Wool Price Support Rates Announced for 1954
The 1954 wool price support will average 532 cents per pound free basis, about 3.5 cents higher than the 1953 level, equal to 96 percent of the department’s March 30 wool price. Rates vary by grade, with adjustments reflecting higher 1953 prices for finer wools. Loans and payments under the 1954 program will be available through state agencies and USDA offices, with eligibility rules tied to grade and marketing year timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo S. Kol- Stad
Department of Agriculture
Cnost
Boston
BNO
Petes
USDA
Svaliabie
Optometrist Dr R J English Attends Meeting in Butte
Dr R J English of Dillon returned Monday from a post graduate meeting at the Finlen hotel in Butte. Dr Edmond F Richardson of Hollywood Calif led the Optometric Extension program session on new brain and nervous system relations to efficient seeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R J Emelish
Dylon
Butte
Minar
Finlen Hotel
Edmond F Richardson
Hollywood Calif
Duncan
Okla
Sheep Field Day at Dubois Idaho and Montana Grain Storage Outlook
The US sheep station at Dubois Idaho will hold two field days starting 9 am Tuesday May 18 with topics on selection production records in rams reproduction in range sheep wool marketing and branding fluids plus sagebrush eradication view. The Idaho section of the Society of Range Management meets May 19. Montana faces looming grain storage shortage as April 1 stocks show 18 percent higher than last year. Farmers are urged to store crops properly to qualify for price supports with loans up to 80 percent and four percent interest. Tax deductions favor grain producers who build or remodel storage facilities amortized over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubois
Idaho
Society of Range Management
Montana
Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
Produc tion Credit lowers rate to five percent
Effective May 1 the Montana Production Credit association will cut its interest rate to five percent Roscoe Cornell of Dillon association director says the reduction of three quarters of one percent reflects cheaper money in investment markets and will be passed on to borrowers under the association policy of dependable credit at the lowest possible rate to stockmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Production Credit Association
Roscoe Cornell
Dillon
Lne
Cornell
Family Workers Not Eligible To SS Benefits
A Butte social security official explains that wages paid by a husband to wife in an unincorporated family business are not reportable for social security coverage. Exclusions also apply to parent child work under 21. partnerships with non-family partners and corporations alter coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reed
Butte Social Security Office
Swain
Dillon
Employment Service
Easy soak method for washing wool blankets
An old newspaper note explains a wash technique to minimize wool shrinkage. Submerge the blanket in detergent water for 15 to 20 minutes, flip it, spin out, and rinse by soaking without agitator. Repeat a second rinse and drain before stretching the blanket to dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Experiment Station
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R. J. English
Northwest Bancorporatio
Minneapolis, Minn
First National Bank OF
Federal Reserve District
National Bank
Contro
Reason St Common
Northwest Banccorporation
Rinanaia
Srucka
Evelow
Northwest Bancorporation
Merry Anders
Paddy DeMarco
Paddy
Jimmy Carter
IMPS
Lloyd Preston Garner
RCA
Lancaster
Garner
Claire Michels
Beaverhead County
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
News & Views
Dillon Examiner
Louis
Poultry BP
Copperopolis
Grace Stone Coates
Harlowton Times
Little Belt Mountains
Meagher County
J. E. Hall
Hawking
Hall
Hawkins
Missouri River
Swansea
Wales
Marcus Daly
Northern Pacific
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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