Big Demand for Farm Extension But Funds Halt Expansion
Montana agricultural education reports 17 high schools offering Smith Hughes courses with federal reimbursement. 471 pupils enrolled last year while 1 413 farm people attended winter short courses. 91 unit courses drew 3 686 attendees and farmers meetings attracted 6 981. In total, 379 other meetings engaged over 19 000 farm people.
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Montana
Smith- Hughes
M. J. Abbey
Abbey
Smith-Hughes
Various Classified Ads Include Fur Repair and Local Services
A collection of old ads and notices from Butte and nearby towns features fur repair and cleaning from Hoenck's Fur House, assayers in Butte, wine and fruit availability, car enamel services, cigar and tobacco sales, tax record guidance for farmers, printing plant offerings, and a Mary’s Home notice seeking care for infants and young girls.
Beans Seen as Profitable Crop for Valier Project
A report from Valier outlines plans to plant 40 acres of Great Northern beans next year under irrigation similar to Billings territory. Observations note beans as a clean up crop boosting soil nitrogen, with high yields reported and potential cash advantages over summer fallow.
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Valier
Billings
R. W. Spier
A. G. Shue
Spier
Mr. Shue
Walier
Martin Curtis
Great Northern
Curtis
Waler
Conrad
Montana
Smith-Hughes instructors aid rural work and training efforts
Six thousand six hundred thirteen witnesses plus 294 held. Smith-Hughes men did 530 veterinary calls and vaccinated 1,670 animals. Instructors wrote 8,687 personal letters and over 13,000 circulars, prepared 1,873 articles, made 722 field trips, spread 44,400 pounds of gopher poison and 514,175 pounds of grasshopper poison. They answered 1,555 farmer calls, found work for 373 men, tested 3,003 dairy samples, induced 188 youths to attend school, supervised $6,429.85 worth of shop projects, saved $3,169.30 in repairs, and aided 360 rural teachers. Over 50 farmers studied winter auto mechanics and repairing courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Hughes
Peanuts Enter Last Of Staple Foods
A shift in diet shows peanut butter rising to staple status. Montana consumes much locally packed peanut butter largely from Seattle made nuts. Rogers company dominates Pacific Northwest output with bright tin packaging and the School Boy brand widely shipped into Montana.
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Montana
Seattle
Rogers Company
Pacific Northwest
Deer Collision Smashes Car Fender on Night Drive
In Warland Libby district motorists are warned as deer numbers rise. John Worring and his son faced a dark road confrontation when a deer jumped into the path of their car. The impact slammed the rear fender and the deer fled into darkness, its condition unknown.
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Warland-Libby
John Worring
Warland
Women Now Using Blind Baggage On N P Brake Rods
Northern Pacific officers in Livingston report more female riders on trains along the mainline. A vanity case containing fudge and a handkerchief was found on the blind baggage, suggesting a woman rode in. Officers pursued two girls from the Helena vocational school, ages 14 and 16, who escaped riding a freight train. one was recently committed for incorrigibility. Both were captured or surrendered and returned to Helena after being fed and clothed.
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N. P. Brake
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Helena
Laurel
Wolf Kills Seventeen Sheep in Terry District
A large wolf entered Albert Still’s sheep corral in Terry district and killed seventeen. Still set traps and captured the marauder. He is among the region’s largest wolves seen recently and is praised as an expert wolf hunter though not a state trapper.
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Albert Still
Terry District
Mr. Still
Ben
Early Spawning Of Trout Signals Early Winter Says Binko
W E Binko, a Missoula visitor from a Blackfoot Valley ranch, notes trout spawn timing as climate cue. Dolly Vardet trout are already entering small streams to spawn, usually earlier than native brook trout, with brook spawning expected mid October. He links water conditions to winter onset and earlier spawning.
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W. E. Binko
Missoula
Blackfoot Valley
Mr. Binko
Blackfoot
Binko
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Olson
Romising
Tipton & Sankey
Ordan Times
Jordan
Lbert Teachers Agency
Spokane
Jone Forest Reserve
Highwood Mountains
Great Fall
Ringling Dairy Ranch
White Sulphur’ Springs
Darsh & Greenfield Co
Arrigan Avenue
Butte
Montana Meat and Commission Co
Mont
R. A. McNown
Wilkinson Ridg
Omaha
Budd
San Francisco
Calif
Oakland
T. J. Hecking
Royal and Corona Typewriters
Glasgow
Hoenck
WIS & Walker
Wyoming
Bor
Concord
Expres
Cherrylane Orchards
Greenacres
Washington
Co. O
C. K. Taylor
Northwest
Box East
Gordon Avenue
Wash
Havana
Homeland
Ban -Auditors Association of America
Delco
Burroughs
Glasgow Courier
Whitlock
Great Falls
Montana, Printing Co
Mary's
Mother Superior
Oh Hve
North
Kid McCoy
Los Angeles
Theresa W. Mors
Farmers OF Valier
Yellowstone
Milk River
Commercial Club of
Malta
C. Wilson
Great Western Sugar Company
I. D. O'Donnell
Great Northern Railway
Sugar Company
S. C. Huseth
Frary & Burlingame
B.C. White
Buffalo
Jusue
ADV
Tor Newspapers
Greenfield Advertising Agency
KODA
Rexall
Otel Great Falls
Ainbow
Oultry
Jie
Oif
Big Lake
Balings
Cat Creek
Pacific Coast
Kevin-Sunburst Field
Landowners Royalties Company
Ment
Heralties
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