billings will also be held October 18.
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Cascade County
North Central
Mountaia Fairgrounds
Robina Wylder
Siate
Miss Wylder
Wilma Briscoe
Violet Fridley
Little Cooks Club
Cascade
Violet Strosky
Helen Olson
Foods Club
Beit
Lucy Willits
Virginia Prewett
Simms
Billings
Marjorie Heikes
Bertha Tallman
George Purvis
Jim Travis
Sugar Beet Industry Rapidly Advances in Montana
Federal crop expert Jay G. Diamond notes rapid growth in Montana sugar beet acreage rising from 37 000 to 48 000 acres from 1929 to 1930. The 1930 yield averaged 10.4 tons per acre, producing 528 000 tons valued at about 3 696 000 dollars plus feed uses. The industry funds diversified farms and strengthens dairy farming.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Billings
Diamond
Training School Trains Park County Women Leaders
Miss Hazel Kidder, extension clothing specialist at Montana State College, conducted a training session at Clyde Park last week to prepare women’s groups for upcoming clothing projects in Park County this winter.
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Hazel Kidder
Montana State College
Clyde Park
Park County
Hay and Stock Farms and Irrigated Dairy Lands
Classified notice advertising ranches and farms for sale including hay and stock ranches grain and bay farms small home places and irrigated dairy farms offered for purchase with brief descriptors.
Montana urged to adopt grading and shipping rules
Montana agriculture needs compulsory grading and branding to compete nationally. Tom L. Knight argues quality markets Montana products, cites Idaho as a model with premium Idaho brand potatoes and higher margins. He cites losses from lack of grading and warns of surplus imports undercutting local farmers.
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Montana
Tom L. Knight
Mr. Knight
Idaho
Cleveland
Knight
United States
Washington
Pacific Coast
Park County Lamb Pool Ships 500 Lambs to Chicago Market
Two carloads of lambs were shipped to Chicago for sale via the Chicago Producers' Association the market representative of the Intermountain Livestock Marketing Association. The 500 lambs, nearly all finished stock, accounted for about half the Park County pool.
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Park County Lamb Pool
Chicago
Chicago Producers’ Association
Intermountain Livestock Marketing Association
Park County
4-H Club Day At Phillips County Fair
September 13 marked 4-H club day at the Dodson fair with 121 club members and 20 local teachers in attendance. The event featured a dedicated 4-H exhibit building and livestock displays in the stock barns, and organizers hope to make it an annual affair.
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Phillips County Fair
Dodson
Smut Tests Fair to Growers at Montana State College
W O Whitcomb of the Bozeman state seed inspection lab reports 80 percent of hard red winter wheat ears tested since August show smut, with discounting by mills on smut content. He describes a simple test: weigh, scour to remove smut, reweigh, subtract to find smut percentage and discount. Dry threshing reduces smut, and six year trend shows rising from 32 to 60 percent before settling at 57 in 1929.
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Montana State College
W. O. Whitcomb
Bozeman
Montana
Pacific Coast
Minneapolis
Duluth
Whitcomb
Bozeman Laboratory
Cuticura Taicum Adurges Daily Toiletry Use
Advertisement for Cuticura Taicum powder and perfume touts its use for face skin baby and dusting needs. Promotes Cuticura Trio items Soap Ointment Talcum priced 25 cents each and notes Sidney Sergt J and Capt Davia F DeLap of Bozeman associated with the ad.
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Sidney, Sergt. J
Davia F. DeLap
Bozeman
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Promise of Purity and Safety
The Bayer name guarantees genuine Aspirin, a trusted, safe medicine millions rely on. It relieves headaches neuritis colds neuralgia sore throat lumbago rheumatism toothache and does not depress the heart. Bayer manufactures monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid under trademark.
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Bayer
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