Montana Farmers Strengthen Then Prosperity Through Diversification
Montana agriculture shows progress since drought years. Wheat remains key but acreage for corn barley oats rye and tame hay rose significantly from 1920 to 1925 1926 crop data cited by W D Gilman of the Montana Extension Service. Livestock head counts rise with dairy cows hogs and sheep up while beef shifts from range to farm production. Specialized outputs include seed potatoes beans peas and sugar beets expanding across more areas.
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Montana State College
Montana
W. D. Gilman
Montana Extension Service
Mr. Gilman
Gilman
Billings
Monna
State Labor Meeting Sees No Elections This Year
H. H. Manson secretary says no outstanding business before Montana Federation of Labor annual convention. The event is set for June 22 in Bozeman. Labor conditions are quiet with mining and smelting unions seeking higher pay, but no strike indications.
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Montana Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
H. H. Manson
Bozeman
Manson
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Crocodiles Taught as Luck Bearers in Egyptian Culture
Egyptians view crocodiles as lucky omens and teach children to gaze closely at any crocodile they encounter, a first lesson in respect and curiosity toward these revered animals.
Beet production in Billings region to exceed two million this season
The 1937 beet crop in the Billings district is expected to top $2,000,000 with a 20 percent acreage rise and a two ton per acre gain in yield. Great Western Sugar officials and local growers cite a statewide campaign for higher production, aided by agronomists from the Montana Experiment Station and coaching on soil fertility, planting, irrigation, and crop rotation.
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Billings
Great Western Sugar Company
Montana State College
Clyde McKee
Montana Experiment Station
Huntley Experiment Station
Montana
Colorado
O'Neill Brothers Contest Attracts 25000 Name Suggestions
The International Refinery at Sunburst offers 500 in prizes for a new gasoline brand name. About 25000 letters arrive from Alaska to New York and Montana towns, with prizes of 250, 160, and 100. A Florida woman proposes goosey gas as a unique entry.
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L. B
Tip
John O'Neil
Sunburst
Montana
O'Neil Brothers
Alaska
Honolulu
Cuba
Canada
California
Florida
New York City
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Washington
D. C
Texas
Wyoming
Kansas City
Chicago
Desirable crop rotation schemes for sugar beets
A farmer describes beet rotation options. Manured land yields about 13 tons per acre, similar for alfalfa and sweet clover. Alfalfa followed by manure yields 15.2 tons. A three year rotation: small grain, sweet clover, then beets. A four year rotation: cultivated crop, beets, small grain, and sweet clover.
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McKee
First Wool Clip Shipped From Great Falls Region
The first carload of wool this year was loaded at Cascade by J. T. Taylor. The clip came from a trainload of sheep sold to a company in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, with the sheep shipped a few days earlier.
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Taylor Clip
Great Falls
Cascade
J. T. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Vegetable Plate Dinners and Arranging The Platter
A spring to summer guide urges abundant fresh fruits and vegetables for year round meals. It details two complete vegetable platters with step by step assembly for No 1 mashed potato center with cheese, beads, spinach and beans, and No 2 a vegetable leaf mold with macaroni in tomato sauce, plus a recipe for Vegetable Loaf with mixed vegetables and bread crumbs.
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Harvard
Independent Operators Seek Lower Freight Rate to Chicago
Independent operators in the Kevin Sunburst field press for a freight rate cut on Montana to Chicago oil shipments. Leaders from Montana Dakota Oil Ferdig Oil and Ricé Ol urge Great Northern officials to set 40 cents per hundred pounds, hoping to contend with Midcontinent firms. If denied, they will appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to secure equal rates.
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Kevin-Sunburst Field
Kevin-Sunburst
Eee
Montana
Chicago
Ich
Pie Montana-Dakota Oil Company
Ferdig Oil Company
Ricé' Ol Company
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Great Northern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Midcontinent
Hannah
Savory Vegetable Dinner Platter And Centered Spinach Mound
The recipe guides a medium oven bake for 30 minutes with a well greased dish. It describes assembling a platter with stuffed potatoes center, savory carrots on both sides, baby beets at ends, celery stuffed with pimiento at corners, and a spinach center with Harvard beets and onions flanks. It explains carrot preparation, brown roux sauce, and meatless garnish with beans and potato accents.
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Harvard
Foxes as messengers of heaven in Japanese myth
In Japanese mythology the fox is a bringer of luck and a firstborn spirit. Seen foxes are regarded by common folk as messengers from heaven, linking the earthly world to divine signs.
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Diles
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Joe Ford
Toledo, Ohio
McMillan Fur & Wool CO
Minneapolis
H. Minn
Oultry
Montana Meat and Commission Co
Silver Black Fox Company
Missoula
Clare’s
Foek Valley
Montans
State Labor Meeting
O'Neill Brothers
Deniers Beyer
Home Service Department
Royal Milling Company
Fletcher
Montana Life Insurance Company A. A
Rm Cunningham Hnson
Anil
Wei
Mary Blake
Carnation Milk Products CO
Metals Bank
Bates
Blackleg
Montana State Veterinary. Dept
M. E. Knowles
Helena, Montana
Musiler
Hothl
Frary & Burlingame
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