Survey on Farm Tractors Use in Northern Great Plains
BROOKINGS March 25. Tractors are used on about 70 percent of farms in principal grain areas of the Northern Great Plains. Variation ranges from 25 to 90 percent across districts. Most common are 15 to 17 drawbar horsepower high wheeled tractors. General purpose 9 to 12 hp are used mainly in row crops of South Dakota and Nebraska, while crawlers are mostly in Montana. Work includes seedbed preparation and planting, with some corn shredding, shelling, and silo filling.
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Brookings
Mar
Northern Great Plains
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Great Plains
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Bureau
Norther
Great
Tractor use across plains states in early farming
The report notes tractors in western Minnesota and eastern central North and South Dakota were mainly used for harvesting with a binder and threshing with a stationary thresher, while combines dominated in other areas. Total tractor work averaged 41 hours per year, 71 percent under 500 hours, and 10 percent over 750 hours.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Costs of operating farm tractors in 1920s study
The report finds the average high wheel tractor cost about 261 a year or 70 per 10 hour day, including depreciation, interest, repairs, gas and grease. Ordinary tractors cost about 366 a year or 9.35 per 10 hour day, while belt or track laying tractors average 1,112 a year or 14.63 per 10 hour day. Copies are available from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Washington, DC.
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Bureau of Agricultural, Economics
Washington, D. C
State College Hosts Music Contest Across District
Brookings November report notes high school music contest involving 29 district schools. Soloists perform April at State College under Prof. Carl Christensen with judges Irving W. Jones and Dr C S Putnam. Competitors span classes A B C including Brookings Milbank Arlington Clear Lake De Smet Lake Preston Volga Bryant Astoria Big Stone City Brandt Bruce Estelline Florence Gary Mazel Henry Hetland Iroquois Oldham Reville Blind Gary Sinai South Shore Strandburg Toronto White.
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Brookings
Misseiane
South Dakota High School Music Association
State College
April Land
Codington
Devel
Grant
Hamlin
Kingsbury
Carl Christensen
Miller Meet Attended by Three Women at Music School
Mrs. Margaret Yada Blanche Jones and Jessie Whittington visited Miller on Monday to attend a music training school conducted there by Mrs Gitehell from Brookings.
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Miller
Burdett
Margaret Yada
Blanche Jones
Jessie Whittington
Gitehell
Brookings
Students visit Alpena from Dakota Wesleyan
Elaine Mogek Ardis Brammer and Thelma Eay, Dakota Wesleyan students, spent the weekend with their parents in Alpena.
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Alpena Alpena
Mar
Elaine Mogek
Ardis Brammer
Thelma Eayon
Dakota Wesleyan
Alpena
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