The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-04
LAND FOR SETTLERS
1855, 900 ACRES IN SOUTH DAKOTA
DESIGNATED FOR HOME.
STEAD PURPOSES.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Q the Capital City, the Various
State Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.
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Pierre.-Secretary Lane at Washing
ton has designated 1861 900 acres of
land South Dakota, some already pat
ented, as open to settlement. That
subject to acquisition will be opened
to entry March 10. President Wilson
has signed an order removing 1890
acres from the Mindoka National tor
est, Idaho, for agricultural purposes. 1t
will be opened to entry March 10.
Seed Corn Should Be Tested.
Earliest your seed corn, especially
If the preliminary composite test does
not show high termination" says
Agronomist A. N. Hume Of State col
lege. 1T Is not SO important which
method of testing be adopted as that
the testing shall be done and done
we'll. 1t will be time soon to give the
matter strict attention" DR.. Hume
suggests the rag doll test as a simple
method which may be easily followed
by anyone. He describes the method
as follows: 1.-THE rag doll test gets its
name from the fact that corr to be
tested is rolled into a piece of moist
cotton flannel or other porous cloth
and tied. When SO rolled and tied 1t
resembles a rag doll. The ear test
should be made in February or March
before the farmer gets too busy with
early small grain seeding. When
making a test of seed corn by the rag
doll method it is first necessary to
have a piece of cotton cloth of any
desirable and convenient size. 1t may
be Of the usual width or somewhat
narrower, and three or four feet in
length. Before beginning the work of
testing lay this cloth smoothly on a
table and with a three-foot rule and
pencil mark 1t OF into squares two
inches by three inches in size. The
squares are for the purpose OF separat-
ing the kernels taken from the sepa-
rate ars of corn, the kernels from one
ear being put into n square, from an.
other ear into another square, etc
When the cloth Is ruled of as de-
scribed, 1t Is we'll to dip 1t into water
and ring it out before beginning to put
the kernels into place. When the
cloth is thus dampened, the kernels do
not slip OF easily and they may be
laid upon the squares without much
danger Of becoming displaced. Take
the dampened cloth and start to roll at
n end. Take the first ear to be test.
ed and extract three or more kernels
from 1t with a pocket knife. Take the
kernels from the butt, middle and tip
of the ear. so that they represent all
portions of the ear as nearly as posi-
BILE. Lay the kernels Of this ear into
square No. I, and set aside the ear
with Its appropriate number. The
point is that the squares on the cloth
ears tested. Any device for keeping
track of the kernels and correspond
ing ears will be satisfactory. Pro-
coed likewise with ear No. 2, placing
its sample kernels in square No. 2 on
the cloth. Continue this until the
squares on the cloth are filled with
kernels, each from separate ears. Roll
the cloth upon itself from the end
where the roll was started at the be-
ginning. The folds of cloth will hold
the kernels in place by pressure. Bind
the roll snugly with cord. It will re-
quire four to 10 days OF 20 degrees
temperature to complete the test. In
the meantime it is a good plan tc
place the rag doll In an empty tin
bucket and cover 1t with a lid. This
will prevent evaporation and keep the
kernels sprouting. Look at the cloth
each day to see that it is damp but
not water-logged. II 1t grows too dry
moisten it a little. After q sufficient
time, take out the rag doll and unroll
It on some smooth surface. Keep ac-,
count of the ears from which the ker-
nels were taken. II any failed to ger.
inmate, do not use the particular ears
for seed from which those kernels
were TAKEN"
Richards Wires Progress.
A telegram was received at Huron
from r. o. Richards at Washington.
in which MI. Rirhards says: "The mo-
ton to advance the Richards primary
election law case on the calendar O.
IIc OHIlcu OJdtCS supreme court has
been heard. The final hearing will
be about Fe. .uary rs. As a matter of
economy. the state legislature should
not be convened in special session un-
til the United States supreme court
decision is handed down. The attor-
ney general can facilitate action by
the United States court by bringing
immediate action to dismiss the Rich
ards appeal which will force an issue
at once before the United States SUI
prere court"
Extension Club Work.
The number OF boys and girls en-
rolled in extension club work at
Bookings under Supt. w. w. MAR last
year was 1852, ar increase of ST.
over the 1914 enrolment. The largest
number listed for any project was 952,
In the corn clubs. The club members
produced 100 bushels Of corn, 1,277
bushels of potatoes. 800: pounds of
pork. 700 chickens. 400 loaves n.