Montana Ranch News Highlights County Agricultural Triumphs
Roosevelt County earned fourth place for a flax sample at the International Hay and Grain Show, credited to Earl Goin. Seed peas were threshed at Homer Hughes ranch near Boyd. Over 40 woolgrowers joined Sweet Grass county wool pool. Dairymen note low milk drinking rates in USDA figures. Wool prices near 90 cents. bids for 120 lambs unmet. A corn grader for seed demonstrations added at Jordan high school. Surplus hay expected to be shipped to Idaho and eastern Washington. W. G. Blackerby showcases White Plymouth Rocks with multiple prizes at multiple shows.
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Roosevelt
Earl Goin
Divide
Poplar
Goin
Roosevelt County Farm Bureau
Montana
D. B. Noble
Sweet Grass County
Jordan High School
Butte
W. G. Blackerby
Bridger
Great Falls
Blackerby
Montana irrigation drainage drives vast land recovery
B C Lillis notes one and a half million acres of irrigated land restored to production through drainage on western irrigation projects and urges Montana to expand drainage. Montana experiments show furrow drilling in Judith Basin yields 28.3 bushels per acre and 88.8 percent survival vs 62.3 and 22.1 bushels in ordinary methods. Hog shipments from Melstone rise to about seven thousand dollars in ten days, with monthly totals near five thousand and rising in early 1925.
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B. C. Lillis
Montana Irrigation and Drainage Institute
West
Montana
Judith Basin
Culling Sheep and Cattle Practices Highlight Montana Extension Advice
Livestock specialist R E Waddell urges culling low producers similar to dairymen. A 37 percent of sheep in one band yielded under eight pounds. raising averages to 8.5 pounds after removing those under 7.5. Fred C Smith sold 1000 sheep at 47 cents per pound. turkeys in Montana totaled over 2 million pounds shipped. global farming challenges noted by USDA economist Mo L Wilson with Australia and Denmark cited.
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R.E. Waddell
Montana State College’ Extension Service
Fred C. Smintth
Powell County
Billings Buyer Sails First Beans Shipment From Thar lem
Ralph Schofield of Billings purchases two carloads of beans in Thar lem, marking the city’s first shipment of its kind to depart. He pays £665 per hundred with 25 cents freight deduction to THlavre, dt dssala, with dockage for dirt mixed beans and for hand picking due to discoloration and shriveling.
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Ralph Schofield
Billings
Tharlem
Thlavre
Dssala
Northern Montana Woolgrowers Sell 1925 Clips Amid Mild Demand
In northern Montana about 90 percent of woolgrowers have sold their 1925 clips at 41 to 50 cents, while lamb contracts for fall delivery lag. About 20 000 lambs have changed hands at around 11 cents with weak buying. Rancher Frank Rokita of Chinook seeks a patent for a wind powered electric motor. William Brazer brings 2000 Angora goats from Arizona to Melrose to graze where sheep cannot reach foliage.
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Montana
Frank Rokita
Chinook
Rokita
Washington, D. C
William Brazer
Melrose
Arizona
Grain seed output and livestock improvements noted in counties
Valley county produced over 47 000 bushels of registered and approved grain seed under the Montana State College Extension Service program with 7 897 bushels registered and 39 139 inspected locally. Roosevelt county leads in wheat from registered seed and ranks high in registered livestock improvements after four years of extension work.
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Valley County
Montana State College Extension Service
M. Ey, Stebbins
Montana Seed Growers Association
Roosevelt County
Spray Control of Canadian Thistle at Walier Irrigation Project
The Walier Irrigation Project reports success in stopping thistle spread using sprays on ditch banks and similar areas where cultivation is impractical. Sodium arsenite diluted 50 to 75 parts water, sprayed three times at intervals, with a knapsack sprayer proving effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walier
Fettered Giant Tails in Mines of Butte
A feature on Butte Montana mining electrification by Anaconda Copper, detailing the massive electric system powering drills, hoists, ventilation, and ore transport. It highlights 85,000 electrical horsepower, 246 locomotives, 212 mine stations, safety cables, diamond-drilled feed lines, and push toward remote operation. The piece credits Butte for pioneering electrical mining methods.
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Missouri
Madison
Clark Ark
Columbia
Chance Meey
le Mounain
Butte
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
A. C. M. Electrical Department
Buttle
Anaconda
Bell
United States
Anaconda Company
Dropped Her Words Echo Through Quiet Room
A fragmentary quotation notes a speaker who keeps a presence by making noise and dropping a word here and there, illustrating a pattern of deliberate speech. The brief highlights the interplay between silence and sound in a crowded setting.
Colds Are The Common Illnesses In The United States
The public health service reports colds affect about 99 million people with four colds yearly, totaling roughly 396 million incidents annually. First outbreak in October, a winter pattern follows, risking bronchitis influenza or pneumonia in the elderly and delicate. The nationwide study aims to reduce this costly and pervasive pest.
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United States
Hugh Cummings
United States Public Health Service
Doctor Cummings
Public Health Service
A Look at Weight Loss Methods From a Past Era
The piece recalls Miss Shattuck from Weber and Fields who reportedly shed sixty nine pounds in days after entering a Chicago hospital. It discusses fat causes from excess food, the risks and costs of fat, and surgical removal of fat with a surgeon cutting through skin to remove wedges of fat. It notes ranges of removed fat from twenty five to seventy five pounds and questions popularity of such methods versus gradual dieting and exercise.
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Wenty
Shattuck
Weber and Fields
Daily Papers
Miss Shattuck
Chicago
Bright
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Montana Ranch News
Montana County
Homer Hughes
Boyd
Fere
A. J. Hole
Bearroom Seed Company
Red Lodge
United States Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Washington
Lewistown
A. B. Hicks
Hicks & Schuh
Mo 1. Wilson
Australia
Denmark
England
Buleey
Cambric
Edwin
Angelina
Maud
Frederick R., Green
Health
Western New
Er Union
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