Soil Conservation Districts Mobilize for Wartime Production
South Dakota soil and moisture districts have mobilized thousands of workers for wartime farming. About 2,300 farmers operate under full conservation plans, with many more receiving technical help. Districts now cover six and a half million acres, about one sixth of the state’s farmland, reflecting strong public support and continued growth through district additions and educational programs.
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South Dakota
So Conservation Committee
Alreay
Elm Creek-Midland
Hand
West Beale County
Elm Creek-Midand
Bec
Wacy
Tse Soil Conservation Service
Ae Huren Scs
CCC
Silver Creek, Co
Cnter
Tulare-Redfield
Winborn
Spink and
Clark
Carr
Sanborn County
Veytkime
State Soil Conservi
Ion
State Soil Constration
John V. Heplew
Vé Brookings
I. B. Johnson
Brookings
Millard Scott
Pierre
Bard Bammerquist
Fists
Ross D. Davies
South Dakota Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Soil Conservation Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Subsurface tillage boosts Dakota production drive
Subsurface tillage, soil moisture conservation method, gains adoption in central and western South Dakota. Farmers report higher yields up to 6 bushels per acre, reduced runoff, and fewer wind erosion issues, with cases showing 25 percent yield gains and better moisture retention after harvest. Community programs and extensions note broader adoption and ongoing refinement of technique.
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South Dakota
Central Andwestern
Soil Conservation Service
Scsccc
Sunshine State
Lincoln
Nebraska
F. L. Daley
J. C. Russell
University of Nebraska Experiment Station
Willem Jensen
George Nelson
Woonsocket
Silver Creek
John Berg
Tom Battrud
Battrud
Winner
Edmund Heying
Heying
Con Conat
Winder
Frank Rohrs
Chamberlain
Rohrs
Kota State College
Daly and Fissell
Marshall
AAA
Farm Security Administration
Extension Service
Forest Service
Creested Wheatgrass Trials Suppress Creeping Jenny
Fifteen acres of crested wheatgrass on Nels Madsen’s Carpenter farm show promise in controlling creeping Jenny. Planted in 1937 38 at under 3 pounds per acre the rows 92 inches apart, the grass spreads and crowds out the weed. Other growers Everett Hazlett and David Peterson report similar success in Jackson County with strips seeded in 1917. The grass provides good pasture and seed, with fieldwork hindered by grasshoppers, suggesting grass as a weed control method inching toward broader adoption.
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Nels Madsen
Carpenter Bids
Jenny
Madsen
Sail Conservation Service
Wolsey-Shoe Creek
Carpenter Sail Conservation District
Everett Hazlett
David Peterson
Well
Jackson County
Peterson
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