Marquis Wheat Advised For Dry Montana Land In 1917
Agricultural notes advise planting Marquis spring wheat on dry land to offset winter kill losses. Marquis is praised as a high quality beardless milling wheat with strong bread-making traits and good stock straw. Seed at four to five pecks per acre. test frosted seed germination and plant early for early maturity. If winter wheat is killed, use Marquis to fill bare spots.
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Marquis
Alfred Atkinson
Agricultural Experiment Station
Central West
United States
Montana
Bozeman
Egg Shortage Prompts Montana Poultry Guidance
Montana urges readers to boost egg production as a nationwide shortage continues. War demand and grain price have reduced surplus eggs, so farmers should hatch pullets in April and May and city residents are advised to raise 15 to 20 pullets with simple housing to support food supply.
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England
France
United States
Montana
Demand for Land in Montana Surges as Rail Lines Bring Settlers
Montana railroads move vast settler shipments as filings surge across land offices. Glasgow reports fifty homesteads daily with many seeking quality 640 acre or smaller tracts. Across Montana, railroads haul in carloads of settlers effects. Great Northern, Milwaukee, Northern Pacific, and Oregon Short Line lead the influx from the east and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow Land Office
Montana
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Great Northern
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific
Canada
Oregon
Great oil find reported in the Philippines
A brief roundup notes a major oil discovery in the Philippines. Other items cover wartime planning in Washington New York orders for 114 Cunard passenger ships and various financial and military moves across multiple nations.
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Manila
Philippines
Washington
New York
Cunard Steamship Company
Canada
War Department
United States Treasury
Western Union
A. I. DuPont
Harold Vanderbilt
Paine Whitney
Robert &. Tod
France
America
England
Italy
Boston
London
Germany
Jerusalem
Havana
Cuba
United States
Belgium
Bel
Kil the Coyote Montana Farers Wage War Varmint Menace
Montana farmers organize to combat a dangerous coyote blamed for devastating livestock. A single animal reportedly killed 60 turkeys 17 head of property and 25 lambs, costing the neighborhood around $500. The report notes the extensive losses and urges action.
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Montana
California
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Army
Federal Land Office
Glasgow
Ilinois
Iowa
Great Falls
Glendive
Billings
Lewistown
Plentywood
Barkemeyer Grain
Seed Company
Inindica
Bill Catuth
Colle
Gallstone Remedy CO
Dept
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Paar
Farwell, Ozman, Kirk & Company
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Butte
Dorsh & Greenfield
Great Falls Dairy
Great Falls, Mont
Wes
HE Nilson
Waukesha Motor
Waukesha
Hyatt
Nilson
Nilson Tractor Company
Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Gium
Richmond
Virginia
Republic
North Sea
Holland
Entente
Daniels
Great Britain
Panama
Republic of Panama
Brazil
South Ameri
the Times
Hindenburg
Congress
Kil the Coyote
M. N. A—Whk
Hughes Loan and Land Company
Ford Bldg
Mont
Commercial National Bank
North
South Dakota
King Cattle Company
Jouth ST. Paul
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