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Extension Projects: 1924, W.F. Kumlien
Extension Projects: 1924, W.F. Kumlien
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular contains an outline of the projects or activities carried on by the Extension Service of the South Dakota State College. These projects represent the combined efforts of cooperating farmers and extension workers to formulate plans that, when put into action, will meet the most urgent local and sectional problems of the state pertaining to agriculture and the rural home. This information is designed for the use of community committeemen, country farm bureau directors, extension agents, and other in planning programs of work for 1924.
Septic Tank For Sewage Disposal On The Farm, R. Patty
Septic Tank For Sewage Disposal On The Farm, R. Patty
SDSU Extension Circulars
The purpose of this little circular is to show the plan for constructing an efficient, and inexpensive septic tank for the disposal of sewage from the farm home. If properly installed this tank will need no attention whatever except the removal of the greater part of the sludge every three or four years. If a larger plan of the tank is desired, it may be obtained in blueprint form for five cents (to cover the cost of the blue print paper) by addressing the Extension Division of the South Dakota State College, Brookings, S. Dak.
A Servicable Farm Barn, R. Patty
A Servicable Farm Barn, R. Patty
SDSU Extension Circulars
There is a great demand for a plan of a general barn suitable for a South Dakota farm of from a quarter to a half section of land. Not only are old buildings being replaced but a very great number of larger tracts are being divided into separate farms and entire sets of new buildings are being erected. These facts, more than any others, probably account for the large number of requests received by the Extension Division for such a plan. The plan presented in this circular, we believe will best meet this need.
Farm Building Ventilation, R. Patty
Farm Building Ventilation, R. Patty
SDSU Extension Circulars
This circular is a reply to an ever increasing number of inquiries about the ventilation of farm buildings received by the Extension Division. The plans show how satisfactory homemade ventilating systems can be installed. Complete commercial systems may also be secured today that give good satisfaction.
Hog Houses For South Dakota, R. L. Patty
Hog Houses For South Dakota, R. L. Patty
SDSU Extension Circulars
Good housing is essential to successful hog raising. While several sows may do fairly well with their litters around an old strawstack or shack under favorable weather conditions, it will pay in the long run to figure on good housing and care, if the business is to show the best profit. The writer has attempted to put as much helpful material in as little space as possible for anyone planning to build a hoghouse. If changes are made in the plan the details and suggestions should still be of service. It is hard to make changes of any consequence in …
Vegetable Storage, F. E. Mccall
Vegetable Storage, F. E. Mccall
SDSU Extension Circulars
Need of Food. A nation at war is a nation with a food problem. A nation with a food shortage is a nation in peril. In the face of the present world food situation food products of all classes must necessarily be conserved in order that the demands of the nations for food may be met. Need of Storage. By the proper storage and utilization of vegetables larger quantities of the less perishable food products will be released for shipment across the Atlantic, and the people at home will be well supplied with food. This year, the need for proper …