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Organizing Watersheds In South Dakota, Joseph Paulson
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
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
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.
Good Taste In Dress, Anna Walker
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.
Meal Planning For South Dakota 4-H Girls, Jane Meyer
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!
Rat And Mouse Control On The Farm, John Lofgren
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 …
Meat: Selection-Care-Cookery, Rena Wills
Meat: Selection-Care-Cookery, Rena Wills
SDSU Extension Circulars
Meats are excellent protein foods. Meat protein contains generous amounts of the essential amino acids. These are the amino acids which your food must provide to enable your body to build its protein. Protein rich vegetables and cereals may lack one or more of these essential amino acids. Meat enhances their protein value when it is served with them. The B vitamins and the minerals--phosphorus, iron and copper--are found along with protein in the meat. Pork is an exceptionally good source of thiamine and iron. Under ordinary circumstances, if your protein needs are met, your body's need for the B …
Make A Slip Cover, Rosa Starkey
Make A Slip Cover, Rosa Starkey
SDSU Extension Circulars
A well-made, properly styled slip cover has a place in today's home decoration, for it can give a new and fresh appearance to a room. The slip cover described in this bulletin is made in several ·separate sections. With this method the number of sections will depend on the structure of the chair. Usually the back is one finished piece, each arm one piece, the seat-base and seat-front one piece, and the cushion one piece, totaling five separate sections. Because this slip cover has separate sections, it is easy to make and easy to fit smoothly to the chair. When …