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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1940
Page
23
South Dakota 4 H Club work, led by H M Jones, is described as an educational program rooted in farm and home life. The piece outlines how 4 H adapts to dry years, range conditions, and regional strengths, promoting sorghums, grasses, and stock farming from beef cattle to lamb feeding, with emphasis on practical farm education.
Demonstration shelterbelt in state fair grounds showcases October start for lamb feeding lasting about 100 days. Market day sales rely on prevailing prices and gain records. The piece highlights 4-H breeding stock sales, club members Wayne Hamilton Merlin Hodgson Peter Fox Roger Ritchey and others, and emphasizes adaptability of 4-H to evolving farm needs.
Mrs Edward Larson shared that her family of ten boys and five girls will become farmers. They operate a 481 acre home farm ten miles northwest of Forestruck. Sons Edward Jr., 23, Floyd 27, Charlie 23, Malcolm 21, Kenneth 20, Clarence 18, Leva 16, Arthur 15, Harlan 12, and Alec 5 help on the farm with 40 cattle, 12 sows, 22 ewes and 15 horses.
Beadle County farmers build stockwater dams and dugouts to store runoff for grazing season. Diversion dikes shift water from channels to drought stricken grasslands, reviving overgrazed pastures. Robert Vogelman of Burr Oak Township lost much of his calf crop in 1934 due to water shortages and seeks Soil Conservation Service help. H A Curtis of Richland Township already built a small dam and requests further assistance to improve and stabilize it.
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