Seed Grain Loans Aid Spring Wheat Boost
Montana and neighboring states receive federal seed grain loans under Wilson drought fund. Five dollars per acre up to 100 acres per farmer, with applications via Great Falls office. Counties urged to secure and hold seed for spring planting and ensure needy farmers gain aid.
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Houston
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Seed Grain Loan Office
Great Falls
Wilson
Montana
North Dakota
Washington
Federal
Seed Grain Loan
Farmers Pledge to Curb Wheat Mill Feeds Usage
The food administration calls on farmers outside the drought area to sign an honor pledge limiting wheat mill feeds to dairy poultry young pigs and similar uses. The pledge also restricts stock to a sixty day supply and requires equal state distribution as in 1917.
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Food Administration
United States
Elevator charges fixed by Greenfield law for grain storage
Charles D. Greenfield, commissioner of agriculture and publicity, confirms the law fixes elevator charges for grain storage. Receiving, elevating, insuring and delivering plus the first fifteen days storage cost 2 cents per bushel, then 0.5 cents per 15 days to 90 days, and 0.5 cents per 20 days thereafter. flax is 3 cents per bushel for 15 days, then the same as other grain.
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Charles D. Greenfield
Turning Bronze Turkeys to Gold in an Ulm Ranch Tale
Ulm rancher Fred Kessinger auctioned 68 bronze turkeys hatched last spring. They lived on grasshoppers and foraged, averaging 16 pounds before selling for 323.65 total or about 4.76 each, implying a costly Thanksgiving centerpiece.
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Fred Kessinger
Ulm
Mr. Kessinger
Tom
Kessinger Farm
Butter Prices Soar As Government Seizes Creamery Output
The article predicts butter reaching one dollar per pound retail soon, with prices rising to 64, then 67 or 68 cents. It notes 80 percent of creamery butter is commandeered for the army and navy, raising costs for civilians and prompting possible restaurant surcharges and new serving practices.
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United States
Charn and Dasher
Bessie
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May Work German Prisoners Here
Northwest Congress members propose using German prisoners of war in Montana farms with a wage of one dollar per day plus allowances. The plan, submitted to Herbert Hoover, envisions transporting prisoners from France and paying counties through employers, with prisoners to report by February 15, 1919. The report includes anecdotes of children caring for lambs and local youths earning prize money from lamb farming activities.
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France
Montana
Washington
Congess
Herbert Hoover
Northwest
America
Mr. Hoover
George M. Young
North Dakota
Young
Hoover
War Department
Boys and Girls Raise Lambs With National Clubs
Lewis and Clark county enlisted last spring as boys and girls answered a government call to participate in production through national clubs. The lambing season began with steady work and enthusiastic youth involvement.
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Lewis and Clark County
Mink Furs Return to Fashion and High Prices
Eight years after mink pelts peaked trapper profits fell as fashion cooled. Now demand rises again and prices surge this season. Trappers should target prime pelts this winter and use muskrat or fish as bait for effective mink trapping.
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D. B. Silberman
Federal seed grain loans aid Montana and North Dakota farmers
A federal seed grain loan program provided 296273 dollars to drought stricken farmers in Montana and North Dakota to sow wheat and rye. Chouteau county tops with 96460 dollars for 30909 acres of wheat and 1286 acres of rye. Hill county follows with 62560 dollars for 21528 acres of winter grain.
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U. S
Federal Loan Bureau
Montana
North Dakota
Seed Grain Loan Office
Chouteau County
Hill County
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