Livestock Key to Farm Prosperity Says Armour Leader
L. O. Hoffman, general manager of Armour and Company’s Huron plant, urges integrating feed and livestock to convert crops into cash. He notes South Dakota beef, sheep and hog numbers rose last year but remain below 1986, and calls for expanded meat processing capacity to aid farmers and local employment. Meat consumption lags, but prices favor farmers with better livestock.
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South Dakota
Armour and Company
Huron
United States
Wheat statistics explain need to adjust 1939 wheat program
Record 14 million acre increase in seeds plus a 1938 crop and carryover create a supply surpassing one billion bushels. Domestic use near 700 million, export about 85–100 million, but dumping costs and global surplus press farmers to reduce production to avoid excessive carryover into 1932 levels.
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Germany
Italy
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Acreage Cut Under 1938 Farm Program In Worth Central
Beadle County farmers face smaller acreage for general depleting crops like oats barley and rye in 1939 with cuts of about 10 to 12 percent from normal. Cooperating farmers may need to reduce general crop acreage and stay within their special allotments to receive full payments. A payment of 1.10 dollars per acre, adjusted for productivity, is available for keeping general crops within allotments.
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Worth Central
Beadle Committee
Beadle County
Farmers Share Of Consumer Food Dollar Falls In 1938
The 1938 farmer share of the consumer food dollar stood at 40 cents, down from 43 cents in 1937 and far below the 1913-15 average of 54 cents. The Bureau cites a 58-item food basket and notes margins to transportation, processing, and distribution remained rigid. Retail values totaled 321 dollars for the 58 foods, while farm values were 139 dollars, with a margin of 191 dollars. An expected income rise in 1939 could raise the farmer’s portion.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economies
R. ©. Bean
Bureau
Been
E Been
Farm program boosts conservation payments for corn and wheat
Beadle County chairman El F. Martin says the 1939 Farm Program premim enhances incentives for corn and wheat growers. Corn yields could earn 14 to 15 cents per bushel with conservation and pride adjustments, while wheat offers 27 to 29 cents per bushel with combined payments. Farmers previously hesitant may join AAA farming for soil conservation and higher returns.
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el F. Martin
Beadle County
AAA
HPCA Slashes Interest Rates In Seven Counties
The Huron Production Credit Association reduced the rate on future borrowings from 5 to 4 percent per year for livestock and farming loans made after February 24 in Beadle Buffalo Faulk Hand Jerauld Kingsbury and Spink counties. The move, announced by Edwin Fawcett, president, aims to aid spring financing as the association highlights successful operations and continued federal support.
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Huron
Credi
Edwin Fawcett
Hand County
Fawcet
Beadle
Buffalo
Faulk
Hand
Jerauld
Kingsbur
Spink
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Huron Production Credit Association
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
Association
The
Cooperative Association
Wm. H. Holscher
Wecata
E. J. Simantel
Wolsey
Ralph Uphoff
de Smet
W. H. George
Evergreen planting spacing guidance for windbreaks
Evergreen planting guidance advises that evergreens retain branches to form a screen if separated by at least 12 feet and preferably 46 to 20 feet from hardwoods. Red Cedar should be spaced 6 to 80 feet apart to prevent snow damage. Loosely spaced spree trees 8 to 10 feet, and Ponderosa pines 12 feet apart per row.
Deodorizing Traps And 1938 39 Orange Crop Record
Instructions advise deodorizing traps and gloves to remove human scent before fur trapping, suggesting boiling in a wood ash and water mix and dipping gloves in blood if possible. The 1938 39 orange crop was estimated at more than 87 million boxes, the largest on record.
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Olaze Ag
Agricultural Security The South Dakota farming progress story
The region highlights new farming methods suitable to South Dakota including growing and feeding cane Sooner Mile and other sorghums. Farmers report good feeding quality and thriving livestock. better farming practices promise progress, prosperity, and higher prices as the community showcases its agricultural scene.
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South Dakotas
South Dakota
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Armour Plant Superintendent
HPCA
Northwest Security National Bank OF
Sioux Falls
George C. Fullinweider
L. H. Cornell
Asst
Mgr
Huron, South Dakota
Carl E. Voigt
H. C. Whaley
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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