Powder River Leads Montana In Alfalfa Seed Production
Powder River County tops Montana for registered Grimm alfalfa seed with 3 458 acres and 258 acres of Cossack under inspection. Custer Valley and Valley counties follow in registered acre totals as 1 928 Grimm and 149 Cossack. 1 144 Grimm in Valley with 41 growers. Registration offers 10 to 20 cents more per pound. seed will bear blue red or yellow tags under a new three state grading plan.
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Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Montana
A. J. Ogaard
Powder River
Grimm
Seed Growers ‘Association
Custer County
Valley County
Garfield
Prairie
Rosebud
Phillips
Mr. Ogaard
Idaho
Utah
Weekly Market Report From Weiller & Weiller September 14 1926
Western cattle receipts at the seven principal markets totaled 126000 with Chicago at 35000 and Kansas City at 30000. Trade showed strong demand for butcher steers and steady stocker and feeder prices. cows and heifers eased about 25 cents, veal down 50 to 75 cents, and hogs mixed with sows rising. Lambs declined 25 to 50 cents per cwt with native lambs around 13.50 and breeding ewes in strong demand.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
South Saint Paul
Montana farming notes cover hay, grain, and seed work
Madison county ranchers ship feeder cattle to face winter shortages while eastern Montana feed scarcity prompts diversion to Madison valley. The Great Falls Corn and Livestock show runs Sept 30 to Oct 2, gypsum test plots show strong results, and seed corn and Marquis wheat trials illustrate variable yields under drought. Montana wheat reports rise with broad increases in oats barley and rye.
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Montana State College
Madison County
Montana
Madison Valley
Central Montana
Great Falls
KB. Peterson
Rosebud
Marquis
Supreme
University
Renfrew
Carnation Herd Touring Expositions with 24 Holsteins
A famed Carnation Milk Farms herd from near Seattle travels 9500 miles by express cars to major eastern and midwestern shows. Led by Kathryn Ormsby Bos De Kol, the 24 Holsteins come from prize-winning lines. After exhibitions at Sesqui Centennial Philadelphia, they return to Portland for the Pacific International Live Stock Show from Oct 30. A separate note mentions Scotland's United Free church considering allowing women to enter ministry.
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Carnation
Seattle
Montana
Middle West
Kathryn Ormsby Bos de Kol
Snequamamie Valley
Pacific Northwest
Carnation Milk Farms
West
Philadelphia
Portland
Oregon
Feeder Cattle Prices Rise Driven by Market Shortages
State Veterinarian Dr. W J Butler says feeder cattle prices are climbing as weekly reports from Chicago and St Paul show gains since month start. He notes a U S census drop of about 7 million beef cattle since 1923 and adds Montana faces shipping and shrinkage challenges versus Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois.
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W. J. Butler
Livestock Commission
Chicago
St. Paul
Dr. Butler
United States
United States Livestock Census Bureau
Montana
Butler
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Middle Western
Butte Firm Buys Up Range Horses for Export
Montana Horse Products, a Hansen Packing subsidiary in Butte, buys range horses in Montana at rates shown by shipments from Melstone Grass Range and Big Sandy. Prices range from 5 to 12 dollars per head plus a few yearlings and colts, with totals from each sender. Walter Hansen, manager, Montana Horse Products, Butte, invites owners to write. Fifty miles of wire could be made from one ounce of fine gold.
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Thoas
Butte
Montana Horse Products Company
Hansen Packing Company
H. E. McGibony
Melstone
Frank W. Miles
Grass Range
Montana
J. D. English
Big Sandy
Walter Hansen
Flaxseed market outlook from Montana Extension Service
The Montana Extension Service reports favorable flaxseed prospects for the season with steady U S demand for linseed oil. Domestic production has fallen while Argentina holds last year’s bumper crop and Canada shows high stocks. World prices rise on weaker crops. U S futures around 2.46 at mid July, Buenos Aires futures about 1.85.
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Montana State College
Office of Agricultural Economics
Montana Extension Service
Montana
United States
Argentina
Canada
India
Minneapolis
Buenos Aires
Global crop forecasts and a West Africa women’s rights movement
The report notes US flaxseed production around 19.1 million bushels down 3 million from last year and Canada about 6.5 million, both lower than a year ago. European data are incomplete. southern Hemisphere acreage may rise per Rome IA Institute reports. In Cameroon, native women form a rights society, pressuring men to treat them with respect.
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United States
Europe
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Cameroon
West Africa
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
The
Tru-Blu Discult Co
Spokane
E.scott Commission CO
McCarthy
Duluth
Milwaukee
Clare's Fork Valley
Lackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula
Mont
Weiller & Weiller
Sanders County
Lincoln County
Blaine County
Craig Farm Bureau
Lewis and Clark County
Dearborn Bridge
Absarokee
Diamond Dye Cyclopedia
Dept. N3
Burlington
Vermont
Carnation Herd
United Free Church of Scotland
Ss. O. Huseth
Butte Firm
Weiller
Paul
Minnesota
Tacultry
Montana Meat and Commission Co
L.A. Williams
Charles O. Robinson
A. W. Thomas Lee
Robinson
Frank M. Gross
Ward Burgoia Gordon Sanford
Joe King
C. W. Vassau
Charles
Union Stock Yard
Edmonson Dentistry
Edmonson
Eximonson
Lapeyre
E. E. Edmonson
Great Falls, Mont
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