Wool Market Movements Across Global Auctions
Wool auctions closed with firm prices in late July as buyers in England and the continent led demand. American activity remained weak due to low US limits, while Australia and New Zealand merinos and crossbreds sold at firm to higher prices. Ohio Michigan and Rhode Island mills show steady to rising fleece activity with notable tonnage moving, and Argentinian Lincoln wools remain nominal.
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United States
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Rhode Island
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Diseaseful Trees Alarm Montana Foresters
Dr. George G. Hedgecock, in charge of a forest disease survey, arrived from Washington to study why trees die and why timber rots. He warns trees suffer tuberculosis like diseases and urges selecting healthy trees for seed while condemning diseased timber use in seedbeds. He notes cottonwoods along streams are among Montana’s healthiest trees and calls forest conservation still in its infancy.
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George G. Hedgecock
Forest Disease Survey
Montana
Washington, D. C
Hedgecock
Forest Service
Hedgcock
Yellowstone
Livingston Post
Rattlesnakes Plentiful in Montana Bad Lands
Fred Heckle a flockmaster from Dog Creek shares tales of many snakes in the bad lands near Lewistown. He recalls a rattlesnake bite on his left ankle and treating it with salt water and a salted bandage. He captured an eight foot rattler with 23 rattles, now in camp, and notes sheep losses of 247 in two days amid hot weather. Prof. Roland Howell offers pianos for sale at the Scenic theatre.
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Fred Heckle
Dog Creek
Berlin
Montana
Heckle
America
Electrc
Lewistown
Fergus
Enclosure of Sheep Ranges Shows Success in 500 Acres
A 1907–1910 U.S. Department of Agriculture experiment on a coyote proof fence in Wallows and Wallawa enclosures in Oregon demonstrates higher lamb crops, heavier wool, and better range condition. Fences kept predators out and sheep spread, saving labor and forage. improvements include ground barbed wire and close-stapling proposals.
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Department of Agriculture of the Nation
Wallows National Forest
Oregon
F. H. Taylor
Mancos
Colorado
Department
Department of Agriculture
Taylor
Notice of Examinations for Teachers and Eighth Grade
The regular county examination for teachers will be held at Dillon on August 26 and 27 1910. Persons who have completed eighth grade work may also take the state examination and must report to the County Superintendent's office at 9 AM on August 26 1910. ALICE HERR Co Sup t of Schools.
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Dillon
Alice Herr
Sup’t. of Schools
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General Transfer
J. Rob’t Morton
Gibbonsville
J. P. Lossl
W. C. Orr
Eph Stoller
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