Sunflower Silage Proves Valuable For Montana Stock
Montana experiments 1915 to 1918 show Mammoth Russian sunflowers yield 44.1 tons per acre in drills, with 30 percent bloom silage matching corn silage for digestible nutrients. Sunflower silage palatable to cattle sheep swine, with 30–36 inch row spacing and 30–40 percent bloom favored.
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Montana
Agricultural Experiment Station
State College
Bozeman
Alfred Atkinson
State College and
State Agronomist
J. B. Nelson
C. N. Arnett
W. B. Joseph
Oscar Tretsven
Bulletin
Spain
North America
Maine
Nevada Experiment Station
Montana Experiment Station
Huntley
Bozeman Station
A Cow for the Hired Man on the Farm
The author recalls a time before autos when farm workers received wages and the keep of a horse. A shift to keeping a cow for the employee fostered closer ties to the farm, shared investment, and greater loyalty. The piece argues that such arrangements could modernize farm labor, increase efficiency, and even create partner-like relationships between employer and employee.
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Iowa
Velie concentrates on ten-and-a-half ton truck
A. P. Heaney of Great Falls Montana Velie distributor explains the Velie factory now focuses on the ten and a half ton model. He cites a 11 2 ton range for 90 percent of trucking needs with higher speed longer life and lower service costs. Agents statewide urged to join as demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Heaney
Great Falls
Montana
Velie Motors Corporation
Velie
Heaney
Sugar price rise hits wholesalers on the West Coast
Sugar climbs to 22.75 cents a pound on board at San Francisco, while Great Falls local beet sugar remains cheaper locally at about two percent higher than cents per pound. The report notes cane sugar price increases ripple through wholesale channels.
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Great Falls
San Francisco
Beet Sugar Prices Rise End Montana Cheap Rates
Sugar buyers in Montana face a shift as wholesale and freight add 1.13 per hundred pounds, pushing delivered costs to about 24 per hundred pounds and retail prices to 26 to 30 cents per pound. Beet sugar prices, once plentiful in Montana, are set to climb as Utah district producers raise prices, signaling no relief until the new crop is marketed.
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Great Falls
Montana
Utah
Montana Territory
Late fall timing noted for event likely in October or November
A brief reference indicates the event is expected in the late fall, probably October or November, with no exact date given and no additional context.
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Russia
United States
Agrono
The
Inland Seed Co
Spokane, Wash
Wrixon & Agnew
P. O
10Th Ave. S
Great Falls, Mont
Frank D. Tomson
Equity Mutual Insurance Company
the Insurance Department of the
American Society OF Equity
Insurance
Billings
Chapple Laboratory
Fergus Hide & Fur Co
J. Sklar
Lewistown
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Dexter Park Ave
Chicago
Illinois
America
State of
State Board of Hail Insurance
Helena
Ton
A. P, Heaney State Distributor
Moline
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