Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1946 Fourth Annual Report

This is the fourth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the North Central area are included in a separate pamphlet

Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1945 Third Annual Report

This is the third annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the North Central area are included in a separate pamphlet

Type of Farming Study Manual for the United States and South Dakota

This pamphlet was prepared especially for teaching guide in farm management courses at South Dakota State College. It should help acquaint students with the geography of crop and livestock production in the states and regions of the United States as well as in the various counties of South Dakota. This material should also be of value to research and extension workers in agriculture. Vocational agricultural instructors may also benefit by studying the maps and other data presented. The concentration of specific crop and livestock production in the various areas of South Dakota and the United States is not due to chance, but is greatly influenced by such factors as climate, soil, topography, distance from market, competition, and other important factors. Material for the United States and State maps was obtained chiefly from the 1945 U. S. Census. The first 34 pages is devoted to the United States and the balance of the report to South Dakota

Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1944 Second Annual Report

This is the second annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state, namely the North Central and Southeastern Areas. A summary of the results of the North Central area are included in a separate pamphlet

North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1945 Third Annual Report

This is the third annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the Southeastern area are included in a separate pamphlet

North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1946 Fourth Annual Report

This is the fourth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the Southeastern area are included in a separate pamphlet

Exponential Reproduction: Coaching Small Group Leaders to Mentor, Motivate, and Move on at Woodside Church

To begin transforming Woodside Church into a disciple-making movement, this project focuses on exponentially reproducing small groups. A pilot program of coaches will train small group leaders to mentor apprentice leaders, motivate members to invite new members, and move on to start new groups. The project is divided into three parts. The first part studies the community and Woodside’s unique ministry. An examination of demographic, financial, religious, and extracurricular data reveals the successful, stretched, and stressed culture of Lower Makefield. To share the Gospel with this community, Woodside evolved from a traditional congregation with committees to a community of small groups and teams. The church’s responses to the U.S. Congregational Life Survey in 2001 and 2008 document the effects of this change. The review concludes by examining the barriers it must break to become a reproducing church. The second part explores the biblical and theological foundations for reproducing small groups by studying the spontaneous expansion of the Apostolic, Reformed, and Missional movements. These principles are applied to a decentralized small group network. A theology of the Church reveals that a network of communities, mirroring the inner life of the Trinity, is a preferred ecclesial paradigm to a clergy-dominated institution. This section concludes with a theology of reproducing small groups, which focuses on the way Jesus, Paul, and twenty-first-century churches apprentice and deploy leaders to reproduce Spirit-led communities. As a catalyst for an exponential network of small groups, the third part presents a pilot program of coaches who supervise small group leaders. The goal is for leaders to embrace the biblical call to reproduce small groups. Leaders will be coached to multiply groups by raising up leaders. Observations, interviews, and questionnaires will assess what facilitates or inhibits reproduction, so these discoveries may be used to coach other small group leaders. Content Reader: Randy Rowland, DMi

Post War Farming Adjustments & Opportunities in South Dakota

The approaching post-war period makes it desirable to focus attention on the opportunities and problems involved in the settlement of demobilized ex-service men and others on farms and ranches in South Dakota. It will also be essential to determine some of the desirable changes that have and should take place in size of farms in the various parts of the state. It is hoped that both prospective farmers and persons working on resettlement plans will profit by past farm experiences and by the opinions of farmers. A state-wide survey of post-war farming intentions and opinions of farmers regarding resettlement possibilities and farm adjustments was completed by South Dakota State College recently. It was felt that the opinions of bona fide farmers on the number of farms that might be for rent or sale to new farmers, the minimum size of farm needed to provide a satisfactory income, and on other important resettlement problems would be extremely valuable to prospective farmers and others concerned with resettlement problems. This report summarizes some of the important post-war farm adjustments reported by the 2,600 farmers completing survey schedules

Facts for Prospective Farmers and Ranchers in South Dakota

South Dakota farming varies from the most intensive corn belt type of farming in the southeastern part to the most extensive ranching type in the northwestern part of the state. Irrigation farming is found to a limited extent in the western part. These extreme variations in types of farming have been greatly influenced by such factors as rainfall, length of growing season, topography and soils. The long-time average rainfall varies from somewhat over 25 inches in the southeastern part to under 14 inches in the northwestern part of South Dakota. About two-thirds of the precipitation falls during the growing season. The number of frost-free clays ranges from about 160 days in a few of the extreme southeastern counties along the border to about 130 clays in the extreme northern counties. The purpose of this publication is to pro\\u27 ide information about the agriculture of South Dakota and to give some of the factors that contribute to farm success. It is extremely important that the prospective operator know the pertinent facts about farming and ranching before he makes an actual decision. Most established operators could profit by making a complete analysis of their farm busines