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, ,c. t'""J ;: ~ .; } , . <, Fo , .. . 1 Lf!J E9 Falk. BROWN COUNTY AGS)CULTillll Nhile Bl'own County has always been and still is an agricul tural re gion the crops produced ancl the methods persued in f arming h ave lmdergone !!lany changes. 'Jh8n the homesteaders arr ived the virgi n sad was brolren or plowed and in some cases grain crops were sO"'l ed on the newly brolcen soel. Some of the l~omes!;eaders t howvver~ after allowing 'the sad to rot for one s eason WOLl.ld r e - plow or Itback-set" before a crop VJa s produced@ After the s econd plowing t he more careful of t!1e f armers woul d employ a s pr±ngt oo t h hax' rQ',f v{hi';;:·:h Y/ould t ear ancl pulverize the sad to be tter advantage ' than auy other :i c1plement t hen ava il able.. Ordinary h ar1'o''''3 were then used :in some castfs~ 70.8 earliest seeding was done w:i th the so -cal l ed broad cast seeders nanG o f wnich ar e noW jon exist311ce . 'rhe i m)lement cOYlslnted of a 10118 box in the bo ttom of which were a series of short roller s vIi th large shallow corrugations t hat fed the grain slov;ly to spreaders which spread it over the ground. It Was thorn covered over 'pya series of shovels not 1L"11ilce the shovels of a corn plo,,>' only smaller<> of a s eeder was fOLmd to be unsat isfac t ory sInce some of th,e crain :73 3 covered. too deeply and other parts of which would l ie on topo Th" improV8r:lSnt '. of this seeder '.'Jas the s o-called drill wh:1.ch de~)osi ts the seed s'b a ll..'tlifoTI'.l depth. During the first ten year's of the CO:IDty history small gr.fdn via s vir-t ually the onJ.y crop pro d:lCed. I t ~'J3 s thought t hat corn '-'iQuld no t mature ~md 1i t tl~ or no hogs or cat tIe wer·3 produced, a:(cept for home c on s umption" l~ei ther VIas poul try and eggs cons i dered 8 source of inco:me .. So far as t:2e first decade \'J3S c oncerned. prairie gr ass ;'ias she only
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Title | Brown County Agriculture |
Subject | Aberdeen, SD -- History -- Agriculture -- Brown County |
Description | This document contains information on the agricultural practices in Brown County, South Dakota, starting with the first homesteaders and ending in the 1920's. Topics include plowing, dairy, poultry, wheat, corn, land prices, and World War I. |
Creator | L.E. Falk |
Type | Text; |
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Identifier | 666 Falk, LE Brown County agriculture |
Rights | © Beulah Williams Library Archives and Special Collections |
Date Digital | 2012-05-07 |
Language | English |
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Title | Page 1 |
Transcript | , ,c. t'""J ;: ~ .; } , . <, Fo , .. . 1 Lf!J E9 Falk. BROWN COUNTY AGS)CULTillll Nhile Bl'own County has always been and still is an agricul tural re gion the crops produced ancl the methods persued in f arming h ave lmdergone !!lany changes. 'Jh8n the homesteaders arr ived the virgi n sad was brolren or plowed and in some cases grain crops were sO"'l ed on the newly brolcen soel. Some of the l~omes!;eaders t howvver~ after allowing 'the sad to rot for one s eason WOLl.ld r e - plow or Itback-set" before a crop VJa s produced@ After the s econd plowing t he more careful of t!1e f armers woul d employ a s pr±ngt oo t h hax' rQ',f v{hi';;:·:h Y/ould t ear ancl pulverize the sad to be tter advantage ' than auy other :i c1plement t hen ava il able.. Ordinary h ar1'o''''3 were then used :in some castfs~ 70.8 earliest seeding was done w:i th the so -cal l ed broad cast seeders nanG o f wnich ar e noW jon exist311ce . 'rhe i m)lement cOYlslnted of a 10118 box in the bo ttom of which were a series of short roller s vIi th large shallow corrugations t hat fed the grain slov;ly to spreaders which spread it over the ground. It Was thorn covered over 'pya series of shovels not 1L"11ilce the shovels of a corn plo,,>' only smaller<> of a s eeder was fOLmd to be unsat isfac t ory sInce some of th,e crain :73 3 covered. too deeply and other parts of which would l ie on topo Th" improV8r:lSnt '. of this seeder '.'Jas the s o-called drill wh:1.ch de~)osi ts the seed s'b a ll..'tlifoTI'.l depth. During the first ten year's of the CO:IDty history small gr.fdn via s vir-t ually the onJ.y crop pro d:lCed. I t ~'J3 s thought t hat corn '-'iQuld no t mature ~md 1i t tl~ or no hogs or cat tIe wer·3 produced, a:(cept for home c on s umption" l~ei ther VIas poul try and eggs cons i dered 8 source of inco:me .. So far as t:2e first decade \'J3S c oncerned. prairie gr ass ;'ias she only |
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