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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
2
H A Nully of Sisleton advertises yellow dent seed corn for sale. Indoor test shows 100 percent germination. Local screening or contact details not provided.
South Dakota farm bureaus conducted seed surveys across corn counties to curb last spring’s seed crisis. They ear-tested 8,061 bushels and composite-tested 45,764 bushels. About 4,007 farmers tested their seed, distributing 41,762 bushels of good seed corn. They also marketed 109,617 pounds of alfalfa seed in five counties and tested varieties to identify best fits. Farmers cooperate on purer seed production through breeding plots and improved forage seed programs.
South Dakota boys and girls clubs with 19 027 members produced goods worth 897 718 75 through ten days of club work including sewing liberty food canning gardening corn potatoes poultry sheep pig and baby beef. Club efforts, guided by the farm bureau, boost food production and home life as statewide membership drive runs December 9 to 14.
Public notice from Roberts County Court in South Dakota states Jens Jorgensen deceased. Hearing on June 7 1919 at the county court in Sisseton for proving the will and issuing letters testamentary to Johanne Jorgensen, with contest allowed by any interested party. Additional brief society notes follow about local residents Ma Hatch of Otter Tail Power Co in Wilmot and Mrs Swanson visiting relatives.
The Farm Bureau's program of work aims to standardize practical farm methods and aid product distribution and conservation. South Dakota will employ 29 agents by the new year, one in every county, to address livestock, crops, soils, farm homes, and community life problems.
In South Dakota during the year farm bureaus placed 9,562 laborers on farms through county agents who built local labor organizations, with a labor agent in each community and workers sourced from employment offices in Huron, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Redfield, Mitchell, and Rapid City. The plan included shore troops aiding harvests, and recommendations urged universal male registration, distribution through the U S employment service, clearance cards, and free transportation for laborers.
Edmonds county celebrates the county agent program with praise from D. W. Parmiey noting the agent helped farmers and threshers through government placement of about 400 workers. Codington county praises the agent for solving farm problems boosting alfalfa, grain, livestock, and labor sharing, urging counties to retain agents.
A county agent is praised for aiding farmers with labor, animal disease information, seeds and livestock tips. The agent saves the county thousands annually by securing harvest and grain handling help and sharing timely agricultural guidance.
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