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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1938
Page
26
State 4-H Club Leader He Jones notes 4-H members learn practical farming through livestock and crop projects. Stories from Meade, Beadle, Brown counties show youths expanding farms with family partnership, shared planning, and improved yields building future farming success.
A carload of 24 fat Hereford steers left Doland for Chicago, marking a rare outbound cattle shipment from Spink County this year. Owned by Alex Felderman, the two year olds weighed about 1200 pounds and the three year olds about 1400 pounds, fattened on cane and ground corn. The Feldermans farm 13 miles south of Doland keeps 60 head of Herefords fed on cane, with forage crop cone dominating, snow depth noted on fields.
The guide notes the four H clubs focus on sheep poultry dairy corn cane and potatoes with minimum five members to form a club. Members start with stock or seed and grow their plots. leaders aid in selecting purebred animals and certified seeds while extension agents advise.
Photo dated June 5 shows moisture running down slopes beside U S Highway 16 near Murdo. Water and topsoil travel through furrows forming canals to a gulley, exposing waste that could have helped the 1937 crop if held along contour.
Alcester area farmers using soil conservation methods report better water access for cattle and horses. Herb Anderson near Alcester kept 52 cattle and six horses through summer without pumping, his dam helping 33 acre pasture absorb rainfall and boost bluegrass growth. Contour farming and tree planting are part of the erosion control plan at his place.
A Nebraska farm near Sheffield includes three alfalfa cuttings on fifteen acres and rye pasture for the summer grazing. George Verhelst and his father built a straw shed to winter ewes at Jewel terrace 9, linking water supply and breeding ewes as part of annual flock management. He fattened a group after a single rain despite earlier drought conditions.
A Beadle County farmer, Mrs Anna Likeness, showcases erosion control gains and high corn yields aided by Soil Conservation Service programs. Her 1936 seed corn, strip cropping, and windbreaks reduced erosion, enabling productive farming and stable living conditions on her land northeast of Wolsey.
A South Dakota farmer recalls his grove planted by his father in 1885, noting that despite many trees dying, the remaining trees provide fuel wood saving 75 to 100 dollars yearly, fence posts, crop protection, and higher yields in both good and drought years. He argues erosion and soil loss threaten his land without continued grove protection.
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