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Enjoyable Jobs For Leisure Hours, Mary A. Covert Dec 1933

Enjoyable Jobs For Leisure Hours, Mary A. Covert

SDSU Extension Circulars

Leisure in the home is not so much a matter of wealth or time as it is a matter of attitudes. It must be recognized as one of the essentials of homemaking if it is to share a place of relative importance in the home program. All work and no play does more than make one dull. It robs one of physical poise and beauty. It impoverishes the soul. Time spent in playing and doing interesting things outside of essential work recreates both soul and body. It gives a feeling of personal growth which is essential to contentment. It builds …


Better Rations, More Eggs, Greater Profits, W. C. Tully Dec 1933

Better Rations, More Eggs, Greater Profits, W. C. Tully

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

Summary
Feeding Hens for Egg Production
The chief interest of poultry raisers is to receive a reasonable return from their investment over the costs of stock, housing, feeding, and labor. Proper feeding alone will not do this, as successful poultry production depends on four major essentials, together with many minor ones. These major essentials are:
(1) birds bred for egg production, or good breeding
(2)good housing
(3)proper feeding
(4)sanitation and management
Reasons for Feeding
(1) Maintenance, repair of body tissues, storing of fat.
(2) To supply heat and energy.
(3) For reproduction, or egg production.


Farmers' Elevators In The Spring Wheat Area Of South Dakota; Business Operations, 1921-22 To 1930-31, R.E. Post Dec 1933

Farmers' Elevators In The Spring Wheat Area Of South Dakota; Business Operations, 1921-22 To 1930-31, R.E. Post

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

The object of the study is to find possibilities of lowering costs and improving operating practices in order that prices paid to farmers for grain might be as high as possible and elevator margins adequate for maintaining the business. Expenses; net income and economic profit, all in terms of per dollar sales or per bushel handled, are used as measures of operating effectiveness by which to analyze variations in elevator business units.


Games For Groups : A Manual Of Recreation For 4-H Clubs And Other Organizations, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Nov 1933

Games For Groups : A Manual Of Recreation For 4-H Clubs And Other Organizations, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension

SDSU Extension Special Circulars

This publication provides information on various types of games for inexpensive entertainment, including get acquainted, active, quiet, paper and pencil, musical, line, and circle games, as well as stunt songs, tricks and stunts, puzzles, and brain teasers.


Homemade Yeast Bread, Susan Z. Wilder Nov 1933

Homemade Yeast Bread, Susan Z. Wilder

SDSU Extension Circulars

Each homemaker will have to decide whether it is economy for her to bake or buy bread. The fancy breads from the bakery are more expensive than the plain bread. They can be made with very little more time than that required to make plain bread. To determine the cost of making it 'is necessary to keep a record of the cost of the ingredients and fuel. The difference between this and the value of the finished product figured at market price will give the amount saved. At present prices about one-half the cost can be saved on plain bread …


Breads In Foreign Lands, Susan Z. Wilder Nov 1933

Breads In Foreign Lands, Susan Z. Wilder

SDSU Extension Circulars

Many of the-American fancy breads are foreign breads or adaptations of them. The following observation on breads and other foods in foreign lands was made by the author during a visit to the British Isles and European countries in the summer of 1930. The English breakfasts are similar in some ways to the American. Cooked fruits, green or purple plums, pears, peaches and gooseberries are frequently served for breakfast. The cooked fruit is placed on large plates instead of small sauce dishes. Sometimes fresh fruit only is served. The waiter wheels in a cart with dishes of different kinds of …


Your School Lunch, Susan Z. Wilder Oct 1933

Your School Lunch, Susan Z. Wilder

SDSU Extension Circulars

Boys and girls of fine physique are always admired. They are well, alert and eager to do their work and play. You want to be like them. Eating the right kind of food every day will do more than anything else to help attain that desire. You can make a start by studying these foods at school at lunch time. Not all boys and girls make a fine appearance. Reports from 1600 homes in South Dakota indicate that 20 per cent of the boys and girls in these homes have had repair work done on their teeth, that 21 per …


Homemakers' Business Facts, Mary A. Covert Oct 1933

Homemakers' Business Facts, Mary A. Covert

SDSU Extension Circulars

What are the business facts which will help to safeguard South Dakota homes? Each home has its own outstanding problems. The business problems related to the establishment of a home and family are too numerous to be considered in one circular. This is the first of a series of circulars which will discuss business facts and forms of interest to South Dakota homemakers. Its purpose is to introduce the subject and to show possibilities of study along this lint. It has been planned for the entire family. Each member is considered a homemaker.


Music Appreciation Programs For Rural Clubs, Harry L. Kohler, Susan Z. Wilder Oct 1933

Music Appreciation Programs For Rural Clubs, Harry L. Kohler, Susan Z. Wilder

SDSU Extension Circulars

Music appreciation consists of two essentials, listening to and actual participation in musical expression. Both involve musical experience. Music can hardly be thought of as something to be talked about or taught. It must be experienced. The most musical community is that community which has made music a vital experience in the life of its people. This can be brought about in the rural communities of South Dakota. (See more in text.)


Reading In The Home: Knowing Other Countries Through Books - Fourth Year, Leora J. Lewis, Mary A. Dolve Sep 1933

Reading In The Home: Knowing Other Countries Through Books - Fourth Year, Leora J. Lewis, Mary A. Dolve

SDSU Extension Circulars

The neighborhood enlarges. Friendship between neighbors is a natural development if people are normal and kindly. It is easy for persons living in the same town or on adjoining quarter sections of land to understand each other’s problems for similarities in background, experience and every 'day living make for tolerance, understanding and a true spirit of helpful neighborliness. Due to the general use of the automobile, people have widened their circle of contacts in recent years and no longer remain in one locality. Country and town people have so intermingled that any apparent differences due to varying opportunities have broken …


Oat Feed As A Substitute For Roughage, T.M. Olson Jul 1933

Oat Feed As A Substitute For Roughage, T.M. Olson

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

Because of drought and large number of grass hoppers in 1931 farmers in many sections of South Dakota were without adequate roughage feed for their livestock. The cost of shipping and handling roughages such as hays makes them rather expensive to ship any great distance. The problem, therefore, of providing roughage which would carry the livestock through the feeding season of 1931 and 1932 at a reasonable cost was a vital one. One solution to the problem was the use of oat feed which could be purchased in most sections of South Dakota at about the price of wild hay. …


South Dakota State College Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State College Jun 1933

South Dakota State College Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State College

Commencement Programs

Please be advised that the individuals listed in the program have not officially confirmed meeting the graduation requirements. The 47th annual commencement will be held June 9, 1933. The address titled, "The Pursuit of Happiness?" will be delivered by Alvin Waggoner, member of the Board of Regents of Education. President Charles W. Pugsley will confer degrees. William Spurling, Class of 1933, will present the class gift.


Rural Leaders' Hand Book, S. W. Jones Jun 1933

Rural Leaders' Hand Book, S. W. Jones

SDSU Extension Special Circulars

This publication provides guidance on conducting meetings for rural organizations. It includes suggestions for work programs to meet community needs, entertainment, and sources for meeting program materials.


Feed For Livestock, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Jun 1933

Feed For Livestock, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension

SDSU Extension Special Circulars

This publication describes management of livestock feed during a time of severe drought and grasshopper infestation. It provides guidance on managing small grain and corn fields, as well as instructions on alternative crops for feed such as sweet sorghum, Sudan grass, grain sorghum, millets, corn, small grains, and rape.


Selecting Hens For Egg Production, O. J. Weisner, W. C. Tully Jun 1933

Selecting Hens For Egg Production, O. J. Weisner, W. C. Tully

SDSU Extension Circulars

Experiments recently conducted by poultry investigators of the United States Department of Agriculture point out that neither the shape of a hen’s body nor the shape of her head bears any relation to her egg production. Apparently a hen’s ability to lay depends upon egg laying ancestry. The purpose of this experimental work was to find out whether or not a hen’s ability to lay could be estimated form her external appearance. The results of this work indicate that it is practically impossible to select breeding stock in poultry from the standpoint of high egg production by outward appearance, or …


Motor Truck Transportation In Western South Dakota, F. T. Hady May 1933

Motor Truck Transportation In Western South Dakota, F. T. Hady

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

Motor truck transportation has sprung into prominence with great rapidity during the past few years. Likewise the problems of this type of transportation of agricultural commodities have taken on increasing importance during this period. This report deals with only one phase of the problem of transportation of agricultural commodities in the state of South Dakota. The report logically divides itself into three parts. The first deals with the increasing use of motor trucks in the area covered by the study. The second part deals with a somewhat detailed study of the hauling of crops in the trade territory of one …


Farm Women's Markets, A. M. Eberle, Mary A. Dolve Apr 1933

Farm Women's Markets, A. M. Eberle, Mary A. Dolve

SDSU Extension Circulars

This circular is written in response to the many requests regarding the organization and operation of farm women's markets. There is no satisfactory outlet for the surplus that farm women have to sell after family requirements have been satisfied. However, the women feel that this extra amount should be turned into cash as good use can be made of the money. This “pin-money" as it is often called, is many times about all that is available for some of the things the family needs. In normal times, this extra money is used for improving the home and many times is …


Mortgage Loans On Farm Real Estate In Clark County South Dakota, 1910 - 1930, G. Lundy Apr 1933

Mortgage Loans On Farm Real Estate In Clark County South Dakota, 1910 - 1930, G. Lundy

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

Purpose of Study.-This circular dealing with conditions in Clark County is part of a larger research project involving also a study of the farm mortgage situation in the counties of Brookings, Hyde, Haakon and Turner. Ever since the post-war deflation began in 1920 the farm credit problem has been more or less acute. This is an inevitable result of falling prices after a period of inflation such as that brought on by the World War. Because the bulk of the farm credit is based on real estate mortgages it has seemed particularly appropriate and timely to try to determine at …


Mortgage Loans On Farm Real Estate In Turner County, South Dakota, 1910 - 1930, G. Lundy Apr 1933

Mortgage Loans On Farm Real Estate In Turner County, South Dakota, 1910 - 1930, G. Lundy

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

Purpose of Study. – This study of the farm mortgage situation in Turner County is a part of a larger research project including also the counties of Brookings, Clark, Haakon and Hyde. The immediate purpose has been to determine the facts with respect to the actual farm mortgage situation as revealed by the records in the office of the register of deeds. It is expected that analysis of the data will give rise to certain findings and conclusions on the basis of which recommendations can be made for the improvement of the farm mortgage conditions. Such improvements must benefit both …


Some Aspects Of The Farm Mortgage Situation In South Dakota And Their Relation To A Future Land Use Policy, S. E. Johnson, H. A. Steele Apr 1933

Some Aspects Of The Farm Mortgage Situation In South Dakota And Their Relation To A Future Land Use Policy, S. E. Johnson, H. A. Steele

Agricultural Experiment Station Circulars

The purpose of this circular is to bring together in more available form some facts and figures regarding the development of the present farm mortgage situation in South Dakota and to point out their relationship to a future land use policy. It is hoped that each topic covered in the discussion will contribute something to a better understanding of farm mortgage credit conditions in the state, More knowledge of the present situation is essential if an intelligent attack is to be made on this important problem. It has not been possible to analyze thoroughly each problem considered. Such conclusions as …


The Results Of Twenty Years Complete Soil Fertility Tests Brookings, S. D., J.G. Hutton Apr 1933

The Results Of Twenty Years Complete Soil Fertility Tests Brookings, S. D., J.G. Hutton

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

This bulletin reports the results obtained from twenty years fertility investigations on Barnes sandy loam soil at Brookings, S. D. The three elements of plant food commonly applied in fertilizers-nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium- were used singly and in all possible combinations on two crop rotations including corn, wheat, oats, barley, and red clover. Phosphorus used alone gave a greater increase in yield for all crops than any other treatment, averaging 32.08 per cent more than the yield from the untreated soil for the entire period. The average increase in yield for all crops, following the application of phosphorus, was 1979 …


Methods Of Feeding And Grain Rations For Fattening Lambs, J.W. Wilsom, T. Wright, F.U. Fenn Apr 1933

Methods Of Feeding And Grain Rations For Fattening Lambs, J.W. Wilsom, T. Wright, F.U. Fenn

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

This bulletin gives the results of an experiment extending over a period of three years on the methods of feeding and the grain rations for fattening lambs.


The Growth And Decline Of South Dakota Trade Centers: 1901-1933, P.H. Landis Apr 1933

The Growth And Decline Of South Dakota Trade Centers: 1901-1933, P.H. Landis

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

Considerable interest has been shown in recent years in the future prospect for the small farm trade center. This interest has grown out of the threat of modern means of communication and transportation as well as that of the growing prosperity of the larger city to the welfare of the small town. Sociologists have approached the problem with a view to learning what is happening in various sections of the country, and on the basis of the knowledge acquired, being able to predict what the immediate future holds for the small town as a trade center and market for the …


Baby Beef : A Manual For 4-H Club Members, I. B. Johnson Mar 1933

Baby Beef : A Manual For 4-H Club Members, I. B. Johnson

SDSU Extension Special Circulars

This publication provides a diagram of the parts of a sewing machine and instructions for cleaning, oiling, and adjusting the settings, as well as a guide to sizes of needle and thread.


Winter Wheat Production In South Dakota, H.W. Klages Mar 1933

Winter Wheat Production In South Dakota, H.W. Klages

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

No abstract provided.


Eliminating Waste Caused By Household Pests, A. L. Ford, Mary A. Covert Feb 1933

Eliminating Waste Caused By Household Pests, A. L. Ford, Mary A. Covert

SDSU Extension Circulars

Much loss and inconvenience is experienced by homemakers each year through insects which have become pests in the home. Few homes in South Dakota have not experienced some damage from clothes moths. Much food has been destroyed or rendered unfit for use by other insects. It has been definitely established that flies and other household pests play an important part in the spread of typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera and other diseases which destroy health and deflate family savings.


Economizing In Meal Planning, Susan Z. Wilder Feb 1933

Economizing In Meal Planning, Susan Z. Wilder

SDSU Extension Circulars

It is an art to be able to prepare and serve the family three economical, properly balanced, and appetizing meals every day, manage the other home activities, take part in community affairs and not be worn out.


Managing Low Cost Sunday Dinners, Mary A. Dolve Feb 1933

Managing Low Cost Sunday Dinners, Mary A. Dolve

SDSU Extension Circulars

In many families the Sunday meals are practically the only ones which all members of the family can eat together leisurely. Eating together should stimulate sociability among family members as well as among other groups. Sociability is influenced by the atmosphere and service of the meal and of ten determines the table manners as well as helping good digestion. A simple, attractively-set table and well prepared food in orderly and pleasant surroundings are conducive to leisurely eating, good manners and satisfying sociability. Table manners are an index to an individual's and family's refinement. The knowledge and practice of good table …


The Germination Of Seed Corn And Its Relation To The Occurrence Of Molds During Germination, A.N. Hume, C.J. Franzke Feb 1933

The Germination Of Seed Corn And Its Relation To The Occurrence Of Molds During Germination, A.N. Hume, C.J. Franzke

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

Importance of vigorous germination in corn intended for seed has been emphasized for many years. More recently, within the present decade, not only vigor of germination has been emphasized but likewise the adverse effect of molds upon germinability has been freely asserted. One of the objects in beginning the present study was to get some information upon the question of whether the corn crop in such a new part of the corn belt as South Dakota was indeed affected by ear rots and root rots and similar organisms. A preliminary survey of a number of seed houses where seed corn …


Holding Soil And Water : The How And Why Of Soil Conservation Districts, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Jan 1933

Holding Soil And Water : The How And Why Of Soil Conservation Districts, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension

SDSU Extension Special Circulars

This publication provides a map of South Dakota Conservation Districts and explains the district organization procedures, powers, functions, and composition and duties of the state Soil Conservation Committee. It includes information about districts such as on adding additional territory, whether they interfere with land use planning, and discontinuing districts, as well as agreement provisions, and cost to operators.