Montana Wheat Crop Likely The Largest In State History
Federal statistician George A. Scott reports Montana's 1924 crop may total 58,459,000 bushels, surpassing prior records. August weather was mostly favorable for harvest and haying as crops near completion, with wheat, oats, and hay driving the gain over last year and promising strong cash returns. Winter wheat seeding is light but yields look good in eastern counties. corn and potatoes show mixed prospects while beets and flax stand strong for the year.
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Montana
George A. Scott
Montana Co-operative Crop’ Reporting Service
Yellowstone
Ravalli
Billings
Former Helena official tours Montana with railway group
Max M. Goodsill, former Helena chamber of commerce secretary and now assistant general passenger agent at Northern Pacific, travels Montana with a party of railroad officials. The tour supports a million dollar ad campaign by three major transcontinental lines and follows Goodsill's St Paul based agriculture series Stories of Success.
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Max M. Goodsill
Montana
St. Paul
Goodsill
Ravalli Cows Lead August Dairy Production In Montana
The Bitter Root Valley test reports 898 cows averaging 640 pounds of milk and 27 pounds of fat monthly. Ravalli Billie Ann Korndyke, owned by Ford & Hollister, tops with 72 pounds of fat. Echo’s Fairy Lass and Beauty follow among Jersey and Holstein entries.
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Ravalli
Billie Ann Korndyke
Ford & Hollister Ranch
Hamilton County
Hamilton
Robert FP. Gaalaas
Beauty
Archie McKillop and Sons of
Echo
Ford & Hollister
D. C. Gray
Forest Sellers
Corvallis
Ed Wren
Railroads Unite for Montana Month Advertising Plan
Northern Pacific, the Burlington, and the Great Northern railways cooperate on definite plans for a Montana Month advertising program as part of a large northwest publicity drive managed by the three companies.
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Northern Pacific
Burlington
Great Northern Railways
Montana
Northwest
Noted horticulture authority George W. Ascough dies in Helena
George W. Ascough, advertising man for the State Nursery and Seed Co in Helena, dies at age about 87. Born in Leeds England in 1859 he built a long career in horticulture, publishing, and seed trade across Montana and Memphis Tennessee. He held degrees from Cambridge and Oxford in Botany Chemistry and Latin and was known for Montana state fair horticultural displays.
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Helena
George W. Ascough
Ascough
State Nursery and Seed Company
Montana
Leeds
Yorkshire
England
America
Creer’s
New Jer
Homecoming Days At State University Planned in Missoula
Homecoming at the University of Montana in Missoula will be October 10 and 11. About 3000 letters have been sent by the committee to alumni urging returns to campus to see new buildings and the Montana Idaho football clash. The Dornblaser field game on October 11 pits Montana against Idaho as the main event with Earl F Clark coaching.
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State University
State University of Montana
Missoula
Montana-Idaho
Dornblaser Field
Montana
Earl F
Click) Clark
Holstein and Jersey Herd Fat Averages From Hamilton Region
The report lists fat production by herds, noting E. D. Carpenter and Ford & Hollister ranch leading with high averages. Among smaller herds 16 cows or fewer Archie McKillop & Sons top Jerseys at 61 pounds, while Randles and Wren tie for second at 38 pounds. Larger herds exceed 16 cows with Ford & Hollister at 37 pounds, Lea & Son second at 34, Hartson & Sons and Gray tied at 31, Dresel & Larry fourth at 27, and White and Sorenson tied for fifth at 26. All Holstein herds except one grade group.
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E. D. Carpenter
David Lea & Son
Stevensville
J. W. Randles
Archie McKillop & Sons
Ed Wren
Forest Sellers
A. R. Kurtz
Tom Steele
Hamilton
Ben Severns
Ford & Hollister Ranch
David Lea
Ursuline Academy in Great Falls Montana Seeks Students
Mount Angela Boarding and Day School for girls offers accredited programs through State University of Montana and affiliated with the College of New Rochelle New York. Conducted by Ursuline Nuns with intermediate and full high school courses. Write or call for information at Mother Superior Ursuline Academy Great Falls Montana.
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Mount Angela
State University of Montana
College of New Rochelle
N. Y
Ursuline
Ursuline Academy
Great Falla
Montana
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Max W. Goodsill
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EL RB. Cunningham
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Milwaukdhr
Wis
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Sam D. Goza
Gen. Agt
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