The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-01-06

Our sister states make reasonable
appropriations for the purpose of con
serving the lives and health o. their
people and why should not South Da
kotas At the present time our state
is In disgrace before the civilized
world because of her refusal to make
proper provision for this great hum
unitarian purpose, and the wrong
should be rishted.
Our Board of Health is in need of
funds for the following purposes:
l.. The employment of experts in
public health administration for the
purpose of investigating the sources
OF disease and for controlling it when
.. The education of the public as
to the most approved methods of pre-
venting disease, by means Of bulletins,
lectures, etc. =
}. The generous maintenance of the
laboratory which has been started and
IS now operating at the State Univer-
sity.
In this same connection, it is nv
'ooti " COIHlituu lHt dcIlON OF the
Legislature Of 1909 for it's provision
making possible a Sanitarium for the
treatment of consumptives. This in
stitution has been located at Custer
and is in a spot most favorable for the
successful treatment of this terrible
maladv. Too strenuous a warfare
cannot be wagcd against the white
plague and | trust your honorable BODY
vii give careful consideration to the
recommendations Of the Board in re
gard to the anne
Agricultural
Within the past two years the state
has taken active steps in the direction
or the encouragement of its agricul-
tural interests and inasmuch as South
Dakota is primarily an agricultural
state, / feel that too much energy
and effort cannot be expended in this
direction. | strongly feel hat the
Legislature should give the most care
attention to the recommendations
of the State Board of Agriculture
and afford every aid to this Board in
its efforts to advance the agricultural
industry throughout the State.
The state Fair, under the manage
ment of'the Board of Agriculture, has
shown rapid development - all its
departments and the number of the
exhibits and the attendance have stead
lily increased.
The Experiment Stations whicn have
been established have done good work
the past two years and are in
4 heaithful condition.. The results are
wood nnl ~ &c ~ - la.a9 4L-4 49,
work may be continued and the scope
II the stations increased.
Our sister state, North Dakota, is
with no small degree of
to work out this problem and
'ecure the desired results by means
If certain demonstration farms. aid
n view of the good results which she
las attained thereby ! desire to bring
0 your attention the plan of the svs
which has been inaugurated. Mr..
'%ortcr, Superintendent of the De-,on
~tration Farms, writes me that the
'lan is as follows
"The director of the experiment sta
ion selects a county where he believes
farm should be established. He then
elects the city near where it is to oe
coated. If he can find a good up-to-
ate farmer within three miles Of that
who is in good standing with his
eighbors, he talks the matter over
nth the farmer and enters into
contract with him for a period of
years. A piece of land is select
d end laid off in as many four acre
elds as there are years in the rota- !
on decided upon. These are accur- t
tnlv SnrvnvnI onl +ha olJo, ~ f..
Heen sowed with grass. The farmer y
furnished pedigreed seed the first /
from the station, and corn and
over seed every year. He furnishes v
Il the labor and machinery under the t
l%rection of the Superintendent. At a
he end of each season, if his work is i
ltlsfactorv, he is given the entire t
'op, except samples, and 500 for
IS extra labor in working the small
lids. If his work proves unsatisfac- :.
ny he is dropped from the list and :
Re work given TO some other farmer ;
no Will do it. Each farmer or man ="
ter is given a rain gauge and a set q
maximum and minimum thermomet- :
$. He is required to make out a :,
report card from April until No =
which tells of any work done y.
the farm during the twenty-four 81
'urs just passed, the minimum and !,
aximum temperatures, the rainfall, =
ID whether the day is clear, partly ID
oudy, or cloudy. In this way the II
perintendent has a complete record a,
the seasons work together with u
e weather conditions on the farms, III
lich he can refer to without difficulty. ;,
order to get the weather conditions, -"
oh manager must make out a card e.
cry day, and this helps him to sys- .
his work. ~
AS the farmer finds out better meth. %
$ of work and sees the effect of good =.
clean seed, %manuring and VI
op rotation, he begins to apply these :.
,thods to his own farm. His more ..
oppressive neighbors do likewise. He q
IS from a practical standpoint that it ~
II pay him in dollars and cents. His an
ighbors watch the operations very ,i
and they e-ten try to grow 10y
tfor rropc .pI 40 botfe. foro,;pr 20 I'll