Insect Threat to City Shade Trees Aids Native Sawfly
Local readers asked about damage to young trees. Montana Experiment Station identifies the pest as the Poplar Scaffolding Sawfly and outlines July August spraying with Paris green or arsenate of lead. Description of sawfly behavior and egg laying observed on poplars noted.
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Glasgow News
Montana
J. R. Parker
Burma
Paris
Coole
Rome
Wexperimental Station
Unusual Plum Shipment Ties Local Markets to Southeast
Residents report large plum shipments from local wholesale houses to the Southeast city area. About 4 000 crates are arranged for delivery, with fruit streets heavily laden as wholesale firms engage in heavy fruit transport.
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Caplum
Election by Entrymen and Three Year Law Provisions
The text explains how entrymen must comply with the revised 1912 act and its three year law, affecting homestead entries. It notes that entrymen filed before enactment may declare to pursue old five year proof or switch to the new three year law, with cultivation requirements rising in the second year and final proof due within five years.
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Department “of the Interior
Tawi
Interior
Bad Plowing in the Dakotas and Montana
Professor Shaw argues western farm plowing harms future crops. He cites Moccasin Basin experiments showing mouldboard plows bury soil unevenly and disk plows slice sod into uneven pieces. He urges careful practice, vows to end power-plow use, and suggests gentler land-breaking strategies.
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Dakotas
Montana
Moccasin
Judith Basin
Eudone
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United States
Ei-dep- Ka-e-Saw
Earth
Prof
Shaw
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