The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-02
CORN AND GRAIN GROWERS

The. theme around which will be
conferred the discussions at the an
nual meeting Of the South Dakota
corn and grain growers at Watertown,
February 4 to 6, will be the problem
of farm help for producing corn and
grain" All phases of saving labor on
the farm will be presented both by
practical South Dakota farmers and by
experts whose business II is to make
a study OF the problem.
Among the farmers who will talk
are the following: Jens Bolland of
Pierpont, on labor saving methods on
Ash Grove farm; Fred Lucke of Red
field, on how he produces prize corn
with the greatest saving of labor;
Logan Slaughter of Belle Fourche, on
what must be done to produce enough
wheat; A. J. Wimple of Beresford. on
the story Of corn breeding in South
Dakota, and short talks on the soil
and crop problems Of the state by
]. c: Denison of Vermillion, Sam Carl
son OF Elk Point, Hugh Nash of Red
field, Norman Nelson of Elk Point,
Andrew Palm of Waterfowl, f. w.
Erickson of Alcester, II. Mathieson
OF Watertown and John Belk of
Henry.
Arrangement OF buildings and the
use OF power 10 save labor in the home
and ,h-o1Ehoz; the farm will be pre-
se1,e3 Ay : 2 Mccall and r. l. Pat.
II SlaI= -0-ez= extension specialists.
FA-- ,.E1s LhE1 save labor and others
1tBa 30 BOZ VIII ee discussed by W. c..
B.,sE-3-E-- extension farm help spec
3aGst G. VI. DIXON will talk on how
10 rarz WORK Into potatoes to great
est s5rzzZEe Cement construction
VIII De discussed by an expert from
The Portland Cement company.
Among the upi1th-minute prob
lens before The farmer. the following
viii be presented: Present recon
struction problems, Regent T. W.
Dwight, Sioux Falls; Where can the
farm labor supply come from, Charles
McCarree, Pierre; Producing crops
for reconstruction, Prof. Manley
Champlin, Brookings; The work OF
agricultural extension, c. Larsen, di
rector of State college extension.
Brookings; Our state system Of rural
credits, A. w. Ewart. treasurer state
rural credits board, Pierre; Agricul-
tural legislation. Hugh Fl. Allen of
the Dakota Farmer, Aberdeen, and
crop and soil experiments and their
meaning, Prof. ]. G. Hutton, Brook
ings.
Special features OF the sessions will
be practical and timely addresses by
national specialists in farming prob
lens as follows: Economic problems
In agriculture, DR.. III. c. Taylor, pro
fessor of rural economies, University
OF Wisconsin,; Crop losses from plant
diseases. DR.. II. B.. Humphrey, cereal
pathologist, u. S. bureau of plant in
dustry; Soil types and soil surveys,
Prof. c. F. Marbut, U. S. bureau of
soils; What we are doing in Mime
sofa, by Prof. A. c. Army, judge Of
the corn show.
H. Z. Dawes of Fulton, president
Of the Corn and Grain Growers asso-
citation, will preside. The other OFF,
GERS of the association are Sam Carl
son, Elk Point, vice president; j. c.
Denison, vermillion. second vice pres
ident; Prof. A. N. Hume, State col
lege, secretary, and e. p. Sand,
Mitchell. treasurer. The directors
are: s. e. Sorenson. Elk Point, first
district; Emil Sougstad, Fulton, sec
ond district. and y1ugh Nash, Redfeld,
district.
A. G. Airy, professor Of agronomy.
University of Minnesota will judge
tho exhibits.
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