The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-01-21
AGRICULTURAL
BULLETIN
Dairy Farming Furnishes Good
Work During Slack
Season

Citizens of South Dakoti who de-
SIRE tteir field crop seeds tested for
purity and termination should send
them ~ the State College not later
than March lst. 1t requires time to
make The Sc tests and the samples are
worked in the order of their receipt.
Every spring, many send in samples
just at seeding time and ask for an
immediate report 1t takes from
-four TO twenty one DAYS to germin-
ate the various field crop seeds. 1t
Is worth while to have purity and
termination tests made 20 avoid
planting noxious weeds or dead
seeds.
Therefore send your seed samples
for testing in before March LIST. See
that they are labeled carefully with
your own name and address and
marked to show what you want
done; with the words purity test,
termination test or both on the
package or tag and be sure they are
plainly addressed to the Agronomy
Department. State College. Brook
ings, 5. D.-By Marley Champlin,
Assistant Agronomist.
The central northwest states, by
some, are objected to because of the
short crop-groping season and the
long winters. From a standpoint of
crop growing only, this Is a valid
objection. To grow crops or to pro-
duce new wealth only during about
five months, and have this manufac-
ture of human food stopped the re-
mainder of the year. is not go d
farm economics.
There are about $4,000 farms in
South Dakota. 1t is safe to say that
each of these farms employs labor
at the rate of two men in the sum-
and one IN the winter. Granting
this to be true. an army Of over 100
coo Of South Dakota'S best and
strongest workers is every fall turn.
cd from a field of production of new
wealth to a field of non-production
of new wealth; in some instances
from a fed of activity to a field of
inactivity. This is a serious loss
The total los Of so much intelligent
human labor is almoSu indescI ibc bile
and beyond comprehensi IN of the
finite mind. Who can say how many
Of these men thus turned away from
q productive field might not be able
to produce a Banostine Belle de kol,
a JacOba Irene or a Spotswood Daisy
Pearl. Sure it is that a certain per.
centage Of these men would invent
or produce something that would be
a benefit and lasting monument to
iSdl CpilSlI u'tiNt anu nlOiS piSdSdll
and profitable dairy farming.
The time of the year for the dairy
work can be regulated; NIT SO with
other crops. The time Of freshen-
ing is within reasonable control of
the owner. For the average dairy
farmer, the Notwithstanding cow is
the most profitable. The winter
affords the most favota able condition
for the farmer to get the best ard
most work out of the dairy COW; the
labor is cheaper and more plentiful
the price of dairy products are about
a third higher; the cow gives mo-
milk during the year; and the fall
Calves are easier TO raise.
In addition. the dairy cow affords
opportunities for the various mem
bers of the family to mar axe in the
work on the farm. The work i'm the
barn and the dairy is not heavy
work. IT is work which requires at
tention and Intelligence, tr'o import
ant characteristics which we wish TO
stamp upon every young persons
life, So the work of the dairy COW
Is not only to use labor in a profit
able manner, but to aid and develop
Industrious, attractive young people
of regular habits. BY Professor C..
Larsen. State College, Brookings,
S. ID.