Treasure State farm and livestock aid for harvest
Professor E L Currier federal farm help agent for Montana says favorable weather could make 1918 the greatest crop in state history. Government aid and labor organization, plus Canada’s example, will ensure sufficient harvest labor with possible help from other states. February survey will estimate labor needs and shortages. Plan farming with labor-saving machinery and careful field layout to maximize output.
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Currier
Canada
Montana
E. L. Currier
Federal
Professor Currier
Sunflower as silage means money to Montana dairymen
In parts of Montana silage from sunflowers helps dairymen and farmers survive when hay is scarce and expensive. The article by a Jefferson valley farmer discusses crops suitable for silage, and the Three Forks Chamber of Commerce bulletin promotes silos and sunflower seed as a practical feed source.
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Montana
Jefferson Valley
Whitehall
Three Forks
Sheridan County Seed Wheat for Crop Funded by Vote
Sheridan County holds at least 150000 bushels of seed wheat stored with elevators. The March 9 election would authorize the county to spend money to buy wheat loaned to farmers for spring planting. If action is taken swiftly, enough seed wheat can be retained locally to meet demand.
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Sheridan County
Silo farming boosts Montana output and profits
F F Graves argues silos save hay costs in Jefferson valley Montana. He notes typical silo costs around 450 dollars with capacities up to 130 tons and claims silage lowers hay needs, boosts dairy output, and acts as canned pasture. He cites sunflowers as a strong ensilage crop and urges readers to request Bozeman Experiment Station bulletins and advocate more silos statewide.
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Montana
Jefferson Valley
Bozeman
G. L. Martin
Experiment Station
Martin
Bozeman Experiment Station
Rules in Favor of the Soldier in Homestead Contests
Registers rule that men who have filed on land and entered military service are protected from contest. In the Thurston versus Harris case, the claimant enlisted in the navy and could not attend the hearing. Officials urge dismissal of the contest to honor sacrifice and preserve home fires, noting patriotic grounds and the claimant’s naval service.
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United States
Lewistown
Navy
United States Naval Training School
San Francisco
Cal
Canned Salmon Spills Into Clark's Fork River
Report from Mineral county notes a derailment that dumped 40,000 pounds of canned salmon from a cart into Clark's Fork of the Columbia. Fishermen recovered the cases from the river while local farmers remark on meatless days and Dolly Varden trout in the same river.
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Mineral County
Clark’s Fork
Columbia
Seed Supply Savings From Shorter Freight Haul
A report notes that saving for farmers could reach about 40 cents per bushel as the long freight haul is reduced. Without the change, farmers might have to travel to distant markets to secure seed, causing an extended freight journey.
World News in Brief Highlights From Around the World
A compilation of short dispatches reports on Kaiser Wilhelm's birthday and rising prices in New York France's wartime expenditure Italy ordering freight cars U S meat consumption drop and a draft exemption tragedy in New York weather and food shortages British labor moves on house of lords and conscription thoughts in war Germany pressuring Sweden Nicholas and Alexandra to stand trial in Petrograd US torpedo boat destroyer plans Bethlehem Steel contracts and payrolls Captain Haigh on Prussian troops moral notes Red Cross official Grayson Murphy describes German brutality and prisoner treatment.
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Berlin
New York
Paris
France
Boston
Italy
Chicago
Armour & Co
United States
Sadie Parken
Washington
Russia
Belgium
London
Lord Rhondda
Thompson
National Defence Society
Eugene Black
Texas
Treasury
Amsterdam
Germany
Sweden
Cologne
America
United States Employment Service
Muskogee
Okla
Nottingham
House of Lords
Petrograd
Nicholas
Leon Trotzky
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Haigh
Senate Military Committee
Grayson Murphy
Red Cross
Europe
Hving
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Snowy Mountain
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Snowy Mountain Ranch
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