Flax As Best First Year Crop In New Montana Land
Treasure State Farm and Livestock advises for thousands of acres in Montana turning sod this year. With seed costs high and yields crucial, experts summarize ten years of trials by Prof. Alfred Atkinson. Recommendations cover breaking sod April to July, packing moist soil, dust mulch, and tillage sequences. Also notes on suitable alternate crops and planting timing for max yields and soil moisture retention.
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Montana
Alfred Atkinson
The
State College
Root crops show high yields per acre in Montana tests
Alfred Atkinson of Montana Agricultural Experiment Station reports mangels lead root crops with 37.6 tons per acre and 90 percent water content, while field carrots reach 15 to 16 tons per acre. Rutabagas 16 to 22 tons, sugar beets 10 to 15 tons per acre. notes irrigation boosts, seed rates, thinning, and cultivation practices.
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Alfred Atkinson
Montana
Bozeman
United Tates
Montana adopts federal grain grades and lab testing plan
Montana will accept U S department of agriculture grades for interstate shipments as official state grades in grain inspection. The state lab at Bozeman will grade samples sent in, with free testing for initial reports. Wheat grades start July and August for other classes, while most grains will use Minneapolis grades until federal standards are announced.
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State Grain Inspection Department
Federal Department
Montana
Bozeman
United States Department of Agriculture
State
Minneapolis
Sugar beet planting and harvest considerations
Sugar beet should be planted in rows 22 to 26 inches apart and needs 12 to 16 pounds of seed per acre for a good stand. Roots grow mostly underground making harvest harder and requiring proper machinery. Seed is scarce this spring due to European imports, and labor shortages plus cheap land discourage large scale root crops, though small acreages benefit dairy cows sows and sheep.
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Europe
War on the mad coyote in Pony district to stamp out rabies
Ranchers seek state action as a possible mad coyote outbreak appears in Pony district Montana. A coyote bite has affected six calves and two weeks later two more cases are suspected. Hunters will be stationed in Madison national forest to exterminate coyotes drifting from Idaho as rabies fears rise. veterinarians test brain from one calf. Rabies has spread through Idaho Nevada Washington Oregon California. Montana races to prevent its arrival and eradicate local coyotes and wolves.
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Madison National Forest
Idaho
Pony
State Livestock Commission
State
Montana
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
California
Abusing the Umpire Won’t Help in Baseball or Life
A terse guidance piece warns that abusing umpires is counterproductive in baseball and in life, urging players, fans, and officials to maintain respect and self control under pressure.
Anaconda Copper lands offer 40 to 160 acre farms in Montana
The Blackfoot Land Development Co advertises logged off lands in Clark's Fork valley west of Thompson Falls along the Northern Pacific line. It notes climate, soil types from clay loam to gravelly clay, moisture from melting snow, and suitability for dairying poultry hogs fruits grains and root crops. Lands priced from 10 to 20 dollars per acre with 10 percent down and ten yearly payments at 6 percent interest.
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Clark’s Fork Valley
Thompson Falls
Northern Pacific Railway
Reddeneer
Pacific
Montana
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula
World News in Brief From 1916 to Ford Tractors
A digest of international and U S items: German residents under secret service watch in Chicago. Gov Whitman offers Roosevelt any commission. Canadian troops pass through Maine and Minnesota. Wells backs an English republic. US 18 44 male stats with marriages. Gerard to Japan. Root to Russia commission. Aircraft production estimates rise for war. Tin can shortages threaten rationing. Lloyds bets on war duration. Boston seeks coal. bids and prices noted. Roosevelt volunteers rejected. 130k applicants. National Biscuit price hikes. Loose-Wiles raises. German casualty totals grow. Rockefeller offers Pocantico Hills land for farming. seed at cost. Ford waives tractor patents for Britain and allies.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Whitman
Roosevelt
St. Paul
War Department
Maine
Minnesota
London
H. G. Wells
Washington
Thas James W. Gerard
Germany
Japan
Elihu Root
Russia
Lloyd’s
Boston
France
National Biscuit Company
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Berlin
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Detroit
Ford
England
British Isles
Canada
Poslam Lotion Claims Quick Eczema Relief and Healing
A historic advertisement touts Poslam as a cure for eczema and skin eruptions. It promises rapid relief from itching, cooling and soothing effects, with daily improvement and suitability for pimples rashes and other eruptions. A free sample is offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York.
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47Th St
New York City
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Equity Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Tod Block
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Public Oil Exchange
Gili Jilt
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