How to Move Bees Safely for Better Nectar Bounty
Practical guide for Montana beekeepers on relocating hives to bloom fields like alfalfa and sweet clover. Steps include closing entrances, securing hives with hay wire, wagon transport, spacing hives about a rod apart, and easing bees to a new site with a partial entrance opening to attract their attention. It notes moving one queen or a full carload of stands, and recommends cool morning moves for safety.
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Montana
Wise farmer insures hay in the stack
Hay lands in some areas as high as 23 dollars per ton in the stack and scarcity drives prices up. Reports of incendiary fires sweep the state, prompting caution. The prudent farmer admits he cannot afford to risk losses and insures his hay now for future protection.
Kharkov Winter Wheat Endorsed For Montana Seed Use
Professor Alfred Atkinson of the Bozeman experiment station says Kharkov wheat, preferably Montana grown, yields more and resists winter kill better than other varieties. He notes no wheat is immune to Montana’s severe winters and stresses careful seed grading to avoid perceived seed runout. If Montana seed is unavailable, he notes Kansas grows the variety and may supply imports.
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Alfred Atkinson
Bozeman
Kharkov
Montana
Atkinson
Kansas
Park County Farmer Presents Beardless Wheat Variety
Fred C Sumner of the Shields valley known as the Luther Burbank of the region developed a beardless Turkey Red wheat. The five year selection process yielded a wheat suitable for direct feeding to stock. A full row was grown this year on Sumner's Shields valley ranch. The wheat will be shown at the state fair and the International Products exposition in September at Peoria Illinois.
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Fred C. Sumner
Luther Burbank
Shields Valley
Sumner
Peoria
Ill
Musselshell County Slashes Assessment By One Third
Mussellshell county commissioners cut the assessment roll by 33 1 3 percent in a meeting after a conference with Attorney General Ford. The move reduces total valuation to about 12 million dollars, excluding sheep, with a nearly seven million dollar decrease.
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Mussellshell
Ford
Fashion at Home Reveals Nightwear Habits
Women favor floor length gowns to cover legs while men opt for knee length night shirts. The choice reflects traditional norms of modesty and comfort in sleepwear across genders.
Luther Burbank Discovers New Grass Forage Crop
Luther Burbank reports a new bunch grass found in northern California Sierras that could fit Montana climate as a nutritious fodder. He observed horses and deer feeding on the patch and began propagating the plant, hoping to improve productivity through selection.
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Montana
Sierras
Burbank
Luther Burbank
California
Federal Aid Pushes State Highway Trunk Plan
The federal government may aid Montana counties with up to 1.5 million dollars over five years to build a continuous trunk highway. Paul D. Pratt, state highway surveyor, says counties must match federal funds and the commission will decide routes, not specific highways, to boost tourist travel and economic activity.
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Commission
Paul D. Pratt
State Highway Commission
Boards of
Count Commissioners
Mr. Pratt
Advocate Trunk Highways
Montana
Europe
Trail of Edwin Hauge Suspect Reaches Montana
Police trace the alleged murderer Edwin Hauge of Mrs. Cora Miller of West Salem Wisconsin as detectives believe he is now in Montana after vanishing from Wisconsin.
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Edwin Hauge
Cora Miller
West Salem
Wisconsin
West
Hauge
Montana
Petrograd
Nicholas
Aurora
Ill
Courtez Doutton
William Orr
Hale Holden
Burlington
Orr
Holden
Amsterdam
Kaiser
la Crosse
Wis
Theodore Edwin Hauge
Schlabach
Paris
Davenport
Daniel H. Wallace
League of Humanity
Chicago
Federal
Henry Matthey
Walter Matthey
Fred Vollmer
Vollmer
E. C. Willis
Charles Weise
A. H. Miller
Wallace
Red Cross
la Iault
Life Is What We Make It Voice
A reflective opinion expresses how personal choices shape happiness and how some people affect others with negativity. It notes that individuals can choose misery for themselves or spread it to those around them, urging awareness and responsibility.
Montana Farmers Hopeful As 40 to 50 Percent Crop Outlook
Montana surveys show optimism despite dry conditions with 40 to 50 percent of normal yields. The piece urges better soil prep, less sod planting, and smarter farming to secure future growth while noting high wheat prices under wartime markets. It stresses the dry farmer as key to Montana’s development and population goals.
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Montana
Chicago
World News in Brief From Across the Globe
A broad panorama of events includes war rumors and diplomatic moves from Liberia to Canada, protests over oil finance in New York, aging claims of longevity, presidential views on baseball schedules, fires in Idaho, Taft’s health concerns, ambassador picks, rail rebuilding offers, a poet’s boyhood home destroyed, and Canada’s railroad future. Also reported are German submarine intelligence in Gothenburg, American troops likely to march through London, oil and gas stock growth, and a tsarist spy list reveal in Petrograd.
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New York
New York City
Liberia
Africa
Germany
Ellissa Haworth
America
Washington
Wilson
Weiser
Idaho
Clay Center
Kas
Taft
Roland S. Morris
Philadelphia
Senate
Japan
George W. Guthrie
Goethals
Baker
France
Newfane
Eugene Field
Field
Ottawa
Government of
Canada
Pittsburgh
Otto Post
Scranton
Anthony Bernatos
Cardinal Farley
Knights of Columbus
el Paso
United States
Presidio
Texas
Stockholm
Secret Service
Submarine
Gothenburg
Sweden
London
William II of
Hanover
Fresno
Calif
Desmond
Havre Bank Aims to Help Borrowers in Hard Times
A Havre bank addresses former customers with a message of support during financial strain. The letter promises to stand by friends and customers, inviting them to discuss their situation and to assist as possible through stormy weather and sunshine.
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Havre
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Haynes
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Colorado
North Country
Equity Oil Co
Elk Basin
Esire
Liberal Commission
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