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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
9
Kiwanis 4-H Dairy club member Jesse Roberts reports near Wolsey that C A McFarling cultivated 700 acres by driving a 15 30 horsepower tractor in concentric circles. He planted 100 acres of corn in 18 hours using three ordinary planters. He now owns a three row cultivator and plans to plant and keep 200 acres of corn clean.
Mr Funnell marketed sixty hogs in April at ten dollars and eighty cents per hundred, profit despite a severe winter. The 76 pigs from ten Spotted Poland China sows were weaned at two months and fed barley and corn with minerals and alfalfa. A well ventilated house on a knoll provides drainage and good exercise for the stock. Floyd Lowell Hollister, Wessington Hills quśb.
In Wellington on June 15 the 4-H group formerly the Joy Juniors announced a name change to Jolly Workers. The club meets every two weeks at 2 15 PM with 22 members led by Mrs H C Gast. A special session featured Miss Sara Dewing home extension agent discussing camp plans and year’s remainder.
June 15 busy Frees club meeting at Dorothy West field focused on dry cleaning and washing. Mrs Louise Borah urged members to create dresses and undergarments for the State fair and to prepare 4 H dresses in green and white for June inspection. Rose Walton reports.
Carthage reports on June 15 as the decision date for accepting members for the Redstone Community hall program on June 4 to raise funds for summer camp expenses. The evening featured the play Sweethearts, Argonne orchestra, readings by Vivian Geer and Thelma Geer, a Dorothy Clark vocal solo, and Lillian O’Brien humorous reading, with lunch served by Redstone club members.
WESSINGTON June 15 At the May meeting at the Wessington canning club it was voted to accept members into the group up to August 1 Late enrollments will not be allowed to compete at the Junior and State Pairs At the last meeting scheduled Wednesday at the home of Nora Sorenson the subject for rollcall was the selection of a new name for the oli The full-and-vegetable code up for consideration
June 15 Broadland. The Jolly Dozen club seeks a good time with work or play. Mrs Kaump and six girls visited Huron for Recreation Day at the State Fair grounds. They shared a noon meal with other clubs and now plan next year’s activities while continuing their work.
In Lebanon on June 15 a baby beef club meeting discussed calf selection criteria. Norman Jordeth notes good calves have strong frames, wide rump, straight neck, broad shoulders, and compact hindquarters. The group judged two boys tied with three calves as top picks, showing members know key points for selecting quality baby beef calves.
The U-Bet-I-Can Canning club at Huron announces use of the domestic science room for summer meetings. They look forward to attending their first club camp this year and expect many members to attend, as stated by Jenaviere Marks.
Our 4-H club meeting at Mrs. L. O. Andersons home on May 11 honored Eva Ames, vice president and song leader, with a farewell party and handkerchief gifts for Kya Annes. Lucille Armstrong was elected in her replacement as the new vice president. A two course luncheon was served and a hike is planned for the next meeting.
Yale June 15 The newly organized Yale girls club held its first canning lesson last Saturday at the Franke Marsh home led by Mrs. Marsh. Officers are Kathryn Davis president Alma Maiss vice president Mary Smith secretary and Irma Vendracek reporter. The group plans to meet biweekly.
Farmers in Beadle County embrace the multiple hitch system praised for efficiency and reduced need for farm products. Demonstrations last fall at William Wickum’s farm showed varied farmers adopting the method with positive results, including Ruth Barth and others noting relief from daily tasks.
A dramatic production by the Valley Sunshine sewing girls titled The Hen Pecked Sewing Circle will raise funds to defray 4-H club camp expenses. After the meetings the girls play kittenball, with Lauverna Woelpert listed among participants.
A Dial 4-H sewing club meeting was held last Tuesday at the C. H. Fountain home in Beadle county with Florence Fontain leading a business session and then afternoon work on nightgowns. Warner South Dakota June 16. Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in business was reported by the Warner Livestock Cooperative over the past eleven months with 186 cattle 178 sheep and 9 651 hogs handled, producing gross receipts of 226 904 33.
Orient June 15 report on Park Can’t Beat 4 H club forming November 4, 1928 with eight members growing to eighteen. Weather prevented winter meetings. next gathering April 20, 1929. Members finished bags and nightgown patterns, voted Park Can’t Beat, plan to start canning after sewing tasks. Some girls travel long distances to attend, next meeting June 17 at Mrs Elen Holt’s home.
Osceola June 15. Foster township girls form the Magic Cannery club. Officers are Edna Ulrich president Amber Whyte vice president Ruth Smith secretary. June 7 meeting with county extension leader Sara Dewing outlines summer project to assist neighborhood women by canning vegetables fruits and greens.
In Faulkton on June 15, 4-H girls note teaching value from meetings. They learn sewing skills including pattern cutting for slips dresses and blouses, proper stitches, dress fitting, stain removal, and related tasks from leader Margaret Meier.
Faulkton June 15 This is the first year for the Jolly Fellows baby beef club organized last December. Eight members are enrolled with ten calves. Monthly meetings run except February when weather hindered. Calves on heavy ground grain alfalfa hay and oil meal. Members push for honors at the State Fair.
Wellington June 15 Howard Sorenson of the Pioneer calf club reports four row corn planters fail to reach even checking. He cites wire being pulled too far and tractor speed at three and a half miles per hour as factors causing uneven rows in some fields.
At the Aberican canning club meeting hosted by A. ee Lambert, members discussed the marks of a one hundred per cent girl and a demonstration on keeping healthy habits and weighing and recording freights led by Hazel Carpenter and Blanche Lambert. In Blunt, the Merry Maids of Hughes county formed a canning club aiming for better housekeeping with six girls enrolled including Lillian Greenwood.
Colors in tractive dress were discussed at the Sunshine 4-H girls club meeting in Miranda on May 15. Attendees met at Mrs Cora Billings home. plans to attend the Aberdeen camp this year were abandoned, with efforts to be at the camp next year. In Mildred Stammer's absence, pianist Florence Von Ahn led singing practice.
Four H club members plan to earn funds at the next meeting titled Quick Breads. The group aims to raise money for a camp and for the Junior Short Course, the year’s final event at the club. The course promises a week of wholesome amusement and instruction according to Hazel Grayce Tolley.
Canning, June 15. A Chick Chat club member with 14 participants plans to raise 50 chickens and exhibit them at the county fair. The club, reorganized March 82, lists Eldie Hawkins as president Nellie Bos as vice president Mae Burns as secretary and Oleta Baade as treasurer. Miss Evelyn Bos is the club leader.
June 15 report notes baby beef raising is profitable as the highest priced meat with low feed costs. A Lebanon farmer details calf care, diet of alfalfa hay, barley, corn and oil meal, weight gain from 350 to 650 pounds, and monthly club meetings that judge feeding methods. The Baby Beet club organized December 18 1928 with 19 members led by Mie Wickert.
Edward Levine of the Double C pig club in Headle county reported a gain of five pounds per pig weekly. His two purebred Poland China sows, purchased from Jay Welch, farrowed 14 pigs. Before farrowing the sows received 60 pounds of corn 30 pounds of ground oats 20 pounds of tankage with alfalfa later supplemented with buttermilk.
Richard Greenwood of the baby pork club reports that he and his two pigs Harry and Dick are thriving and competing for prizes. He describes building a pen and trough, using an iron feeding trough, with the project progressing despite some difficulty with a saw.
The White side Blue Ribbon club organized with 15 members through the efforts of H. L. Hurley and County Agent Cave. Calves for members were secured from Wisconsin and brought to Huron. After distribution to new owners, they were loaded into trailers and trucks for their homes. Local Boeke.
Cresbard June 15 The Cresbard baby beef group reports rapid progress with higher membership and popular monthly meetings. Members anticipate a fun Aberdeen club camp and enjoy meeting boys and girls from various clubs. Teacher Alvin Bardel shows active support.
Roy Mclean of Gettysburg Pua lub writes on pig club profitability. He argues pigs yield higher profits, crediting better methods and care for litters, and notes his Poland China litter of eight thriving on oats barley shorts tankage alfalfa sweet clover skim milk. He asserts livestock clubs teach proper raising methods and help future farmers command higher pig prices.
At the Clyde Cream Crusaders meeting in Huron at Thad Oviatt's home, only four of ten members correctly identified preliminary judging points. County Agent Cave led the demonstration. Ruth Fuller.
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