Farm Bureau Builds 100-Ton Silo Pit for Cascade County
Cascade County Farm Bureau launches silo program with a 100-ton pit silo form built in Great Falls. Charley H. Greene of Sun River bench will be first to use the form, with 25 farmers planned to erect silos this summer including pit, standing, concrete, wood or tile types. MacSpadden, county agent, aims to rent the form to members and move it across the county to widen adoption.
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Farm Bureau
F. B. MacSpadden
Great Falls
Charley H. Greene
Sun River
Greene
Cascade County
MacSpadden
Montana’s 1920 crop forecast seals strong yields across grains
The Montana forecast totals 28,240,000 bushels of wheat and 19,206,000 bushels of oats with 1,800,000 bushels barley and 856,000 bushels rye. Hay rises to 2,075,000 tons, while spring and winter wheat, oats, barley, rye, and clover face pest and weather challenges but show overall promising prospects.
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Montana
United States
Custer
Richland
Broadwater
Sanders
Butterfly Bad Cabbage Pest The Montana Guide
The article explains how the white butterfly cabbage worm threatens Montana cabbage crops and outlines life cycles and four summer broods. It recommends Paris green or lead arsenate dusts with flour as carriers, applied every ten days, with early broods prioritized and safe use up to harvest.
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Montana
Paris
Cuticura Ointment and Soap Advertise Pimples Cure
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads. It instructs washing off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Regular daily use is urged to keep skin clear, and Cuticura Talcum is recommended.
Farm labor shortage worries Montana growers
The passage notes farmers facing high wage costs and delayed planting as a result of scarce labor. With haying and harvest approaching, the shortage could grow, and delegates urge business and professional leaders to offer help in Montana.
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Montana
Farm Machinery Prices Jump Across Northwest
Washington State Retailers Association reports major U S manufacturers have raised factory prices by 10 to 25 percent over 60 days. Average increases vary by item from 8 to 25 percent with grain drills 17 to 20 percent and machinery heavy in steel up to 10 to 12 percent. Rising production costs cited as the cause.
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Bureau of Research and Statistics
Washington State Retailers’ Association
United States
Northwest
Health and Management in Practical Poultry Keeping
The practical poultryman should focus on keeping fowls and chicks healthy to maximize nature’s disease resistance. Successful keepers emphasize health and good management rather than detailed disease knowledge.
Cull Hens With Care Says Poultrymen Should Distinguish
Poultrymen misjudge hens by age, shipping two year olds to market without judging laying quality. Dairymen would ruin their business by such indiscretion. Keep hens with vigor and health, even if their laying is only tolerably good, as they are valuable in these times.
Potatoes To Fall Further As Prices Slip In KC Market
Wholesale potato prices in Kansas City dipped by nearly two dollars per hundred with Southern new potatoes selling at 7.75 to 8.25 a hundred. Dealers attribute the drop to rising supplies and forecast further declines.
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Kansas City
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