Prospects Bright as Montana Ranges Show Gains
Montana livestock prospects brighten as May rains lift range and pastures to 93 and 87 percent of normal. Cattle gains steady with strong calf crops and light spring losses while sheep and lambs advance. outlook favors restocking amid ample early summer feed despite drier western areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
J. G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau Statistician
Federal Weather and Agricultural Economics Bureaus
Cricket Horde Beaten Down by Army of Exterminators
An army of extermination led by Dr. Harlow Mills fights Mormon crickets across Carbon Yellowstone and Big Horn counties in Montana and northern Wyoming. Barriers, traps, oils, dust guns, and flames defend fields, streams, and ditches as hundreds of tons of crickets are killed daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Arlow B. Mills
Montana State College
Mills
United States
Carbon
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Wyoming
Bi Horne County
Billings
Carbon County
Big Horn County
Federal Chiefs Inspect Prairie County Livestock Development
A 25 member federal committee toured Prairie County sites showing stocked water dams flood irrigation reservoirs, stock corrals, dipping vats and fencing. They noted a 390000 acre program turning the area into a grazing district under a rancher board with a Little Sheep Mountain recreation center and a 60 by 30 foot community hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie County
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
W. H. Jones
Federal Department
Little Sheep Mountain
Jones
Clark
Sheep Mountain
Stockmen’s Grazing Association
Montana
Insects Threaten Montana Crops as Grasshoppers Rise
A 1938 forecast notes spring rains ended drought risks in Montana but warns grasshopper hatchings in eastern regions and Mormon crickets may still damage crops. Winter wheat nears a record 16.6 million bushels. June 1 conditions and rainfall point to ample moisture for crops and irrigation.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Aeve
Attorney General Rules on Residence for Relief Assistance
Two opinions address whether persons can establish county residence for relief aid under the Missoula welfare board. A Lake County relief recipient employed in Missoula for six months was deemed a resident of Missoula County and eligible for relief. A State University student from Richland County living in Missoula for two years was also considered to have established county residence and qualified for relief and WPA certification despite student status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula County
Missoula
Works Progress Administration
State University
Sonth County
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Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Valley County
Montana Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Yellowstone County
Guay
Jupiter
Junie Ee
Kentucky, Oaks
Kentucky
Polytechnic
Intermountain Polytechnicollege
School of Technology
Billings Business College
Conservatory of Music
Polytechnic High School
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