Noted Speakers Book Farm and Home Week at Montana State College
The 1925 Farm and Home Week at Bozeman Montana State College will feature F D Farrell Kansas State Agricultural College dean and director and Dr Nellie L Perkins Detroit psychiatrist and child mental health expert. The event runs January 5 to 9 with multiple farm and livestock organizations holding meetings alongside general sessions and entertainment.
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Montana State College
Bozeman
F. D. Farrell
Kansas State Agricultural College
Farrell
Montana
United States Department of Agriculture
Utah
Office of Western Irrigation
Kansas
Nellie L. Perkins
Wayne County Psycopathic Clinic
Detroit
Michigan
Perkins
Juvenie Court
Wayne County
State Farm Bureau
Montana State Dairymen's Association
Montana Irrigation and Drainage Institute
Montana Potato Growers’ Association
State College
State Beekeepers’ Association
Feeding Ducks For The Fall Market
A vintage guide from The Peter Fox Sons Co. Chicago outlines duck care for fattening. It covers starter feed with sand and chick mash, ground greens, water access or deep drinking dishes, and lanterns for nostril cleaning. Fattening rations on Long Island involve corn meal wheat bran red dog flour meat scrap and buttermilk, plus greens.
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Long Island
Arlington
Peter Fox Sons Co
Fulton Market
Chicago
Illinois
Weekly Market Letter shows higher ranch prices in yards
The Montana market notes a firmer tone with steers up 25 to 50 cents while heifers hold steady. Top butcher steers reach about 7.50 per cwt with odd head to 800. grass cattle 6.50 to 7.00. hogs slump but pigs 7 to 8. sheep and lambs steady as South St. Paul gains as a meat market hub. Stockers and feeders show strong demand amid light receipts.
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Helfers
Montana
W. QR. Stokes
Big Timber
Byron Hurley
Wagner
R. P. Burgess
Maita
G. A. Bell
Eden
John Kemner
South St. Paul
Experiments Begin at Miles City Range Station
New range experiment station at Miles City launches beef cattle, sheep, pig, and hog-breeding trials. Hereford stock and feeder lambs arrive. Rambouillet ewes and Tamworth Yorkshires planned. A. L. Baker leads livestock work as season allows plowing 800 acres for spring cropping.
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Montana State College
Montana
New Range
Miles City
C. C. Abbott
BE. W. Sheets
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
United State Department of Agriculture
Government
Dubois
Idaho
Corn Belt
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Abbott
A. L. Baker
Havre
Normal College Builds Near Completion in Dillon
Rapid progress on new library gymnasium and heating plant at the Normal College in Dillon aims for occupancy by year’s start. Buildings push toward ready date as construction continues.
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The
Normal College
Dillon
Seed Growers of Montana elect new president
At the state fair in Helena the Montana Seed Growers association elected George M. Lewis of Manhattan to fill the unfinished term of Fred Sumner who resigned after moving to Idaho. The group promotes Montana seed quality with registered seed standards and cooperative work with Montana State College extension service.
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Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Fred Sumner
Clyde Park
Alfred Wilkinson
Montana State College
Idaho
Helena
George M. Lewis
Manhattan
Sumner
Montana
A. J. Ogaard
Extension Agronomist
Montana State College Extension Service
Farmer Henry Creekmore Leads Fergus County Wheat Yield
Henry Creekmore of Coffee Creek won the season’s top winter wheat average in Fergus County by threshing 64 bushels per acre on a field of over 100 acres. The summer fallowed tract drew attention for its heavy potential, and Creekmore is renowned for consistently high yields when conditions are favorable, this year surpassing his own record.
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Coffee Creek
Fergus County
Henry Creekmore
Creekmore
Harlem Bee Keeping Proves Profitable for Farmer Joe Gellings
Joe Gellings, a former Idaho farmer renting near Harlem, expanded from one swarm to sixteen in the Milk River valley. He sold about 1000 pounds of honey to Harlem residents last summer and reports bees as profitable with minimal attention, working through alfalfa blooms.
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Joe Gellings
Idaho
Harlem
Milk River Valley
Mar. Gelings
Canada reports higher dairy production in 1928
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin shows Canada’s dairy sector value rose by over 15 million dollars from the previous year. The 1928 output of creameries cheese factories and condensaries totaled 120,110,662 dollars in value.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Local Beekeeper Diversifies with Honey Harvest
A neighborly beekeeper scouts nearby fields for nectar to supplement his own. He sells honey at 25 cents per pound in the comb and plans to continue beekeeping as part of a diversification effort turning what could be waste into profit.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Treasure State Farm & Livestock
State Agricultural College
Fox Plan
Peter
Veter Fox Sons Co
Weiller & Weiller CO
Ontana
Seed Growers. OF
Aporub
Hansen Packing
Butte, Mont
Fletcher
Twin Cities
Sony
DeSoto Creamery & Producer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
the Weillers
Frank Bair
Jack Magnus
Les Hills
Lee Ross
Livestock Commission
South ST. Paul Minnesota
Turkeys
L. McKay & Co
St. Paul, Mint
Sheep Shippers
Aubry Williams
Ed Moran
Omaha
St. Paul
Charles O. Robinson
A.W. Thomas
Fred Patterson
E. W. Cahow
James L, Lush
L. C. Robinson
Chris Hansen
St, Paul
Alexander
Scotty) Smith
C. W. Vassau
Charles C. Robinson
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