The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-07-03
CUTTING OF
A~eronomist at 6rooklnos College
Makes Suggestions to Farmers.

Makes Suggestions to Farmers.
BroOkings.-The time to cut alfalfa
depends more upon the condition Of
the small shoots at the crown OF b
plant than it does upon the bloom, ac-
cording to Manley Champlin. assistant
agronimst at the state college.
The blooming Of alfalfa depends
upon the seasonal conditions and is
therefore a very poor indicator OF the
time when alfalfa should be cut. It
is better to cut it when the small
shoots appear at the crown Of the
plant and every effort should be made
to cut the alfalfa promptly, as II these
second shoots will be cut off. the sec
ond crop will be set back from one 10
three weeks, thus losing valuable time
III the making OF the crop. Some ca
sons the alfalfa will be half in bloom
and other seasons will scarcely be in
bloom at all when ready to cut. As
long as moisture is in abundance. the
plant makes vegetative growth: when
it is dry, on the other hand, it at
tempts to reproduce itself. and there.
fore blossoms ~abundantly in the sans
manner as has often been noted, tina.
wheat heads out Gu a very short straw
in a very dry season.
THE alfalfa should be cut and al
lowed to live in the swath from two to
four hours. 1t should then be raked
into lunches and allowed to dry
enough, so that when a wisp is twisted.
water drops will not be squeezed out
OF 1t. 1t is then ready to be moved
away or put in the stack.
I'm the eastern part of the state and
in fact all parts Of the state. If rain
fall is abundant, it may be necessary
to cock 1t. If so, the cocks should be
built high and narrow. An alfalfa
cock is in good proportion when it IS
about two feet in diameter by four
feet high. 1t is an excellent plan to
cover these cocks with a special al.
falfa cock cover, made of canvas, To
avoid it's being injured by rain. Ev.
cry effort should be made to get the
alfalfa into the stack or barn without
losing many of it's leaves or its color.
Alfalfa with a bright green color
and with plenty Of leaves. ranks the
same on the market as wheat of good
milling quality. bright. plump and
clean, in ether words, No. l."
Barking History of Early Days.
Aberdeen.-One of the interesting
features of h state bankers associa-
ton meeting here was the report OF
Secretary j. Il Plat of Clark. The
report showed that when he was first
! ntnntnI nnrfn ,y 80 tho -.-O:-u
there was a total of 50 banks in South
Dakota. At the date of his last cont
pilation on June /, there were go
banks in the state, Of which 485 are
state banks, 102 national banks, II
private banks, nine trust companies,
and 10 banking corporations. Secre.
tary Plat has discovered hat the Da-
kota Bankers association held a con.
vention in Aberdeen in June, 1885.
The journal of that meeting was pre-
served by the late M. =. Beebe, and
seems to establish that the two DakC
tas have the honor, Jointly, Of organ
ling the first state bankers associa-
tion in the United States. The third
annua convention was held at Water
town IN 1887, and from the journal OF
this convention it is learned that the
first person to open a bank in the Da-
kotas was Mark II. Palmer, 23 years
OF aGe, who opened a bank on Second
street in YanktOn in 1869, with a CAPT.
tai Of 81 900. The second bank was Or
ganized by c. Il. Prentice on Septem.
Der 21, 1871, at VernilliOn, and the
third bank vas started at Elk Point
in the spring Of 1872 by w. Hoffman.
In the fall of that year p. p. Winter.
mute started a bank at Yankton. Win
termute alterWard killed Gen. Edwin
McCook, then secretary of the terri
tory, at q meeting held at Yankton 10
consider the proposition to encourage
the coming Of the Dakota Southern
railway. Wintermute was tried, con.
yicted and sentenced to 10 years in
prison, but later got a new trial and
was acquitted.
Many Titles Affected.
Philip.-The decision of the supreme
cour OF the United States, just an
nounced, holding that a mere blanket
reservation in homestead patents re
serving all coal and other mineral de-
posts contained in said lands to the
United States forever is void affects