The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-12

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expectations Of quality this year, ays
the report of H. O. Herbrandson, gov.
eminent expert, connected with the
bureau of crop estimates. Herbrand.
son blames the grasshoppers for the
depreciation in the crop quantity al
though the quality is good. The av-
erage for the state will be about IN
bushels per acre, he says, and 1t is
nearly all now hulled, although the
cold and unreasonable weather Of %.
tober and early November delayed
this task. Mr.. H~erbrandson cites
Butte, Meade, Pennington, Huges, Fall
River and Lyman counties as the only
ones having any excess commercial
crop and there the surplus is only
moderate.
Seventeen million tons of straw are
burned every year on American farms
Just to get it out of the way, accord
ing to government estimate, a waste
Of $28, 900 600 worth Of nitrogen alone
at pre-war prices. These seventeen
million tons of straw, says DR.. A. NJ
Hume. State college agronomist, con-
tain 1877 million pounds Of nitrogen,
"a million pounds of phosphorus and
1913 million pounds Of potassium. This
straw might well be returned to the
soil to help maintain the fertility.
Further, the South Dakota expert.
ment station has observed that a thin
mulch of straw carefully applied to
winter wheat may be the means OF
helping the crop to survive winters
that would otherwise be too sewers
for it.
Returns received indicate about
46b per cen of potatoes were shipped
from South Dakota this year as com
pared to one year ago. There have
been a few carloads of potatoes ship.
ped in to the state while a few have
been exported. The prevailing price
has varied in different sections quite
materially, some regions paying over
$500 per bushel, while in other coun.
ties they could be purchased from
$1.35 to $1.40. The quality Of the crop
was very good. Small potatoes were
quite numerous and these are the
only ones that could be classed as
culls and they will be doubtless util
ICED in a year like this one. I
How farmers may increase their
profits by advertising is described In
a new bulletin just published by the
South Dakota State college extension
division, copy for which vas prepared
by the department OF journalism. How
to prepare an advertisement, where
and how to advertise, how much to
spend for advertising, the uses OF
posters, sign boards, sale c~atalogs,
circular letters and inserts are de
scribed with many illustrations.
Trappers over the state are report
ed to be getting themselves in shape ia
begin their operations at the open
ing of the trapping season next month
The high price Of furs Of all kinds il
III inducement, and the owners oil
swamp lands are finding they car
profitably rent them at prices higher
than in former years, to the trappers
who desire exclusive trapping priv
leges on such privately owned tracts
Action toward a settlement Of the
charges made by a public accountant
at Sioux Falls nearly a year ago In
which the county commissioners ara
accused OF turning in improper 40
counts OF mileage and per diem, Ia
demanded by States Attorney Wag
goner. He has notified the commits
%sioners that they must settle in Q
month or he will ask the attorney
general to assist in prosecution.
The trustees Of Huron college ara
opening a campaign for the immediate
realization OF $500, 900 for Huron col
lege, 100000 of which will be for q
new gymnasium and auditorium to be
erected in 1920. Providing the college
raises the SUI Of 1925, 900, the gen,
erel board OF education has promised
to supply the $4,000 to complete the
$500, 900.
Despite the pessimism Of certain
members OF the Mitchell city council
that it would be difficult to get a fair
offer for the $125, 900 worth Of munioi.
pal bonds, authorized at the special
election held last September, the en-.
tire issue has been absorbed by a
Detroit trust company for a price that
astonished the aldermen.
A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney gen.
eral. will attend a meeting of the fair
price committees of each city and
town in South Dakota to be held at
Pierre early In December, when an
effort will be made to organize a state
fair price committee.
The South Dakota Holstein- Friesian
association is organizing for the pur.
pose OF improving the dairy industry
in the state. Through educational
meetings, bulletins and sales the
membership keeps posted on up-to-
date information.
A broken rib which punctured the
lungs resulted in South Dakota's first
serious football accident this season
when Henry Schnitzel. son of the well
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