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Joseph Hutton, one of the first soil scientists of South Dakota, brought a new concept to the state that not all soil was the same and that different soils required different farming practices to be sustainable. Since his arrival in 1911, Hutton studied the effects of the farming practices of the day, which depleted the soil nutrients and caused erosion. He predicted the Dust Bowl 20 years before it happened. For Joseph Hutton, soil became a sacred living entity in which sprang all life. He dreamed of a time when man was akin with nature and not the destroyer of it. He used any form of communication to promote this idea, including poetry, radio and public speeches.

Rentable exhibit includes:

• 28 retractable banners
• Total running wall space: 87 feet
• Banner dimensions: 3 1/4 feet wide by 6 1/2 feet tall
• Recommended gallery size: 1,500 square feet
• Rental duration and fee: Eight weeks for $250 plus tax
• Banners are single-sided and are free standing with a base
• Optional props are available

This exhibit is stored in cases with wheels. The dimensions of the cases are: width 16 inches by length 4 feet by height 22 inches (height includes the wheels). Each case is a two person team lift, and the wheels do not lock. The banner bags can be stored in the cases.

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This exhibit was made possible in part due to a grant from the South Dakota Humanities Council, an affiliate program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Researchers: Donald Berg, Thomas Schumacher, Dale Potts, Doug Malo, Carrie Van Buren, Gwen McCausland and Leo Mullen.

This film is a companion piece to the article “The Life and Death of 470 Acres,” written by Robert Lusk. Here, we have a Huron newspaper editor and publisher shooting an expensive color motion picture in 1938. The story addresses the early prosperity of a specific farm followed by drought, depression, dust storm and a bankruptcy, proceeded by a determined conservation effort of complete reclamation and productivity.

This exhibit focuses on how WWII affected agriculture in South Dakota and the Great Plains region. Topics covered include commodities and how they were affected or changed, how farm labor was affected, and the various programs that were implemented to help farmers. Additionally, this exhibit highlights the call-to-action American farmers received during WWII and the years after the war. Farmers and ranchers supported the war through a variety of methods such as: victory gardens, scrap drives, increasing wheat and sugar beet production, development of the Harvest Brigade, and planting hemp with labor and equipment shortages.

Rentable exhibit includes:

• 18 retractable banners
• Total running wall space: 58 feet
• Banner dimensions: 3 1/4 feet wide by 7 feet tall
• Recommended gallery size: 1,000 square feet
• Rental duration and fee: Eight weeks for $250 plus tax
• Banners are single-sided and are free standing with a base
• Optional props and interactive available

This exhibit is stored in cases with wheels. The dimensions of the cases are: width 16 inches by length 4 feet by height 22 inches (height includes the wheels). Each case is a two person team lift, and the wheels do not lock. The banner bags can be stored in the cases.

Since the first seed was planted along banks of the Missouri River, women have played a vital role in agriculture. However, their contributions to agriculture have been underdocumented. Even today, the U.S. has close to a million female farmers, and yet, women are still generally not considered “farmers” in the public’s eye, nor are they represented in the image of agriculture. This exhibit showcases 14 South Dakota women farmers and ranchers.

• Exhibit information: 16 pop-up units (52 panels separated into four square units and 12 triangle units)
• Recommended gallery size: 1,500 square feet
• Rental duration and fee: Eight weeks for $250 plus tax

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"FarmHer: South Dakota," an exhibit celebrating South Dakota women farmers of the past and present, opened on April 20, 2019. It is a traveling exhibit produced by the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum and FarmHer Inc. For three years, Gwen McCausland, director of the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum, worked curating this exhibit. The museum received grants from the SDSU Women and Giving Fund and from the South Dakota Humanities Council. McCausland, Kelley LeBeaux and Vicki Hebb interviewed women across the state. The team selected 10 women to be photographed by Ali Leuty of FarmHer Inc.

Credits

Exhibit funded in part by the South Dakota Humanities Council and the SDSU Women and Giving Fund.

This exhibit was open May 15, 2019-Feb. 8, 2020. An opening reception was held on June 15, 2019, at 2 p.m. Marji Guyler-Alaniz, owner of FarmHer Inc., spoke as part of the reception. The exhibit closed on Feb. 8, 2020.

South Dakota experiences a wide variety of weather from warm summer days to freezing cold winters. Tornados, blizzards, hail, drought, fire and floods directly affect our communities and agricultural efforts. What causes these weather phenomena?

Explore the science behind major weather events and the impacts they have on the South Dakota landscape through satellite imagery.

• Exhibit information: Seven triangle pop-up units (21 panels total)
• Recommended gallery size: 1,000 square feet
• Rental duration and fee: Eight weeks for $250 plus tax

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From Lakota winter counts to satellite imagery, this exhibit explores how we document major weather events that have left lasting impressions on our landscape. This exhibit debuted March 15, 2018.

We would like to thank

Funding:

AmericaView Grant Number G14AP00002 from the Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey.

Organizations:

Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, Mesonet at ���ϳԹ���, Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, SDSU Extension, South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum Staff, South Dakota View, SDSU Geography Department, the South Dakota Geographic Alliance and the State Archives of the South Dakota State Historical Society.

Individuals:

Aaron Cooley, Abhinav Sharma, Adele Harty, Amber Lounsbery, Anthony Bachmeier, Brice Zoungrana, Chandler Klawitter, Cory Alden, David Ollila, Emily White, Fatima Javid, Jerry Graslie, John Jacobson, Kathy Gustafson, Laura Edwards, Mary O’Neill, Mike Monnens, Nathan Edwards, Paige Barthel, Pravara Thanapura, Robert Burke and Tim Smith.

Inspired by Leland Sudlow’s photography and career, the exhibit "Through Leland Sudlow’s Lens: Forty Years of Extension Service History" is a visual history of the South Dakota Extension Service from the 1950s through the 1980s. Leland Sudlow captured on film the moments that made South Dakota Extension Service an office of people helping people.

The exhibit documents the programs offered by Extension, the people they impacted and how Extension changed with the times.

• Exhibit information: Six L-shaped units (24 panels total)
• Recommended gallery size: 1,200 square feet
• Rental duration and fee: Eight weeks for $250 plus tax

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Accompanying the exhibit there were a series of programs that discuss Extension Service activities available to the citizens of South Dakota. The topics that were presented at these programs covered a wide variety of subjects.

This exhibit was open Sept. 22, 2015, to Feb. 29, 2016.