Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-20
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Aberdeen.-The report of the years
activities of the South Dakota better
Farming association for the year OF
1913 has just been made public by
Superintendent H. P. Paterson, and
shows some very interesting facts III
connection with the work OF the asso-
citation in this section of the state.
At first there was a general 1eellns
of antipathy felt by many OF the 1arm-
-ers against any of those young col
lege fellers who try to tell us farm
ers our business" but this feeling has
gradually died down until now the
farmers seek the advice OF the SUI
perintendent on farm problems. rms
Is shown by the fact that during the
year 1918 a total Of 1853 farmers
called at the office for advice n to
ak over conditions.
During the month of September IL
seed corr meetings were held at the
farms of cooperative farmers, the
neighbors being invited in. AS a re-
suit of these meetings it is estimated
that over 800 farmers picked their
seed corn before September 20, having
fully 1900 bushels of seed corn before
the frosts set in. This will be suff-
cient to plant 81, 900 acres of corn this
spring.
During the year boys and girls corn
and tomato clubs were organized IN
IA counties, with a total membership
of over 1000, nearly $50 of whom
were in Brown county. The boys
were to grow one acre OF corn ana Inc
girls one-fourth Of an acre of toma-
toes. The year was unfavorable to
those crops, but Wallace Mitchell of
Hecla, Brown county, won first prize
in the state corn contest with a yield
Of 1874 bushels per acre at a profit OF
s1o1.0 5.
During the year also a potato con
test was conducted by the associa-
ton, 70 farmers entering into the con-
test, with the result that they aver
aged $50 bushels Of potatoes per acre.
A. B.. Cuykendall of Aberdeen won
first prize with the average yield OF
2O4 2-3 bushels per acre.
The association a also been in
strumental in introducing many new
varieties of grain in this section with
III IAS PCdis "iiohS A
was the early maturing b~eardless
spring Marquis wheat from Canada,
a wheat that has a high milling test
and gives promise OF becoming the
coming wheat for the northwest.
This wheat averaged 1914 bushels per
acre, 2 23 in excess of the average
Of other wheats raised in this county.
Indians Want Inquiry.
Gettysburg.-At a general council
of Sioux Indians held at Cherry
Creek agency, Forest City, west of
Gettysburg, Paul Bull Eagle presided
and Clarence Ward offered prayer.
Thirty delegates responded to the roll
call. An animated discussion arose
in regard to the shipment of cattle
from the reservations to Chicago
stock yards and the allegations made
by a committee that the weights of
the cattle at the shipping point in
South Dakota and at Chicago stock
yards was so remarkably different and
the loss of money thereby SO great to
the Sioux that it was decided to ask
the interior department at Washing
ton to send a special agent to adjust
the matter between the Indians and
the meat packers at Chicago. Super
intendent Campbell addressed the In
dams, and they decided to ask for
an investigation of the whole matter
Of the differences in the tally of the
weights of cattle when shipped and
on arrival at the Chicago stock yards.