Campaign to Fight Stinking Smut in Montana Farms
Montana State College leads a cooperative effort with Northwestern states to curb stinking smut losses, reporting about six million dollars in damages last year. Extension agronomist A J Ogaard heads the campaign with seed treatment education, copper carbonate dust for wheat, formaldehyde sprays for oats and barley, and county agent involvement to prevent future infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
North
South Dakota
Montana Extension Service
Northwestern States
A.J. Ogaard
Extension Agronomist
Montana State College
Montana Club Boy Named State Corn King At Miles City Show
Arthur Dotter of Rosebud county was crowned Montana state corn king as 17 year old club boy. Roy Byerly and Orville Byerly, brothers from Ingomar, won top prizes in white dent and white flint classes, with Brown taking the grand sweepstakes on a 10 ear sample. The exhibit highlighted club impact in Montana agriculture amid a wave of aging farmers.
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Miles City
Montana
Arthur Dotter
Rosebud County
Roy Byerly
Ingomar
Orville
Herbert Zwisler
Park City
Finch
Howard Community Club
Northern Pacific Land Department
Custer
Rosebud
Fallon
Stillwater
Roosevelt
Richland
Yellowstone
Montana Wool Growers Hopeful on Sheep Population
Frank J. Hagenbarth, president of the National Wool Growers' Association, asserts Montana grass yields superior forage and that the state will again support a large sheep number. He leads Wood Livestock Co, with holdings in Beaverhead County and Idaho, and recalls the era of about 6,200,000 Montana sheep.
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Montana
Frank J. Hagenbarth
National Wool Growers’ Association
Hangenbarth
Wood Livestock Company
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Cuticura Promises Quick Relief for Baby Rash
Advertisement proclaims Cuticura clears baby rashes with Cuticura Soap for baths followed by Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Talcum dusting. Claims the products are purer and sweeter with a fragrant finish, priced 25 cents each everywhere.
Average wage for Paris mannequin set at five dollars a week
A Paris mannequin receives an average weekly wage of five dollars, reflecting low pay in the fashion industry.
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Paris
Farmers Advised On Crop Increase Outlook 1926
The Agriculture Department in Washington projects a slightly smaller world wheat crop with generally stable prices and no wage cuts. It foresees favorable cattle and hog markets, steady dairy stock needs, and warns against more than a 10 percent uptick in potato planting while sugar crops may gain.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Europe
Malta Buys Light Plant and Transfers Distribution
Malta Light and Power turns over land deeds and a bill of sale for electric plant equipment and supplies to the city. The distribution system is transferred to Montana Power, enabling Montana Power to come to Malta.
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Malta
Malta Light & Power Company
City of
Montana Power Company
Cow Testing Group Forms in Phillips County
Forming a dairy testing body, Phillips County farmers organize a cow testing association and club. County agent Lantz drafts constitution by laws and membership agreements while enough herds sign up. Until then Walter Westerman will conduct monthly tests as Creamery manager.
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Phillips County
Lantz
Walter Westerman
Cascade County Road Expenditures 1925 Report Summary
The 1925 annual report from Cascade County Surveyor Harold Lockhart to the county commissioners shows total road work spending of 164714 dollars. Of this, 32925 funds were used for road construction, 55166 for road maintenance, and 7806 for bridges.
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Cascade County
Harold Lockhart
Board of County Commissioners
Indian Festival Aims to Recall Early Reservation History
Plan announced by Major C. B. Lohmiller superintendent of the Lame Deer reservation and former Fort Peck superintendent. He plans a gathering of local Indians next summer, possibly in June, to recall historic events from early days.
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C. B. Lohmiller
Lame Deer
Fort Peck Reservation
Milwaukee Road promises Montana farming aid program
R M Calkins vice president of the Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul railway outlined a nationwide campaign to advertise Montana wealth and resources. The plan includes maintaining a staff of farming experts in Montana whose aid will be free to tillers across the state. He expressed belief that Montana would advance to prosperity in the coming year.
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Montana
Milwaukee
R. M. Calkins
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Montana Church Districts Eye Summer Assembly in Lucock Park
One of three new Montana districts of the Congregational Church may hold its summer assembly in Lucock Park near Livingston. Other races named for assemblies were Sidney and Neihart.
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Montana
Congregational Church
Lucock Park
Livingston
Sidney
Neihart
Wives’ Home Service Valued At 15 A Week Payroll 17 Million
Article estimates that if American wives were paid 15 a week for housework the total payroll would reach 17 million dollars. It discusses economic implications and societal views on unpaid domestic labor.
Ex Montanans Boss in Persia a Former Montana Teacher
Dr Arthur Millspaugh once a Kalispell and Missoula county high school history teacher now directs Persia's financial affairs. The St Paul Pioneer Press profile notes his three year stint as administrator general, renewal and extension, and his view that east and west increasingly meet. Millspaugh, 42, born in Michigan, educated at Albion College and Johns Hopkins, taught at Whitman College and in Missoula, later serving in the U S State Department before his Persia post.
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Montana
Flathead
Missoula
Persia
Kalispell
Arthur C. Millspaugh
Flathead County High School
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Millspaugh
Germany
Reza Khan Pahlevi
State Department of
United States
Washington
Teheran
Morgan Shuster
Hoffman Phillips
St. Paul
Michigan
Albion College
University of Illinois
Johns Hopking University
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Wash
Johns Hopkins
Missoula County
Department of State
Seventh annual vocational conference closes at Montana State College
The seventh annual young men's vocational conference at Montana State College ended with a final registration of 1,123 participants.
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Montana State Colege
Remembering a 1926 Montana Blizzard on February First
Craig McDowell recalls the 39 year old February blizzard that froze the open state area to 30 degrees below zero. He notes mountain high snow and cattle losses near Miles City, yet today cattle and sheep survive well and ranchers hope for a mild spell ahead.
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Craig McDowell
Brandenburg
McDowell
Miles City
Mr. McDowell
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E. E. Edmonson
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Treasure State
Icks VapoRusp
Blackleg
Lederle
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