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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1938
Page
14
Dr C L Wendt argues tenancy is the core government challenge amid drought, high interest, and low farm prices. He praises cooperative renting and outlines the Dr Wendt farming agreement as a fair, long term solution with shared stock, reduced cash rents, and regular consultation to boost soil health and stability.
The article describes soil conservation work by farmers with the Soil Conservation Service. It cites the Huron project near Leon, noting a dam built by five men in 14 days using mules, 11 feet high and 24 feet long, storing 10 acre feet of water with a spillway and stock water reservoir for a 32 acre area.
Good yields of grain sorghums in the past season boost enthusiasm for their use in erosion control and feed, with Bohlander’s drought effects noted. The Winner-Dixier Soil Conservation Service area highlights yields, plans, and practices including contour tillage, strip cropping, windbreaks, and grazing management.
E. L. Greene of the Farm Security Administration reports that only 11 to 22 percent of the 121 eligible applicants in three South Dakota counties will receive tenancy purchase loans this year. County committees are selecting applicants and appraising farms to ensure loans can start by spring. The program aims to aid the 2,865,000 tenant farmers nationwide without land, addressing instability and erosion. South Dakota’s three counties will issue about five loans each, totaling roughly $60,000, with a Feb 1 deadline and 221 applications received from the state.
Fisher, manager of the Reade County Agricultural Conservation Program, grows Prose Millet west of Walsey. He sowed last year in July and harvested a heavy crop, claiming millet rivals corn for feed value and offers fodder for poultry. He notes uneven planting dates affect yield and endorses continued trial.
The passage describes appraisal based valuation with careful assessment, loan contracts tied to production ability, and safeguards for delinquencies due to crop failures and price downturns. It also mentions mutually agreed farm and home plans, debtor creditor understandings, and long term operating programs including conservation and security assurances.
A marked rise in contour or level farming is reported by the Heren Soll Conservation project and CCC cup. Camp staff note farmers cooperated on the 1997 season, planting row crops small grains and legumes in strips to reduce erosion, with many strips on contour. Contour strip cropped areas in the Wolsey-Shoe Creek project jumped from none to 1,812 acres between 9435 and 1237's close, improving moisture retention and reducing washoff where soils permit.
Weather summary reports varied conditions across South Dakota with storms and winds. Reports note above normal temperatures and snowmelt that affected surface soil, with stock condition improving and pastures generally fair to good.
Farmers in the Huron Wolsey area report contour furrows improve grazing by trapping runoff and increasing forage. The method uses simple plows and 10 threesrow listers to form horizontal furrows on sloped land, with early observations showing one acre yielded more forage after rain than in the prior decade. The effort involves Soil Conservation Service cooperators to address overgrazing and weed growth.
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