Sunflowers Prove Best Silage For Montana Dairies
Montana experiment station reports sunflowers yield up to 22 tons per acre without irrigation and 39 tons with irrigation. Mammoth Russian seeds planted late May to early June. rows 30 to 36 inches apart. 10 inches between plants. Seeded at 30 pounds per acre. harvest for silage at early milk stage about 100 to 110 days after planting. For fodder, harvest earlier for silo bite. otherwise silo prep mirrors corn.
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Montana
Bozeman
Experiment Station
Call of the Last West by Blackfoot Land Development Co
Anaconda Copper Mining Company lands in Western Montana offer direct purchase without promotion or commission. 10 yearly payments on fixed-value agricultural land with accessible rail, telegraph, schools, and prospective electric power. Missooula Montana address for details.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Western
Montana
Northwest
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
One Wheat Crop Brings $80 000 for Culbertson Area Farmer
P J McCorkle filed on homestead nine years ago 32 miles south of Culbertson. He sold last year’s crop for 80000 and now foresees a big wheat crop as conditions favor higher yields. Labor shortages and war enlistments threaten harvest, but abundant new land offers opportunity for ambitious youths.
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Culbertson
P. J. McCorkle
McCorkle
Cushman Binder Engine Boosts Harvest Efficiency
The Cushman 4 H.P. Binder Engine reduces horse labor by powering sickle and binder, enabling two horses to handle an 8-foot binder in heavy grain. It delivers steady grain flow, protects the binder, and cuts the need for side draft, promising longer binder life and time savings. Written by Cushman Motor Works, 952 N. 21st St., Lincoln, Nebraska.
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H. P. Cushman
Linfield Urges Chicken Culture for War Food Effort
F B Linfield Montana experiment station director urges Montana farmers to boost poultry production to meet wartime food needs. He calls for June hatching and a goal of an extra hundred million pounds of poultry meat, stressing per capita meat shortages and the need to convert waste to feed.
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F. B. Linfield
Montana Experiment Station
Montana
United States
America
United States Department of Agriculture
LAMB BUYERS CLAIM 1100 PERCENT PROFIT ON LAMB DEAL
John Petrie of Billings acted as intermediary for Colorado feeders buying 10 000 lambs at 11 cents a pound. In two weeks the traders sold the lambs with wool off at 14 ¾ to 16 ½ per 100 pounds and netted about 34 pounds per animal. Wool sold to a Boston house at 54 cents a pound, yielding substantial profit. Petrie advocates feeding lambs on beet tops and alfalfa in the Yellowstone valley before fattening on grain.
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John Petrie
Billings
Colorado
Boston
Petrie
Yellowstone Valley
Turnips Mature in Sixty Days From Spring Planting
An old farm guide notes turnips mature in about 60 days with moist soil and cool spring weather. Plant in rich soil, water regularly, and hoe often to keep moisture in and prevent woody, bitter roots. Space rows 15 to 16 inches apart and sow seeds half inch deep for quick germination.
Preserve Eggs for Winter Use Water Glass Method
The article explains preserving eggs with water glass as the simplest method to keep eggs through winter. It notes savings, protects nutritive value, and provides step by step directions using silicate of soda, nine quarts of water, and a cool non freezing storage.
Bride Faces Masked Stir Over Marriage Struggles
After about six months of marriage a bride must wear a painful smile to avoid neighbors spreading rumors of trouble with her husband.
World News Told in Brief
A compendium of brief items: Paris clerks strike and meat cards. Washington loan to Britain. Andale tornado toll. German losses to May 1. western front quieting. censorship battle in Congress. Roumania supports woman suffrage. German agents in Manila. Mexican aliens to farm in U S. Canada closes horse tracks. Utah lambs perish from cold. Helen Taft named Bryn Mawr dean. Gompers on farm labor. Armour salesmen urged to market Liberty bonds. Mexico pursues benevolent neutrality. Ford car price rise coming. Admiral Sims to become vice admiral. Piney Texas tornado fatalities. McAdoo to study farm loans. Delange killed in France. Japanese squadron vs subs. Germany loans Russia. U S losses rise. medical corps top casualties. Italian officers to drill contingent. new food law felony. Wilson to set Red Cross fund. anti conscription roundup. National City Bank offers bonds loans. onions conspiracy indictments. Sweden Denmark and Swiss bonds to be loaned. U S ammo plant curtailment plans. Liberty loan share 50 pct by Reserve districts. German duel kills Mitchach. Kett kidnapping extortion. treason charges at Ohio Univ. and press. enlistment under 200k since April 1.
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Paris
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Wichita
Hague
Congress
Jassy
Roumania
Brattniana
Manila
Mexico
Ottawa
Canada
Salt Lake
Utah
Philadelphia
Helen Taft
Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Samuel Gompers
Chicago
Armour & Company
Detroit
Henry Ford
Sims
Springfield
Piney
Texas County
McAdoo
Delange
France
Tokio
South Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
New York
Germany
Russia
London
America
Wilson
Red Cross
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
National City Bank of New York
Boston
Berlin
Federal Reserve
Fairfax
Okla
J. Mitchach
Kaiser
T. M. Brown
J. H. Kett
Columbus
Ammon A. Hennessy
Ohio University
Harry E. Townsend
Cecil W. Daly
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Cushman Binder Engine
F. O. B. Butte
Lewis Poultry Company
South Main
Butte
Great Falls Meat CO
Falls
Linfield
Certain-teed Products Corporation
Certainteed Products Corporation
Neral Roofing Mfg. Co
Gregg Varnish Co
Mound City Paint & C
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Cleveland
Pitaburgh
Delrat
Batfaes
Beeneke
Cincin
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Cittle
Richmond
Grand Rapids
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Des Moines
Houston
Déluth
First National Bank
Dillon
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon, Montana
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