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Economic Opportunities Available To Farmers On 160-Acre Farms In Southeastern South Dakota, Leonard R. Benning

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

How can farm income be increased on 160-acre farms in south-eastern South Dakota? This question has been asked by many farmers who are trying to determine the most profitable cropping and livestock systems. The most profitable farm organization depends on how well the farmer selects his farm enterprises and combines the use of his land, labor, capital, and management. The major problem of the farm manager is selecting the enterprises in combination with available resources that will result in the greatest continuous earnings over a period of years. There is no one combination of cropping and livestock system which is …

Growth Measurements Of Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey And Jersey Males, H. P. Davis, I. L. Hathaway

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

This study was based on monthly observations of all Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey and Jersey males born in the University of Nebraska dairy herd between 1922 and 1942. There were varying numbers of animals for the different months of age for the several breeds. Measurements of weight, slope of the rump, thickness of skin, and 13 linear measurements were taken monthly, from birth to disposal of the animals. The linear measurements were of heights at withers, hooks and rump; of lengths-diagonal (shoulder point to pinbone), body and rump; of widths at chest, hooks and pinbones; of depths at chest and barrel; …

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1959

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1959, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Sheep Production Guide, James J. O'Connell

SDSU Extension Circulars

Sheep production in South Dakota offers farmers an additional means of stabilizing their income and production. The two cash crops per year, wool and lambs, have always been popular. With the necessity of planting more grasses and legumes to conserve our land, the need of putting more emphasis on roughage-consuming animals is evident. During World War II the sheep numbers in the United States declined about 40 percent from their high peak of 1942. However, since the United States produces only a fraction of the wool that this country consumes, and with sheep numbers likely to stay below the peak …

Beekeeping In South Dakota, R. J. Walstrom, W. M. Hantsbarger

SDSU Extension Circulars

Beekeeping has provided many persons with a satisfying and continually interesting hobby. To others it means a profitable sideline easily fitted to a farming or other full-time occupation. The commercial beekeeper finds that this phase of agriculture provides him with an independent and respectable way of making a comfortable livmg. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide persons who are interested in starting a few colonies of bees a source of basic information suited to Northern Great Plains conditions. South Dakota provides the essential natural ingredients for the production of sizable crops of high quality honey. Honey bees also …

Vertical Integration And The South Dakota Farmer, Lyle M. Bender, Arthur W. Anderson, Leonard Benning

SDSU Extension Circulars

Agriculture is undergoing some vast structural changes. These changes can be most readily seen in the way our methods of production and marketing are being organized, and in the tools with which we work. Technology has given us new or improved machines and equipment, improved crop varieties and livestock, and new or improved feeds and other farm production items. Most of this new technology in agriculture has increased production, saved labor, and increased the use of capital. The organizational revolution, which is now receiving most attention, involves farms as production and marketing units, and non-farm business units supplying production items …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Portable Floor Plate Brooder [p] 3
Iron in Water Creates a Laundering Problem [p] 7
Indian College Students Plan for the Future [p] 10
Insect Control for Alfalfa Seed Production in South Dakota [p] 16
Preserving Nutrients in Corn Silage [p] 20
Cooperative Integration in Marketing South Dakota Eggs [p] 24
Field Days [p] 28
A New Worming Product for Swine [p] 30

Motor Truck Transportation Of Cattle In Utah, Loren H. Grover

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The beef cattle industry in Utah is of major importance in the economy of the state. In terms of cash receipts it is the largest single agricultural enterprise. In 1957 cash receipts from the sale of cattle and calves amounted to $38,405,000. This figure represents approximately 70 percent of cash receipts from the sale of all meat animals. It comprises 33 percent of cash receipts from the sale of livestock and livestock products and 24 percent of total cash receipts from farm marketings (2).

The production of beef animals will continue to assume a position of importance in Utah's agriculture, …

1959 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International "Little I" Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Stratifying Seed [p] 3
Asparagus Can Be Nutritious and Delicious [p] 5
Soil Surveys Provide Valuable Information [p] 10
Agriculture on South Dakota’s Communal Farms [p] 12
1959 Recommended Crop Varieties [p] 17
Blood Clotting Time in Cattle Fed Alfalfa Hay [p] 18
The Effect of Drying on the Nutritive Value of Corn [p] 22

Water Systems For The Farm, William Peterson

SDSU Extension Circulars

Water under pressure is necessary on the modern farm. Probably more tons of water are needed than any other single product handled on the farm. Handling it automatically, with a pressure system, will save much work and time. Without water under pressure, animals often do not get enough water and production efficiency suffers. The home will be more sanitary if plenty of water, under pressure, is available.

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 1959, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Research In South Dakota: Seventy-Second Annual Report: July 1, 1958 - June 30, 1959, South Dakota State College

Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

4-H Leaders Guide, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College

SDSU Extension Circulars

The 4-H Club is a voluntary organization of rural and urban boys and girls, in and out of school, who are interested in learning more about the skills of farming and homemaking, cooperation, leadership, citizenship, and other things essential for continuous individual and social growth. Club members are expected to complete projects of their choice on their farm or in their home. In addition, they are to attend and participate in 4-H Club meetings and events.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Vitamin D Supplementation for Feeder Lambs [p] 3
S.D. 210—A New Corn Hybrid [p] 6
Shipping Eggs to Central Markets [p] 8
Sorghum Breeding Produces a Problem in Theoretical Research [p] 11
Gate Fastener—Fast Operating, Strong [p] 14
Former South Dakotan Becomes Dean [p] 16

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Fall 1958, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Economic And Legal Aspects Of Vertical Integration, Dale C. Dale

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Vertical integration, on the other hand, is the grouping of two or more complementary firms on different levels of the production-marketing process. For example, a processor and a farmer may unite or a supplier, farmer, processor and wholesaler may combine under centralized management. The key idea is the extent of control that can be exercised by the central decision maker or "integrator," It is important to understand that vertical integration is concerned only with single enterprises or single commodities at the present time. A multi-enterprise farmer may integrate only part of his farming operation. A farmer who deals in wheat, …

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1958, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Beef Production Guide, James O'Connell

SDSU Extension Circulars

This circular, published by the Agricultural Extension Service of South Dakota State College in 1958, provides instructions for the selecting of beef animals, feeding the baby beef, general care and management, and fitting and showing. Additionally, topics such as range management, market classes and grades, and diseases and parasites are discussed.

Beef Production Guide For South Dakota 4-H Club Members, James O'Connell

SDSU Extension Circulars

This circular, published by the Agricultural Extension Service of South Dakota State College in 1958, provides instructions for the selecting of beef animals, feeding the baby beef, general care and management, and fitting and showing, all tailored to the 4-H club member. Additionally, topics such as range management, market classes and grades, and diseases and parasites are discussed.

The Fourth "H" Is Health : Family Health, Helen Becker, Don K. Wiles

SDSU Extension Circulars

Family health depends in part upon (1) hygiene and grooming habits, (2) sanitation practices, and (3) emergency preparations. During the year, you are expected to make two or more improvements to your family's health habits or practices. This manual will discuss how this requirement might be met. To meet this requirement, you need the full cooperation of your parents and other members of your family. This means that you and your family will have to hold several family discussions on the problem of family health. During these sessions members of your family should study their personal health habits, the family's …

The Fourth "H" Is Health : Personal Health, Helen Becker, Don K. Wiles

SDSU Extension Circulars

"The 4th H is Health." Your 4-H pledge says, "I pledge my Health to better living." This means that you must develop good health habits. Because your health is effected by your habits, this unit of the 4-H health activity is devoted to the study of personal health habits. You are expected to study your habits, determine ways for improvement and to correct some of your faults. Usually, it is advisable to try to change only a few faults at a time; rather than all of them at once. If you continuously work at self improvement, you will be surprised …

Beef Performance Testing On Farm And Ranch, Henry P. Holzman

SDSU Extension Circulars

This circular has been prepared to assist in answering the increasing number of questions being asked by producers of commercial and purebred cattle about the methods, principles and values of the Performance Test for beef cattle. Performance testing is nothing new. Improvement in livestock ever since the beginning of the various breeds, has been due to some form of performance test. Such tests have been based on either observation or some form of records. Knowledge of underlying principles and the relative value of different methods has, until recent years, been lacking in beef cattle testing. Research projects conducted during the …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Feeding the Young Pig [p] 3
The Bronze Birch Borer and Its Control [p] 6
Horticultural Uses for Plastics [p] 10
Russian Knapweed [p] 16
Pastures in Eastern South Dakota [p] 23
Effects of Inbreeding on Dairy Cattle [p] 28
1975 Acreage Reserve Program [p] 30

Cost Of Marketing Utah Lambs At Alternative Markets, Norman E. Wright

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Importance of lamb marketings

The production and marketing of lambs is important in Utah's economy. In 1956, Utah ranked fifth in the United States in lambs produced and saved, with 1,038,000 head produced and 840,000 marketed for consumption, table 1. Cash receipts from the lamb marketings during the year amounted to over 10 million dollars, and in addition, the state's economy benefited through revenues, employment, and raw materials which were provided by the lamb industry.

Marketing decisions

Lamb producers and handlers are faced with many decisions in marketing their lambs. They not only must decide when and where to sell, …

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1958, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

1958 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International "Little I" Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

In This Issue:
Protect Seedling Tree Roots from Frost [p] 3
Sorghum Stands [p] 6
Fowl Cholera [p] 10
Three Research Units Now Serving Farmers [p] 14
Dehorning Yearling Beef Steers—Does It Pay? [p] 16
Milk Per Acre [p] 20
Stilbestrol [p] 23
Sprinkler Irrigation [p] 30

Utah's Future Water Problems, Wayne D. Criddle

Faculty Honor Lectures

Utah is rapidly changing from what was once predominately an agricultural state to an urban and industrial state. This shift is not decreasing our water needs; it is often intensifying these needs and creating many new problems. Perhaps we should ask ourselves-are we prepared to recognize and accept these changes? Are we really facing up to the problems that are developing or are we turning our heads and hoping they will go away? These changes involve technical, legal, and sociological problems never before encountered, some of which I should like to discuss.

Before attempting to look at Utah's water problems …