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4-H Club : Clothing Project "A" Plan, Anna Walker
4-H Club : Clothing Project "A" Plan, Anna Walker
SDSU Extension Circulars
Have you ever been unhappy and probably disagreeable because you couldn't have a certain dress, shoes or hat that you thought you just had to have? Most girls, and sometimes grown people, at one time or another have felt this way. Usually these girls would not have felt unhappy about being unable to have a certain dress if they had made a study of their clothing expenditures and had spent their money wisely.
South Dakota Crop Varieties : Recommendations And Descriptions, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
South Dakota Crop Varieties : Recommendations And Descriptions, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
Growing adapted varieties insures more stable production and creates new wealth. Using unadapted varieties often invites disaster and causes wide fluctuation in feed and grain supplies. It is recognized that there are two important and profitable markets for grain in the state, namely, (1) market through livestock feeding and (2) industrial uses.
4-H Club : Meal Planning "B" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
4-H Club : Meal Planning "B" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
The B-Plan is to help you with the planning and preparing of luncheons or suppers. The number of meals per day is a matter of custom. Our three meals are breakfast, luncheon and dinner. We eat one light meal (breakfast), one moderate meal (luncheon or supper) and one heavy meal (dinner). In this plan we are concerned with the moderate meal. Noon seems like the favored time for this meal. There is more variety in luncheon menus than in breakfast menus. Such factors as age, sex, occupation, state of health, habit and season influence what we eat at each meal. …
4-H Club : Meal Planning "A" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
4-H Club : Meal Planning "A" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
The A Plan is designed to assist with the planning and preparing of dinners. Eating properly planned and prepared meals is essential to the health of the individual.Girls who are taking A plan know the Basic Seven Food Groups, so while working with dinners, you must keep in mind the Basic Seven, to see that you and your family have each food group the number of times recommended each day. There is no better way pf lea1ning to like foods than when one is learning to prepare them. A good cook enjoys eating good food. This circular will help you …
Water And Sewage : Systems For The Farm, George Mcphee, Louis Lubinus
Water And Sewage : Systems For The Farm, George Mcphee, Louis Lubinus
SDSU Extension Circulars
In order to enjoy the use of running water in a modern kitchen and bathroom on the farm, a means of sanitary sewage disposal is necessary. Such a system is not complicated. It can be installed wherever a public sewer is not available.
4-H Club : Home Life Project "A" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
4-H Club : Home Life Project "A" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
The living room should be so planned and arranged that all members of the family enjoy it. This room should be comfortable, convenient, and pleasant. It should provide space for the interests of each member and it should express a spirit of welcome to guests. After a family planning session you'll probably find that your family wants the living room to include a reading unit, a conversation unit, a writing unit, a sewing unit and possibly a music unit.
4-H Club : Clothing Project "B" Plan, Anna Walker
4-H Club : Clothing Project "B" Plan, Anna Walker
SDSU Extension Circulars
How the teen-age girl can cover all the necessities of the wardrobe plus the · very special articles of clothing every girl loves might be answered by the slogan "sew your own, and select with care." For school the teen-ager needs clothes that are comfortable and easy to wear as well as smart. Most girls agree that Jeans and Sloppy Joes go for picnics but when it comes to school and occasions where she is out among folks; and wants to look her best it is important to be dressed in "girl's clothes."
Christmas Gift Ideas For 1948, Mabel E. Bryan
Christmas Gift Ideas For 1948, Mabel E. Bryan
SDSU Extension Circulars
Here comes Christmas with its almost unbearable excitement. The stockings crammed with goodies and toys, important packages in gaudy be-ribboned paper-the tree a wonder of tinsel and bright ornaments. To help you make merry, in these pages you will find ideas for happy giving. The heart of Christmas is the shining quality of warm friendliness that reaches beyond the narrow safe island of a family to other families and peoples. It's the loving kindness that can live all year long. It's the Christmas spirit tucked into the gifts and trimmings that makes Christmas.
Cribbing Corn To Meet Credit Commodity Corporation Loan Requirements, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
Cribbing Corn To Meet Credit Commodity Corporation Loan Requirements, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
How Good a Crib Is Needed To Get a Com Loan? Corn stored in any crib which meets the requirements of floors, roofs and width for the county in which it is stored; will be approved for commodity credit loan at 90% of parity or approximately $1.34 to $1.40 a bushel. (see map on page 1.) However no matter how good the crib is, if the corn at the time it is delivered to the Commodity Credit Corporation, does not grade Number 3 or better, it will be the farmer's loss. The same is true of purchase agreements. When delivery …
4-H Home Economics Club : Local Leaders' Guide, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
4-H Home Economics Club : Local Leaders' Guide, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
This section of the Local Leader’s Guide is to help you assist the club in planning its work for the year. A written program for the year helps you to have well-rounded, worthwhile club meetings and encourages club members to assume responsibility for their contribution to each meeting. Necessary changes can be made as the year progresses, The program is most satisfying when it is planned cooperatively by the members with the guidance of the club leader. If the club is large, a committee of girls can be chosen to assist with the planning.
4-H : Share With Your Community, Elizabeth Dawson Kiser
4-H : Share With Your Community, Elizabeth Dawson Kiser
SDSU Extension Circulars
4-H club teaches you skills and gives you a working knowledge of many things. You can share your club skills with others.
4-H Club : Clothing Project "C" Plan, Anna D. Walker
4-H Club : Clothing Project "C" Plan, Anna D. Walker
SDSU Extension Circulars
Goals for completion of “C” Plan (cottons for home and school), suggested for beginning girls: to learn proper clothing care, to make better choices, to learn to sew and save, and to know how to look your best.
4-H Club : Meal Planning "C" Plan, Elizabeth Dawson Kiser
4-H Club : Meal Planning "C" Plan, Elizabeth Dawson Kiser
SDSU Extension Circulars
The 4-H Meal Planning C Plan has to do with planning and preparing breakfasts. Do you want to have sparkling eyes, shinning hair and a pleasant disposition? Eating a good breakfast every morning will give you these. Dr. Lydia Roberts, a well known food specialist, says, ''From many standpoints, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Your body has been without food for 10 to 12 hours and should be supplied with the different kinds of food needed for the morning's activities. If you do not have enough to eat, or the right kind of breakfast, you show …
4-H Club : Home Life Project "C" Plan, Vivian Iverson
4-H Club : Home Life Project "C" Plan, Vivian Iverson
SDSU Extension Circulars
Do you want your home to be an attractive and convenient place in which to live? Then start checking to see what you can do to make your home more attractive, convenient and livable.
Gardening, Leonard Yager
Gardening, Leonard Yager
SDSU Extension Circulars
There is no better way of cutting food costs than to raise food in your own garden. It can't be denied that vegetables are fresh when they are picked right from the garden. Quality and food value of purchased vegetables are lost by delay in getting them to the consumer. Gardening is fun. It provides a useful form of recreation for the entire family.
4-H Club : Home Life Project "B" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
4-H Club : Home Life Project "B" Plan, Agricultural Extension Service, South Dakota State College
SDSU Extension Circulars
Home Life Project “B” Plan: Bedroom or Child’s Room. Would you like to fix over your room, actually doing some of those things that you've always dreamed? Fixing over your room can be fun and will give you the opportunity to use your imagination and express your own ideas. Your bedroom used for sleeping and dressing, study or reading should be arranged for ease and comfort. A room simply furnished may be made much more attractive than one cluttered up with unnecessary pieces of furniture that have neither use nor beauty.
Thinking Of Others At Christmas, Anna M. Wilson
Thinking Of Others At Christmas, Anna M. Wilson
SDSU Extension Circulars
A true gift is a joy to give and a pleasure to receive. Such a gift doesn't just happen, it grows. It takes thought and planning. Then it takes some doing. Gifts made at home will not stretch the purse strings too far, and they can be hand-tailored to the friend. The best gift may not be wrapped in tissue and ribbon-it might be an invitation to a Christmas tea party. Thinking of others will make Christmas the most joyous season of the year-as it should be.
Dropping Pits, J. Ervin Boyd
Dropping Pits, J. Ervin Boyd
SDSU Extension Circulars
Dropping pits or "roosting racks" have become popular with the poultry raisers wherever they have been used. Many folks have replaced their roosts with dropping pits. People with old barns, hog houses or other buildings that have -been remodeled into a poultry laying house have asked for information on constructing dropping pits. Folks who have used the pit type roost cite the following advantages: Labor saving, aids sanitation, keeps the eggs cleaner, helps to keep the litter dry, provides a good place for hens to rest, and may save some eggs.
Window Fashions, Mabel E. Bryan
Window Fashions, Mabel E. Bryan
SDSU Extension Circulars
Windows let sunshine and beauty into rooms, just as the eyes let light and joy into the soul. Windows should be allowed to serve their purpose and not be overloaded with curtains and draperies. They should be decorated to create a restful and cheerful atmosphere within the room. The best treatment depends on the size, shape, and arrangement of the windows, as well as the general characteristic of the room and its surroundings.
Bake Bread Successfully, Anna M. Wilson
Bake Bread Successfully, Anna M. Wilson
SDSU Extension Circulars
During the latter spring and summer months of 1946 the United States was able to send more wheat abroad to starving people because we use 80 percent extraction flour instead of the customary 72 percent. Using 80 percent extraction flour taught us that degree of refinement does make a difference in the way flour must be handled in making yeast bread. In this circular we shall learn why wheat means so much to a world harassed with famine and how we can make better use of wheat by understanding the principals involved in breadmaking.
Small Fruit Culture For South Dakota, A. L. Ford
Small Fruit Culture For South Dakota, A. L. Ford
SDSU Extension Circulars
It can no longer be said that small fruits are not successful in South Dakota. Everywhere in the state people are having remarkable success with the small fruits providing they confine their efforts only to the hardy varieties. It is true that there are some of the small fruits that cannot be recommended for use here, because of their lack of hardiness, but there are plenty of hardy ones from which to choose. In the near future there are almost certain to be more hardy varieties developed by our plant breeders.
Suggestions On The Incorporation Of Cooperative Livestock Shipping Associations Under The Laws Of South Dakota, M. R. Benedict, Turner Wright
Suggestions On The Incorporation Of Cooperative Livestock Shipping Associations Under The Laws Of South Dakota, M. R. Benedict, Turner Wright
SDSU Extension Circulars
The cooperative shipping of livestock form South Dakota points has become so general that nearly every farm is familiar with the workings of the Cooperative Shipping Association. During the early stages of this movement; that is, up to the present time, these organizations have been for the most part loosely formed, unincorporated associations of producers with no very permanent existence. Where they were well managed, they have accomplished fairly well the principal purposes of a livestock shipping association; namely, the narrowing of the handling margin at the local points, better grading of the stock shipped, and the elimination of excessive …
The Business Of Farming In Northeastern South Dakota, H. D. Mccollough
The Business Of Farming In Northeastern South Dakota, H. D. Mccollough
SDSU Extension Circulars
How shall one go about it to make money from farming in Northeastern South Dakota? What size of farm is desirable and what combination of crops and livestock will pay best? In an effort to find an answer to these questions and to build up some standards by which the farmers in the Northeastern part of the State might measure their business, the Demonstrator cooperated with the County Agents in Clark and Day Counties, and with the Smith-Hughes Agricultural Instructor at Sisseton, in summarizing 16 farm account books that had been kept by farmers. The averages for these 16 farms …
The Business Of Farming In Southeastern South Dakota, H. D. Mccollough
The Business Of Farming In Southeastern South Dakota, H. D. Mccollough
SDSU Extension Circulars
How shall one go about it to make money from farming in Southeastern South Dakota? What size of farm is desirable and what combination of crops and livestock will pay best? In an effort to find an answer to these questions and to build up some standards by which the farmers in the Southeastern part of the State might measure their business the Demonstrator cooperated with the County Agents in Clay, Minnehaha, Lake and Union Counties, and with the Smith-Hughes Agricultural Instructor at Letcher, in summarizing 21 farm account books that had been kept by farmers. The average for these …
Phases Of Poultry Work (Feeding), Clara M. Sutter
Phases Of Poultry Work (Feeding), Clara M. Sutter
SDSU Extension Circulars
In this circular, created by the Agriculture Extension Service at South Dakota State College, the information provided focuses on the phases of poultry work in regards to feeding procedures. This information is given through the guidance of the Agriculture Department.
Take The Gamble Out Of Farm Leases, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension
Take The Gamble Out Of Farm Leases, South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension
SDSU Extension Circulars
Prices and costs are so uncertain that many farm leases, particularly those requiring the payment of cash, should be revised before March first, according to specialists in land economics of the United States Department of Agriculture. In a review of the situation by the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics it is pointed out that we may not have seen the last of radical price changes, such as lead to unexpected losses or gains to landlord, tenant, or both when bound by inflexible cash features in their lease contract. The more widespread instances in which the lease is inflexible …
Extension Projects : 1924, Ralph E. Johnston, George H. Valentine, G. S. Weaver, Ralph L. Patty, Turner Wright, Gerald Heebink, H. N. Jones, A. L. Ford, H. D. Mccullough, M. D. Benedict, Clara M. Sutter, Paul J. Scarbro, Azalea Linfield, Helen Day Lorshbaugh, Susan Z. Wilder, Mary A. Dolve
Extension Projects : 1924, Ralph E. Johnston, George H. Valentine, G. S. Weaver, Ralph L. Patty, Turner Wright, Gerald Heebink, H. N. Jones, A. L. Ford, H. D. Mccullough, M. D. Benedict, Clara M. Sutter, Paul J. Scarbro, Azalea Linfield, Helen Day Lorshbaugh, Susan Z. Wilder, Mary A. Dolve
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.
Propagation And Renewal Of Strawberries, A. L. Ford
Propagation And Renewal Of Strawberries, A. L. Ford
SDSU Extension Circulars
During the month of August there usually is a dull period for the strawberry club member. At this time there is nothing new coming up and because of this we feel that this month would be an excellent time to go into the propagation of strawberries and the renewal of strawberry beds. Every club member who intends to grow a few strawberries every year surely will find good use for this information.
Picking, Marketing And Canning Of Strawberries, A. L. Ford
Picking, Marketing And Canning Of Strawberries, A. L. Ford
SDSU Extension Circulars
Some may believe that strawberry picking is not a subject to be taken up for July but let us tell you why we are taking it up at this time. Club members who are planting spring bearing varieties will not get a crop until next June, but those who have planted everbearing varieties should get a fair crop this fall if it is not too dry. We are giving the first year members this information now so that they can use it for their everbearing varieties. This information should be filed away carefully so you can turn to it again …
Farm Sanitation, G. S. Weaver
Farm Sanitation, G. S. Weaver
SDSU Extension Circulars
Sanitation means to keep things clean, to be hygienic. Farm sanitation helps to preserve the health of domestic animals and, indirectly, the health of the people that live on the farm. Cleanliness, sunlight, fresh air, and disinfectants are the important factors in sanitation.