Butte Chickens Sent to College for Egg Contest Year
Two of Butte's poultry fanciers Dr. George Stephenson and Charles Greenfield each sent six pullets to Washington State Agricultural College for a year long egg laying contest from November 5, 1919, to November 5, 1920. Twelve birds from Butte participate in a regional field, with 500 birds entered overall. The plan groups birds into flocks of 20 by strain to identify top layers, aiming for at least 280 eggs in the year, a target set against world records of 300 eggs by Lady Eglantine.
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Butte
George H. Stehenson
Charles Greenfield
Washington State Agricultural College
Pullman
Wash
Northwest
Stephenson
Greenfield
Eglantine
University of Missouri
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Vast Montana counties house major business sectors
A survey of Montana shows rural counties rival cities in business. Sheridan leads general stores with 49 outlets, Cascade 42, Carbon 41, and Yellowstone 34. The Wheat Belt centers on Fergus with 655 elevators. building booms in Fergus with 41 lumber yards. Silver Bow leads in overall commercial enterprises with 1,129, mostly miscellaneous. Cascade and Lewis and Clark follow.
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Montana
Hill
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone
Chateau
Fergus
Sheridan
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Mineral
Fergus County
Carbon
Missoula
How to Select Best Rhode Island Reds
E G Horner shares practical tips from raising 500 Rhode Island Reds to guide culling and feeding. He prioritizes shape and leg stance, then color with attention to back plumage, avoiding smut and white on wings. He outlines mash recipes, pasture access, shade, greens, and final culling to yield utility birds and prize stock.
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Rhode Island
E. G. Horner
New Montana Law Expands Rural School Terms Nine Months
Miss May Trumper reports Cascade county implements the county unit plan under the new law consolidating third class district funds. The reform allows most rural schools to run nine months, raises per district funds, and enables over 100 pupils to attend regularly. She noted an Americanization class near Poplar with Russian, Polish, and Austrian pupils.
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Cascade County
May Trumper
Sheridan
Roosevelt
Cascade
Poplar
Miss Trumper
Scobey
Plentywood
Trumper
Great Falls
What Is Breeding In Livestock
The document defines breeding terms used in the US Department of Agriculture campaign. It explains purebred, thoroughbred, standardbred, scrub, crossbred, and grade, detailing criteria for breed recognition, lineage, and quality across horses, poultry, and other livestock.
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United States Department of Agriculture
General Stud Book
England
American Poultry Association
Montana Packers Merge Five Plants Into One
Five Montana meat plants join to form Hansen Packing company of Butte. Included are Hansen Packing, Montana Butchering, Butte Butchering, W. M. Montgomery, and Metropolitan Meat of Anaconda. Plan aims to cut operating costs and keep retail stores open with plants used as warehouses. Rumor links Wilson Packing of Chicago as backer.
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Wilson Packing Co
Chicago
Montana
The
Hansen Packing Company of
Butte
Hansen Packing Company
Montana Butchering Company
Butte Butchering Company
W. M. Montgomery Company
Metropolitan Meat Company
Anaconda
Ting
Hansen Company
Hansen
Wilson Packing Company of
Bounty Offered For Wolves And Mountain Lions
Meagher County Cattle Breeders at White Sulphur Springs offers 100 dollars for each wolf or mountain lion skin brought in. Depredations by bears wolves and lions have grown so costly that losses in grazing forests remain high and hunters pursue the beasts relentlessly.
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Montana
Meagher County Cattle Breeders’ Association
White Sulphur Springs
Deportation Orders for Mexicans in Montana
Federal immigration officers will arrest and detain every Mexican in Butte for investigation. Police received orders to deport those lacking proof of United States citizenship. The crackdown follows wartime enforcement and affects several hundred individuals.
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Butte
Mexicans Permitted to Work in Utah Idaho Beet Factories
Mexican workers were allowed to labor in sugar beet plants in Utah and Idaho with the condition they return after hostilities end. Police reports indicate the camps have dispersed and workers are now scattered across the western states.
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Utah
Idaho
West
Bolshevist and tomcat on politics and marriage license
A pointed comparison equates Bolshevism’s grasp of political economy with a cat’s unfamiliarity with civil paperwork. The remark uses humor to critique political dogma and arithmetic of state planning.
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Frank Lemmer
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Spaieca
Iehae
Boston Hide, Wool & Fur CO
Waixon & Agnew
Fur
P. O
Furs
McMillan
Teey Bale ON
Minneapolis Minn
NOVY
Roger
Rogers
Yellowstone Creamery
Billings, Montana
Jones
Ment
Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Pullman, Wash
Agricultural College
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
Great Falls, Mont
NEW School Law
Montana Packers
Billings
Chapple Laboratory
Canadian Pacific
Gundade
Estern
Canada
Battleford
Alberta
M. E. Thornton
E. Thornton
Coteat
Secor E Pacific RY
Martha
Washington
HonoverLt
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee, Wis
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