Treasure State Farm and Livestock: Combines in Montana Wheat Harvest
The State College extension notes combines cut harvesting costs and suit medium farms with existing labor, while highlighting risks like weather exposure and large capital needs. In 1923 Montana logged 150 to 175 combines, mostly in Fergus Judith Basin Chouteau and Cascade counties, with winter and spring wheat used for stock feed.
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Farm Management Department
State College Extension Service
Montana
Fergus
Judith Basin
Chouteau
Cascade
Carter County Farm Center Frames County's Wealth and People
Feature notes Carter County shifts to farming with range cattle giving way to crops and dairy receipts exceed 100 dollars monthly. Profiles Louis Bruffearts C.O. Harpster John D. Beach and local farmers, detailing yields wheat corn alfalfa and Sudan grass, soil fertility and regional economy in 1920s Montana.
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Louis Bruffearts
Hedges & Robinson
A. T. Dague
C.O. Harpster
Nebraska
John D. Beach
U. S
Boyes
New York State
Grimm
Joseph Gainiano
Ira Franklin
Cyrennius Jones
Joseph Hayes
Ekalaka
Oscar Dahl
Types and costs of Montana wheat combines described
The article explains two Montana wheat combine types the large Pacific Coast model and the smaller patterned harvester. It covers sizes from 9 to 24 feet, daily acre capacities 25 to 60, price ranges from 1500 to 5000 dollars, and crew configurations varying with power source and field logistics.
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Montana
Pacific Coast
Oklahoma
Kansas
Pimply Skin Remedy Ad Promotes Cuticura Routine
An antique advertisement urges using Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads, wash with Cuticura Soap in five minutes, and maintain clear skin daily with Cuticura Talcum, highlighting a complete toiletry regimen.
Livestock Market Report from South St. Paul
Weillier and Weillier Co reports cattle yard sales slow with grass steers under eight dollars and most butcher steers 6 to 7. Heifers mostly six dollars, cows 3.75 to 4.60, canners 2.50 to 3.50, and bulls around 4. Veal calves hold steady from four to six dollars, with top quotes near ten fifty. Western calves fetch six to nine dollars.
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Weiller & Weiller CO
South St. Paul
Minn
Gravel Plant Closes For Season At Chinook
The Great Northern railway gravel washing plant at Chinook is shut for the season and will resume early next year. Two large stock piles remain with 5,000 yards of washed gravel and 3,000 yards of washed sand. A steam shovel stays in use to supply material for fills and grades. It is the largest operation on this side of the Twin Cities.
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Great Northern Railway Company
Chinook
Twin Cities
Rooftop House Dine and Confer at New York Store
A major New York City department store has built a separate rooftop house for officials to dine and confer in a quiet, luxurious setting away from street noise. It includes lounging rooms dining spaces baths and other up to date conveniences costing over 50 000 to construct.
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New York City
Carter County Resources and People Highlight Localities
The county spans a vast forest of 114 541 acres supplying fuel and lumber to farmers and towns where coal is scarce. The Little Missouri river and Box Elder and Beaver creeks flow through the area, with ample water stock, springs, and abundant building stone used in the new Catholic church and Ekalaka Eagle office building. Lewis emerges as a romantic and artistic force behind the county’s newspapers.
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al Forest
Missouri
Ekalaka Eagle
Hunters Report Garded Birds Par A Paradise In Montana
Southeastern Montana reports describe a hunter s paradise with abundant grouse sage hens and prairie chickens as seen by farmers and hunters surveying conditions ahead of the season. Birds are appearing in new, extensive areas while farmers near Terry and Beebe report crop damage from the flocks.
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Montana
Miles City
Terry
Beebe
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Montana State College
Wheat
California
Pacific Northwest
Carter County
Cowboy
National Bank of
Leader
Piniele
Fairplay
Alzada
Mil Baard
Oscar A. Dahl
James H. Lewis
Dahl
Chamber of Com
Stone
Custer Nation
Merce
Mr. Lewis
Northwest
Odd Fellows Temple
Medicine Rocks
Kakala
Ekalika
Weiller «Weiller Livestock Commission
St.paul
Minnesota
Natural Method CO
Sta, O
Los Angeles
Cal
Montana Farmers
McCaull Dinsmore Co
Minnespolis
Duluth
Minnesota Raiilroads and Warehouse Commission
U. S Department of Agriculture
Fidelty
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Lolo National Forest
Blackfoot Land Development CO
J. A. Gillaly
Ekalaka Hagle
Lewis
Fletcher
Lederle Blackleg Aggressin
Montana State Veterinary Department
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Lederle
E. M. Knowles
Helena Montana
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