The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-04
OF FARM
ELIMINATED BY HELP
OF NOTED SPECIALS
Plan Of Brown County Citizen
to Introduce Better Meth.
DDS Of Agriculture.

Aberdeen, S. D., March 3~0.-Sonsid.
cradle interest is taken in the Brow,
County Better Farming ASSOCIATION, re-.
Gently organized at Aberdeen, not orlv
by South Dakota people. but from AN
over the northwest. w. II. Patterson
the expert, who has been engaged nv
the association to carry or Its work
gives the following explanation Of Tia
plans pon which the organization win
work:
The Better Farming association With
its agriculturist and livestock expert
will carry on q number of demonstra.
ton fields and plots and in addition
will show methods Of livestock and 9th.
er production. The association does not
intend to in~auguarote new and untried
plans, but simply to demonstrate what
may be don with the information al
hand. The experimental work should
and is carried on by the state expert.
ment station, and when they obtain
valuable results the Better Farming
association will assist in bringing these
results to the farm.
The method of carrying on tho work
of the association will be through per.
| sonal instruction by a practical as well
rs a technically trained superintendent
III NhiS way ~ 10 pCiiSNCu LiiV iSSuIS
of experiments and research and the
best experience of successful formers
will be taken direct to the farm.
The association is DESTROYS that
| this assistance shall be made use Of
The services Of the superintendent arc
free and all that is asked is that whei
suggestions are made which may be
properly applied that they may be
adopted and used. A number of DIFF.
ferent kinds Of work will be carried on
II is expected that these different lines
of work will bring to the
farmer the most valuable information
as to methods or handling his particu.
lar problem. The first type OF work
will be the demonstration fields, CON-
prising five or more acres. They will
be cooperative and will be planned to
show the value of rotation of crops, |
methods of moisture conservation, crop |
tillage, and the crops that are adapted
to that locality. Especial attention VIII
be given to the economical production Of
corn. alfalfa, clover, field peas, winter
wheat, spring wheat and other superior
varieties Of ommon grain. The par
ticular crop grown will be determined
by local climatic and soil conditions.
Demonstration fields will be estab.
lished in cooperation with any farmer
in this region who will follow the in.
sgiven him. The work will
extend over q period of n or more
years. 1t will be made extremely val
liable, inc farmers carrying on the
work will be visited as often as is nec-
essary and they will be expected to
make a report at the enc of the season.
Special blanks will be provided for this
purpose.
Scattered Demonstration Plots.
The second type of work will be the
demonstration plots. This differs from
the former i'm that the work will be OF
a more permanent nature. The plots
will range in size from 10 to 20 acres,
and one plot will be placed in different
sections of the county. They will be
designed to bring out permanent and
profitable rotations that will enable the
farmer to secure larger yields and at
the same time maintain the crop-prO-
ducing power of the land. Definite In
structions upon methods of handling
the crop, the value Of manure and It's
proper application as we'll as other
forms of farm management will be civ.
en-. This work will be done under the
supervision Of the association superln-
tendent.
Only a limited number OF demonstra-
ton plots will be established, and farm
ers who cooperate with the associa-
ton on these plots will be expected TO
follow the Instructions given for q pc
Rod of three or more years. In order
that the results obtained be Of value,
, the work must be carried on for a Pc
riod of years n the instructions very
closely followed. The results from both
the fields and the plots are to be used
to illustrate the value Of the applica-
tion of such methods. During the first
year, not more than Is or 20 Of these
plots will be established. as 1t will be
necessary for the superintendent TO
visit these plots a number Of m
during the season.
Further, the association will begin a
few cooperation demonstrations with
the entire farm as a unit. The farmer
will agree to follow instructions as to
the most improved methods Of manage
ment. Upon these farms special atten-
ton will be given to live stock produc-
ton. Not until the value of keeping
stock upon the farm is realized, the SUI
perintendent contends, will we have the
best results with our farming opera.
tons. With live stock the rough feed
IAN be proftably used and the produc-
ing w of the land permanently
maintained. With a balanced live stock
farm the farmer is nearly independent
of weather conditions.
Expert Services on Call.
1t is planned to have a considerable
part of the experts time devoted to as
sisting individual farmers in solving or
developing their live stock problems,
instruction being given, when desired
in regard to the use of feeds. methods
Of feeding, care of stock, dairying,
methods of handling a dairy, etc. Only
a few farms can be co-operated with
and these must meet four require
ments: First, easiness of access; sec,
ond, the farmer must own his own land
and agree to cooperate with the Bet.
ter Farming association for a period OF
three or more ears; third, the farm
must have representative prevailing
conditions; fourth, the farm must be
stocked, or the farmer prepared to stock
It. All the returns will go to the farm"
err, and all that the association expects
is a report of the work. The services
Of the farm expert are free. The asso-
citation will also devote some time to
farm accounts, n is prepared to keep
accounts for a lumber of farmers IN
order to demonstrate proper methods
OF keeping farm accounts. These ac-
counts may cover the operations Of the
e3(tire farm, or they may cover but one
branch of the farming work. Any data
obtained by the association will not be
made public except with the consent oil
the individual farmer directly con-
cerned.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
MAKES BUT ONE CHANGE
Pierre s. D., March 30.-The state