Irrigation Plan for Upper Madison Stirs Montana Interest
Revival of a 50 000 acre Madison valley water project gains momentum led by Jerome G. Locke and Lawrence M. Jeffers with Clarence C. Davis. The plan envisions a 40 mile main canal taking water from the Madison near Lyon to serve farms, fund via bonds, and spur railroad development to Norris, boosting agriculture and livestock prospects in the region.
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Madison Valley
Montana
Madison
Norris
Northern Pacific
Three Forks
Madison County
Jerome G. Locke
Livingston
Lawrence M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Clarence C. Davis
Conrad
Madison River
Lyon
Upper
Care of the moulting hen and profitable egg production
The moulting period signals renewal but early moulters are not profitable egg producers. Hens should begin laying by November and sustain first laying for ten months to maximize profits. Cull July quitters. hold over second-year layers who lay through July and August when fresh eggs fetch high prices. Trap-nest records show 70 to 90 days to moult, with average layers not exceeding 50 to 60 days off lay. Forcing moult is discouraged. natural moult lasts longer but preserves production. Provide protein, ash, green food, oats, cottage cheese, and a mash of oats, barley, cornmeal, wheat middlings, bran. include beef scrap if needed. Protect from damp and drafts. roomy quarters and generous feeding aid recovery and future yields. The four-pound hen that laid 150 eggs has produced five times her weight in food, so good moult care pays.
Fall Best Time to Start Sheep Outlook for Wool Prices
The article urges starting a sheep flock this fall to ease wool shortages and boost U.S. production. It advises choosing a suitable breed and breed ram, buying grade ewes, and using Merino stock crossed with mutton rams, with care to udder checks and avoiding broken mouths. It discusses flock size, recommending 30 to 60 ewes for efficiency, and the advantages of larger flocks for labor and pasture management.
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United States
Cuticura Ads Promoted for Baby Skin Care
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing red rough itchy skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. It also suggests Cuticura Dusting Powder and Talcum as part of the Toilet Trio. The text then pivots to humorous household advice about husbands and knife sharpening, and finally a line about visiting with hens.
Wife Teases John On Knowledge During Scrape
A brief exchange in the Boston Transcript shows a wife responding to John with sharp wit about her awareness of certain topics. The dialogue suggests tension and back-and-forth banter during a contentious moment.
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John
Boston Transcript
Trees for shade and beauty on Montana farms
Farmers in Montana seek shade trees to improve livestock comfort and farm aesthetics. Quick growing varieties provide rapid shelter, cooling, and windbreak effects while enhancing farm appearance and usefulness.
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Montana
Planting Trees in Western States for Shade and Profit
The piece argues for increased tree planting in semi arid western regions. It weighs choices between shade, beauty, and utility species including fruit and nut trees, notes care needs, outlines spacing and thinning, warns against cottonwood roots, and cites municipal forest benefits in Europe as a practical example.
Relief for motorists claims one-cent gas tablets boost mileage
An obsolete notice touts a tablet that dissolves in gasoline to increase mileage by over twenty five percent. The product sold by Cyntho Manufacturing Co. at one cent per tablet or one dollar per box of one hundred, Box 611 Tacoma Washington.
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Cyntho Manufacturing Co
Tacoma
Wash
Flax shortfall hints at higher Montana price in 1920
World flax stocks remain tight including linseed oil and paints. In Montana the 1919 crop was light, risking seed shortages for spring planting. Sheridan and Roosevelt counties plan seed flax storage with warehouse receipts to keep good flax in state. Farmers will store Ni D. R. 52 variety in two seed bins at licensed elevators.
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Montana
Northwest
Sheridan
Roosevelt Counties
W. Anderson
R. J. Chase
Farm Bureau
Arbor Day for Every Project Proposed
The speaker advocates postponing planting but assigns each project an Arbor Day annually to plant trees and shrubs of a permanent nature, creating a lasting community custom.
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Tate Farm
Jerome G. Locks
Frank Lemmer
Great Falls, Mont
Rowell
Robert L. Rowell
Central Ave
Great Falls
Ck’s
Finch
Ro Ann Ates
Vingston, Mont
Chapple Laboratory
I. D. O'Donnell
West
East
Central States
Northwestern Hide & Fur CO
Minneapolis
Minn
Gomhaulf
Lawrence-Williams Co
Cleveland
General School. Supply Co
Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
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