Winter Wheat Incentive Price Is Up
Arthur Bay of Beaverhead County says the 1958 acreage reserve payments for winter wheat will be 110 percent of the 1956 payments per acre. The 1957 base unit rate is $1.20, with acreage goals set for 12 to 15 million acres, and county rates at about 60 percent of 1956 support. Farmers in the 1957 reserve will be paid the normal yield per acre times the $1.03 unit price in Beaverhead County.
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Arthur Bay
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Dillon Dealers Feted by Metals Bank Officials
Dillon automobile dealers were guests of officials of the Metals Bank of Butte at a banquet and stag party Thursday evening at the Lyons Den.
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Dillon Automobile
The
Metals Bank of
Butte
Lyons den
Farm flock management tips for winter ewe care
Beaverhead County agent ED Atkins advises sheep owners to adjust feed for yearling ewes and older ewes, increasing grain before lambing and offering clean water to prevent abortions. He urges good forage, oil supplements if straw is used, and daily exercise, plus obtaining the extension bulletin Make Our Farm Flock Pay from the county extension office.
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Rvice
County Extension Office
Winter shipping livestock tips from Livestock Conservation Inc
Livestock Conservation Incorporated urges precautions for winter stock shipments. The group notes cold weather increases losses in cattle sheep and hogs and offers practical steps to prevent damage during transit.
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Livestock Conservation, Incorporated
Winter stock movement and cattle mineral guides
The piece emphasizes shelterbelt orders due by January and winter shipment safety for stock with sand bedding and proper ventilation to prevent injuries. It also reports Montana Agricultural Experiment Station findings on two year old range ewe nutrition, plus guidance on phosphorus rich mineral supplements for Montana cattle and sheep with publication details.
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Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana
F. T. A. Rebrands to National Students' Educational Association
The Future Teachers of America will be known as the National Students' Educational Association. The name change was announced at a meeting of FTA presidents in Helena. Western's chapter plans winter quarter initiation of new members for January 9.
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Teachers of America
National Students’ Educational Association
F.T.A
Helena
Western
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Livestock Conservation, Inc
Great Falls
Great Falls Breweries, Inc
Great Falls, Montana
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