Farm Review Highlights Dairy and Poultry Facts
Weekly farm summary from Dakota State College extension covers civilian cheese share in production, food value of cheese, and shipping resilience. It also discusses poultry tuberculosis risks, culling hens after first laying year, tuberculin testing, and egg production by top breeds. Additional notes cover National Poultry Improvement Plan and November price index shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota State
South Dakota
Boyd A. Ivory
State College Extension Poultryman
Mc.Ivory
United States
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
National Poultry Improvement Plan
U. S. Department of Agriculture
S. D. Poultry Improvement Association
State College Extension Service
Tillage Methods Cut Hopper Damage In South Dakota
Dr. Gerald Spawn reports on tillage as insect control near Winner and Hecla, with fall tillage in clay soils destroying up to 81 percent of hoppers, mold board plowing, and discing yielding 74 to 76 percent control. 100 percent near Hecla suggested, and a pamphlet of results available via county agents. Also warns against confusing joint ill with erysipelas in pigs and advises veterinary diagnosis and proper sanitation. Victory gardeners plan 1944 expands gardens and community plots with SD Extension help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Spawn
South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
Winner
Heela
Reliance
Chamberlain
Hecla
Spawn
G. A. McDonald
State College Extension Animal Husbandryman
Victory
Uncle Sam
War Food Administration
South Dakota
State College
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Farm Prices Record Exceeds Base Period 1909 14
Farm prices rise sharply with a 92 percent increase over the 1909 14 base period, marking a record for the era. The note underscores ongoing inflation in farm markets and the sustained gap between current prices and prewar levels.
Haas Sentenced To Life Term In Milbank
Haas, who was to be executed in 1942 for the shooting of Grant County Sheriff Melbourne Lewis, is returned to the state penitentiary for a life term under a new sentence imposed in Milbank by Judge W W Knight. Through habeas corpus proceedings, the original death sentence set aside, the case remanded to circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Geo
Clifford Haas
Grant County
Melbourne
Lewis
Milbank
W. W. ‘Knight
S . Haas
Supreme Court
Howard Babcock
Governor Proclaims South Dakota Aviation Week
Governor Sharpe issued a proclamation designating December 12 to 18 as South Dakota Aviation Week. It marks the Wright Brothers 1903 flight anniversary with a national observance and a radio tribute to Orville Wright. The notice urges residents to support military aviation recruiting and to write letters of thanks to air fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Marine Corps Air Forces
South
Esmond WSCS Clears $20.45 On Dinner
The Esmond Methodist WSCS served a dinner at Esmond Hall Friday and netted 20.45 dollars. A business meeting elected Mrs. Ray Miller president, Mrs. John Davis vice president, Mrs. Merritt Fenner secretary, and Mrs. Frank Richards treasurer. They voted to hold the community New Year’s Day dinner and set the next meeting for December 17 with a Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmond
WSCS
Methodist Wscs
Esmond Hall
Ray Miller
John Davis
Merritt Fenner
Frank Richards
South Dakota Tax Collections Rise Two Percent in 1942
South Dakota counties school districts and towns collected 17,894,500 dollars in 1942, a two percent gain over 1941 and 90.65 percent of the total levy of 19,740,487. Several counties did not report, while Clay and Lincoln led in collection percentage and Moody and Minnehaha posted strong results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vvv
Pierre
Dakota
Roy A. Nord
Faulk
Gregory
Hanson
Brookings
Hyde
Clay
Lincoln High Clay
Lincoln
Brown
Davison
Day
Grant
Minnehaha
Eee
Moody
Imgh
Armstrong
Turner
Ziebach Agar
Washington, Bennett
Dewey
Stanley, Hyde and
Hankon
Exchange of Gifts and Pot Luck Lunch
A casual event featured an exchange of gifts followed by a pot luck lunch. Attendees shared dishes and hospitality in a friendly gathering celebrating community and fellowship.
Stickney Yankton Officers Promoted In War Dept Confirmations
The War Department announced temporary officer promotions in South Dakota and Yankton. 2nd Lts move to 1st Lts, including Irving Wilhite of Stickney and Orrin Sorenson of Yankton, with rank details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickney
Yankton
Washington
War Department
South Dakota
Irving Junior Wilhite
Stick
Jerauld County Red Cross Elects Officers
Wessington Springs elects Dr. Lucille Calverley as chairman with Mrs Herbert Burchfield Lane as vice chair, Mrs Hazel Bidleman as treasurer, and Mrs Floyd Bunday as secretary at its annual meeting last week in Wessington Springs South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wessington Springs
Jerauld County
Red Cross
Lucille Calverley
Herbert Burchfield
Lane
Hazel. Bidleman
Floyd ‘Bunday
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allies
Dalalut
Donerburn
Bell-apa Bebies
Raturn
Haas
Beadle
Clan J A
Hughes
Jerauld
Kingsbury
Miner
Potter
A Sanborn
Spink
Sully
Orrin Martin Sorenson
Jerauld County Red Cross
Thor Obourbom
Kentucky
HUHON
Koplow Brow, Inc
Distriputora Bloux
Bell Telephone Company
Om Habicht’s
Russell Wright
American Modern Pottery
Minerva
Cambridge
Haeger Pottery
Syrogo
Hilly Billy
Hummel
Wrisley
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