Butte Chickens Sent to College for Yearlong Contest
Dr. George H. Stephenson and Charles Greenfield ship six White Wyandottes and six Blue Andalusians to Washington State Agricultural College in Pullman for a yearlong laying contest from November 5, 1919, to November 5, 1920. Five hundred northwest birds will compete. no monetary prize, but exhibition prestige. The plan groups birds by flock of 20 to rate layers, with a winning hen expected to lay about 280 eggs, against a world record of 300.
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Butte
George H. Stephenson
Charles Greenfield
Washington State Agricultural College
Pullman
Wash
Northwest
Stephenson
Greenfield
Hylantine
University of Missouri
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Vast Montana counties show diverse business strengths in 1919 study
The Montana 1919 report in press highlights county level enterprise breadth. Sheridan leads general stores with 49, Cascade 42, Carbon 41, Hill 40, Silver Bow 21, Lewis and Clark 28, Yellowstone 34, Chateau 36. It notes Fergus as wheat belt with 655 elevators and 41 lumber yards. Silver Bow tops diversity with 1129 enterprises, Cascade 897, Sheridan 369, Lewis and Clark 371, Missoula 385, noting no manufacturing in Silver Bow.
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Montana
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone
Chateau
Fergus
Sheridan
Cascade
Deer
Lodge
Mineral
Fergus County
Carbon
Missoula
How to Select Best Rhode Island Reds
E G Horner shares practical guidelines for culling Rhode Island Reds focusing on shape color and maturity. He emphasizes strong legs good stance and avoidance of blackish undersides and gray backs. He details feeding regimes shade and forage, plus postmaturation selection for show birds and breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
New Montana County Units Back Nine Month School Term
Miss May Trumper, state superintendent, reports Cascade county’s county unit plan under the new school law allows consolidation of third class district funds and broader distributions. Rural schools now run nine months with more funds per district, enabling over 100 pupils to attend regularly. she toured Sheridan Roosevelt Cascade counties and observed an Americanization effort in a rural one room school.
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Cascade County
May Trumper
Sheridan
Roosevelt
Cascade
Poplar
Miss Trumper
Scobey
Plentywood
Montana
Trumper
Great Falls
What Is Breeding In Livestock
Definitions adopted by the U S department of agriculture for the Better Lives Better Stock campaign to begin November 1. Purebred means animals of definite breed with pure parents, registered or eligible for registration. Thoroughbred refers to horses in major stud books, Standardbred to American light horses and poultry standards, scrub to unknown breeding, crossbred to progeny of purebred parents of different breeds, and grade to offspring from mixed purebred and scrub or nonpurebred lines.
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United States Department of Agriculture
England
American Poultry Association
Montana Packers Merge Five Plants Into Hansen Company
Five Montana meat plants join to form Hansen Packing company of Butte with Montana Butchering, Butte Butchering, W M Montgomery of Anaconda, and Metropolitan Meat of Anaconda. Plans seek lower costs and government inspected meat. Rumors say Wilson Packing of Chicago may be behind the deal.
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Wilson Packing Co
Chicago
Montana
The
Hansen Packing Company of
Butte
Hansen Packing Company
Montana Butchering Company
Butte Butchering Company
W. M. Montgomery Company
Metropolitan Meat Company
Anaconda
Ting
Hansen Company
Hansen
Wilson Packing Company of
Bounty Offered for Wolves and Mountain Lions in Montana
Meagher County Cattle Breeders association at White Sulphur Springs offers 100 dollars for each wolf or mountain lion skin brought in. Depredations by bears wolves and lions cause heavy losses to grazing areas and threaten livestock across Montana. Forest guards and professional hunters persist in the chase, but animal numbers remain high.
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Montana
Meagher County Cattle Breeders’ Association
White Sulphur Springs
Deportation Orders Target Mexicans in Butte Montana
Federal officials order arrests and detentions of Mexicans in Butte unless they prove citizenship. Police report the measures and say those lacking proof will be deported. The move follows wartime enforcement actions.
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Butte
Mexicans Permitted to Work in Beet Factories in West
Mexican workers were allowed to labor at Utah and Idaho sugar beet plants under a wartime return condition. Shortly after, police reported they departed the camps and dispersed across the western states.
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Utah
Idaho
West
Bolshivist Quote on Political Economy Sparks Debate
A sharp political remark likens Bolshevik understanding of political economy to a tomcat’s knowledge of marriage licenses, provoking discussion among readers about ideology and practical competence.
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Frank Lemmer
Great Falls, Mont
Rixon & Ag
Wool& Fur
Boston Hide, Wool & Fur CO
Wrixon & Agnew
Fur
P. O. Box
Furs
McMil Lan
Mia Au
Nneapolis
Rogers
Kodera
Cevers
Yellowstone Creamery
Billings, Montana
Jones
Mont
Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Pullman, Wash
Agricultural College
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
E. G. Horner
NEW School Law
Montana Packers
Lseabal Bottled
Vacatio Sian Borne
Care Marner Aa
Billings
Chapple Laboratory
Dept. B
Canada
North American
Lloydminster
Battleford
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific
Askatchewan
Seagar Wheeler
Canadian Pacific Railway
M. E. Thornton
Smnt
Fleet Street
Calgary
M. EC. Thornton
Canadian Pacific RY
Firet St
C.P.R
Martha
Washington
Martha Washington
Mayer
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee, Wis
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