Cattle Feed Up 17 Percent in South Dakota in 1940
South Dakota reports a 17 per cent rise in cattle feeding over last year, with lamb feeding remaining steady. On January 1, 1940, 212000 sheep and lambs were on feed, up from 193000 a year earlier, while lambs on feed remain among the state’s historical highs. Prices are expected steady early in 1940 with higher cattle prices possible after midsummer.
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Brookings
Special
South Dakota
Belle Fourche
Flandreau
Hurley
South Datkota
Central
Shert-Central
Bushfield Withdraws From Delegates Selection
Governor Bushfield says he will not participate in choosing the South Dakota Republican convention delegates to Philadelphia. He met with national committeeman Harvey Jewett and national committee woman Mabel Rewton, leaving the slate to Jewett and Rowman. Eight delegates and eight alternates will be chosen in the May 7 primary.
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Jewett
Rowman Pierre
Bushfield
South Dakota
di Gates
Philadelphia
Bushfeld
Harvey Jewett
Aberdeen
Mabel Rewton
Deadwood
Jewet
Rowman
Adinistration
Huron Women Guests Of Wolsey Card Club
Huron women Mrs. Percy Washabaugh and Miss Jeanette Shaw won prizes at a Kilkare Club meeting last week. Lela Keller hosted a luncheon at Carson's Cafe. bridge was played at the Hagen home. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Harriet Darling and Mrs. W. L. Darling.
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Wolsey
Sco
Percy
Washabaugh
Euron
Jeanette Shaw
Kilkare
Lela Keller
Carson's Cafe
J. G. Hagen
Ralph Osmanson
Jack Irving
Out of Tewn
Harriet Darling
W.L. Darling
Anron
Ladies Aid meets in Bonilla and plans bake sale
Mrs. A M Miller hosted the Ladies Aid Society with Mrs. George McKichan in charge of the meeting. A bake sale runs all week at Winagar Cafe. The next meeting will elect officers March 7 at Mrs Eva Radtke's home. Lunch was served at closing.
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Ladies Aid
Bonilla
A.M. Miller
Ladies Aid Society
George MecKichan
Aid
Winagar
Eva Radtke
Miller
McKichan
Cream Buyers Warned To Guard Checks From Forgers
FIERRE Feb 27 CP Chig t A Searle urged cream station operators to keep check books under lock and key to deter forgers active since last summer. He noted many fl arers leave books on desks near scales, allowing blank checks to be torn out when operators are away. He urged securing blanks to spare merchants losses from forged paper.
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Fierre
Searle
Ieck
Key
Lovses
Attorney General's
Farmers Adopt Conservation in Setting Up Windbreaks In County
Wise land use under the Soil Conservation Service program guides Beadle County farmers since 1933. Over 250 participants in the Walsey Shue Creek area collaborate with federal agents to establish windbreaks and woodland plantings, combining soil, moisture, erosion, and economic factors with practical conservation methods. The article details site preparation, fallowing, plowing, and tree planter use, noting efforts to reduce wind velocity and produce wood while preserving soil resources.
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Beadle County
Soil Conservation Service
Walsey-Shue Creek
Les Windbreaks
Geologists To Study Tin Deposits In South Dakota
Washington reports that the geological survey may study tin deposits in the Hill City Harney Peak region of South Dakota if the four year strategic minerals program continues. Representative Francis Case notes last year’s minor expenditure on nearby tin deposits near Tinton. Mendenhall mentions a possible cooperative manganese study near Chamberlain, with independent state input if federal participation ends.
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Washington
Hill City-Harney Peak
South Dakota
Geological Survey
Francis Case
Tinton
D. W
Chamberlain
Mendenhall
Case
E. P. Rothrock
Vermillion
Past Matrons Meet Tulare Plans Banquet and Visit
The Past Matrons met at Mrs. Mary Marzahn's home with nine members present. They planned the annual Past Matrons and Past Patrons banquet at the Masonic Temple on March 28. Lunch followed the business session. The next meeting will be at Mrs. James Rush's home on March 22.
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Tulare
Cla
Mary Marzahn
Masonic Temple
Marzahn
James Rush
Daughter Born Near Redfield For Kloss Family
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harold Kloss in Baldwin hospital at Redfield last Wednesday according to a special note from Tulare February 27.
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Blunt
James Burley
Hess Cottage
Burl Tay
Parks Garage
Wil
Cliff Stewart
Tulare
Harold Kloss
Baldwin Hospital
Redfield
Livestock Dominates South Dakota Farm Income
Data from Prof G Lundy shows 1939 South Dakota farm gross income at 124 million dollars with livestock contributing three quarters. The report notes per farm income trends since 1920, the rise of livestock relative to crops, and government payments becoming a major income source through agricultural programs. Government payments totalled 23 million in 1939, crops 22 million, with earlier years showing similar dynamics.
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G. Lundy
State College Department of Agricalteral Economics
Soul Dakota
South Dakota
Jong
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ed Quinn weighs rabbit bet wins money at auction
Pierre February 27 Ed Quinn profited on a weight odds wager with eight cotontail hunters. He posted a two dollar bet against ten rabbits that none would reach 200. Bill Harvey and companions released 280 rabbits at Ed's machine shop, paid off, and he sold some for over two dollars. The tale drew silence from the hunters who labored in the field as about 200 to 250 men watched.
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Pierre
Ed Quinn
Bill Harvey
Daughter of Mr and Mrs Hodgson returns from hospital
Beuy Hodgson of west of town is home again after a brief stay for treatment at a Mitchell hospital. She was discharged Tuesday following her stay.
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Wellington Springs
Beuy Hodgson
Weekend Caller Visits Family in Vivian and Pierre
Don ald Williams visited his family in Vivian over the week end. He was accompanied to Pierre by Miss Olive Humvs who visited at the home of Mrs. Raymond Hinsey.
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Blunt
Donald Williams
Vivian
Pierre
Olive Humvs
Raymond Hinsey
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McDonald
Igger
G. A. McDonald
Kentugky
Dourge
Br. D
Baughman
Madison
South Dakota Tuberculosis Association
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
American Association of School Physicians
Huron
Wolsey Card Club
Hans Christianson
Melvin
Clarence
Lilian
Hias
Hillsview
Harold Horn
Wolsey High School
The
Alfred T. Beeley
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Errol Flynn
Bill
Harmon aTh
Dakota
S. D
South Dakota Essensial Service
John M. Ryans
Schoal
College of Commerce
Nias
Freie
Inca
Gosia
Jolin’s
Third
Ohlo
Virginia City
Warner Hes
Colerhinl
Virginia
Ane
Prysie
Wisiter
Standard Oil
Wilson-Barber Auto Co
Milton Cochrane
A. B. Gardner Market Road
Dakote B
Kenny” Tobin
Iowa
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