Montana Future Seen By U S Ag Official
A. F. Hitt, a special field agent for the U S Department of Agriculture, visited Forsyth and emphasized Montana’s vast agricultural potential. He cited wheat yields, potatoes, oats, barley, and hay, noting Montana's.leading yields in several crops and projecting the state becoming a foremost agricultural state in the Northwest.
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A.F. Hitt
Bureau of Statistes
United States Department of Agriculture
Weiser
Idaho
Forsyth
the Times
Hitt
Montana
Northwest
Mr. Hitt
United States
Golden Gravel on Site of New Helena Hotel
Gold worth about 60 dollars a day is washed from gravel near Helena where a new 500000 dollar hotel is being built. Three men work eight hour shifts earning two dollars per day each. Two wagon loads of gravel yield about three ounces of gold each evening. The placer mining has run for a week and should finish in two to three weeks. The hotel contract is expected to be awarded this week.
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Helena
Mothers Day Observance at First Presbyterian Church
A church notice dedicates May 12 to honoring mothers at First Presbyterian. It urges wearing a white carnation as a sign of love and loyalty and inviting others to share acts of kindness, gifts, or visits. Mothers will be treated as guests at morning services with a program beginning with an organ prelude and doxology.
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First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Fly-Catching Contest Guides Worcester Flies War
May 1911 feature recounts Worcester Mass fly catching contest with 232 contestants catching 16 million flies. Winner, a 12 year old boy, captured over 1.2 million flies between June 22 and July 18. Dr. Clifton F. Hodge of Clark University offered extermination methods and trap designs to curb houseflies.
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May Womans’ Home Companion
Worcester
Mass
Worcester Telegram
City
Clifton F. Hodge
Clark University
Hodge
Cost of a Modern Creamery Across the Nation
Washington April 29 reports show many new creameries built across the United States with varying fortunes. An investigation by Secretary Wilson of the U S Department of Agriculture outlines successes failures and incomplete starts in several states.
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Washington D. C
United States
Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Creamery Costs and Plant Options Highlight Cooperative Flaws
The text notes failures stemmed from too few cows and poor organization in creameries. It outlines cost ranges for small gathered-cream and whole-milk plants, with prices from about 2000 to 4650 dollars depending on size and refrigeration. The Agriculture Department offers planning help from the Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
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C. M. Smith
Union Electric Co
Jos. C. Smith
Edwin Norris
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Kentucky
Velie
Dart Hardware and Implement Co
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