Montana Packing Firm Plans $5 Million Great Falls Plant
The Montana Packing & Storage company seeks a $5,000,000 capitalization to buy and expand the Great Falls Meat company plant. Organizers include Louis Newman and O F Wadsworth with W E Farlow Co as managers. The venture aims to create a statewide meat packing, cold storage, and wholesale operation plus poultry butter eggs and furs, boosting Montana agriculture and reducing shrinkage.
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Great Falls
Montana Packing & Storage Company
Secretary of State
Louis Newman
O. F. Wadsworth
Andrew Thisted
John A. Collins
H. P. Raban
Montana
Great Falls Meat Company
Federal Capital Issues Committee
W. E. Farlow
Farlow
Rainbow
Montana Life Insurance Company
West
Mr. Farlow
William Farlow
North Carolina
Salisbury
Samuel Farlow
Quincy
Illinois
Jabez Farlow
Augusta
Musselshell
Powder River
Livestock Commission
Chicago
Wright Airplane Co Turns Out 107 Battleplanes
The Wright Airplane Company reports it has produced 107 battleplanes up to May 18. The milestone reflects ongoing wartime manufacturing at the Dayton plant, with firm output continuing as demands rise.
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Dayton
Wright Airplane Co
Cabbage Worm Control by Dusting and Spraying
A wartime style guidance article explains two thirds of Montana cabbages are damaged by cabbage worms. It describes Paris green or lead arsenate dusting and spraying methods, mixing formulas, application intervals, and safety measures to protect children and livestock while ensuring poison remains on outer leaves.
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Montana
U& Poisons
Paris Green
Poison Levels in Cabbage Require 28 Cabbages to Harm
If poison stayed in cabbage, a person would need to eat 28 cabbages at once to obtain poisonous effects.
Winter wheat acreage tops 500000 acres in Judith Basin
County agriculturist Carl Peterson reports winter and spring wheat totaling about 500000 acres with 50000 acres in oats and miscellaneous crops bringing total near 600000 acres. A fair season could yield around 15000000 bushels of wheat worth about 30000000 dollars, with moisture and conditions favorable.
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Fergus County
Carl Peterson
Peterson
Judith Basin
Two Hundred Thousand Called for Army Equipment Work
Two hundred thousand men of draft age, held for limited military service due to minor physical defects, are to be called and employed in producing equipment for the army.
Sanders Grasshoppers Not Drop Destroyers
Howard Seaman, pest expert at Bozeman agricultural college, and County Agent F. M. Hillman inspected Sanders from which complaints of young grasshoppers were reported. They found few grasshoppers, misidentifying harmless leafhoppers as young grasshoppers, suggesting no imminent outbreak.
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Howard Seaman
Agricultural College
Bozeman
F. M. Hillman
Sanders County
Sanders
Lewistown Girl Joins Red Cross Clerical Service
Miss Mayme Anderson a Lewistown woman and longtime employee of the First National Bank of Lewistown has volunteered for clerical work with the Red Cross in France and has been accepted She will sail this month for service overseas abandoning her present post for the war effort
Questions of Terminal Facilities Aimed at Swift Action
Authorities urge mastery of terminal facilities, freight rate adjustments, proper routing, and shipping procedures. If conditions worsen beyond 1916 levels, rapid, energetic action is required to avert broader disruption and ensure supply chain resilience.
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Gombault
Rafe
Lawrence-Williams CO
Cleveland
Heart Bar L Ranch Fishtail, Mont
Blackfoot Land Development Company
Northwest
Blackfoot Land
Missoula, Mont
Lewistown Girl
France
Orca Caver Grenet
Boyd
Westlane Avenue
Seattle
Great and Day, Products Co
The
American Society of Equity
Insurance Department
American Society Equity
Stanton Bank Bldg
Farmers’ Insurance Company
East
McKee Stationery Company
Great Falls, Montana
B. E. Calkins CO
Butte, Mont
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