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South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Spoilage and Microorganisms [p] 61
Buffalo Treehopper [p] 64
Free-Choice or Complete Mixed Rations [p] 66
Nitrate Poisoning [p] 70
Creeping Alfalfa [p] 74
Bentonite in Lamb Ration [p] 78
Property Taxes and Farm Income [p] 82
Plastic Greenhouses [p] 86 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Poultry Breeding Methods [p] 31
The Houses We Live In [p] 36
Pilot Silos [p] 40
1956 Seed Certification List [p] 42
Foundation Seed [p] 43
Silage for Dairy Calves? [p] 48
Nutrients in Stack Silage [p] 52
Retailing Farm Equipment [p] 57 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Carp Meal [p] 3
Communal Farmers [p] 5
Butter or Margarine [p] 12
Feed for Range Ewes [p] 16
Family Farms [p] 21
Grain Storage [p] 25
Fabrics for Shirts and Blouses [p] 28 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Poultry House Ventilation [p] 1
Cash Rent [p] 4
Blended Suitings [p] 10
Chinkota Elm [p] 14
Straw for Paper Production [p] 18
Better Vegetable Varieties [p] 22
Protein Intake Regulator—Salt [p] 29 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Wind Barriers Increase Vegetable Yields [p] 25
Mucosal Disease [p] 27
Grain Marketing Problems in South Dakota [p] 30
Irrigation for Potatoes [p] 33
Harvester Ants and Their Control [p] 36
Siouxland—A New Rust Resistant Cottonwood [p] 38
Winter Grains for South Dakota [p] 41
Hay or Silage as the Only Roughage for Pregnant Ewes [p] 50
1955 Recommended Varieties for South Dakota [p] 53 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Hard Water, a Common Laundry Problem [p] 81
Cobalt in Our Grasses [p] 84
Will Irrigation Pay in Central South Dakota? [p] 86
Field Picker-Sheller and Cold Air Drying [p] 91
Internal Medication, Can It Control Cattle Grubs? [p] 92
Vitamin A Supplementation of Range Cows [p] 98
Effects of Twinning in Dairy Cattle [p] 107
Agronomy Field Day Notes [p] 109 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Creep Rations for Pigs [p] 53
Egg Marketing Problems [p] 56
Add Variety to Meals with Summer Squash [p] 58
Spring or Fall Application of Fertilizers? [p] 62
S.D. 604, A New Corn Hybrid [p] 66
Progress on the Belle Fourche Irrigation Project [p] 68
Protect Strawberries form the Birds [p] 77
New Plant Pathology Building [p] 81
Steps in Breeding a New Forage Variety [p] 82 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Precautions When Using Chemicals for Weed Control [p] 49
Fly Control on the Farm [p] 52
Analyzing Feeds for Poisons [p] 56
The Roof Over Your Head [p] 60
A Better Education for Your Children [p] 62
Equalizing Your Farm Property Tax [p] 67
Effects of Antibiotics on Pork Carcasses [p] 71
Maggots Found Infesting Corn Silage [p] 78 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue:
Wind Barriers Increase Vegetable Yields [p] 25
Mucosal Disease [p] 27
Grain Marketing Problems in South Dakota [p] 30
Irrigation for Potatoes [p] 33
Harvester Ants and Their Control [p] 36
Siouxland—A New Rust Resistant Cottonwood [p] 38
Winter Grains for South Dakota [p] 41
Hay or Silage as the Only Roughage for Pregnant Ewes [p] 50
1955 Recommended Varieties for South Dakota [p] 53 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
In This Issue
Talking Over Farmer-Debtor Relief [p] 79
Feed Analyses [p] 83
Soil Survey—Spink County [p] 86
Breed, Diet, Sex, Affect Growth Response of Chicks to Antibiotics [p] 88
Norghum Sorghum for Growing-Fattening Pigs [p] 95 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
Getting a Good Stand of Corn [p] 23
Alfalfa Disease Problems in South Dakota [p] 26
Commercial Expansion from Irrigation [p] 31
An Improved White Plymouth Rock—South Dakota 101 [p] 34
Sporadic Bovine Encephalitis [p] 38
A New Corn Hybrid—S.S. 250 [p] 41
Oyster-shell Scale [p] 43
Hulless Oats for Fattening Lambs [p] 46 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
Artificial Milk for Baby Pigs [p] 1
Alfalfa Silage Versus Alfalfa Hay [p] 4
This Trench Silo Was Built Above Ground [p] 6
Cornstalk Poisoning [p] 8
Rust—Is Chemical Control a Possibility? [p] 10
Financing Cooperatives [p] 15 -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Forage Crops for Turkeys [p] 83
Drying the Corn Crop [p] 86 Feebar Barley for Pigs [p] 90
South Dakota Looks at Irrigation [p] 92
Profit or Loss [p] 97 Big-Neck in Calves [p] 99 Notes,
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The Corn Borer Tax [p] 51
Drought Resistance in Barley [p] 55
Ornamental Crabapples [p] 58
Just Released (Corn Hybrid S.D. 220) [p] 60
How Much Forage Pays? [p] 63
Self-Feeding Grass Silage From the Stack [p] 66
Cottage Cheese [p] 72
Willows and Poplars for You or the Beetles? [p] 75
Why Run the Gain Off Your Pigs? [p] 77
Report on State Weed and Pest Control Conference [p] inside back cover -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Putting a Legume Back Into the Native Grasslands [p] 23
Urea a Satisfactory Protein Substitute [p] 27
Worm Infestation in Range Sheep [p] 30
New Type Septic Tanks and Cisterns Prove Successful [p] 33
Is Nitrogen Needed in Wester South Dakota? [p] 36
From Tenancy to Farm Ownership [p] 42
Garden Tomatoes From August to December [p] 49 -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
Marketing and Processing Methods Affecting Butter Quality [p] 25
Reused Wool—Will It Wear? [p] 30
South Dakota Barley—High in Protein [p] 34
Timing Prevents Decrease in Oat and Barley Yield from 2,4-D [p] 36
Oats for Growing Turkeys [p] 42
Cattle Grub Control in South Dakota [p] 46
Why Plant Shrubs in Windbreaks? [p] inside back cover -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
Concrete Aggregate from South Dakota Shales [p] 77
Chemical Control of Grasshoppers [p] 83
Artificial Insemination Improves Dairy Herds [p] 86
New Sandcherry Recipes [p] 90
Soil Survey in South Dakota [p] 94
Feeding Immature Corn to Growing-Fattening Pigs [p] 97
50 Years of Irrigation on Belle Fourche Project [p] 101
Noseprints as an Accurate Means of Identifying Cattle [p] inside back cover -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Recent Population Changes in South Dakota [p] 49
Antibiotics for Pigs Over 125 Pounds [p] 55
Minerals in South Dakota Feeds [p] 59
Mature or Soft Corn—You Can Grow Either [p] 62
Can Chemicals Weed Your Garden? [p] 68
Land for Reservoirs—Some Local Reactions [p] 72
Grasshopper Outlook, 1952 [p] inside back cover -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Ear Corn and Alfalfa Silage for Fattening Cattle [p] 1
Turkey Poults Need Phosphorus [p] 3
Bacon Quality [p] 6
Break That South Dakota Wind [p] 10
Why Short-Term Leases? [p] 14
Carotene Losses in Stored Poultry Feeds [p] 17
Notes Taken in the Field Agronomy Field Day [p] back cover -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
Agricultural Experiment Station
Homesteader Bromegrass [p] 25
Siberian Elm, A Great plains Toughie [p] 28
Antibiotics for Turkeys [p] 31
To Get Cottons Cleaner [p] 34
Looking Ahead to Irrigation [p] 38
Hackberry Leaf Galls [p] 40
Sporadic Bovine Encephalitis [p] 43
Your 1950 Research Investment [p] inside back cover -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
What South Dakota Women Eat [p] 69
Keeping a Roof Over Your Head [p] 73
Root Rot in Cereals and Grasses [p] 76
Combining Ability of Inbred Lines of Poultry [p] 80
Marketing Slaughter Lambs by Carcass Weight and Grade [p] 85
Irrigated Pastures Show Substantial Gains Over Non-Irrigated [p] 89
Selenium Research Field Expanding [p] 91
Notes Taken in the Field [p] inside back cover -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Feeding Soft Corn to Livestock [p] 1
Do Preseasonal Rain and Snow Increase Crop Yields? [p] 8
Comparing Rations for Wintering Range Ewes [p] 12
Men and Land [p] 17
Arsenic Fails to Control Selenium Poisoning in Turkeys [p] 20
Vaccination and Blood Tests for Fowl Cholera [p] 23
Brucellosis Control Program Underway [p] inside back cover -
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South Dakota Farm Fly Control [p] 45
Fertilizers and Irrigation Double Tomato Production [p] 49
Summer Grazing and Wintering Beef Cattle [p] 50
Starved Soil Can Not Produce Good Crops! [p] 56
Two New South Dakota Corn Hybrids [p] 59
Potato Blight Control Increases Production [p] 61
Farm Land Values in South Dakota Your Experiment Station and National Security [p] inside back cover -
South Dakota Farm and Home Research
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Liquid Seed Treatment Reduces Hazard [p] 25
Deep Freeze or Locker Plant Meat [p] 29
Fruits and Vegetables in the Home Freezer [p] 32
Looking Ahead to Irrigation [p] 34
Project Families Like Irrigation Farming [p] 36
Norghum—Its Feed Value for Lambs [p] 40
Controlling Heel Flies and Cattle Grubs [p] 43
Weed Control [p] 46
New Fruit Trees for South Dakota [p] inside back cover -
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Stillbestrol [p] 77
Farm Electrification [p] 81
Egg Marketing Losses [p] 85
Harvesting Prairie Hay [p] 88
Soils Surveyed for Irrigation in Spink County [p] 92
Transferring the Farm Within the Family [p] 95
Sprinkler Irrigation [p] 98
Control Insects in Alfalfa Fields [p] inside back cover