Montana Farmers Back Equity Proposals to Ease Labor
Montana farmers show strong interest in Equity societies from South Dakota and other states to relax immigration restrictions. Leaders from Iowa Minnesota South Dakota and the national organization urge Congress to suspend immigration laws during the war to alleviate labor shortages threatening farm output and national strength. It is believed oriental labor is the focus of the proposal.
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Montana
Equity Society of
South Dakota
Equity Societies
Farmers’ Union of
Washington
A. J. Johnson
Iowa State Equity Society
H. A. Fuller
Minnesota Society
J. Weller Long
National Organization
S. W. Ricords
South Dakota Farmers’ Union
United States
Congress
Government Wheat Prices Basis Set by Food Administration
The U S food administration announces new government price bases for wheat at various markets effective July 1. Grades below No 3 sold by sample. higher grades receive adjustments to offset railway and sea freight increases. Special freight compensation will be announced for intermountain regions.
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Railway Administration
Food Administration
Grain Corporation
Seaboard
Red Walla
U. S. Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Blanket exemption for many Billings farmers
Seventy five farmers in Yellowstone county slated to join Camp Dodge for a draft have been granted blanket exemption. The Yellowstone district board consulted Governor Stewart, who referred the matter to the district board. They advised sending a portion of the quota while deferring the rest until harvest, urging crops be gathered first.
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Yellowstone County
Camp Dodge
District Draft Board
Yellowstone
Stewart
District Board
Yellowstone Board
War Department
Montana hay shortage threatens stock interests this winter
The Montana harvest may yield lower bushels per acre but comparable dollars per acre overall. A short hay crop looms with premium prices likely. thousands of breeding stock may be shipped out and beef stock sold early to weather a potential hard winter. Alfalfa prices may exceed those of spring 1917.
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Montana
Fergus threshing prices set at Lewistown meeting
At a Lewistown conference with threshermen, the food administrator and the chamber of commerce, threshing prices were fixed for wheat eight cents, oats six, barley six, flax sixteen, and timothy twenty five cents. If crew is furnished and boarded by the thresh er, charges rise to wheat twenty, oats ten, and flax thirty two cents.
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Fergus
Lewistown
Chamber of Commerce
Sprouted Barley as Hen Feed Compared to Oats
Sprouted barley for hens is as good as oats for sprouting. A cellar serves as an excellent sprouting place. Feed promptly while sprouts are very short to avoid waste. There is no danger of feeding too much.
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Fort Collins
Loveland
Colo
Northwest
E. D. Gantt
Montana farmers and wheat price boost from Washington news
W. M. Burlingame, head of Equity, reports cheering news from Washington on government attitude toward Montana farmers. Ocean rates boosted.
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W. M. Burlingame
Equity
Washington
Montana
Montana Grain Gains Sought in Washington Mission Outcome
W M Burlingame and J H Hall returned from Washington with encouraging news for Montana farmers. The mission won at least four and a half cents per bushel this year and opened the path for larger future savings. Western routes via the Columbia River will set Portland Astoria prices and route grain to the mouth of the river, boosting western wheat value by about 12 cents per bushel under normal conditions.
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W. M. Burlingame
American Society of Equity
Washington
Montana
Food Administration
Burlingame
J. H. Hall
East
Thorized
Columbia River
Portland
Astoria
Western
Western Dakota
Roundup News Notes from Montana Settlements
Roundup reports crops and public safety items across the state. Musselshell county eyes a heavy corn crop and county public health nurse service starts in fall. Cascade residents seek removal of a local policeman. Glacier park to open for grazing due to feed shortages. Yellowstone county harvesters get draft relief. Lewistown reports sedition conviction of Edward Foster with $500 fine. Bear Spring Everson farmers petition Milwaukee road for a grain spur. Ongoing bookkeeping issues noted in Roundup.
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Malta
Phillips
Musselshell
Cascade
Havre
Hill County
Billings
Crow Reservation
Musselshell County
Conrad
Teton County
State Council of Defense
Helena
Montana
Glacier Park
State Livestock Commission
Yellowstone County
Butte
Christier
Baker
Lewistown
Edward Foster
Bear Spring
Everson
Milwaukee Road
Officials unsure how to act after flood damage in Rosebud County
A fifteen foot water wall swept across Lame Deer and Rosebud County causing damage running about a quarter mile wide. Officials consider options as cleanup and assessment begin after thousands of dollars in losses.
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Acctotabarat
Rosebud
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