Giant Russian sunflowers yield high silage and milk potential in Montana
In Bozeman experiments the Giant Russian sunflower produced up to 30 tons per acre in 1917, equaling green corn for dairy cows. Sunflower ensilage replaced clover hay with 33.6 pounds of sunflower per day, boosting daily milk to 34.35 pounds with 1.5 pounds fat. Cows fed sunflowers showed no negative effects, suggesting wide adoption for dairies in high altitude Montana.
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Montana
Bozeman
C. N. Arnett
State Experiment Station
Professor Arnett
Arnett
Planting trees on homesteads in Montana farms
Rural residents emphasize protecting homes with tree groves. Planting in square or L shapes shields buildings from prevailing winds. Allow space for future structures, roads, and equipment. plant from seeds, curb pests, and head toward fifteen inch tall trees by winter with careful cultivation.
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Montana
Close Contest In Egg Laying At National Show
The national egg laying contest at Storrs Conn hinges on a tight race between Leghorns from Calverton N Y and Barred Rocks from Fitzwilliam N H as week fifty nears. Barred Rocks trail by fourteen eggs but have shown late surge potential while top Leghorn pens exceed two thousand eggs and average over 200 per bird. Obed Knight White Wyandottes lead with 46 eggs, Merritt Clark Barred Rocks 41, Jay Ernisse White Wyandottes 43, and Rock Rose Farm Barred Rocks 41 in the final tally amid a total of 1980 eggs.
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Storrs
Conn
Montana
Aplecock Farm
Fitzwilliam
N. H
A. P. Robinson
Calverton
N. Y
New York
Leghorns
Obed G. Knight
Bridgeton
R. L
Merritt Clark
Brookfield Center
Jay H. Ernisse
Webster
Rock Rose Farm
Katonah
World News in Brief From Washington to Copenhagen
A patchwork of items notes contracts for 1,000,000 army shoes at 4.65 each, price rules by the food administration, and government control of packing houses. Beck dies in New York. shipping and war economies span Italy to Beirut, with figures on loans, enslaved labor plans, and suffrage events amid global tension.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Chicago
New York
James Carroll Beckwith
Theodore Roosevelt
Shipping Board
London
Germany
Beirut
Syria
W. H. Hall
Syrian Protestant College
Charlottesville
Thos. F. Ryan
John D. Archibald
Standard Oil
Santa Barbara
George G. Greenfield
Congregational Church
Los Angeles
Italy
Mexico
Federal Reserve System
U.S
St. Paul
Minnesota
Portland
Ore
Consumers League of Oregon
Industrial Commission
Patel Trapa
Tll
Et al Bend
Ie Ae Fonsten Bros. & CO
Fonsten
St. Louis
Black Fox Breeding Starts Near Dillon
D. S. Vail farm plans beaverhead fur industry with 15 miles south of Dillon in Sheep canyon. John Hohm of Butte to oversee the venture as $10,000 fences are built. Fifteen pairs of black foxes valued at 6000 dollars each arrive from Prince Edward Island to be housed by fur farming experts. One pair yields five to nine kits annually. This marks Beaverhead county’s first fur farming effort.
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D. S. Vail
Dillon
Sheep Canyon
John Hohm
Butte
Prince Edward Island
Beaverhead County
University campus producer fine spuds from war garden
Two hundred sacks of prime potatoes stored in the state university provision house come from the 1917 university war garden. James H. Bonner, superintendent of buildings and grounds, first proposed using campus land for the garden and planted it to potatoes. The crop prospered under his care providing dormitory with a fine potato supply.
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The
State University
University
James H. Bonner
Cascade County Man Tops Sheep Market in Chicago Sale
J. B. Taylor of Cascade County led Montana lamb offerings at Chicago market with 958 head of lightweights averaging 55 pounds sold to feeders at 18 dollars per hundredweight. Other Montana shipments were reported among strong interstate livestock activity as sellers moved a larger than usual number of sheep to market.
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J. B. Taylor
Cascade County
Chicago
Montana
Knitting Face Epidemic Spreads in Montana
A humorous yet grim note from physicians describes knitting face as a fast spreading epidemic after war declaration. It causes concentrated expressions, lip movement, and finger motions as if counting. Women in clubs and society life show the most evident symptoms, with affected individuals appearing in public spaces and trains.
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Montana
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United States
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Belgium
Servia
Camp Meade
Dan _ T. Moore
310Th Field Artillery
79Th
National Army
White House
Teddy
John Biddle
Bliss
Biddle
Seattle
Gill
Beckingham
H.A. Greene
Camp Lewis
Ancon
Canal Zone
U. S
Canal
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
W. S. Kenyon
Iowa
John J. Rogers
Massachusetts
James S. Parker
Copenhagen
Poland
Robt
L. Rowell
Central Ave
Great Falls
Mont
AU Bit. Lewis Poultry CO
First St
Helena
Mon-O-Co
Montana Oil Co
Hughes
and Land Company
FARS
Poorarok
Crane
Northwestern Hide & Fue CO
Minneapolis
Minn
C. Taylor Fur Co
Fur Exchange
McMillan Furs Wool CO
Pond Laeane
Weil Bros. & CO
Old Square Deal
Box
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