Government seed loan aid expands spring wheat plan
Montana and North Dakota receive seed grain loans under a $5 per acre program with a 100 acre maximum. Counties urged to buy seed grain and hold home grown wheat for spring planting. Applications via Great Falls office. funds allocated from President Wilson drought relief.
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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 Conserve Wheat Mill Feeds in War Time
The Food Administration appeals to farmers nationwide to pledge careful use of wheat mill feeds to support dairy cattle poultry and young pigs. Buyers outside drought areas must not stockpile beyond sixty days and mills must distribute feeds to match 1917 quarter shares by state.
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Food Administration
United States
Elevator storage charges fixed by law say Greenfield
Commissioner Charles D. Greenfield announces that elevator storage and handling charges are fixed by the law governing elevators and grain dealers. The rate schedule covers receiving elevating insuring delivering and the first fifteen days storage at two cents per bushel, then one half cent per fifteen days up to ninety days and thereafter one half cent per twenty days. Flax storage follows the same schedule with three cents for the first fifteen days and the same thereafter.
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Charles D. Greenfield
Turning Bronze Turkeys to Gold in Ulm Farm Saga
Ulm rancher Fred Kessinger auctioned 68 bronze turkeys hatched last spring and fed for two weeks. The flock, mainly males, fetched 323.65 dollars at auction, average 4.76 each, estimated weight 16 pounds. The birds styled themselves self-made, promising a costly Thanksgiving plate.
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Tom
Kessinger Farm
Butter Price Outlook and Rationing in the Nation
The article warns butter could reach one dollar per pound as 80 percent of creamery output is commandeered for the military. It predicts rapid price rises to 64, then 67 or 68 cents, and suggests restaurants may charge extra for butter, proposing a quirky scheme using three-cent stamps to track butter portions.
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United States
Charn and Dasher
Bessie
Rarity of Fortune Reflected in Spending Choice
The fragment notes that the rarest good fortune lies in the ability to pay for a luxury item of suitable proportion, implying wealth enables access to desirable comforts. It hints at social value placed on affording quality without specifying person or place.
May work German prisoners here in Montana farms
Congress members from Northwestern states push a plan to employ German prisoners of war as farm laborers in Montana with a wage of $1 a day plus 13 cents for allotment. Hoover weighs the proposal as Washington weighs shipping, submarine risk, and food needs. Prisoners are to be sent to farms by February 15, 1919, to relieve labor shortages while aiding the war effort.
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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 Under National Clubs Call
In Lewis and Clark County the spring enlistment of youths in national boys' and girls' clubs spurred active lamb production as lambing season arrived.
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Lewis and Clark County
Mink Furs Come Back Into Fashion Says D B Silberman
Eight years ago mink were popular with pelts selling from five to ten dollars. Fashion outlawed mink, prices fell, and trappers quit. This season demand has revived prices to high levels, making mink valuable again. Trappers should target prime pelts and use muskrat or fish flesh as bait. Proper trap concealment is essential.
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D. B. Silberman
Federal loans aid drought farmers in Montana North Dakota
The federal loan bureau authorized 296 273 to drought stricken farmers in Montana and North Dakota to sow wheat and rye. No loans after October 5. Chouteau county tops with 96 460 for 30 909 acres of wheat and 1 286 acres of rye. Hill county follows with 62 560 for 21 528 acres of winter grain. Forty three counties benefited from federal aid for next year’s crop. Largest loans supported winter wheat.
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U. S
Federal Loan Bureau
Montana
North Dakota
Seed Grain Loan Office
Chouteau County
Hill County
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Houston Wires
Federal Grain Loan Office
United States Food Administration
Experiment Station
Bozeman
Ulm
Fred Kessinger
Mr. Kessinger
West
Congress
Anna Taylor
Augusta
Vada Strom
Wilborn
Mont
Red Cross
Max Estill
Clemons, Mont
Gilman Fair
MC Ae Port Sons
S. Silberman & Sons Capital
Weer 35Th Street
Citas
Alhambra Hot Springs
Sullivan
Pals
Sloan’s
Laniment Mjollss Paim
Blackfoot Land
P.jw. Murphy
Spokane Union Stock
Yaris Spokane, Washington
Omaha, Neb
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