Farm Repair Schools Aid Farmers Under War Program
State College Extension reports successful launch of farm machinery repair schools in multiple counties to teach farmers to repair equipment and order parts early, amid shortages as steel shifts to war production. Emphasizes tractor reliance for production and urges planning before spring field work.
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Brookings
Pearl Harbor
South Dakota
Usda War Board
Extension Service
Ide
Flandréau
Miller
Redfield
Menno
Winner
Chamberlain
Plankinton
South’ Dakota
Agristral Engineering
Ralph Frevick
Defense
Colege
Joseph L
J. J Case Company
John Svartos
Svartos
Hill
Albert Hauffe
AAA
Leola
Frevick
Mr. Svartos
J. L
Lard Outperforms Other Fats In Cooking Tests
American Meat Institute studies rate lard at 100 percent shortening power versus 74 percent for animal stearine and 73 to 79 percent for hydrogenated cottonseed oils. Trials show 25 percent less lard can equal full oil in pie crusts, while a 73 pound load of lard matches 100 pounds of oil for same shortness. The research highlights lard’s digestibility, plastic range and economy as key cooking fat benefits.
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American Meat Institute
Keep Prices Hold Steady to Spur Farm Production Says Christiansen
Beadle County farmer Nels Christiansen argues steady prices will push farmers to raise more food. He notes profits from selling hogs at higher prices covered feed costs, and recalls farming changes since 1920 including drought resilience, cane and Soon er Mile sorghum cultivation. He and his son Christie run a joint operation using shared machinery, with emphasis on proper machinery upkeep and tractor maintenance to meet ahead of a likely labor shortage.
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Christiansen
Beadle County
Huron
Jmain
Seliig
Crain
Sen
Christie
Christiansens
South Dakota
Swartps
Hill
Nels Christiansen
Rationing Quotas Set for March in South Dakota
Pierre February 24 State Rationing Administrator Guy Harding announced South Dakota March quotas for tires and tubes for passenger cars and trucks. Passenger tires 519, tubes 434. truck and bus tires 1,216, tubes 1,367. Up to 523 retreaded tires may be bought for trucks and buses, with no retread allotments in March for passenger cars. Farm equipment gets a new quota classification. Harding to send county quotas later this week.
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Pierre
Guy Harding
South Dakota
Christiansen hog and cattle operation plans large spring pigs
The Christiansens manage hog production with two litters yearly, featuring 50 October-born fall pigs and 12 sows preparing for spring litters, while selling oversized sows weighing 500 pounds after four litters. They use Sudan grass for summer hog pasture, grow oats and barley mixtures for early pasture, and keep a Hereford-leaning 50 head cattle herd split about half Hereford, half Shorthorn in demand markets.
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Christiansen
Christiansens
Sudan
Avon Springs Action Group Forms Local Problems Club
Newly organized in Avon Springs South Dakota the Action Group met at the school house with 31 farm families including 12 non FSA borrowers. A chairman secretary and committees were chosen to plan programs and entertainments for monthly meetings. They discussed housing tenant improvements and salvaging vacant farm buildings with a plan to repair or raze and reuse lumber. Health and group medical aid were emphasized for a satisfactory living level. Next meeting topics include garden irrigation grasshopper control poultry care livestock feeding and waste material salvage for defense.
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Avon Springs
South Dakota
FSA
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State College Extension
Toronto
Raymond ‘Antonen
Sam
Ings
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Federal Deposit Inovra Mience Corporation
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Action Group
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
J. W. Kriens
Watertown
Im. Wells
Aberdeen
TS. Mayer
Yankton
M. J. Orange
N. Broadway
L. W. Tesch
Mitchell
D. Morrill
18Th St
Sioux Falls
Badgerow
Sioux City
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