Wheat surplus eyed as livestock feed solution
Brookings reports a large wheat surplus can help meet rising livestock demands without eroding corn supplies. Louis I. Thompson of the State College Extension Service notes Congress allows sale of government wheat at corn-like prices. trials show wheat feeds hogs cattle and poultry well, with limits on scabby kernels and grinding guidance in extension leaflets.
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Brookings
Louis I. Thompson
State College Extension Service
Mr. Thompson
Claude R. Wickard
Congress
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Thompson
Conservation Week Dates Set for Soil Protection
Governor Bushfield designates Sept 13 to 19 as Conservation Week. Ralph Hansen of South Dakota State College urges practical measures such as contour farming, dam construction, pasture furrows, water spreaders, seeding grass, and planning for next year. Erosion costs the nation about four billion dollars annually, with South Dakota facing significant losses. County extension offices and 29 district soil conservation offices offer planning assistance.
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Harlan J. Bushfield
Ralph E. Hansen
South Dakota State College
Mr. Hansen
Bushfield
United States
South Dakota
Hansen
Culhane To Head Letcher School
C N Culhane elected superintendent of Letcher school succeeding M F Coddington who moves to Centerville S D He comes from Waverly SD and is a South Dakota State College graduate Letcher starts Sept 14 with new teachers Carroll Songstad Maxine Rearick Clare Davis and Carleen Oblson plus one remaining science vacancy 125 students attend Letcher High School.
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Letcher
C. N. Culhane
M. F. Coddington
Centerville
S. D
Culhane
Waverly
South Dakota State College
Caddington
Tulare
Carrol Songstad
Fedora
Maxine Rearick
Torberg
Clare Davis
Cavour
Carleen Oblson
Letcher High School
Landmen Protest Antelope Season in Butte County
Thirty four landowners and lease holders in Butte County served notice to prohibit antelope hunting on their lands spanning six townships and parts of five others. They cited fire hazard and were backed by the county board of commissioners which passed a resolution protesting the open season. The closed lands lie south of the Butte Harding County line between Highways 85 and 79 to the southern boundary of township 12 north.
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Belle Fourche
Butte County
Board of County Commissioners
Butte-Harding County
Miller Post Office Opens New Location
The United States Post Office at Miller began operations in its new quarters in the Scofield Building on Main Street leasing the space for ten years. Extensive repairs and fixture installation finished, attracting many customers and requiring extra staff. Nearby schools resume after summer with teachers commuting from town and country homes.
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Miller Post Office
Miller
United States Post Office
Scofield
Main Street
Miller Schools announce full faculty for coming year
Miller Sept. 3 special Emmerson announces complete Miller Schools faculty for the new term. Superintendent M J Emerson, Principal William C Miller lead a staff including Palmer Skalland agriculture Florence Burris homemaking Veda Miller commercial Alice Scott English and dramatics Howard Schoot athletics Kathryn Schaeffer science Arthur Engle mathematics and music Dorothy Peck English and Latin Elsie Reinschmidt eighth grade Elizabeth Cooke seventh grade Loretta Coonrod sixth Edith Steele fifth Margaret Waldez fourth Elizabeth Anderson third Margaret Barness second and Melba Nelson first. The building cleaned Floyd McCarl custodian dormitories open with Mrs Mildred Shaw dean for girls and Mr Miller dean for boys. A garden project at the boys dormitory grounds drew work from several men and women all summer.
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Arthur Engle
Dorothy Peck
Elsie Reinschmidt
Elizabeth Cooke
Loretta Coonrod
Edith Steele
Margaret Waldez
Elizabeth Anderson
Margaret Barness
Melba Nelson
Floyd McCarl
Mildred Shaw
Miller
Dormitory Lunch Program Recipients Benefit From Canned Goods
The effort has yielded over a thousand cans of vegetables and fruit for dormitory occupants and hot lunch participants, supporting the school program’s continued sponsorship.
Orient Soldier Hurt in Aleutians
Mr and Mrs F D Sweetland learned their son Bill, stationed in the Aleutians, is a patient in a field hospital after being injured August 14 while loading ammunition. The hoist failed, dropping the load which struck him, breaking his jaw and causing bruises. He faces three to six weeks in hospital unless complications arise.
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Orient
F. D. Sweetland
Bill
Aleutians
Sweetland
Fire Burns Barn in Rockham Area
A lightning sparked blaze destroyed Ed Fallon’s barn near Rockham early Sunday. Three calves perished and feed and hay were lost. the barn owner Jim Finnerty of Redfield held insurance but contents were not covered, totaling a complete loss for Fallon.
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Rockham
Ed Fallon
Jim Finnerty
Redfield
Mr. Fallon
Iroquois School Admits Harvest Work for Students
Iroquois Public Schools opened with 62 in the high school and 54 in grades 1 12. Boys on threshing crews may work and make up studies later. Senior class has 19 members, with plans for new home economics course and sewing program supported by new sewing machines.
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Iroquois
Dell Rounds
Bailey
de Smet
Flans
Supt. Shaw
Miss Rogers
Miss Dixsen
Ec Club
Postpone Opening of Blunt City School
The opening of the Blunt City School has been postponed from Sept. 7 to a later date. Special report notes the delay as a local scheduling adjustment affecting students and staff.
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Blunt
Blunt City
School draft and teaching appointments noted in Pierre
Sept 14 date allows older boys to help in delayed harvest. E J Thurston who ended last term after Wolvingtom resignation may be drafted. Mrs Carlos Westover and Mrs Robert Johnson of Pierre accepted grade teaching positions.
Nance Township Girls Demonstrate Eggs at State Fair
Pauline and Iris, from Nance Township, win the right to demonstrate at the State Fair in the Junior Fair on August 26. Their display on The Care and Marketing of Eggs highlights quality production, handling, and marketing to ensure good eggs reach consumers.
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Nance Township
Pauline
Iris Lawyer
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