Sunflower as stock feed in Montana yields boost
Montana agricultural bulletin reports four year trials on sunflower production. Dry land tests across eight counties show average silage yields of 10.3 tons per acre with Mammoth Russian varieties. Sunflowers prove suitable for silage and hay substitutes, with high digestible nutrients and good acceptability by cattle, sheep, and swine.
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Montana
Agricultural Experiment Station
State College
Bozeman
Alfred Atkinson
State College and
State Agronomist
J. B. Nelson
C. N. Arnett
W. E. Joseph
Oscar Tretsven
Bulletin
Spain
North America
Russia
United States
Maine
Nevada Experiment Station
Montana Experiment Station
Huntley
Bozeman Station
Agrono
Velie concentrates on ten and a half ton truck
Great Falls Montana distributor A P Heaney says Velie concentrates all resources on the ten and a half ton model. The new truck covers 90 percent of trucking needs with higher speed and lower service cost and can be ordered with solid or pneumatic bodies.
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A. P. Heaney
Great Falls
Montana
Velie Motors Corporation
Velie
Heaney
A Cow for the Hired Man Reimagines Farm Labor
An Iowa Shorthorn breeder recalls a time when a hired man asked to be kept a cow instead of cash wages. The story traces how the cow prompt fostered loyalty, closer farm ties, and eventual equity through cattle accumulation, suggesting a joint venture style employment model suited to many farms.
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Iowa
Grain and seed buyers seek harvest crops
The T. C. Power Company of Helena plans to purchase grain and grass seed after harvest and invites farmers to write for terms and details.
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T. C. Power Company
Helena
Sugar climbs to very high price at wholesalers
Cane sugar strengthens to 2.75 cents per pound on board the car at San Francisco. The quoted price implies a rising cost to wholesalers and likely affects retail futures as distribution costs grow.
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Great Falls
Montana
Utah
Montana Territory
San Francisco
Fall Timing Hint Points to October or November
The note suggests events will occur late in the fall likely in October or November with timing left unspecified.
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Frank D. Tomson
Equity Mutual Insurance Company
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Ansurance
Chapple Laboratory
Fergus Hide & Fur Co
Luwissowe
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
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America
State of
State Board of Hail Insurance
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