Limestone Fertilizer Trials Planned by Minnesota Agriculturists
Minnesota agriculturists outline large scale limestone trials to test its effect as a fertilizer across varied acre plots. Two tons per acre will be applied with and without additional fertilizer, with yields measured at season end to gauge limestone impact. Previous experiments failed due to drought limiting fertilizer availability.
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Minnesota
Judith Basin
White Beaver Village
Hereford Breeders Plan First Montana Sale At Billings
The Montana Hereford Breeders association announces its first annual sale to be held in Billings on March 10. Fifty head including 320 bulls and 20 females will be offered by noted Montana breeders led by A B Cook Lester H Thompson and Hal B Ives. Ben Magness will preside over the sale with Lester H Thompson as sales manager.
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Montana
Idaho
Dakotas
Canada
Wyoming
Treasure State
Montana Hereford Breeders’ Association
Billings
Hal B. Ives
Helena
L. Chatterton
Spioh Kop
Northwest
Ben Magness
South Dakota
Lester H. Thompson
Bozeman
State Hereford Association
A. B. Cook
Townsend
Wales
Spion Kop
Brady
J. W. Leland
Belt
Taylor Ranch
Stanford
George L. Upton
Lewistown
George B. Franks
Cardwell
Ben Cardwell
W. H. Donald
Melville
World Surplus Wheat in 1919 Causes Farm Reassessment
The end of war brings a wheat surplus and lower prices. Western irrigated farms pivot to sugar beets as contracts rise in Colorado and Montana. Farmers weigh high fat stock costs and bean overproduction while seeking soil and stock development for lasting profitability.
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Farmers of
America
Uncle Sam
United States
Australia
Argentina
Colorado
Bilings
Missoula
Europe
Deer Lodge News Notes Warm Montana Winter Sanctioned by Wildlife
A lighthearted Deer Lodge report describes a Rhode Island Red hen hatch of twelve in December and robins returning to town. It notes Montana’s mild 1918-19 winter, the water wagon on city streets to curb dust, and cites J. J. Caswell of The Silver State as witness.
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Montana
Treasure State
Rhode Island
Deer Lodge
C. F. Haydon
J. J. Caswell
Silver State
Powell County
Sir Robin Redbreast
Missouri Avenue
January Sets Record for Helena Weather and Tax Forms
January closed with a record warmth in Helena dating to 1881 as temperatures ran 32.5 degrees above zero about 12 degrees above normal. Meanwhile the IRS expects income tax forms for incomes under 5 000 dollars to be distributed by February 1 and confirms 1918 taxes will follow the new bill, not the 1917 act. Forms for other incomes are being prepared and printed as the bill is enacted.
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Weather Bureau
Helena
Internal Revenue
Daniel C. Roper
Roper
The Long Trail Montana Farm Drama
The extension department of Montana State College creates a drama to educate the public on agricultural progress. Miss Mignon Quan from Bozeman wrote a comedy drama The Long Trail showing Montana farming advancement, with scenes set entirely in the state.
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Extension Department
Montana
Agricultural College
United States
Bozeman
Mignon Quan
Pure Bred Duroc Jersey Boars For Sale In Montana
The Fik Run Ranch of Highwood Montana offers four high quality boar pigs ready now. Farrowed last May these Montana born sons of Hi Model the 1000 dollar offspring of champion High Model present a rare market chance. Write Elk Run Ranch Highwood Montana.
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Fik Run Ranch
Highwood
Mont
Farmers Cooperative Play Tours Montana in Winter
The long time struggle of farmers for better conditions is dramatized in a cooperative play financed by the extension service. Washington approved training for Montana workers to stage it across the state. Cast from extension service follows a January to March itinerary tied to county farm bureau winter meetings with February stops at Terry and Glendive.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Montana Extension Workers
Extension Service
County Farm Bureau
Terry
Glendive
Key February Dates Across Cities
A sequence lists February events with dates in Sidney Glasgow Malta Chinook Havre and related stops from February 19 to February 27. The fragment signals a travel or schedule across multiple towns in a regional itinerary.
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Sidney
Glasgow
Malta
Chinook
Havre
Dairying Fits Timbered Western Montana Land
Dairying suits western Montana timbered sections as land can become pasture cheaply. Dairy cows offer good profit without stump removal, provided enough acreage is plowed for winter feed. Hogs poultry, fruits berries garden crops and field grains also do well.
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Montana
Swift & Company Beef Pricing Questioned Profit
A historical note questions a pricing example for live beef cattle last year by Swift and Company. It argues that at 13 dollars per hundredweight the profit would be 13 cents, and that paying 13.13 dollars would yield no profit.
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Swift & Company
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Association
A. B. Cook Herefords
CG. Phillips
Corona Mfe. Co
Coronas
Kenton, Ohla
MR. Livestockman
Spokane Union Stockyards
Sioiano, Wast
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railway
Apnro
Alberta
Rasiles Railway
Bedsene
M. E. Thornton
Ninth Ave. E
Calgary
Sunny
Alberts
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Western Canada
LONG
TRAIL
Montana Farm
Duroc Jersey
Boars
Elk Run Ranch
Shorthorn
the Farmer’s Breed
Hereford
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Arbecourt
Herry’s Poultry Farm
Bor
Clarinds
Iowa
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
Packer
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
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