Italians Show Sheep Milking Technique Boosting Montana Cheese
A city driven venture in Carbon county Montana introduces Italian shepherds who milk ewes to produce cheese. The plant near Shriver yields about 100 pounds daily from 600 ewes, selling in Chicago at about 1 dollar per pound. Milking uses a sheep friendly grasp and stanchions, a change from cow milking.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Middle West
Lee Simonsen
Shriver
Carbon County
Drying Sweet Corn for Winter Use Simple Process
The article explains drying sweet corn as an alternative to canning. It covers selecting mature ears, blanching, slicing from the cob, scraping to remove kernels ends, and drying methods in sun or shaded shelters. Proper drying yields a hard, rattling kernel and insect-proof storage.
Poultry Raising Profitable Work in Montana
Montana imports eggs and poultry and offers strong opportunities for beginners. Cheap feed, nearby markets, favorable climate, and disease resistance support profitability. An egg plant can yield about 12 dozen eggs per hen yearly, with potential gross around $4.80 per bird and net about $2.55 after feed, versus a typical $1 return.
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Montana
Treasure
Northwest
Woman 85 Takes Additional Homestead in Montana
Mrs. Malinda Franklin, 85, filed for 160 more acres adjoining her original homestead in Carbon County Montana making her the oldest woman to file in the Bil lings land office past 16 years since she arrived in Montana from Virginia in 1851. She raises cattle on non irrigated highland pasturage and plans to turn off several fine steers this fall accompanied by her son granddaughter and great grandson.
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Montana
Malinda Franklin
Billings
Carbon County
Franklin
West
Virginia
St. Joseph
Billings Land Office
Montana Forest Fires Cost U S Enormous Sums
Montana's forest fires this year cost the federal government more than 400000 to fight. About 4000 men were employed, half from Missoula and the rest from Butte and Spokane. Officials expect total costs to exceed any year except 1910, when eight hundred thousand dollars were spent.
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Montana
Forestry Service
Missoula
Butte
Spokane
Northern Produce Co Advertising Roundup
Northern Produce Co of Great Falls Montana lists buying and selling hay grain potatoes apples peaches pears coal wood fence posts poles house logs livestock second hand and new sacks. They specialize in car lots and accept consignments with bill of lading attached to draft. Bank guarantee offered.
Harvest reports show encouraging Montana crops
J M Hannaford reports from Montana indicate better than expected grain and potato prospects despite a dry summer. Total potato production expected at 56 million bushels with higher prices, apple and small fruit yields strong, oats and flax weaker, and vast vegetable gardening boosting garden yields and storage.
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Montana
Bureau of Crop Statistics
Big Sandy
State Commissioner of Agriculture
J. M. Hannaford
Northern Pacific Railroad
North Dakota
World News Briefs From Across The Globe
A digest of terse items: casualties list names C E Clark Lindy of Montana in France. drought ends in Walla Walla after 78 days without rain. August imports in Washington district hit a record 37 063 000 dollars. Relationships among unions and strikes feature warnings from Chicago to Seattle as labor actions ripple nationwide.
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Ottawa
C. E. Clark
Lindy
Montana
France
Walla Walla
Wash
Seattle
Washington
Chicago
A. J. Barling
Milwaukee
H. E. Byram
Burlington
Miami
Okla
Paris
Verdun
Red Cross
Bisbee
Ariz
Columbus
N. M
Hachita
Kansas City
Patrick Gill
New York
Western Newspaper Union
American Press Association
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
C. B. Nelson
Central Avenue
Great Falls
Telephone
Jemison Mines
Canada
Lauzier-Wolcott CO
Hughes Loan and Land Company
Third St. N
Great Falls, Mont
Ref
Commercial National Bank
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
Lewistown Creamery CO
Lewistown
Homestead
U. S
Sam
Northern Produce CO
Firat Ave
San Diego
Lower
California
Anvil
Alexander Berkman
San Francisco
Pueblo
Camp Gunter
Europe
London
Douglas Malcolm
Anton Baumberg
Herbert Hoover
Fort Sill
Roderick R. Kennedy
Third Aero Squadron
Kennedy
Sacramento
J. R. Haynes
California Council, of Defense Relief Committee
Seattle Central Labor Council
Seattle Building Trades Council
District Council of Carpenters
Geneine Williams
R. F. Heath & Co
Williams
Clay, Robinson & CO
At, Lewistown, Montana
The
Fergus County Sales Corporation
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois
H. L. Hull
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