Fertilizer Boosts Montana Crops Says Experiments Show
Treasure State farm and livestock notes that continuous cropping depletes soil though fertilizer strengthens and sustains productivity. Experiments with acid phosphate on corn wheat and alfalfa show wheat yields rising by 3.44 bushels per acre and alfalfa increasing 0.386 tons per acre with annual applications. Apply phosphorus when growth starts, typically fall for wheat or early spring for quick-acting phosphate.
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Montana Plan Seeks Horse Abattoirs to Use Western Range Horses
Dr. W J Butler writes to Montana food chief Alfred Atkinson urging Herbert Hoover to back a plan for horse abbatoirs to convert up to 200000 light range horses in Montana and the West into a food product. The aim is cheaper meat, relief from overgrazing, and funds for breeding stock amid drought and price pressures.
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W. J. Butler
Alfred Atkinson
Herbert Hoover
Montana Food Administration Committee
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Western States
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Plant a Garden and Win the War War Garden drive calls Montanans to grow
The piece urges readers to start war gardens this spring to combat food shortages. It cites Montana as a wheat state on short rations and highlights the 1920s wartime results of backyard plots yielding hundreds of millions in value. It promotes seeds tools fertilizer lime and double cropping and compares with German war gardens to spur sustained postwar effort.
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Federal Food Administration
Food Administration
Germany
Crop Rotation Increases Farm Profits With Legumes
A study compares corn and wheat yields under continuous cropping versus rotation with legumes over seven years. In 1917 corn in rotation with cowpeas and wheat reached 32.8 bushels per acre, and with alfalfa and wheat 44.9. continuous corn yielded 17.6. Wheat in rotation produced 13.6 to 15.8 bushels, while continuous wheat averaged 11.8 in 1917. The report recommends a rotation including two small grains a hay crop and a legume, tailored to local conditions.
Farm loan demand rises in Montana February report
Sidney Miller regis ter of the state land office reports 278 loans outstanding totaling 667 870 and 501 applications pending totaling 1 476 600. He estimates a cash balance around 750 000 after pending work and usual receipts and disbursements. February 28 cash balance was 1 981 036.56. last month 69 farm loans for 796 400 were approved and 125 700 approved this month.
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Miller
War measures cut production of pleasure autos in 1917
New York reports a 30 percent cut in pleasure car production for the year as a wartime measure affecting the entire uncompleted schedule. Other items note Rear Admiral Perry of Maryland dies, and a German emperor gift telescope to spy submarines is to be used by U S Navy officers.
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Fort Douglas
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Heidelberg University
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