The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-04-15
CROP OUTLOOK GOOD
eoUTh DAKOTA 9xpOe7o 70 -
CAPE RUoT AND
INoEcro

Crop experts are specializing on the
matter Of what effect the mild wealth
Or will have ON the crops to be raised
in South Dakota this year. They quite
generally agree that this should not
be 4 rust year. basing this belief on
the fact that there seldom have been
three rust years in succession. Some
OF he experts believe that the small
amount Of snow during the last winter
has afforded small protection for in
sect pests and that the winter was a
hard n for them, the frequent thaw-
ing and freezing Of the ground serv,
ing to weaken the eggs OF insects aid
near the surface Of the ground. II
this theory proves correct. the coming
crop in South Dakota will be relieved
to some extent OF insect pests and
have all the better chance OF coming
through in good condition. Some au,
thorities claim the mild winter has
been more favorable to insect pest
than otherwise. II this is the correc,
view farmers will have to make a sys-
tematic fight against insect pests IL
order to prevent severe losses. 1t is
the general opinion OF the experts
that the crop acreage in South Dakota
this year. notwith standing the pres
ent low price Of farm products, will be
about the same as that OF last year
Corn and Wheat will be the two prin
cipal crops raised in the state thi
year, as they have been in the past
The durum wheat acreage especially
will be large. This variety OF whea
has become a favorite Of farmers O.
South Dakota because Of its rust re
sisting qualities. It also can with
stand drouth better than other a
ieties of wheat.
Directors of the Mitchell chambe
Of commerce voted for the appoint
ment Of a comm ittee Of three to be
gin a statewide campaign to obtain {
constitutional amendment changfn.
the name Of OF South Dakota to Roose
welt. The name OF Lincoln havint
been appropriated for the proposed
new state out OF Idaho and Washing
WILL, @Ao lNooSCVCbk HdVlA6 oRCAk R0A
OF his early manhood in Dakota, the
latter name was chosen. Reasons fol
the champaign are that more thar
thirty bank failures in North Dakota
following crop failures in that stat,
have been attributed to South Dakot;
where only three banks have failed IL
five years, that the climate OF Soutl
Dakota is radically different and ia
superior to that of North Dakota tina
the farming industry in South Dakot;
is confined almost entirely to small
grain; and that resources OF the two
states are widely different in charac
ter.
The oil excitement in the western
part OF the state has called out an il
quiry, as to the validity OF oil permit.
or leases on state school lands unde
the requirements of the enabling act
under which the state was put int
existence, and the constitution of tn
state, both Of which prohibit the SALE
OF such lands except by competitiv,
bids. On this the attorney genera
holds the leases for the development
of mineral products upon state land
are not sales, as they do not carry an,
title to the land itself, and that leases
are valid.
Several bands already have been sc
cured to furnish music during the al
nual tri-state roundup festivities il
Belle Fourche on July 4, 5 and 6.
The most important official actio.
taken during the annual meeting j
Sioux Falls of the South Dakota Lee
que OF Women Voters, was the adof
ton of a recommendation to the stat
male be removed from the sectio
Of the code defining pury qualificl
tons at first opportunity.
According to the latest bulletin @
Malcolm H. Gardner, of Delaveh, Wis
superintendent of advanced register.
OF the Holstein-Friesian association O
America, the state-Owned dairy her
at the state hospital foy the insane i
1ankton is establishing a name &c
itself for milk and butter production
A farm bureau membership campaie
has just been completed in Sully cou
ty with IS per cent of the farmers al
preached signed up.
A workable and effective system {
farm field seed certification is assure
for South Dakota this year as a resu
of action taken at the annual meetin
OF the South Dakota Experiment a
ISOLATION held at State college l.
Bookings. A committee of five wa
appointed to bring about a system g
seed certification based upon the pas
years experience, after a careful stud
Of systems now in force of the adjoil
states.
At a special election held at Marvi
April 16, the voters will have submit
ted to them the proposition OF issuin
bonds Of $50, 900 for the purchase of