Wild Oats Declared Major Winter Wheat Weeds in Plains Region
Agronomist Clyde McKee from Montana State College Bozeman says wild oats are the most serious weed in winter wheat areas. He notes higher occurrences in several states and substantial dockage and hauling costs to farmers. McKee recommends clean seed, summer tillage, and suitable crops plus hay cutting for infested fields.
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Clyde McKee
State College
Bozeman
Montana
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Montana Extension Service
Early Spring For Otter Creek Cattle Ranchers
Edward Yeger reports range conditions in Otter Creek country are excellent with high grass and cattle turned out for grazing. He notes it is the earliest spring in years, and locals, including Mer Yeger, expect strong alfalfa seed production as fields stand six to eight inches high and promise big yields.
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Otter Creek
Edward Yeger
Andy Grossan of Pease Bottom Embraces Montana Ranching
Andy Grossan of Pease Bottom near Hysham arrived in Montana in TSSC and endured many ups and downs. Now at 77 he owns an 800 acre irrigated ranch and is a wizard at conditioning any stock for market.
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Andy Grossan
Pease Bottom
Hysham
Montana
TSSC
Ihe
Grossan
Tle
Ten year wheat yield record from Huntley farmer
O N Ohlin of Huntley has averaged 34 4 bushels per acre on non irrigated land over ten years with only one near failure. His acreages ranged from 28 to 58 with continuous cropping despite usual summer fallow. His best year 1915 yielded nearly 57 bushels per acre from 28 acres. Last year he harvested 3094 bushels from 57 acres averaging 54 bushels per acre.
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O. N. Ohlin
Huntley
Ohlin
Lambing in Wheatland County Sees Strong Progress
Ranchers report unusually satisfactory lambing as favorable March to April weather spurred early grass growth. Cattle calving on large ranches also described as very satisfactory and stock in good condition.
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Wheatland
Fire destroys Montana-Dakota Grain elevator at Boyd
A Montana-Dakota Grain Co elevator and adjacent residence at Boyd between Red Lodge and Billings on the Northern Pacific Rocky Fork branch were burned. Four thousand bushels of grain were lost in the blaze.
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Montana-Dakota Grain Company
Boyd
Red Lodge
Billings
Rocky Fork
Northern Pacific
Early Spring Arrives Two Weeks Ahead In Powderville
County Commissioner P S Richardson reports an unusually early spring in Powderville about eighty miles south of Miles City. He notes the current season is the earliest in many years, with conditions advancing at least two weeks.
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Powderville
Miles City
P.S. Richardson
Lambing Season Report From Sumatra County Pastures
Charles Kirkpatrick of Sumatra Rosebud county states lambing is underway with conditions unusually favorable this year Grass is three weeks ahead of typical season and mild weather has kept ewes strong
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Charles Kirkpatrick
Sumatra
Rosebud County
Planting of crops under way in eastern Montana
The weekly crop report by the weather bureau compiled by W. T. Lathrop notes corn flax and beets are being planted in eastern portions of the state. Most spring wheat is sown in the northwest and potatoes are being planted in many sections.
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Weather Bureau
W. T. Lathrop
Montana
Eastern buyers drive rising Fallon county land sales
Farm land sales in Fallon County have risen as eastern buyers increase purchases. It is expected that relatives and friends who bought land this spring will be followed by additional eastern farmers in the near future.
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Fallon County
Corvallis Substation Expands Plant Tests to Strawberries
The horticultural substation at Corvallis in Ravalli county continues its work with seed potatoes and growing interest from growers in the area. It is extending experiments to include strawberries.
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Corvallis
Ravalli County
7000 Acres of Beets to Be Planted in Region
C H Barnes of Chinook, field representative for the Utah Idaho Sugar Company, reports sugar beet planting will exceed 1000 acres in Great Falls area with 7000 acres expected in the Milk River valley. Planting underway in Cascade Simms Fort Shaw Augusta Conrad and Walther areas, season described as ideal with soil in excellent condition after rains.
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Great Falls
C. H. Barnes
Chinook
Utah-Tdaho Sugar Company
Cascade
Mr. Barnes
Simms
Fort Shaw
Augusta
Conrad
Walter
Milk River
Sugar Company
Barnes
Family shares early garden bounty in Milesity
John Nigro and family enjoy radishes onions lettuce and rhubarb from their own garden. Nigro believes they are among the first in the neighborhood to have such an advanced plot with others also harvesting onions and rhubarb. He even sells surplus rhubarb to local groceries.
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John Nigro
Milesity
Road repair plan in Poplar county area
Farmers of the Poplar country will donate work to repair the road north of the Roosevelt county line. They seek a county loan of an engine and a big grader. Farmers and Toplar merchants will fund culverts and grading, with several days of labor from farmers and businessmen.
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Poplar Country
Poplar
Roosevelt County
Toplar
Shortage of Horses Expected in Five Years
The department of agriculture warns of an acute U S shortage of horses and mules within five years unless breeding increases. Replacements of colts are inadequate to cover decreases in work animals. Higher prices show the shortage is already felt and breeders are urged to raise larger colt crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Ageri- Culture
Apples Bring Fancy Price in New York Market
February sales in New York City show Red apples from Tavalli county McIn Tosh sold at 175 a box. Carloads of fancy grade apples fetched the same as extra fancies, per a letter from FE I Nolting of Chicago to apple men in Tramil ton.
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Tavalli County
New York City
Tramilton
Apple
FE. I. Nolting
Chicago
Sheepmen optimistic after early lambing season gains
Spring lambing runs well across a wide area received by Great Falls sheepmen. A group managing about 25,000 head expects near total production. The season has been ideal with no cold spells or heavy rains boosting lamb yield.
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Great Falls
Beets Growers Sign Increased Acreage With Trolly Sugar
Growers of sugar beets at Hardin in the Big Horn and tributary valleys sign contracts with the Trolly sugar corporation for about 3 500 acres, with another 1 000 acres expected in the Big Horn Little Horn area, a 25 percent rise over last year.
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Hardin
Big Horn
Trolly Sugar Corporation
Little Horn
Spring wheat drive boosts Beaver Creek district crops
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Lewis report farmers in their Lewistown area are planting spring crops. Virgin sod and meadow land will be sown to wheat this year, with the largest acreage in many years for the region.
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I. J. Lewis
Beaver Creek
Lewistown
Horticultural Station Expands Seed Potatoes and Strawberries
W. E. Pollinger, superintendent of the Corvallis horticultural substation in Ravalli county, reports continued work with seed potatoes this season. He also notes the station is extending experiments to strawberries during a Missoula visit.
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Corvallis
Ravalli County
W. E. Pollinger
Missoula
Farmers expand acreage in Wheatland county fields
Mr and Mrs Guy Ewing of Living Springs report farmers in Wheatland county are enlarging their plots likely surpassing last year with many planning to grow corn.
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Guy Ewing
Living Springs
Wheatland County
Beets Planted On 78 Acres Near Augusta
Farmers around Augusta contracted 78 acres of sugar beets for this year’s market. County agent L G DeVore announced the plans. He was joined by George Barlow, field man for the Idaho Utah sugar beet company.
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Augusta
George Barlow
Crossword Puzzle Word Grid Snapshot
Horizontal clues mix biblical names and common words with errors. Vertical clues include prepositions verbs and odd spellings. The solution will appear in next issue.
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle
A primer explains placing correct letters in white spaces to form words across and down. Numbers mark first letters. horizontal and vertical definitions guide filling until black squares. No letters go in black spaces. words are dictionary words with proper names excluded.
Harbord recounts a golden Paris afternoon with Dawes
Major General Harbord describes a Paris luncheon with Colonel Dawes at Tour Argent, a visit to Bren tano's to study old books, and an afternoon of social calls including a Ritz room, a Mrs Sharp tea, and a dinner at Colonel Boyd's before a circus with trained Arab horses.
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Dawes
Tour Argent
Paris
Brentano’s
Harbord
Saturday Evening Post
Brentano
Ritz
Sharp
Potato’s Journey From Delicacy to Daily Diet
The article traces the potato from fringe curiosity to staple food in Britain. It recalls 17th century Scottish guidance on large scale cultivation and notes slow acceptance, with Paisley markets in 1740 selling two sacks for five thousand residents and Highland crofters coerced to grow it amid famine.
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Paisley
South Uist
Montreal Family Herald
Daring Army Air Service Photographer Jumps From Bomber
G A Shoemaker a senior parachute instructor is described by Popular Science Monthly as the only photographer who routinely falls from aircraft to shoot pictures. With cameras strapped to his back belt and a parachute he leaps from a Martin bomber and snaps scenery while in free fall. If the chute opens safely he markets the unique, valuable photographs.
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G. A. Shoemaker
Army Air Service
Popular Science Monthly
Going a Milking In a Rural Life Snippet
A farmer’s daughter in worn overalls carries tools and a satchel as she heads to milk, explaining the malfunctioning milking machine fuels the trip. The anecdotal line adds rural life color from Life magazine.
Honest help yourself hotel run by Pearsall sheriff
In Pearsall Texas sheriff H L Brooks operates a self serve hotel where guests register unaided erase room numbers from a chalkboard, pay by envelope into a locked box, and depart after four days or a month. He reports minimal losses with only about two dollars cheated so far.
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Pearsall
Texas
H. L. Brooks
Brooks
Polka Revival Sparks Dance Hall in Marysport
In Marysport England a polka revival drew older and younger residents together at a local hall. William Smith helped inaugurate the event with guidance from veteran dancers as the youth showed interest in old-time steps.
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Marysport
England
Wilam Smith
Crow an Ideal Thief Claims of natural crow feats
Naturalists describe a crow as an ideal thief able to steal another bird egg without spilling contents. It can carry away the egg and even drive into it without breaking the shell, demonstrating remarkable skill in its feeding behavior.
Congress Acts to Aid War Veterans
Strenuous efforts by American Legion rehabilitation and legislative committee representatives won passage of a $10,000,000 hospital construction appropriation and the Johnson bill amending the World War veterans act of 1924. The measures expand beds, improve rehabilitation administration, and aid about 5,000 veterans previously denied compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Rehabilitation and Legislative Committee
Congress
Reed- Johnson
Legion
Johnson
House
Senate
Veterans’ Bureau
The
Davis joins Legion endowment drive for orphans and disabled veterans
John W. Davis accepted honorary Legion committee membership to help raise a five million dollar endowment for World War I orphans and disabled veterans. He praised the Legion’s effort and said even large gifts seem small compared to the sacrifices of those who served.
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The
American Legion
John W. Davis
England
Legion
United States
Hailed as The Most Typical American Boy
Robert Muffler, son of a German father and Hungarian mother, received a bronze medal from American Legion post 241 in Philadelphia for being the most typical American boy as he graduates from grammar school. He said the honor means a lot to his parents and to him.
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Robert Muffler
Germany
Hungary
American Legion Post No. 241
Philadelphia
Robert
American Legion
Legionnaires Help Giants and White Sox Tour
During the Giants and White Sox tour in London the clubs faced a problem as programs lacked baseball descriptions for local fans. The London American Legion post supplied old programs with descriptive pages, boosting attendance quickly.
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Giants-White Sox
London
London Post
American Legion
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