Montana’s agricultural future in diversified farming gains grounds
The Miles City Independent highlights Montana as an untapped industrial empire of soil, minerals, and water power. It argues human energy is the key to developing the Treasure State’s crops, dairy, poultry, and sugar beets, with irrigation boosting yields and profits across diversified farming.
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Montana
Union
Commonwealths
J. H. Hall
State Bureau of Agriculture
Nature
Kansas
Chicago
Valier
Forsyth
United States
Middle
Eastern States
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Miles City
Crop Report Highlights Montana June-August Yield and Values
The agriculture department’s mid summer report shows Montana crops at 83 percent overall condition. Corn at 70 and winter wheat at 87. spring wheat 65. oats 73. barley 75. rye 37 thousand bushels. potatoes 72. hay 72. Farm values: wheat 1.02 per bushel, oats 0.49, potatoes 0.65, hay 11.20, barley 0.75, rye 0.86, butter 0.34 per pound, eggs 0.30 per dozen, chickens 16.5 cents per pound. Wheat lands 20 per acre. corn lands 31. land rental values 2.99 and 3.10 respectively. Average field sizes: 22 acres for wheat, 11 for corn.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Prairie Chickens on Verge of Extinction Warned by Sportman Leader
G O Shields of the League of American Sportsmen warns prairie chickens are nearly extinct in several western states including Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. He urges refuges in townships to prevent shooting and allow populations to rebound, benefiting quail ducks and people who enjoy bird life.
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G. O. Shields
League of American Sportsmen
Shields
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Examination for Clerk Carrier in Dillon Post Office
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on September 10, 1910 for clerk and carrier positions in the Dillon post office. Qualified applicants are urged to apply. For full information contact the local representative or the Secretary, Eleventh Civil Service District, Seattle Washington. Applications must be filed with the Secretary in Seattle prior to closing business September 6, 1910.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Dillon
Commission
Eleventh Civil Service District
Seattle
Washington
Doctor Dawes Returns From Osteopaths Convention
Dr. Wellington Dawes returned from Billings last week where he attended the state convention of osteopaths.
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Wellington Dawes
Billings
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K. E. T. Brock
City Express and Coal Co
General Transfer
Eph Stoller
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