Treasure State farm bulbs for next season
H A Pratt urges fall planting for bulbs to flower in spring. Plant four inches deep in beds with well rotted manure, avoid fresh manure, and mulch only after ground freezes. Store unclipped bulbs cool and damp, water sparingly, then bring indoors after shoots reach three to four inches for flowering.
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H. A. Pratt
How to Stop Land Erosion Practices to curb soil loss in rolling fields
Erosion, caused by slope, soil texture, rainfall, and organic matter shortage, can be controlled by surface drainage with shallow crosswise ditches, fall plowing to improve water absorption, and adding organic matter via manure. Contour plowing and two way plows prevent dead furrows, while rotating crops and planting grass or hay on slopes stabilize soil and reduce gulley formation.
Barbarous Barberry Is Headed This Way
The common barberry, long blamed for harboring the fungus that causes stem rust in wheat, appears in a one reel film The Barbarous Barberry. Fresh from Washington laboratories, the picture aims to educate farmers and city owners about eradication efforts routed through R B Streets of the Montana experiment station.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Experiment Station
Washington, D.C
R. B. Streets
Montana
Build Up the Breed of Chickens Breeding records boost success
The article urges breeders to use pen matings and detailed records to trace ancestry. It describes marking breeders and offspring with serial bands, trap nesting, pedigree hatch, and logging wing and leg band numbers to identify each chick and its dam. A printed record sheet tracks wing band numbers, dam numbers, and leg bands for lifelong traceability.
Pulp Men Prepare to Invade State
Western Montana forest land offers about 1.5 billion feet of timber for sale in national forests with spruce a major component. The Beaver Board Co of Buffalo NY plans talks to buy pulp timber and will send a representative to Missoula to view four to five local chances. Forest service bids to speed action will open with Flathead pulp district and Yank valley pulp district first on the market.
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Forest Service
Montana
Beaver Board Company of
Buffalo
N. Y
Missoula
Forester
Graves
Flathead
Yank Valley
A Hint for Autoists Tablets Cut Gasoline Bills
A new tablet for gasoline tanks promises over twenty five percent better mileage and carbon reduction. Sold by Cyntho Mfg. Co. Box 611 Tacoma WA at one dollar per hundred tablets with a money back guarantee. Australia’s population cited as 5,030,000 in recent figures.
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Cyntho Mfg. Co
Tacoma
Wash
Australia
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