Beadle County Girding For Extensive Grasshopper War
Beadle County Agricultural Agent L L LADC outlines 1939 plan by the Grasshopper Control Committee to organize townships for a full suppression drive. Spreaders built by CCC, 7 to 12 dollars, two control methods include cultivation before eggs hatch and poison bait after hoppers emerge. Heaviest infestations in the west and north parts of the county, with warnings of serious crop threat unless action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beadle County
Grasshopper Control Committee
Richard Haeder
Charles Worrall
S. d. Sehnetzer
Frank 3B
Lynch
Otto Krapf
CCC
Beadle County Grasshopper
Eee
Grasshopper Committee
Clarke Sees Livestock Route Best Profit After 52 Years
Beadle County farmer R W Clarke of Huron argues livestock feeding is the surest money maker in agriculture. He runs 1200 acres near Huron, with 95 cattle mostly white faced, plans to add 75 head, milks 22 cows, and keeps 87 hogs. He attributes profits to milk, cream, alfalfa, and careful storage of feed. Historical note recalls Risdon sale in 1894 and rising prices that followed. Burrows and Venasles help operate the farm. The article notes globally sourced horsehair used in upholstery.
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Beadle County
R. W. Clarke
Huron
Clarke
City
James River
Huton
Speed
A. H. Risdon
Dakota Avenue
Second Street
Old National Bank of Huron
W. S. Davis
Beadle County Historical Society
Seattle
Risdon
Clark
Clarke Farm
Ernest Venasles
Charles Burrows
Burrows
Peach Sapling Produces Early Heavy Crops in California
Ontario California reports Mrs. C C Barnes planted a peach sapling in 1932 that bloomed early and yielded a fine crop out of season. She has since cultivated saplings from the tree with consistent early heavy crops, and many acres on various ranches are now planted with its offspring.
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Ontario
Calif
C C. Barnes
Soil Conservation Districts Boost Safe Agriculture Efforts
Dr H H Bennett chief of the Soil Conservation Service reports that by 1938 twenty five states passed enabling laws, 38 million acres organized into districts, and 34 districts with cooperative agreements. Erosion control, contour tillage, strip cropping, and winter cover cropping spread widely as districts provide local governance to curb soil loss and promote sustainable farming.
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U. S
H. H. Bennett
BH. H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Henry A. Wallace
Bennett
Civilian Conservation Corps
Paseegmants
Service
Mindaw
Servier
Hastings
Neb
Coshecton
Quo
Waco
Texas
Hitler slows hymn in Berlin tempo change
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler orders the German national anthem to be played at a slower tempo, saying the previous pace represented a massacre of the hymn. The decision, announced February 28, marks a shift in ceremonial music policy by the Nazi regime.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
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Deere Fire
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James River Implement Company
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