The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-04-30
MORE CORN ACREAGE
souTH DAKOTA FIELD AGENT
ISSUES INFORMATION
/ ON 1920 CROPS.

South Dakota for the bureau of crop
CT agriculture, has issued the follow
ing IN reference to crop and other
conditions in SOuth Dakota Comply
Ing with . request FOR information on
the general agricultural outlook for
1899 IN South Dakota. 4 schedule of
Inquiry was sent 20 the reporters Of
this office. One hUndred and ninety
i've ~ these were returned within
sufficient time 20 be used in the re-
ny which was requested 20 be made
q information received indicates that
there a ye2lency toward an increase
I'm the corn acreage 4 proportionately
larger decrease n spring wheat, not
:.Sch change IN the oat acreage, tend
icg towards an iG~cCeaSc Barley same
As l&tS, depending or the weather con
t,,o2s =. ticaS % SowsrS. There is
5 tendency toward i slight increase
II flax Apparently, there VIII be
more tAllow ana this season. Modern
power has reduced the man power
necessary. hu, the iUetyicieDcy OF Ia,
ho- and high wages asked seem 20 be
causing the farmer 70 take a pessi-
mistic attitude. Farm machinery has
advanced in price but Is no factor in
the changed acreage. The relation
between feed and livestock prices are
sverse 70 the grower. The required
amount OF seed for all crops is avail
able and is hardly a factor in the
change OF acreage. although the spring
wheat is not all desirable in quality,
Above conditions are not causing
farm buildings 10 be vacated since
there are seldom enough buildings TO
house the population in a new state.
There is a feeling Of resentment with
slight encouragement apparent in the
farm population. Spring moisture is
abundant and field work will be in
full swing very soon"
The state board Of regents, in ses-
sion at Sioux Falls, decided to re.
organize the course of study at the
Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, and extend the
course to four years instead of two
years, as it is at the present time.
This will make the graduates eligible
to teach in any school in South Da.
kota, while under the two-year course
they are ineligible to teach in the
states high schools.
The South Dakota highway commits.
sion has gone into the publishing bust
ness. Just off the press is a neat 16'
page pamphlet outlining the work OF
the commission and the plans for the
coming year. The booklet is replete
with pictures taken along the pictur-
esque roads Of South Dakota and with
views Of the various types Of country
roads which have either just been
completed or are under construction
The overflow of the James river
flooded great areas of bottomland
along that section of the river pass
ing through Hutchinson county. Great
numbers Of stacks OF hay were inun'
dated. At Tuscan one can count doz-
Of hay stacks under water. The
same is true in the vicinity of Olivet
and northward toward the Wolf Creek
Mennonite colony.
The supreme court of South Dakota,
in a decision just handed down, has
determined hat all acts of the coun-
Gil Of defense were constitutional.
Tho lnofCtoN uyna Tho rnutyf If m
appeal made by Joe Adams, Of Dewey
county, against a fine, assessed for
contempt OF court.
Despite the fact that residence
building has been taken up with the
first opening of the construction sea-
son. Waterfowl is confronted with a
critical housing problem, which has
produced a condition there lever be-
fore paralleled.
Steps already have been taken for
the erection Of a e high school
building In Newell, for which the vot-
ers at a special election a few days
ago authorized the issuance OF bonds
Of $4,000.
Work has begun on construction Of
a new Trip county courthouse in
Winner. The structure will cost about
100000 and will BE- one of the finest
courthouses in the Rosebud country.
AS the result Of a meeting held in
Flandreau, 1t was decided that Moody
county shall have a county fair this
year. and September !, 2 and 3 next
has been fixed Is the time.
Patrons Of the Pierpont school dis
trict have voted favorably on a bond
issue Of $4,000 for the purpose Of
erecting a large addition to the school
building.
The South Dakota Better School
Campaign which was halted last fall
by the early storms after covering
half the state, will be resumed.
Every fifth person in Dawson u
ty owns an automobile, according to
the records Of the county treasurer.
Como, a thriving trading point In
Brookngs county, s to have a bank.
Preparations are being made for the
commencement OF road improvement