The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-05

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lsetac Aeatth administrator for the
peIpoesNof Investigating the sources
6 aiseass md fer controlling II when
!. The education Of the public as
testhe most approved methods Of pre-
venting diseass, BY means Of bulletins,
|loctureo.N etc, =
!. The generous maintenance Of the
Ilahessssyswsish has been started and
q now operating at the State Univer.
sity.
In this same connection, it il my
pleasure to commend the action Of the
Legislature Of 1909 for Its provision
making possible = Sanitarium for tho
treatment Of consamptives. This in
stitution has been located at Custer
and is in . spot most favorable for the
.Guccessful treatment Of this terrible
nalady. Too strenuous . warfare
cannot b waged against the white
plague and I trust your honorable body
will give careful consideration to the
Recommendations Of the Board in re-
gard to the same.
Agricultural
Within the past two years the state
has taken active steps in the direction
NJ the encouragement Of its agricul-
tufhl interests and inasmuch a South
.Dakots il primarily an agricultural
state, I feel that too much energy
and effort cannot be expended in this
direction. / strongly feel that the
Legislature should give the most care
full attention to the recommendations
Of the State Board Of Agriculture
and afford every aid to this Board in
it, oEorts to advance the agricultural
industry throughout the State.
The State Fair, under the manage
nsnt of the Board Of Agriculture, has
shown rapid development in all its
departments and the number Of the
exhibits and the attendance have stead.
lily increased.
The Experiment Stations which have
been established have done good work
the past two years and T in
healthfnl condition. The results are
good and it 10 to be hoped that the
work may be continued and the scope
Of the stations increased.
Our sister state, North Dakota, il
endeavoring, with no small degree Of
s~uccess, to work ont this problem and.
secure the desired results by means
of certain demonstration farms, and
IL view Of the good results which she
has attained thereby / desire to bring
TO your attention the plan Of the sys-
tenn which has been in%augurated. Mr..
Porter, Superintendent Of the Demon
stration Farms, writes me that the
plan il % follows :
ssThe director Of the experiment sta
tion selects Q county where he believes
farm should bs established. He then
selects the city near where it is to BE
located. II he can find . good up-to.
date farmer within three miles Of that
town, who 10 in good standing with his.
neighbors, hS talks tho matter over
with the farmer and enters into
contract with him for . period of
ten years. a piece Of land is select
ed and laid of in ~ many four-acre
aelds q there are years in the ,rota-
tion decided upon. These are accur
ately surveyed and the alley way be-
tween sowed with grass. The farmer
50 furnished pedigreed seed the first
year, from the station, and corn and
clover 60ed every year. az FURNISHES
allsthe labor and machinery under the
direction Of the Superintendent. At
the end Of each season, if his work is
A~atisfactory, ho is given the entire
crop, except samples, and 800 for
his extra labor in working the small
fields. II his work proves unsatisfac-
tory, he is dropped from the list and
the work given to some other farmer
who will do 1t. Each farmer or nan
ager 10 given . rain gauge and 2 set
Of maximum and minimum thermomet-
ersF He is required to make out a
daily report card from April until No
vefnbsr, which tells OF any, work done
on the farm sou1lng the swenty-ioul
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