The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-12-13
NEWS OF THE STATE
A RESUME OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS or THE
WEEK.

Plans are being perfected at Huron
Tor the organization of a county Y. w.
c. A. Miss Pearl De Jarnette, secre.
tary of town and country work Of the
Y. w. C.. A. in the north central field,
Is here to assist in the organization.
Heavy losses have beer caused to
the farmers of Hanson county by the
appearance of the cornstalk disease
among their cattle. Thus far about
sixty cattle have died from the dis.
ease. Others are affected. DR.. j. r.
f. ~Dinwoodie, state extension special
ist III animal disease control, has
been summoned to the county to pre-
vent the disease spreading.
1t is claimed in behalf Of Miss Rosa
Weeldryer, aged 16, and Miss Minnie
Weeldryer. aged IS. daughters of a
farmer living rear Chancellor. that
they are the champion women corn
pickers Of South Dakota. In one day
they each picked 7S bushels OF corr in
nine hours, this record being made on
the farm OF Jacob De Neul, pear
Chancellor.
NhAo UoNN. otAb W NC oIlC
OF the oaka surf species of China. was
captured by Robert Raines while he
was hunting near Mt. Vernon. 1t is a
variety Of game bird which is rarely
seen in this state. This duck is little
larger than a teal and has a head
like the ordinary duck, but stands
straight up unlike the ordinary water
foul Tie nuns oro vallnu, o~J -,
body v~aricolored with green, brown
and blue predominating.
South Dakota is to be made a dis.
trict for federal animal inspection. and
will be cut off the district consisting
of he states of North Dakota, South
Dakota. Montana and Wyoming. DR..
Wilson will be the inspector in charge,
with headquarters at Pierre, where he
can De in conference with the state
board at any time. This will also
make him head of the work of tuber-
cular inspection. instead of working
under an inspector from st. Paul. as
has been the procedure in the past.
The raising of popcorn was a new
industry innugurated this year by a
number OF Lake county farmers. and
the result is that at least eight car
loads of popcorn will be shipped from
Madison to the Chicago markets. The
crop proved a very profitable one to
the farmers who devoted a small
acreage to it. A. F. Fait. who had in
eight acres, received a return equal
to $685. per acre for the land devoted
to the crop. Other farmers did
equally as we'll. w. H. Bergeson had
thirty-six acres of popcorn. This has
not yet been husked. but the indica
tions are that the yield will be fully
up to the standard of popcorn produc
ion.
Banks of this state are being so
licited to take up a plan to save them
the trouble OF carrying individual
Liberty bond envelopes for customers
in their vaults. The plan is the issu
ance OF a certificate to the owner OF
the bonds which shows the ownership
and the right to call for same at any
Use the bonds as a deposit and pay
the interest as in a savings deposit
This plan is strongly opposed by the
state banking department, not only
OF this state. but OF other states as
we'll. This swells the deposit show
ing, and changes the standing of many
banks which hold bonds for a mum
Der Of customers. and the plan will
not in anv way meet the approval OF
the banking department, even though
it does apparently make work easier
for the bankers who are %eustodians
OF the bonds for their customers.
With the increase in the herds OF
big game animals IL the state game
park in the Black Hills the state
promises in a few years to be in pos.
session Of one OF the best Of such
selections in America. The game
park, which is on The state forest re-
serve between Hill City and Hermosa,
Is a strip of pine clad hills IL miles
long and six miles wide, all surround.
ed by a high woven wire fence. In
this Enclosure there are now 300 elk
60 buffalo, rs antelope. and a number
Of deer, the census of these animals
never having been taken, as they
have started from the deer which were
on the tract at the time it was fenced.
Besides these animals a number Of
beaver have been located on the
streams on the tract and are increas-
ing each year. The state has been
purchasing the rights Of the few land
owners within the tract, and hopes to
soon have title to all the land on the
tract. The streams have been stock
ed with trout, and a number of game
birds which will thrive in such loca-
tions have been released. As no hunt
ing is allowed within the Enclosure.
the animals and birds are becoming
more and more tame each year. The
work Of construction OF good high
a has been commenced, and the
whole tract will soon be an attractive
outing place for the people OF the
i Atk rsH &c.