Montana Faces Harvest Shortage of Labor for Big Wheat Crop
Government estimates project Montana will harvest 35 million bushels of spring wheat and 6 million of winter wheat, second largest in state history. Labor offices plan a northern Montana office at Bainville to mobilize workers, with 3,500 men needed across 14 grain counties and idle miners and railroad workers urged to consider harvest work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Department of Agriculture
C. C. Davis
Division of Labor
Department of Agriculture
United Mine Workers
Billings
Robert Condon
Condon
P. C. Pattenon
Melstone
State
State Labor Office
Pacific North West
State Department
George B. Tucker
Farm Labor Bureau
United States Employment Service
Kansas City
Texas
North Dakota
State Department of ‘Agriculture
Bainville
Yellowstone
Plentywood
Great Northern Railway
Beltsville Tests Find Mash Mix Boosts Hens’ Egg Production
United States Department of Agriculture reports eight years of feeding trials at Beltsville Maryland with over 1000 hens. A four per cent bran four per cent middlings 26 per cent meat scrap and 66 per cent corn meal mash produced high egg numbers in Leghorns and Reds, while Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks tended to fatten. Adjustments with oats and meat scrap altered results. fish scrap offered economical protein, green feed and buttermilk aided intake and moult shortening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Government Poultry Farm
Beltsville
Rhode Island
Wyandottes
Plymouth Rocks
Phillips County Farmers See Home Made Weed Control Machines
Demonstrations organized by the county agent showcased home made and factory weed control machines for summer tillage on fallowed land. About 686 farmers from Phillips County attended to compare machines and learn better tillage methods, with Harry Mason of Lovejoy drawing strong interest for his inexpensive home built model. The event emphasized dry farming and cost effective tools for farmers lacking capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips County
Bix
Harry. Mason
Lovejoy
Mason
Wool Growers Hope for Higher Wool Prices This Fall
Matt Staff of the National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company in Chicago predicts higher prices for 1922 wool due to a world shortage and low carryover stocks. He notes growers in Montana Wyoming and Utah are consigning clips and that buyers have reduced activity to support a market rise. London Australian and South American markets remain firm while mills book fall and winter wool through Boston represented channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Staff
National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company
Chicago
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Boston
Texas
London
Frank, Sullivan
the. Mills
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Short OF Harvest Help
Paul
U. S
Weiller & Weiller Co
Carson, Wood, & Weiller Livestock
South Saint Paul
Minnesota
DLN
Ors
Madevon Farm
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Superior
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Louis
Glacier National Park
Chas, Doherty
L. B. Woods
Ga. F
P. A. Helena
Mont
J.8. Boch
Great Falls, Montana
GREAT
NRN Railway
America
National
Wool —Warehouse and Storage Company of
of the
Blackfeet Trading Party
la Verendrye
Rocky Mountains
Pierre Radisson
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Russell
Pitt
Postoffich
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