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Northeast Research Station Watertown, South Dakota Annual Progress Report, 1956, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agronomy Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1956 annual progress report for the Northeast Research Station in Watertown, South Dakota. This report is issued by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, and the South Dakota State College Agronomy and Plant Pathology Department. This report includes information on the 1956 crop season, small grain research, soybean and sorghum variety testing, corn yield testing, grass and legume testing, plant disease control, and fertility experiments.

Southeast Research Farm Annual Progress Report, 1956, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agronomy And Plant Pathology Departments

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1956 progress report for the Southeast Research Farm, Agricultural Experiment Station at Menno, South Dakota State College. This document represents the research conducted at the Station during the 1956 crop season including: small grain variety testing, sorghum and soybean variety testing, corn breeding testing, grass and legume testing, and plant disease control.

You Can Get More Eggs, Boyd Bonzer, Lloyd Shinnick

SDSU Extension Circulars

One of the most common causes of lost profits and failure in poultry keeping is the lack of planning and foresight. A good poultryman is alert and wide awake; he is a person who spends a lot of time with small details-one who can watch his birds and sense when they start to get sick or go out of condition. He is a person who plans ahead and is prepared for the different phases of poultry management as the birds grow and mature.

The South Dakota Farmer And The Soil Bank, Lyle Bender, Arthur Anderson

SDSU Extension Circulars

The Soil Bank is a program designed to help reduce farm production and bring it more in line with consumption. While this adjustment is under way government payments are being made to help maintain net farm income. This circular has been prepared to provide information on the Soil Bank--what it is, how it will operate, and what the general consequences might be. It is not . a publication of program regulations. The regulations are available at county ASC offices. The Soil Bank program involves legal contracts between the ASC and the farmer. It is therefor essential that individual farmers check …

Dakota Horticulture, November/December 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Numbers 11/12

The Sage Thrasher, O.A. Stevens
Poem, Mrs. Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
President's Message, Mrs. E.M. Kindred
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Experiences in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
Edible Dakota Wildings, Mrs. Fannie M. Heath
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
About Programs, Alice Platt
Book Review, Jessie Simmons
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Your Yard and Garden, L. Yager
New Hampshire Hort., Dr. A.F. Yeager
Our Travels, Dr. Carl Christol
Index to Vol. 29

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Carp Meal [p] 3
Communal Farmers [p] 5
Butter or Margarine [p] 12
Feed for Range Ewes [p] 16
Family Farms [p] 21
Grain Storage [p] 25
Fabrics for Shirts and Blouses [p] 28

Dakota Horticulture, October 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Number 10

The Stilt Sandpiper, O.A. Stevens
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
State Awards Com. Report, Mrs. Gladys Severance
Your Yard & Garden, Leonard Yager
Book Reviews, Mrs. R.G. Ferris
Potato Breeding, P.H. Wright
Ft. Randall Reservoir, H.R. Woodward
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
What is a Lily? Victor Ries
Experiences in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Poem, A Thrill, Mary Louise Kinyon
News Item, H.R. Woodward

Marketing Cream In Plastic Bags, James L. Olson

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Because quality directly affects both price and consumption, one of the basic problems facing the butter industry in South Dakota is quality improvement. Under the price support program certain minimum quality standards have to be complied with before surplus butter can be sold to the government. One-fourth of the butter produced in South Dakota does not meet this minimum quality requirement, assuming that conditions have not changed since 1951-1952. Farm separated cream constituted 70.6 percent of the butterfat marketed in South Dakota in 1955. Cream is an important source of farm revenue in South Dakota because it yields a year …

Consumption And Preference For Butter And Margarine In Two South Dakota Cities, Norman L. Rollag

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Most of the butter manufactured by South Dakota creameries is Grade B or under as determined by our present Federal grading system. A recent South Dakota study showed that 81 per cent of the butter was Grade B and 19 per cent Grade C, The same study found that about 80 per cent of South Dakota Butter was shipped to markets where a large amount of the other butter was of a higher grade and premiums were paid for higher quality. Present quality standards for butter are based to a large extent on taste preferences of consumers which were assumed …

Dakota Horticulture, September 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Number 9

The American Knot, O.A. Stevens
Poem, Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Your Yard and Garden, L.A. Yager
Hyacinths for Winter Bloom, Mrs. Carl Metzger
Experiences in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
State Convention and Home Fund, Mrs. D.S. Baughman
Growing Plums From Seed, P.H. Wright
President's Message, E.M. Kindred
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Annual Bird Report, Ruth Habeger
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Compost Piles, Francis R. Williams
California Journey, O.A. Stevens

Dakota Horticulture, July/August 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Numbers 7/8

The Western Sandpiper, O.A. Stevens
Freedom, Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
President's Message, Mrs. E.M. Kindred
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Experiences in Hort., R.L. Wodarz
Book Reviews, Mrs. R.G. Ferris
Scientific Plant Breeding, Dr. A.F. Yeager
Fellow Litterbugs, Mrs. M.L. Wass
When is a Plant Dead?, Victor H. Ries
Twelfth Robertson Award, H.R. Woodward
Garden Therapy Report, Mildred Ibach
Your Yard & Garden, L.A. Yeager
Impressions of European Gardening, Dr. Chas. Walkof
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
California Journey, O.A. Stevens
What is a Lily? Victor H. Ries

Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1955, Supplement To Bulletin No. 413: Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1950, Ray P. Pengra, Gabriel Lundy

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Data for this report were secured from the offices of the Register of Deeds in each of eight counties in South Dakota. These counties were Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Clay, Faulk, Haakon, Hand and Spink. Supplementary information was secured from the records of the County Auditors as well as from records available at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation offices in each of the counties included in the study. This report, as a supplement to Station Bulletin 413, furnishes a continuous record of farm land sales in each of the eight counties over a period of fifteen years, 1941-1955. Beadle, Faulk, Hand …

Farm Credit: Uses And Sources For South Dakota Farmers, Canute M. Johnson

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Today, success in farming requires good management not only good soil, crop, and livestock management but also good financial management. Farming is becoming more and more commercialized because of the increasing size of farm businesses which has resulted from greater mechanization and specialization in agricultural production. Consequently, more capital than ever before is required to operate a successful farm business and it is becoming ever more necessary to use some borrowed capital (credit) in operating the farm business. Therefore, it is as necessary for farmers to have a knowledge of the uses and sources of credit as it is for …

Farm Equipment Retailing In South Dakota, C. John Fliginger

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the marketing channels for farm machinery to determine: (a) what the pattern of distribution for farm machinery is at the present time in South Dakota (b) how well the distribution system is functioning in regard to the problem of farm income maximization; (c) what the problems of the South Dakota implement dealers are and their resulting effect on farm income; and (d) improvements in distributing farm machinery that could benefit both dealers and farmers in South Dakota, as revealed through a questionnaire study of the implement dealers in South Dakota.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
South Dakota Plums [p] 91
Nitrogen Requirements in the James River Basin [p] 94
The Claypan Research Farm [p] 98
Grass Diseases [p] 102
Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis [p] 106
Phosphates for Turkeys [p] 109
Tuberculosis Among South Dakota Indians [p] 112

Dakota Horticulture, June 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Number 6

Bank Swallow Nesting, O.A. Stevens
Live a Little, Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
President's Message, Mrs. Earl Kindred
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Flower Show Talks, Mrs. G.M. Jorgensen
New Things From Skinner, P.H. Wright
Our Early Spring Flowers, Lois A. Cornell
Birds of the Congo, O.A. Stevens
Your Yard & Garden, L.A. Yager
Therapy Program, Alice Burlingame
Experiences in Hort., R.L. Wodarz
Audubon Philosophy
Lilies, Jan de Graff
Whooping Cranes, R.P. Allen
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
A Horticulturist's Approach
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Best African Violets, Peg Fischer
Gretchen Harshbarger
Where Goes …

The Art Of Pressing, Murle Scales

SDSU Extension Circulars

THE ART OF PRESSING can be learned by any girl or woman who knows a few fundamental facts and has the patience to work with fabrics. Pressing is time consuming but well worth the effort. It helps give a professional. look to garments made at home. Every seamstress should put up her ironing board for pressing when she sets up her sewing machine. No garment can look well made without proper pressing during construction.

Livestock Judging For South Dakota 4-H Club Members, Laverne Kortan

SDSU Extension Circulars

The title of this bulletin implies the purpose for which it is intended. It has been prepared to help beginners improve their judging ability. Special emphasis has been given to the basic mechanics of livestock judging and the beginner will find it helpful to follow the suggested steps in his efforts to gain judging skill. Livestock judging is an art and yet there are certain scientific findings that have had considerable influence on the selection of good stock. Too often beginners learn the art of selecting animals but fail to know the reason for their selection. An appreciation of the …

Weekly Summary Of Climatological Data, Faulkton, South Dakota, 1900-1953, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Weekly averages of daily figures of climatological data for Faulkton, South Dakota are presented in this report. The climatological year starts with the first week of March each year so as to have the sane calendar dates represent the same week throughout the consecutive years.

Dakota Horticulture, May 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Number 5

The Ruddy Turnstone, O.A. Stevens
Summer Magic, Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
President's Message, Mrs. Earl Kindred
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Flower Show Corner & Hems., Mrs. G.M. Jorgensen
Experience in Hort., R.L. Wodarz
Book Reviews, Mrs. R.G. Ferris
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
The Dahlia, Mrs. Carl Metzger
N.D. Meeting, Mrs. Clifford Westby
Planting Trees & Shrubs, Leonard Yager
Yearbook Awards, Alice Platt
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
The Manchu Elm, Dr. C.F. Patterson
Washington's Cherry Trees, F.C. Othman
Jr. Club Corner, Mrs. Milo Shultz
Birds of Belgian Congo, O.A. Stevens

Insect Pests Of Alfalfa Seed Production And Their Control, John Lofgren

SDSU Extension Circulars

Insecticides are perfectly safe when they are used according to directions. Use them safely. Store them where children, pets, or farm animals cannot reach them. A void spilling. Change clothes and bathe thoroughly with soap and water after spraying or dusting. Do not smoke or eat while mixing or applying insecticides. Do not feed hay or forage treated with DDT to milk cows, meat animals being finished for slaughter or to poultry. For other applictaions the following guide may be used in connection with feeding treated forage. Allow the indicated number of days to elapse between treatment and cutting for …

Dakota Horticulture, April 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Mountain Bluebird, O.A. Stevens
All Wet, But Fun, Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Our Permanent Home, Mrs. D.S. Baughman
Experience in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
Brookings Invites Us
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Arbor Day, R.G. Elliott
President's Message, Mrs. E.M. Kindred
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Book Reviews, Mrs. R.G. Ferris
Letter From Nebraska, Mrs. Flora Kicken
Fifth Rocky Mt. Tour, Mrs. G.R. McArthur
Junior Club Page, Mrs. Milo Schultz
Roses, Mrs. Carl Metzger

Culling The Egg Production Flock, Boyd Bunzer

SDSU Extension Circulars

Every pullet housed in the fall represents a sizeable investment that must be recovered from the eggs she lays because her meat value is usually only a third to a half of what it costs to raise her. With this in mind most flocks should receive little culling through the fall and winter months. A rigid culling program should begin during late spring and early summer when hens start their annual molt. The history of the flock should be carefully considered before any culling is done. A flock should never be culled when it is sick or still recovering from …

Most Profitable Use Of Fertilizer On Corn, Oats, And Wheat In South Dakota, Russell L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

In this pamphlet, you will read about the following topics: How Much Does Nitrogen Cost? Effects of Nitrogen on Corn, Oats, and Wheat How Much Will the Extra Bushels of Grain be Worth? How Much Nitrogen Pays on Corn? Now Let’s Include the Cost of Phosphate How Much Fertilizer Pays at Different Prices? How Much Nitrogen Pays on Oats and Wheat? Making the Most of a Little

A Farm Building Evaluation Technique For Tax Assessment, Joshua F. Robinson

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The purpose of this study is to develop a technique which may be used to improve farm buildings assessment procedures in South Dakota, Since farm buildings contribute in varying amounts to farm productivity, they should be assessed in direct proportion to their contribution. Such a procedure should aid tax assessors to determine accurately the true valuation. The specific objectives of the study were (1) to determine the relationship between market price and soil productivity for use in assessment of farm real estate; (2) to establish a ratio of the market value of buildings to land; and (3) to develop a …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Spoilage and Microorganisms [p] 61
Buffalo Treehopper [p] 64
Free-Choice or Complete Mixed Rations [p] 66
Nitrate Poisoning [p] 70
Creeping Alfalfa [p] 74
Bentonite in Lamb Ration [p] 78
Property Taxes and Farm Income [p] 82
Plastic Greenhouses [p] 86

1956 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Average Weekly Temperatures, Precipitation And New Snow Received At 60 Weather Bureau Stations Through 1954, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Average weekly temperature and precipitation for 60 South Dakota weather stations are presented in this report. The length of period varies from station to station depending on the date from which reasonably continuous data are available from each individual station. The data are presented in 60 tables arranged in alphabetical order.

Dakota Horticulture, February/March 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Numbers 2/3

The Brown Pelican, O.A. Stevens
President's Message, Mrs. E.M. Kindred
Wonders of St. Pete, Mrs. C.W. McNeil
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Poplar Breeding at Dropmore, Dr. F.L. Skinner
Feeding Birds in Winter, Ruth Habeger
Caragana for Beauty, P.H. Wright
Flower Schools, Mrs. John Bushfield
Experience in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
Open Letter, Mrs. G.R. McArthur
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Bellingrath Gardens, Mrs. Carl Metzger
Poem, Mary Louise Kinyon
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Your Yard and Garden, Leonard Yager
Newslants, Harry Graves

Dakota Horticulture, January 1956, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 29, Number 1

The Flamingo, Dr. O.A. Stevens
Poem, Mrs. Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
President's Message, Mrs. E.M. Kindred
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Substitute for Irrigation, P.H. Wright
Programs, Alice Platt
Experiences in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
Book Reviews, Laura E. Sexauer
Fruit and Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
District Five Conference, Mrs. F. Nelson
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Your Yard and Garden, Leonard Yager
Garden Therapy Report, Mildred Ibach
The Dropmore Elm., Dr. F.L. Skinner