Record of Montana poultry and craft extension news
A Montana extension report highlights Mrs. Lois Slanger’s 209 White Leghorns producing 4 425 eggs in February at 21.2 per hen, with J J Vargo’s 77 hens in Trout Creek yielding 1 812 eggs and Mrs A J Lavelle’s 57 Rhode Island Reds at 20.3 per hen. Craft work from Montana women goes to a London exhibit. a 4 H club story recounts Virgil Bahls saving six newborn pigs in frigid weather with a box of warm bricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Lois Slanger
Great Falls
H. E. Cushman
Montana State College
J. J. Vargo
Trout Creek
Sanders County
A. J. Lavelle
Billings
Rhode Island
London
Margaret Tuller
Martha Hensley
United States
Kentucky
Mercury
Virgil Bahls
Richland County
Ted Fosse
Virgil
Livestock Situation and California's Meat Supply Link
Article outlines California dependence on other states for meat, with 1938 import and slaughter figures for cattle hogs and sheep. It discusses central markets at Los Angeles Union Stock Yards, railroad history, and the Packers and Stockyards Act to protect growers and regulate markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
America
Los Angéles Union Stock Yards
Interstate Commerce Commission
Packers & Stockyards Act
Fort Peck Dam Strengthening After Earth Slide
Army engineers report 16 million cubic yards of fill will be dumped on the upstream side of Fort Peck dam to stabilize the structure and level the barrier slope. The work follows an earth slide last September that killed eight people and began March 15, with completion expected next year. Major Clark Kittrell did not disclose the cost. A 2,000 foot long by 200 to 300 foot wide dam section slid upstream into the river last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck Dam
Clark Kittrell
Fort Peck
Liquor Board Declares $100,000 Profit Dividend
The liquor control board announced a $100,000 profit dividend last week, bringing this year’s state funds from liquor operations to $350,000. It sent $35,645 in excise taxes to the treasury and $4,424 to the teachers retirement fund, and approved a $9,473 three year insurance and surety bond contract with Seaboard Surety. The agreement received approval from the state’s new insurance commission led by State Auditor John J. Holmes, State Accountant William Hosking, and E A Dye, chairman of the board of equalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liquor Control Board
L. M. A. Wass
State Treasury
Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Liquor Board
Seaboard Surety Company
Packages Must Show Weight Says Sparling
Commissioner J. T. Sparling announced that future packages must be plainly marked with correct net weight or count. He noted cooperation from horticulture and dairy interests and scale inspectors to explain the new weights and measures law to merchants. The law is under J. T. Kelly’s division of grain standards and marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Sparling
J. T. Kelly
Division of
Big Tourist Travel Boom Promised For Montana
State Highway Engineer Don A. McKinnon says this summer will bring a record tourist flow through Montana boosting road maps and information inquiries to over 3,000. Montanans Inc manager William C. Ferguson forecasts about 40 000 in tourist business this year after two prior seasons saw around 60 000 spent in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Don A. McKinnon
Highway Department
Montanans, Inc
William C. Ferguson
Safety Drive Begun By Highway Patrol
The state highway patrol launches its spring safety campaign with the slogan If you wish to be alive tomorrow be careful today Supervisor Lou Boedecker announced. Patrolmen will distribute cards Why risk lives to save seconds to drivers and the drive will include talks in schools civic groups fraternal organizations and coverage in newspapers and on radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Lou Boedecker
Dillon News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Changes
Local residents and visitors frequent Dillon with notes on travels, family births, medical procedures, and professional movements. Harold E. Blinn spent days en route from Pullman to Denver for a U.S. Civil Service post. A Barrett hospital birth announced Edward Nettik’s son. Others include visitors from Anaconda, Lima, and Helena, and professionals Kermit Klein and Otto Schulz noting business and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Blinn
C. E Blinn
Pullman
Wash
Denver
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Edward Nettik
Barrett Hospital
Josie Martin
Anaconda
J. Martin
Jack Brown
Dillon
Ralph Streb
Melrose
Ambrose Brown
Armstead
Helen Jardine
Wendell Jardine
Rose Ann Callahan
C. T. Callahan
Vic Christensen
Idaho
Blair Sprinkle
Selena
Argaret Bassow
Great Hut
B. A. Risley
Oscar Gravely
Clyde Meacham
Lima
Kermit K. Klein
Dearborn
Mich
Violet Eastman
Beaverhead County
Helena
Emma Lovinger
Cardwell
W. F. Cashmore
Francis Cashmore
Frank Blair
California
Harold Nelson
Jackson
James Blair
al Longseth
Horse Prairie
Otto A. Schulz
Sheridan
Agricultural notes on onions crops cattle and grain
Spring and early summer onion pastures threaten milk and butter flavor with advice to move cows off affected fields or reseed severely infested plots. Wheat exports reach about 91.6 million bushels by March 1939. Farm bankruptcies decline. Montana counts dip to 13 in 1937-38. Alfalfa seed as dual crop. Cattle slaughter outlook favors spring and summer. dairy cattle rise. Wool and mohair loans offered on similar terms to 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.O. Tretsven
Montana State College
United States
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana
U.S
State Land Board Grants Leases Under New Ten Year Plan
The state land board approves nearly 75 leases daily as law shifts to 10 year maximums for state leases. Grazing lands dominate, with a plan to allow crop and pasture rotation to conserve soil and grass during long terms. A $5 000 bond covers any company to prevent abandoned wells and weed out risky operators, safeguarding state and oil industry. Chair Austin Middleton and commissioners Paul Smith and Horace Casey voted for the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Land Board
Nanita B. Sherlock
Austin B. Middleton
Paul T. Smith
Horace F. Casey
Service Commission to require $5,000 oil drilling bonds
The service commission will mandate all companies and individuals drilling for oil on state fields to post $5,000 surety bonds. The rule covers future operations on proven fields and was decided in a recent commission action.
Highway Makers To Meet At Sun Valley
The Montana National Bituminous conference, started four years ago by Highway Engineer Don A. McKinnon, will convene at Sun Valley on September 11 to 13. McKinnon serves again as chairman with D L Cheney as vice chairman. More than 700 highway engineers worldwide are expected to attend. The group will study the highways of the future plan proposed by American organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Don A. McKinnon
Sun Valley
State Highway Department
McKinnon
D. L. Cheney
Early fish spawn ahead of last year on warm spell
John W. Schofield states that operations in spawning are about a month ahead of last year due to an early warm spell. The Madison river station reports 436,000 rainbow trout eggs in the season's first take, nearly double the prior season's first yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish and Game Department
John W. Schofield
Superintendent of Fisheries and Hatcheries
Madison River
Schofield
Pleasant Surprise Welfare Board Receives 16545 From Illinois Relief
The welfare board found 16545 dollars last week from the Illinois relief commission via a commodity trade with Montana. Attorney General H J Freebourn ruled the funds may be spent on welfare before the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Board
Illinois Relief Commission
Montana Commission
H. J. Freebourn
Gasoline Tax Gains in First Quarter of Year
The state five cent per gallon gasoline tax brought in $881,261 in the first quarter, up from $823,238 a year ago. The board of equalization reports the 17 taxes and license fees totaled $1,438,687, down from $1,462,002 in the same period of 1938. Members say the drop does not signal a general decline due to seasonal fluctuations in early-year collections.
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State Board of Equalization
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Extension Service
Ida Hagman
Aminaughton
Ation
Fresno
Ketihiker
Fort Peck Damas
Ralph D. Mercer
Extension Agronomist
Tana Seed Growers Association
Grimm
Cossack
Ladak
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Ford
Biles
Capital News
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Spawn
Hereford
Choice
Belle Curtice Wright
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