Platte Farmer Proposes New Lease Model to Planning Board
Alfred Wold of Platte urges a 50 50 lease as best for landlord tenant and land, arguing current one year terms create a vicious circle harming soil and prompting plans for an equitable contract. He outlines key changes from regulation contracts, favors crop ownership by tenants, and adds six clauses for continued, planned leasing with provisions on upkeep and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noth Partis
Alfred Wald
Platte Farmer
State, Planning Board
Rupert D. Lusk
Huron
Phinning Board
Ward
Federal Land Bank
Wold
Vale
Vold
Hybrid Breeding Advocated To Pick Best Corn Strain
Franzke outlines hybrid breeding as the best method to concentrate good traits in corn. He notes that South Dakota relies on outside hybrids, urges testing local open pollinated lines, and reports on Brookings trials showing higher yields for some single crosses and hybrids. Farmers should compare hybrids with open pollinated varieties through local testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franzke
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Agronomy Department
Brookings
A&a
Bloodgood Livestock Drive Boosts Richland Farm Comeback
L A Bloodgood and sons Ralph and Russell operate seven quarter sections in Richland Township, building a cattle herd of Aberdeen Angus, 100 ewes, and about 150 to 200 hogs as a livestock based comeback. They store 135 to 140 tons ensilage in a cement silo and plan 100 acres of cane and Sudan grass plus 185 acres wheat and 200 acres corn, with drought resistant sorgum considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Bloodgood
Richland Township
Bloodgood
Baadie County
L. B. Bloodgood
Ralph
Russell Bloodgeod
Broadgood
Nurse Crops Are Non-Depleting In '39 Farm Program
The 1939 Farm Program classifies oats barley and rye used as nurse crops for legumes or grasses and cut for hay as non-depleting. Flax also qualifies, with conditions in wind erosion counties requiring a good stand of legumes or grasses. The Beadie County Agricultural Conservation Committee chair Eli F. Martin announced the provision, highlighting benefits for local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli F. Martin
Beadie County
South Dakota
Livestock Shares Key In Wendt Farm Lease Plan
In a discussion of the Wendt farm lease, the landowner and tenant share income from livestock and crops. The plan allows feeding grain to stock on the farm, boosting income, with emphasis on drought resistant feeds and livestock productivity as the main income source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Wendt
Sioux Falls
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Planning Board
Alfred Wold
C. J. Franzke
Crops
South Dakota State College
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Bloodgoods
Broodgood
Staig
Hitchcock
A. H. Farri
Cam
Tamin
Roaulii Ag
South Gale-'r
J.F. Anderson Lumber Co
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