Mandan Secrets of Corn Culture
The American Museum of Natural History reveals Mandan Indian corn cultivation knowledge may boost U S corn production during national food shortages. The maize grows in cold dry climates and features red black and blue kernels. Founders say it once saved settlers from starvation and could aid in this crisis.
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Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Department of Anthropology of American Museum
Northwest
Montana
United States
How and When to Paint on the Farm
Farm guidance urges painting in spring or late fall and stresses proper prep. Clean dry wood or iron, use oil-rich prepared paints, and rub in heavily for lasting protection. Old lead mixes fail. machinery-mixed paint lasts months with no peeling, protecting barns, wagons, tools, fences, and even homes.
Make the home garden a wartime duty and asset
An appeal urges households to grow food to ease shortages and reduce transport strain. It calls idle land a crime for slacking and urges communities to plan and supervise home and urban gardens now for this year and next, highlighting farmers and city dwellers alike.
Baby Beef Proves Profitable For Young Stock Feeding
The article argues that raising baby beef is more economical than finishing mature cattle. It notes that younger animals require less feed per pound of gain, that varied rations improve efficiency, and that well-bred calves finished by 14 to 18 months cut costs. Silage and fodder corn are highlighted as economical feeds.
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Ohio
Mississippi
America
Ceither
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Clark's Fork Valley
Thompson Falls
Northern Pacific Railway
Pacific
Blackfoot Land Development Company
Missoula
Facts About U S Share Of World Resources
The United States produces large shares of global commodities in 1900s terms. It accounts for seventy six percent of world corn and seventy five percent of cotton along with major portions of oil copper pig iron coal tobacco silver wheat gold and overall wealth. The data reflect a vast domestic economy and global influence.
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United States
Fisherman Goes Afield With Morning Hope and Bait
The fisherman rises early and sets out with hope and resolve. He returns late in the day, full of bait and heavy with a sense that the truth eludes him.
Live at Home concept in Montana gardens economy
A Montanan gardener advocates the "live at Home" idea as beneficial for the state economy and for youth education. The proposal suggests expanding home garden work if financially rewarding, arguing it provides pleasant employment and practical training for young people.
World in Brief From Global Dispatches
Across cities, reports note price shifts in flour, wartime pensions lapses, Ford donating ambulances, and large war finance figures. Other items cover draft prospects, raw hides, aviation plans, and tremors of inflation, with German and Japanese naval buildup and a heroic tunnel strike.
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Minneapolis
London
Detroit
Ford
Red Cross
Ford Motor Company
New York
England
United States
Washington
Wilson
Chicago
Tokio
Stockholm
Germany
Robert W. Wooley
Liberty Loan
National Council of Defense
American Federation of Labor
Paris
Patrick Cudahy
Worcester
Mass
American Steel and Wire Co
Cit
Harding
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
Louis Kramer
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Great Falls Dairy
Great Falls
Harold Somers
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
O. B. Whipple
Montana Experiment Station
Montana Equity Mutual Hail & Fire Insurance Company
Farmers
Equity Mutual Hail & Fire Insurance Company
Tod
War Department
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company
Nash Motors Company
Hurlburt Motor Car Company
Williams
BR. F. Wweath & Co
Billings
Idowell Creamery
Montana Farms
Frary & Burlingame No
First National Bank
Great Falls, Mont
Est
Wyoming
Public Oil Exchange
Casper
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