South Dakota Farm and Home Research was published quarterly by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station from 1949 to 2007. Issues published from 1999-2007 can be found here.
Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Reports were published in South Dakota Farm and Home Research from 1960 - 2007. Annual Station Reports from 1988 to 1959 can be found here.
This digital collection of South Dakota Farm and Home Research was created with the support of The Center for Research Libraries through the Project Ceres award program. Print copies of all pamphlets are preserved in the University Archives.
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South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
Director’s Comments [p] 2 “Project can open up a new market for south Dakota meat producers”
Stockwater fish [p] 3 “many a dugout could also offer family food, commercial fishery”
Researcher’s friendly [p] 6 “that’s what computers are. We get a lot of work of the few we have”
How to pick a flower [p] 9 “Sunflowers come in all kinds of varieties. Which is right one? “
Research on wheels [p] 11 “This ‘research station’ is western half of the state “
High-tech tillage [p] 14 “This primer on reduced till is summary of 10 years SE farm” -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s comments [p] 2 “both antelope and Ralph have an outstanding service record"
What test doesn’t tell you [p] 3 “Go ahead, harvest early .Bean bins overwinter well at 16-17% moisture”
This younger generation [p] 7 “what starts a young person on the road toward delinquency?“
Breakthroughs [p] 10 “new methods bring fuel alcohol nearer gasoline, diesel prices“
Harnessing the wind [p] 13 “can we use wind to generate heat, SE/TES to store it?“
It’s your turn [p] 16 “readership survey tells us who you are, what you want“ -
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Director’s Comments [p] 2 “Being a researcher has a lot in common with being a farmer“
Monoclonal antibodies [p] 3 “Techniques used in cancer research will help our vets in swine work“
Chem lab moved [p] 7 “We get the ‘state chem lab,’ research and testing integrate“
Semi-dwarf with promise [p] 9 “X73-19 is still experimental it’s a short rye, won’t lodge“
The future of beef at stake [p] 11 “just 10₡ a pound more for chuck means $28 million to South Dakota“
Forces of change [p] 15 “six things have changed Ag; will you be the seventh?“ -
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Director’s comments [p] 2 “advisors tell us adjust our basic: applied research ratio”
Mr. Farmer: call E-T [p] 3 “or listen to the radio for irrigation scheduling help”
Mr. J. [p] 6 “radio transmitter in his tummy tells us what’s going on inside”
‘Jack-of-all-trades’ [p] 11 “That’s a research station manager; mostly he’s a farmer”
SEI/TES [p] 13 “it’s portable; it’s reliable; and it pays you money back”
Consultation [p] 16 “Reps from 47 organizations rate work of college of Ag”
Roots and rewards [p] 20 “When a good man stays, he and the state benefit”
95 annual report [p] 25 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comments [p] 2 “The questions pile up; most must be solved ‘on location’ “
Profile with potential [p] 3 “He’s 43, a family farmer, been in the hog business 18 years, want to expand”
About-face [p] 8 “Young people are still leaving state, but who are these folks moving in? “
Find her in your own herd [p] 13 “the distance in cow efficiency can be 145 lb. more calf on 600lb less hay”
A tractor for the 90’s [p] 15 “Did you put the cat out? Did you plug in the electric tractor? “
Large mouths in farm ponds [p] 19 “can’t fool our local bass with a ‘southern’ stocking formula “
Coming of age [p] 22 “A 4-acre infant 30 years ago, young giant now covers 25,000 country acres” -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comment [P] 2 “mail gives me a chance to tell you want we do with your tax dollar, will do with yields, may be with leafy spurge “
Rose and Nell [p] 3 “these two varieties are tough; they come through winterkill better than just about anything you plant now”
Winterkill Weapons: buried minicomputers [p] 4 “here it’s actually “springkill.” You need to make early replanting plans; we are digging up the facts you need”
Can alcohol pay? [p] 6 “How much corn ground to supply a plant? How many dairy farms or beef cattle? And would local people convert their engines? “
Face flies: a standoff [p] 9 “Live in a white farmhouse? See flies in the spring? There’s a connection between that and $14 million yearly cattle losses”
Horn flies: we’re winning [p] 11 “Looks like we lick the horn fly problem; now it’s a matter of how little chemical we can get by with “ -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comments [p] 2 “If it doesn’t seem a good time to celebrate, think back 100 years. Times weren’t good then, either”
Diet and pills [p] 3 “schoolkids’ diaries held no surprises; some needed extra vitamins and minerals, some didn’t, some were taking wrong ones”
Sclerotinia [p] 7 “If these diseases move in, beware. They’ll limit sunflower production unless we find resistant varieties “
Ordway Prairie [p] 10 “A preserve that won’t be ‘preserved,’ Ordway is a bit of nostalgia, a key to future, and a ‘managed’ Prairie “
No germs [p] 14 “Mother and babies-nine of them-are doing fine; they’re going to be very special pets of these vets”
Continuous cropping [p] 16 “Twenty years weren’t enough to deplete these soils; continuous corn gave highest TDN scores “ -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comment [p] 2 “what price on comfort and beauty and vegetable gardens? What price on a windbreak? You might be surprised “
Honor to a sorghum scientist [P] 3 “ sorghum growing in South Dakota changed direction forever after Cliff Franzke’s remarkable discoveries in breeding plots“
Shut down? No way! [p] 5 “ Even if demand for fuels alcohol is at ‘simmer,’ SDSU’s plant is alive and brewing, ready for next go-round”
Fighting vandalism [p] 10 “Lighting, locking, and identification are main weapons against rural crime but too few of us follow up, study says”
Molite…the research [p] 13 “they ‘changed the face of South Dakota ‘when, armed with solid research evidence, they turned next to convincing an investor”
Molite…and its use [p] 15 “it’s come full circle: the need and idea spawned research, which got applied, and bred still another need and another idea”
More than a paycheck [p] 18 “The benefits of a college education spill out to all of us when students work at the side of our agricultural scientists”
94th annual report [p] 23 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comment [p] 2 “We intend to meet the challenges you have given us. Like you, we are eager for the next 100 years”
Aphids on small grain [p] 5 “a lot of the spraying aphids on mature grain needed, but plants need close watching at either stages”
Broadcasting birds [p] 6 “Researchers ‘with their ears on ‘followed gray partridge for 2 years, found best places for birds in diversified cropping “
Depth gauge [p] 9 “save money, build this farm from things you’ve got laying around. Even if you don’t fish, you’ll be able to think up a substitution”
Rammed walls [p] 10 “If you had plenty of labor and time, no money and needed a hen house, rammed walls from college were just the ticket”
The water labs [p] 16 “irrigation wells, water treatment plants, dugouts, swimming pools- lab analyses for these and more “ -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Money in the bank [p] 3 “Soil analysis –it’s basic. The Soil Lab provides the services for your minimum effort, your maximum profit”
Cottonwood [p] 7 “scientists enthusiastic about research with potential to double range carrying capacity”
Measuring biomass [p] 11 “developing new instruments and techniques could speed research results. Answer ‘down the road’
Manageable shelterbelts [p] 12 “Twin row-high density design promises maximum access, height, and ground level density”
Dawn and Rita [p] 14 “New hard winter wheats show promise for disease resistance and high yield”
Long-term solutions [p] 17 “Success in corn breeding is hard won. Developing population and inbred strake time, commitment. -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comments [p] 2
Direct Beef Marketing [p] 3
Selenium: Villain or Hero? [p] 7
Excellence that Won’t Quit [p] 11
Flax: A Crop to Watch [p] 13
Insect Watchers [p] 16 -
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Director’s Comments [p] 2
Plugged Plastic [p] 3
Sensing R-value in Walls [p] 5
No Overnight Answers [p] 7
Update: Alcohol Fuels [p] 10
Counterattack on Hessians [p] 12
Analytical Services [p] 14
Enzyme Inquiries [p] 18 -
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Director’s Comments [p] 2
Irrigation: Who Profits? [p] 3 New N Test in the Works [p] 7
“Faked Steaks” [p] 11
The New Owners [p] 14
Seed Testing Lab [p] 19
James [p] 22
Algal Bloom [p] 25 -
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Director’s Comments [p] 2
The Human Factor [p] 4
Beyond Our Borders [p] 6
Barleys Just for Us [p] 9
Bread and Butter [p] 13
Outreach [p] 15
A Day’s Work [p] 18
A Great Combination [p] 20
IPM [p] 23
93rd Annual Report [p] 25 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
Director’s Comments [p] 2
Trusty Partners in Research [p] 3
Home Grown Nitrogen [p] 6
Steer with a Pop Top [p] 9
Sun Silage [p] 12
Coming of Age [p] 15
Our Best Release [p] 18
92nd Annual Report [p] 24 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
Director’s Comments [p] 2
Hessian Flies [p] 3
Farm Consumers [p] 6
Muskies [p] 11
Pine Needle Abortion [p] 14
A New Cottage Cheese [p] 16
Sunflowers [p] 19
Lambing on Schedule [p] 22 -
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Director’s Comments [p] 2
Hail-Out! [p] 3
McCrory Gardens [p] 7
Ear Tags for Horn Flies [p] 9
Leafcutting Bees [p] 11
Prescribed Burning [p] 14
Bagged Pro-Sil [p] 19
Tissue Culture [p] 21
A Movable Collector [p] 24 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
Director’s Comments [p] 2
Roads: More Abandonment and Taxes [p] 3
Silage: Reduce Storage Losses [p] 6
Corn: Root Strength Studies [p] 9
Off-Beat Foods: Use Them [p] 12
Rebound: Summer Growth [p] 15
Pumps: Make Optimum Use [p] 18
RSI: Eye on the Environment [p] 22 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Director’s Comments [p] 3
Growth Promotants [p] 5
Ranch with a Difference [p] 9
Fat is Yellow [p] 13
New Role for Crop Wastes? [p] 16
Sun Power [p] 18
West River Center [p] 20
PLUS: The 91st Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
Director’s Comments [p] 2
Deep Plowing [p] 3
Drip Vegetables [p] 6
Pumps and Fish [p] 8
Irrigation Permits [p] 9
Water for Livestock [p] 11
The Irrigation Pump [p] 13
Water Quality [p] 16
Energy Alternatives [p] 19
Water Choices [p] 24 -
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State’s Dairy Industry: Bright Future [p] 3
Fermented Colostrum [p] 5
Cafeteria Choice [p] 7
Miniaturized Junipers [p] 9
Dicamba Drift [p] 12
Shrubs for Modern Landscaping [p] 14
Low-cost Protein [p] 17
A Check on Antibiotics [p] 18 -
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A Handful of Seed [p] 3
Hardiness Research [p] 8
Saving a Shelterbelt [p] 9
The Changing Farm Picture [p] 13
Rail Service [p] 15
SxA Calves [p] 18
Feed Mill [p] 20 -
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The Investment [p] 3
Teamwork [p] 5
Aspen [p] 6
Feedlot Nutrition [p] 8
Single-Animal Nutrition [p] 9
Teaching [p] 10
Swine [p] 11
Poultry [p] 13
Rangeland [p] 14
Reproduction [p] 15
Confinement Sheep [p] 16
Meat Science [p] 18
Beef Breeding [p] 19
Biochem [p] 21 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
This issue includes the 90th Agricultural Experiment Station annual report.
Abortions in the Swine Herd [p] 3
Phytophthora [p] 5
AMV [p] 7
Feeding Non-Conventional Corn [p] 9
Feeding Wet Corn [p] 10
Three-Grain Silage [p] 12
Rootworm Research [p] 14
Sod Webworms [p] 16
Quality with the Yield [p] 18
Do-it-Yourself Heating [p] 19
Open Ditch v. Buried Pipe [p] 21
PLUS: The 90th Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
South Dakota State University
Alfalfa Haylage Gains from Addition of Dried Whey [p] 3
The Back Side Makes a Difference [p] 6
Spotting the Protein in Bread Wheats [p] 8
Out There Waiting for You [p] 11
Why Some Manpower Programs Fail [p] 13