Farm Security records guide South Dakota farms to prosperity
Farm families in South Dakota keep Farm Security Administration record books to map yearly plans and budgets. The project tracks livestock, crops, equipment, and land use to improve profits, water quality, waste disposal, and family living while enabling adjustments for better future returns.
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South Dakota
Farm Security Administration
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Alsher
North
Nebraska
Kansas
Great Plains
Jeason
FSA
Arem
Drouth
Tree and Shrub Survival in South Dakota Plantings
A Forest Service analysis of 1937 shelterbelt plantings in South Dakota shows overall drought-resilient survival with 75.4 percent average. Green ash leads in survival, followed by honey locust, wild plum, and cottonwood. caragana lags at 7 percent due to grasshopper and blister beetle depredations.
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South Dakota
Forest Service
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Fine Results In Sorghum Variety Demonstration
A field trial near Roswell in Green Valley Township compared grain and forage sorghums on a Roxcoe Swarts farm. Conducted with South Dakota Crop Improvement Association support and Extension Agronomy supervision by Harmon Boyd, the test used side by side plantings on June 16 and harvests in September.
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Howard
Roxcoe Swarts
Roswell
Green Valley Township
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South Dakota Crop Improvement Association and Extension Agronomy Department
Harmon Boyd
Sorghum Demonstration Highlights Drought Resistant Forage Crop
County Agent Harmon Boyd publicized results from a 1937 demonstration showing Black Amber and high yielding forage sorghums produce far more fodder per acre than corn under limited rainfall. The Sooner Mile also outperformed corn for grain. With grasshopper threats, researchers recommend expanding sorghum planting in 1933. 349 farmers attended related meetings.
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Harmon Boyd
Farmers plan 1958 alfalfa and sweet clover buffer strips
Bayl E. Cass of the Hur ton Soil Conservation Service outlines a contour and wind strip plan for Beadie County farmers. Buffers of sweet clover and 14 foot wide strips of sorghum or Sudan grass aim to prevent wind erosion while establishing alfalfa, with reseeding of sweet clover and delayed hay harvest to preserve moisture and snow.
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Beadie County
Bayl E. Cass
Hurton Soil Conservation Service
Cassix
Sudan
Cass
Buys Very Little Coal In 31 Years
A Central South Dakota farmer explains owning a farm since 1905 and relying on a grove for fuel and income. He notes planting Cottonwood Ash and box elder in 1885, using wood for fuel, buying only three and a half tons of coal in 32 years, and predicting eight to ten more years of grove fuel. He claims the grove boosts corn yield and livestock and building protection.
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Benjamin T. Whitlow
Central
South Dakota
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