Farmers Favor Oriental Help in War Labor Relief
Montana farmers show strong interest in a proposed Equity Society plan from South Dakota and other states. Delegates including A J Johnson H A Fuller J Weller Long and S W Ricords petition Congress to suspend immigration laws to ease farm labor shortages during the war, with emphasis on oriental labor.
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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 Set New Freight Based Basis
The U S food administration announces new price basis for wheat grades effective July 1 to offset higher railway and sea freights. Prices vary by grade with adjustments of two cents above or below standard rates and special arrangements for intermountain regions to cover freight compensation.
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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, needed in the fields, are granted blanket exemption from the draft. The district draft board, after discussion with Governor Stewart, advised sending a portion of the quota and deferring the rest until crops are gathered. The board emphasizes that crop gathering is vital before full mobilization.
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Yellowstone County
Camp Dodge
District Draft Board
Yellowstone
Stewart
District Board
Yellowstone Board
War Department
Montana hay shortage looms as stock owners fear winter
The Montana harvest yields lower grains per acre but dollars per acre may match past years. The hay crop is tight with prices rising, threatening livestock operations. Breeding stock may be shipped out, beef stock sold early, and alfalfa prices may exceed spring 1917 levels.
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Montana
Fergus threshing prices fixed at Lewistown conference
At a Lewistown gathering of threshermen, the food administrator and chamber of commerce fixed threshing rates for grain. Prices set: wheat eight cents, oats five, barley six, flax sixteen, timothy twenty five cents. If crew fed and housed by the thresher, charges increase to Wheat twenty cents, oats ten, flax thirty two.
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Fergus
Lewistown
Chamber of Commerce
Sprouted Barley Compared to Oats for Hens
Sprouted barley is as effective as oats for sprouting in a cellar. Feed while sprouts are very short for best results. There is no danger in feeding too much sprouted barley to hens.
Montana Farmers and Wheat Price Cheer From Washington
W. M. Burlingame, head of Equity, reports in Washington on government stance toward Montana farmers. Ocean rates have been boosted, bringing cheering news to agricultural interests in the state.
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W. M. Burlingame
Equity
Washington
Montana
Montana grain gains cited from Washington mission progress
W M Burlingame president of the American Society of Equity returns from Washington with news of at least four and one half cents per bushel gain for Montana farmers this year. The mission secured government support while freight rate pressures rose from 3 50 to 5 50 per ton. Western markets at Portland and Astoria are designated as primary, with future routing via the Columbia River likely increasing wheat profits.
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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 Montana News Briefs Reach Across Counties
Musselshell county reports about 8 000 acres of corn indicating a heavy crop while Roundup notes farmers hold land for beans near Crow reservation. Helena reports Glacier park grazing due to feed shortages and Yellowstone district allows harvest workers home. Butte mentions city warrants market failure causing street cleaners and garbage men walkout for a second time. Lewistown covers sedition conviction of Edward Foster and a Milwaukee spur proposed to Bear Spring Everson farmers to ease grain haul.
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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
Christler
Baker
Lewistown
Edward Foster
Bear Spring
Everson
Milwaukee Road
Officials weigh options after high water damages Rosebud land
In Lame Deer and Rosebud County officials faced an uncertain plan as floodwaters from a fifteen foot wall swept through the valley, damaging land over a quarter mile wide and causing thousands of dollars in damage.
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Acctotabarat
Rosebud
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