Montana harvest tops loom as 35 million wheat forecast
Montana faced a looming harvest with an expected 35 000 000 bushels of spring wheat and 5 000 000 bushels of winter wheat the second largest crop on record. Labor shortages spark a statewide hunt for 3 500 harvest workers with idle miners and shop crafts eyed for outside work and new employment offices planned.
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Montana
State Department of Agriculture
C. C. Davis
Division of Labor
Department of Agriculture
United Mine Workers
Billings
Robert Condon
Condon
P. C. Pattenon
Melstone
State Labor Office
Pacific North West
State Department
George B. Tucker
Farm Labor Bureau
United States Employment Service
Kansas City
W. W. Wheaton
Lewistown
Poultry Feed Mix Maximizes Egg Production at Beltsville
United States Department of Agriculture reports eight year trials at Beltsville Maryland showing a mash of four percent bran four percent middlings twenty six percent meat scrap and sixty six percent corn meal yielding 140 to 155 eggs per hen in Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds. Ground oats offered no benefit and fish scrap rises profit when cheaper.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Government Poultry Farm
Beltsville
Rhode Island
Wyandottes
Plymouth Rocks
Farmers See New Soil Cultivators Demonstrations Draw 686
A county agent led six field demonstrations on summer tillage and weed control in Phillips County attended by 686 farmers. The event showcased eight home and factory made machines per tour and an average of five factory made and five homemade tools at each site, highlighting weed suppression and cost effective equipment.
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Phillips County
Homemade machines aid farmers through dry farming trials
During a Phillips county series of demonstrations, 32 farmers built various home-made tillage machines costing 75 cents to 20 dollars. Harry Mason of Lovejoy showcased a simple weed cutter using repurposed wagon tires, proving useful on summer fallowed land and illustrating that capital limits need not block progress in dry farming efforts.
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Harry Mason
Lovejoy
Mason
Phillips County
Wool prices to rise says National Wool Warehouse head
Matt Staff of the National Wool Warehouse and Storage Co Chicago says a wool shortage and low carryover stocks set up a new high level for domestic wool this fall. Growers consigning 1922 clips expect higher prices through year end as mills book heavy fall and winter orders.
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Matt Staff
National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company
Chicago
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Staff
Boston
Texas
London
Frank Sullivan
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Short OF Harvest Help
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U. S
Weiller & Weiller Co
Carson, Wood & Weiller Livestock Commission
South Saint Paul
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Louis
Glacier National Park
J. S. Booh
Great Falls, Montana
L. B. Woods
P. A. Helena
Maxt
Great Northern
National —Wool
Charles M. Russell
Blackfeet Trading ‘Party
la Verendrye
Rocky Mountains
Pierre Radisson
Mississippi River
Russell
Cheely-Raban Syndicate
Ccheely-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls
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