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Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1916

Page

2

Montana needs farm experts and county agents soon

Professor M J Abbey of the state college extension department warns that Montana faces a shortage of trained agricultural leaders. He notes only two county agents are Montana men, schools rely on out of state instructors, and every county will soon demand a county agent. Training homegrown experts is proposed as the solution.

Montana M. J. Abbey State College Extension Department Rew Abbey

Dry land farming in Montana boosts Kharkov wheat in eight year study

Montana researchers highlight Dry Farm Grain Tests in Montana showing Kharkov wheat leads in drought resistance and yields eight year average 35.7 bushels per acre. Spring wheats favor Pelissier and Marquis. winter wheat outperforms spring by about eight bushels per acre.

Many Settlers From the West

Milwaukee Railroad aids western farmers to Montana as 1000 coast settlers yearly sought new homes. Four years of Pacific coast drift to western Canada shifted to Montana due to war and better farming suited to semitropic climate. Milwaukee line reports 400 Pacific coast settlers and 800 homeseekers bound for Montana this year.

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Kansas farmers to grow standardized newly developed wheat

Kansas Agricultural College has developed a new wheat variety, P 762, claimed to be 16 percent more productive than current hard wheats. The college will plant it on several hundred acres and sell seed to farmers next summer. Prof. G T Call seeks farmer input on a permanent name. The aim is for this wheat to become as standard as Hard Red Turkey or Northern Soft within five years.

Kansas Kansas Agricultural College G. T. Call

Wyoming’s Bid for Settlers Plan Recommends State Federal Partnership

A proposed joint venture by Wyoming and the federal government would have the reclamation service build irrigation works and the state finance settlers as they convert claims into profitable farms. The plan is to be recommended to the upcoming Wyoming legislature.

Wyoming Reclamation Service

Claim Stock Firm Preempts Range Protest

Albert Werner J N Lockridge Amos Storey L N Fowler and George Carkeek Cameron stockgrowers protest Madison National Forest over a large concern driving 1000 head of cattle on their range without forest permits this fall They paid for grazing but found cattle in poorer condition at season end Wireless is important for army communication but not a reliable transport method.

Albert Werner J. N. Lockridge Amos Storey L.N. Fowler George Carkeek Cameron Madison National Forest Madison Valley National Forest

World in Brief highlights and political notes

Washington confirms Secretary Houston in Wilson cabinet. Columbia University receives a $600000 anonymous gift. Paris reports tax cap at 10000 a year. Brooklyn notes Mrs. Morgan critically ill. Wilson vows veto of immigration literacy clause. London cites Dutch plea on Belgian plight. New York ports ship munitions to Allies via Galveston. Pittsburg reports news boy strike affects city papers. Adamson law case set for January 8 Supreme Court. Crete denounces King Constantine and calls for dethronement. Tucson reports Thomas Campbell elected governor by 32 votes. Berlin notes about thousand persons mentioned.

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