Treasure State Farm and Livestock Combines in Montana Harvests
Montana researchers study the small combine harvester now widely adopted on state farms. Led by M. L. Wilson, groups from Montana State College and USDA examine efficiency, grain loss, moisture handling, and comparisons with binders and stationary threshers across Judith Basin and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Wilson
Montana Experiment Station
Montana
L. A. Reynoldson
R. E. Kiefer
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
W. M. Hurst
R. T. Humphrey
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Federal Department
R. M. Merrill
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Montana State College
Edward Bell
Ernest Sandberg
E. A. Starch
Department of Agricultural Economics
Agronomy Department
Office of Cereal Investigations
Wilson
Western Plains
Havre
Judith Basin
Rudyard
Outlook
Medicine Lake
Richie
Yellowstone
Forsyth
Billings
Great Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Winter farming trials highlight Montana test plots
Farming EW Turk winter wheat shows superior qualities in limited tests and will be trialed by seven Fergus county growers. Eastern Montana rainfall stress affects demo plots as Supreme spring wheat shines against Marquis in Rosebud County tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Fergus County
Montana
Rosebud County
Montana Extension Service
Marquis
Curious Lake Chad marriage custom draws lots for wives
A report describes a tribe near Lake Chad where boys at age sixteen draw lots to select wives from all girls aged thirteen. The practice assigns marriage partners at a young age to male youths, reflecting a strict customary system shaping family unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Chad
Sir William Soulsby Honored For Fifty Years Service
In appreciation of fifty years as private secretary to fifty successive Lord Mayors of London, Sir William Soulsby received a $50,000 purse raised by popular subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Soulsby
Montana Wheat Protein Meets Standard Says Lab Chief
W. O. Whitcomb of the Montana Grain Inspection Laboratory in Bozeman reports tests on 122 hard red spring and 96 hard red winter wheat samples show Montana grain generally matches or exceeds last year’s protein levels. Spring wheat averages higher at 14.03% versus 13.38% last year, winter at 10.88% versus 11.83%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Rothein
Montana Grain Inspection Laboratory
Bozeman
Montana
W. O. Whitcomb
Bozeman Laboratory
Mr. Whitcomb
Milk River Beet Crop Prospects Boost Irrigation Plans
E. E. Roddis reports Milk River sugar beet yields may be the best in years aided by water from St Mary's lake under a US Canada treaty. He notes plans for a 22 000 acre Glasgow irrigation district with a September 25 hearing to select management by settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Roddis
District Reclamation Service
Billings
Sun River
Milk River
Roddis
United States
Canada
St. Mary’s Lake
Glasgow
Mr. Roddis
Louisiana
Montana State College
Bozeman
Gibson
Fairfield
Northwest
Montana Sheep Sale Sets Northwest Farm Plan
A 60,000 head Montana sheep purchase for distribution to North Dakota and western Minnesota farms was announced in Minneapolis by Great Northern Northern Pacific and Soo Line officials. The sale, funded partly by the Agricultural Credit Corporation, aims to diversify farming and support spring wheat belts. About 45,000 head are financed to farmers with six percent interest over three years, distributing across roughly 900 farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Northwest Railroad
Northwestern
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Northwest
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo
E. C. Leedy
J. W. Haw
H. F. Funston
North Pacific
Soo Line
Relief Corportion
Haw
Leedy
Relief Corporation
Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertised for Daily Use
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as daily toilet preparations to cleanse purify soothe heal and powder and perfume, claiming no toilet table is complete without them.
Rat Chews Boy in Tent Near Avon Mont
Six year old William Briney of Butte was awakened in a tent near Avon by a mountain rat biting his finger. His father W. J. Briney took him to a Butte hospital where doctors found the finger severely chewed. Bangkok Siam uses camels mainly for traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Briney
Butte
Avon
Mont
W. J. Briney
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Fort Assiniboine
Northern
W. S. McCormick
A. J. Ogaard
Extension Agronomist
Lewis and Clark County
Montana Potato Improvement Association
Bliss Triumph Irish Cobbler
Ohio
Stillwater County
Cascade County
E. M. Linn Ranch
Custer County Shipping Association
Pig Club
Gallatin Valley
Helena
Gallatin County
Camas Hot Springs
Sanders County
Stewart Lockwood
United States Biological Survey
J. R. Parker
Frank Cowan
W. B. Mabee
E. J. Haslerud
L. B. Miller
Judith Basin County
NathAa
McCarthy
Het
Grain Commission
Chicago
Duluth
Milwaukee
Clareke’s Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula
Moat
Fletcher
Trascontinental Railways
Co-operate
Blackleg
Aggressin
M. E. Knowles
Eer
Weiller Sweiller Livestock Commission
ST. Paul
Bangkok
Siam
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem
Buffalo, N. Y
U.S
McCaull- Dinsmore Co
Mueller
Jantin
Lowes
Fred Mueller
Penne Ee
Buy Dairy Farm
Hollam Company
Great Falls, Mont
Frary & Burlingame
Great Falls
Great Falle
Montana Meat and Commission Co
Montana Life I Insurance Company
A. Sounsowome
B. Cunningham President
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