The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-06-24
of this can be found than in our cele-
brated Kubanka wheat.

II mas Deeu ueHlOuStTdteu dt d uuLi-
Der of places that Kubanka wheat was
superior to any other that could be
grown in the northern and central
parts Of South Dakota not only in
quantity Of yield per acre but in quail
ity Of the grain. The result Of these
years of experimentation is now seen
in the big yield and high price obtain
ed in 1914 for Kubanka wheat. I am
told by those who ought to know that
the farmers of South Dakota have
sold this year year for cash at the
highest market price more Kubanka
wheat than all the experimental sta
tons have ever cost the State Of South
Dakota. What Is true in a general
of the State College with the farmers
in the production of Kubanka wheat
is true of a number Of other well
known grains now being successfully
produced in our state. Especially is
this true of the now celebrated South
Dakota Sixty Day Oats which was dis
tributed after years of experimental
ton; also Black of Gatami Barley and
Kurs millet, these latter being es-
pecially adapted to the drier areas OF
the state.
"The college is as active now in this
same method of cooperation as it has
been in any period of it's past history.
Scientific Investigations and expert
ments are being pursued with the ut
most care. At the college farm and
experimental sub-stations upon a mum
Der of the most promising grains and
crops. Among these permit me to
mention the hardy, high, dry-land
a~lfalfas which were recently brought
here from the arid plains of Siberia.
Another well known forage crop is the
kaoliang and still more promising
grain, excellent for both table and
stock use, is Hansen's White Siberian
Prose-. This will produce twenty or
more bushels of grain upon an arid
plain with ten or less inches of rain
fall. The analysis of this particular
prose- has been carefully made under
the direction of Prof. Shepard at the
State College and the reports concern
ing it's nutritious qualities that it is
exceptionally high containing almost
13 more protein than wheat itself.
Prof. Wilson will continue a series Of
experiments upon its feeding value.
Everyone knows that thousands of
people in the Old World live almost
exclusively upon this grain as a table
diet. Just now the hardy alfalfas, the
kaoliang and the prose- are being push
ed with all vigor.
Gas l have repeatedly announced
the next big problem for the State
College in the production Of crops is
not to increase the yield of wheat, of
acre in the eastern half of South Da-
kota, but it Is to develop drouth-re-
sisting grains or plants which may be
depended upon when grown upon the
drier lands in the counties upon either
side of the Missouri river. The State
College must make it possible to es-
tablish in those areas such crops that
will assure a competent farmer a suff-
cient harvest to warrant him in build
ing a home and making a living for
himself and family upon a 100 acre
of that rich, prairie land. This Is not
only Jul duty, but it is the purpose
of the college to accomplish it. To
this end the experiments are being
vigorously pushed with hardy alfalfas.
forage-produc:ng ~kaoliangs and the
better grades of prose-. This the
State College believes is the most efic-
lent and far reaching form of co-opera-
ton in which it can at present assist
the farmers of South Dakota.
"In 1914, the Smith-Lever bill of
congress appropriated large sums OF
money to be used throughout the var
ious state agricultural colleges for ag-
ricultural extension purposes" said
President Perisho, "and the entire sum
must be used for general extension
work out among the farmers of the
state.
"None of these funds can be used
for any purpose at the State College
or experiment station. South Da-
kota's quota of this appropriation for
the fiscal year 1914-1915 was SO. 900.
Next year we will receive in addition
to that amount an extra $4,000, and
the year following that the amount
plus an additional $1,000. The ten
thousand is given each year without
any conditions. The six and eleven
thousand r given by the govern
ment upon the condition that the state
/, appropriate a corresponding sum.
"Our recent legislature not only ac-