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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1942
Page
21
The article details sorghum as highly susceptible to diseases affecting other cereals like corn and wheat. It notes disease resistance breeding at Experiment Station and Cottonwood range field studies on sorghum rotation effects with corn and small grains, including fertilizer trials, to assess soil impact and yield outcomes.
South Dakota farmers face a major 1942 task to produce record quantities of milk eggs meat vegetables oils and fish. The AAA program supports increased, targeted production with soil conservation measures and Ever Normal Granary reserves to protect prices and supply.
Evening Huronite Farm Writer visited Harold Kutzler's farm north of Huron where the owner and his wife bought the quarter section housing buildings. He noted last year's cane crop using a duck fo ot cultivator and feeding cane back, plus neighbors buying excess. Corn suffered from hopper damage, but barley crop provided ample feed.
A garbled Wilmington dispatch from February 24 warned of a long running farmer war over corn. The text cites predicted disruptions tied to dwindling wheat supplies and a push for year round grazing and allotments, with references to drought and economic strain impacting farmers in the southeast.
Dairyman Fred Steuerwald of Beadle County urges better feeding and management to boost food production for the war effort. He notes cows are fed a balanced ration of hay cane and corn silage ground barley and soybean meal while testing for common cattle diseases. Steuerwald advocates grain sorghums as versatile feed for hogs cows poultry and turkeys and describes his confined range turkey operation with planned expansion and improved equipment to endure the emergency.
An editorial note highlights Brookings South Dakota agricultural experiment station work on sorghum breeding led by C. J. Franzke. The Q and A cover early varieties, reducing lodging and disease, dual purpose grain or forage types, and the station’s aim to develop hardy, high yielding, early maturing sorghums for the northwest plains.
Brookings Feb 24 report from W D Termohlen notes U S shell eggs sent to Great Britain incur losses no greater than normal domestic shipping. Major Lloyd-George cites 5.3 percent losses. Officials say spoilage and breakage drive losses, and domestic U S losses range 2 to 5 percent.
In Longmont Colorado on February 24 a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hauck Powell, rode a horse drawn sleigh through town the day the government said new cars were withdrawn from the market. Powell praised the sleigh as what the country needs, noting it had family history but long unused.
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