The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-10-14
COUNTY AGENTS MEET HERE

Six county agents met last Saturday
in the office of state agricultural lead
er, G. w. Randlett in Brookings, to dis
cuss winter extension work and make
plans for short courses. They We're:
A. w. Palm, Codington; l.. V. Ausman,
Clark; O. p. Drake, Beadle; A. r.
Vile. Kingsbury; Sam l.. Sloan, Day;
and Z. w. Hall, Sphinx.
The extension movement in South
Dakota under Smith-Lever funds has
been in operation about four months.
County agents have just barely be-
come acquainted with the needs Of
their fields, yet much of constructive
good has been accomplished. Every
agent in the field is working according
to some definite plan for Improvement
in the county. A recent depart
states the following concerning each
agent:
Southern District, w. A. Ostrander,
Agent. During the early part of the
summer Mr.. Ostrander spent some
time in the Department Of Agriculture
Offices at Washington studying meth
DDS and getting acquainted with the
organization of the department. He
also studied county agent work in New
NnrL nnH Ontario nnrinn. tho lnttnr
part of the season he has beer spend
ing considerable time judging in the
various county fairs. The southern
district now consists Of all the coun-
ties south of the line dividing Brook
ings and Moody counties and extend
ing westward across the state.
Northern District, Guy L. Morrison.
Agent. Mr.. Morrison has spent con
siderable time during the summer en-
couraging the organization of county
agricultural extension associations
and charging the memberships of
those already organized. He has writ
ten many timely articles for the press
on various agricultural subjects and
during the latter portion Of the season
has done considerable Judging at fairs,
The northern district embraces all of
the territory not included in Mr.. Os-
trander's district.
Sphinx County, L. w. Hall, Agent.
Sphinx county also had a Better Farm.
ing Association prior to the present
organization. Perhaps the biggest
piece of work done by Mr.. Hall was
that Of bringing into his county some
25, 900 pounds of alfalfa seed for dis
tribution and seeding last spring. Hog
cholera has been quite prevalent in
Sphinx county during the summer and
Mr.. Hall has been active in combat
ing this disease. On August S Mr..
Hall received Ga replies to letters of
inquiry sent out concerning pure bred
sires.
Day County, Sam L. Sloan, Agent.
Mr.. Sloan began work In Day county
on August /. He has been discussing
the necessity of crop rotation and d.
versifed farming. He has recommend
ed winter rye and Kubanka wheat,
also some winter wheat trials. Soil
fertility and weed control are among
Mr.. Sloan's prominent problems.
Codington County, Andrew w. Palm,
Agent. This is n of the counties
that was organized and did consider
able work prior to the present organ
ization under the new law. Mr.. Palm
has been very active in organizing
boy work in his county and conducted
a boy camp at the State college in
June. He is carrying on quite extern
sive demonstrations with phosphates.
Douglas County, E. c. Bird, Agent.
Mr.. Bird has been on the job since
July /. One of his first activities was
to assist in reviving the Douglas coun-
ty fair. He has done a good deal Of
work in arranging exchange lists Of
farm crop seeds and animal breeding
STOCK. AnOLneT pTODiem dl WulCH TIC
has been working is that Of drainage.
There are considerable areas in Doug
las county now valueless that will be.
come rich agricultural land when the
water is taken off. Mr.. Bird is de-
veloping a good deal Of active interest
along this line.
Clark County, L. V. Ausman, Agent.
One OF the first things Mr.. Ausman
did upon taking up the work in Clark
county was to take two OF his farmers
to the State college, each Of whom
purchased a fine Shorthorn bull, Mr..
Ausman has done a good deal by way
Of getting out circular letters to his
constituency, notable among which is
his Twenty Commandments for Clark
county farmers. He is also pushing
the boy and girl work, particularly that
of vegetable growing.