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Northeast Research Station Watertown, South Dakota Annual Progress Report, 1957, Agricultural Experiment Station, Agronomy Department

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

This is the 1957 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 1957 crop season, small grain research, soybean and sorghum variety testing, corn yield testing, grass and legume testing, plant disease control, potato, soybean and small grain diseases, and fertility experiments.

Organizing Watersheds In South Dakota, Joseph Paulson

SDSU Extension Circulars

Wherever you live, you are within a watershed. Your farm, ranch, home on a town lot, or your business in the city are all within the natural boundaries of some watershed. All the lands and waters of the nation are bounded by natural drainage divides.

Swine Production Guide For South Dakota 4-H Club Members, L.J. Kortan

SDSU Extension Circulars

Formerly there were two general types of swine: the lard type and the bacon type. Today, in general, all breeds are considered meat type and are being developed as meat hogs. The more popular breeds are: Hampshire, Berkshire, Yorkshire, Pol.and China, Chesterwhite, Durocs, Spotted Poland China, Tamworth and Landrace. Note the lifelike picture of a finished market hog on this page. An animal like this carries a high percentage of its weight in the most valuable cuts; the ham loins and bacon sides. This is the type· of hog now in demand-a .type to keep in mind when planning a …

Organizing Watersheds In South Dakota, Joseph Paulson

SDSU Extension Circulars

Wherever you live, you are within a watershed. Your farm, ranch, home on a town lot, or your business in the city are all within the natural boundaries of some watershed. All the lands and waters of the nation are bounded by natural drainage divides.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Frozen Vegetables [p] 3
Better Prices for Your Eggs [p] 9
Cattle Grub Research [p] 12
Intestinal Parasites of Cattle [p] 16
Tentative List of 1958 Recommended Crop Varieties [p] 21
Two New Corn Hybrids [p] 22
Alfalfa Weevil [p] 24
What’s the Best Hereford Color? [p] 27
New Insecticide makes House Plants “Bite Back” [p] 31

Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, covering the years 1896 through 1955. Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …

Dakota Horticulture, October/November/December 1957, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 30, Numbers 10/11/12

Secretary's Notes
In Memorial
In Memory of My Friend
W.A. Simmons, Biography
Experience in Horticulture
Newslants
Garden Club Section
President's Message
Greetings From National President
Our Beloved National President
Garden Club Gleanings
South Dakota 100% for Permanent Home
District Chairman
District V Meeting at Dell Rapids
Executive Board Minutes
Better Fruit for South Dakota
Flower Shows

Good Taste In Dress, Anna Walker

SDSU Extension Circulars

Successful clothes depend on your knowledge and imagination--not your pocketbook. Good taste is the keynote to being well dressed. Since customs and habits of dress vary in different places, it is never possible to lay down hard and fast rules for correct dress. Local practice and your personal feeling towards clothes influences correctness of dress.

Prices And Costs For Use In Farm And Ranch Planning, Russell L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The prices of most things farmers and ranchers produce will vary widely in future years as they have in the past. It is not possible to reorganize a farm or ranch every time there is a variation in prices. The benefits of a given crop rotation can only be secured after several years. When crop rotations are changed fields and fences may also need to be changed. Buildings may need to be built or remodeled to handle the new crops. Livestock enterprises should be chosen with regard to the crops produced. Since many years are often required to establish profitable …

Farm Price Programs, Kenneth L. Robinson

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This publication should be useful to farmers and others who want to review the road that agricultural price policy in the United States has traveled in the past and to appraise the effect of such policies. It will also be useful to a person planning and taking part in discussions of farm price policy and programs at meetings of farmers and others interested in American agriculture. In a democracy, farmers and agricultural leaders may expect to be called upon more and more to express their views concerning matters of agricultural policy and national farm programs. The discussion is divided into …

Meal Planning For South Dakota 4-H Girls, Jane Meyer

SDSU Extension Circulars

Cooking's fun, so let's begin! Even if you're a very young 4-H girl, you can cook. But, you must start with simple foods. As you learn more, and practice, cooking will be easier. You can then make more difficult dishes, and even plan and prepare some family meals. Let's start by learning some basic rules. You need to be neat and clean; you should always be safe; you should measure correctly; you must know how to read recipes. A good cook knows and follows these rules. You'll want to know them too!

Weather In The Making, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The objective of this pamphlet is to present some of the basic atmospheric phenomena that are related to weather. It is hoped that this will give research workers and others interested a general idea of how weather develops in the atmosphere and make possible a more realistic application of available weather data to agricultural research. Data and illustrations from "The Pilot's Weather Handbook" and the 1955 "Yearbook of Agriculture", as well as other government publications, are presented to provide an application of weather factors to agriculture and its problems.

Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Pierre, South Dakota Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Pierre, South Dakota, covering the years 1892 through 1955, Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week 45 includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …

Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Rapid City, South Dakota, Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Rapid City, South Dakota, covering the years 1896 through 1995. Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …

Dakota Horticulture, August/September 1957, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 30, Numbers 8/9

Your State Horticulture Society
Dakota Horticulture Magazine Future Uncertain
W.A. Simmons to Edit Annual Report
President's Message, Mrs. Vern Tompkins
The Pioneers and Since, W.R. Leslie
Convention Report, Mrs. Vern Tompkins
Thirteenth Robertson Award, Harry Woodward
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. R.K. Morrell
The Permanent Home, Mrs. D.S. Baughman
Newslants, H.A. Graves
The Litterlout Put to Rout
Constitution Reviewed
Flower Show Report, Juanita Jorgensen
South Dakota in National News
New Officers Elected
Glad Days at Hurley, Mrs. Francis Nelson
My Experience in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
District V Invites Garden Clubs
Zoysia and Mondo Ground Covers
Plastic Greenhouses …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Soil Testing [p] 3
Can We Produce All Pullet Chicks? [p] 8
Part Ownership—A Solution to Farm Tenancy Problem? [p] 11
Field Day Dates [p] 15
Pressure on Walls of Bunker Silos [p] 16
Mo-0-205 Oats for Swine [p] 19
Agronomy Field Day [p] 22
Leptospirosis [p] 24
Oat Silage [p] 29

Rat And Mouse Control On The Farm, John Lofgren

SDSU Extension Circulars

Each year the Norway ( or brown) rat and the common house mouse consume thousands of bushels of grain and other foods on South Dakota farms. They attack grain in the field and in farm storage. At the time they consume the grain they also pollute and contaminate it by their droppings, urine and hair. Every 24 hours each rat voids an average of 70 pellets and about 15 cc of urine. Such contamination makes food grains subject to seizure by the Food and Drug Administration because they are unfit for human use. The monetary losses resulting from such seizure …

Dakota Horticulture, June/July 1957, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 30, Numbers 6/7

The Cerulean Warbler, O.A. Stevens
Poem, Mary Louise Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Manitoba News Letter, Dr. W.R. Leslie
Southern Wanderings, Mrs. Carl Metzger
State Forestry History, H.R. Woodward
Book Reviews, Mrs. R.G. Ferris
Your Yard & Garden, L.A. Yager
Some Dakota Wildings, Mrs. Fanny Heath
Experiences in Horticulture, R.G. Wodarz
Program Material, Alice Platt
Toss Your Junk, Mae Urbanek
Fruit & Vegetable, F.X. Wallner
Message From Tenerife, Ruth Habeger
New Mums for Northern Gardens, U. of Minnesota
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Conservation, Mrs. L.G. Elsinger

Assessment Values And Taxes On Farm Land In South Dakota 1955 And 1956, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Records in the Register of Deeds office on farm land sales were listed to secure the following report. When consideration was not given in the deed Internal Revenue stamps were used to secure an estimate of the consideration. Information on assessed valuations and amount of taxes were secured from the assessors' records and the auditors' books. Only those tracts were used for which consideration, assessment values and amount of taxes levied for both 1955 and 1956 were available on the tract sold. Where only part of a tract assessed was sold, the sale was omitted in this tabulation.

Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1956, Supplement To Bulletin No. 413: Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1950, Ray F. 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 sixteen years, 1941-1956, Beadle, Faulk, Hand …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
What Makes One Roughage Better than Another? [p] 3
Growing Grasses and Legumes for Seed [p] 6
A Changing Dakota Indian Culture [p] 11
Better Fruit for South Dakota [p] 16
Recent Studies on Bloat [p] 21
Does It Pay to Fertilize Native Hay? [p] 24

Dakota Horticulture, April/May 1957, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 30, Numbers 4/5

The Golden-Crowned Sparrow, O.A. Stevens
Welcome to the Crocus, Rose A. Simmons
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Roses, Mrs. Carl Metzger
Your Yard & Garden, LA. Yeager
Flower Show Time, Mrs. G.M. Jorgensen
Lilies as House Plants, P.H. Wright
Book Review, Thelma Christensen
Some Favorite Dakota Wildings, Fanny Heath
Experience in Horticulture, R.L. Wodarz
Our Permanent Home, Mrs. D.S. Baughman
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Nebraska Fruit Report, Mrs. Flora S. Kicken
Arbor Day Association, H.P. Piser
Next Flower Show Schedule, Mrs. …

1957 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Huron, South Dakota Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Huron, South Dakota. Covering the years 1881 through 1955. Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week 45 includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …

Graphic Presentation Of Weekly Mean Maximum And Mean Minimum Temperatures For 58 South Dakota Weather Stations For Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Average temperatures are presented graphically by weeks in order to emphasize the changes in temperatures from north to south over the state. Since farming operations, to be efficient, must be planned to take into consideration probable local conditions of weather and length of the season this should be useful in helping the farmers plan their farming program as well as do scientists in developing farm crops best adapted to each locality of the state. The climatological year has been considered as from March 1 through February 28 or 29 of the following calendar year in order to present data for …

Strengthening Farms And Ranches In South Dakota: A Preliminary Report Prepared For The South Dakota Legislative Research Council, Pierre, South Dakota, Russell L. Berry

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

There is much concern over the future of agriculture. Farm and ranch incomes have been falling as a result of the decline in farm produce prices since 1951 and continued h:gh costs of machinery and other means of production. Because of these factors and the capacity of modern machinery, farmers and ranchers have been increasing the size of their operating units. As farms and ranches increased in size, rural population has been decreasing. This decline in rural population has had serious effects upon the rural community and rural life. Schools, churches and local government units are seriously affected in areas …

Dakota Horticulture, February/March 1957, Horticultural Societies Of The Dakotas

North and South Dakota Horticulture

Volume 30, Numbers 2/3

The Wood Ibis, O.A. Stevens
Poem, Mrs. L.W. Kinyon
Newslants, H.A. Graves
Garden Club Gleanings, Mrs. V. Tompkins
Manitoba News Letter, W.R. Leslie
Colorado, Mrs. Carl Metzger
Your Yard & Garden, L.A. Yager
Welcome From the Pierre Garden Club, Mrs. R.K. Morrell
Spagnum Moss for House Plants, Don Hoag
Fannie Mahood Heath, Pearl Heath Fraser
43 Years in Seed Business, George F. Bird
Letter From Florida, C. Richard Hartmann
Modern Landscape Service, J.M. Atkinson
President's Message, Mrs. E.W. Kindred
Fruit & Vegetable Notes, F.X. Wallner
Our Scholarship Award, Mrs. H.M. Pierce
Secretary's Corner, W.A. Simmons
Lincoln …

Economics At South Dakota State College: Instruction-Research-Extension, Department Of Economics, South Dakota State College

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The Department of Economics at South Dakota State College is one of the larger departments in the institution. Staffed largely by young men recruited from leading colleges and universities, it is progressive and forward-looking. New courses are constantly being added in order to provide additional opportunities for study and keep abreast of the times. A friendly personal relationship exists between faculty and undergraduate as well as graduate students. Rather them cutting the field of economics into definite and separate segments, the staff cooperates in carrying on the work of the department, so that each member has the opportunity of carrying …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Silbestrol for Dairy Calves [p] 3
Rotation or Continuous Grazing for Dairy Cattle [p] 5
Animal Husbandry Research Day [p] 7
You Can Eliminate Leafy Spurge [p] 8
Grass Performance Trials [p] 14
Recommended Crop Varieties [p] 17
Dugout Water Quality [p] 20
Wintertime Research Activities [p] 24
Protein Supplements for Growing Pigs [p] 25

Temperature Summary Of Data For 60 South Dakota Weather Stations From The Start Of Continuous Records For Each Station Through 1954, Ray F. Pengra

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Average weekly maximum and minimum data are presented for 60 weather stations 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 station. Data are presented in sixty tables arranged in alphabetical order. Column 3 of each table gives the length of period for which data were summarized for each station.