Wheat farmers may break even at $2.20 price, says official
J H Thompson, chief of farm management, testifies before Senate committee that central west wheat could break even at $2.20 Chicago price for 1919, though costs are rising with 1917 to 1919 crops up 60 to 85 percent over pre war. He cautions central west profits depend on freight and grain grade, but finds no loss at a 10 percent cost increase.
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Central West
Wilson
J&. H. Thompson
Bureau of Farm Management
Senate Agricultural Committee
North Central States
Norris
Nebraska
Thompson
Chicago
Senator Norris
Department of Agriculture
Save Your Little Pigs They Mean Big Money
Advice for pig farmers on reducing newborn pig fatalities. Ensure spacious farrowing pens with limited bedding, sturdy shelter margins, and safe pen edges. Manage sow feeding before farrowing with greens salt and ash, separate pens two weeks prior to birth, avoid crowding, and remove afterbirth promptly to prevent cannibalism.
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Berkshire
State loan totals and farm loan applications rise
The state reports 8382 loans with 309 applications pending and 89 in the hands of the state agent for appraisal. Farm loan demand exceeds funds on hand by 709,379.85 dollars while 832 loans totaling 1,903,600 dollars have been completed.
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Soltheavy
Sidney Miller
State Land Office
Miler
All Professions Open Argentine Women Win Rights
All professions including engineering and law are now open to Argentine women who have won equal rights. A cow tail in Lanesboro Massachusetts is valued at $1.66 per inch in a claim filed by Henry Alberti for $20 after a dog chewed twelve inches off the tail of his cow valued at $140 when whole. Chinese are estimated to destroy $10,000,000 worth of gold yearly by burning small gold leaf on anniversaries.
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Lanesboro
Mass
Henry Alberti
Henry A. Brewster
Pittsfield
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana Losses From Wheat Smut Reported At One Million Bushels
C M Scherer of the bureau of plant industry says Montana has lost not less than one million bushels of wheat this season due to smut. He urges treating seed with formaldehyde in a tank method to fully cover grain, remove spore balls, weed seed, and cracked grain, improving germination and yield.
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C. M. Scherer
Bureau of Plant, Industry
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Mr. Scherer
Third Annual Auto Dealers Meet to Be Held in Billings
Northwestern Auto Supply plans the third annual dealers and sales convention in Billings from September 11 to 20. The event features the first Montana automobile accessory exhibit, invitations to 2,700 Montana Washington and Wyoming dealers, a banquet on September 14, daily rides, and a big night event on September 18.
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Billings
Montana
Northwestern Auto Supply Company
Broadway and
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Wyoming
Exhibition Hall
Biks Club
Ash Potash Content in Tobacco Products
The article notes tobacco ash contains 20 percent potash. It estimates a cigar ash has 6.5 grains of potash, a cigarette ash 1.75 grains, and an ordinary pipe tobacco ash 1.6 grains.
Banks in Northwest Mark Directors Due to Illiteracy
Official reports to the Controller of the Currency show many bank directors in the northwest cannot write their names and instead use a mark. The finding highlights widespread illiteracy among local bank leadership and may affect record keeping and accountability.
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Northwest
Women Enter Trapping As War Creates Vacancies
The exodus of men to war and war industries opens trapping to women who fill vacancies in various jobs. Trapping offers healthful, invigorating work with profits, and many women already prove skilled. The article urges prepared women to replace departing trappers and meet demand for fur.
Delicatessen and meat market space for rent in Great Falls
For rent store room on Central avenue in Great Falls with first class fixtures. Ideal for delicatessen and meat market. Very best location. Reasonable rent. Contact Malmberg at 5 Sixth St North.
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Central Avenue
Malmberg
Sixth St. N
Great Falls
New Sugar and Flour Regulations Limit Rations in State
The state food administration imposes sugar limits of two pounds per month per capita and one pound per 45 meals for restaurants, with receipts required for buyers and possible prosecutions for excess. Flour rules tighten substitutes, introduce Victory Flour blends, set mix ratios, and extend baker's stock to 60 days. Provisions target canning, boat losses, and wartime supply for soldiers in France.
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State Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Montana
France
Seven Months Homestead Measure Passes Senate
The one year homestead bill by Senator Myers passed the senate as a war measure. It shortens proof requirements to seven months of residence enabling mortgage financing for crops. The sugar price is set to rise about one cent per pound when current stocks run out.
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Senator Myers
Senate
Myers
McDowell
Harvest Field Mishaps Leave Workers with Amputations
While operating a binder Hans Overson of Conrad suffered a severe hand injury requiring amputation of one finger. At the flax fiber mill James Creighton also sustained a similar injury, losing one finger.
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Hans Overson
Conrad
James Creighton
Very Dainty Soldier's Take On French Hotel Breakfast
A humorous remark from Herbert Adams Gibbons in the Century notes an American soldier's blunt view, "TI ain't no hummin' bird." The piece contrasts that comment with a fact about Uncle Sam exporting 30,000 miles of moving picture films in the previous year.
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Uncle Sam
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