May 3, 2016 • Page 8 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com S.D. 4-H Helps Youth Learn to Babysit BROOKINGS, S.D. - More than 70 youth, ages 7-14, participated in SDSU Extension 4-H Babysitting Clinics held in Forestburg and Plankinton this spring. “The goal of the 4-H Babysitting Course is to give youth the confidence to handle unexpected situations and to properly care for youth under their supervision,” said Audra Scheel, SDSU Extension 4-H Youth Program Advisor - Sanborn, Aurora & Jerauld/Buffalo ABSOLUTE ONLINEAUCTION 3 Commercial Building Lots SELLING TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER REGARDLESS OF PRICE! Bidding ends May 25th at 2:00 pm ET TAA-1615 TAA-1615 Property Location: E 31st Street at Hwy 81/Broadway Yankton, SD · Three +/- 1 Acre Lots Offered Individually and Combined · Prime location for Commercial/Retail Development · Anchored by Menards and Near Numerous National Retailers Including Wal-Mart · Frontage and Access on 31st St and Menards Access Rd · Visibility from High Traffic U.S. Hwy 81/ Broadway Tranzon Asset Advisors & In Cooperation with Chuck Sutton, Auctioneer and Land Broker, LLC | 10% Buyers Premium | 10% Deposit of Total Purchase Price | 2% Broker Participation | Other Terms Apply. TRANZON.COM 888-791-7307 ext. 84 BROOKINGS, S.D. Results from the 2015-2016 Dakota Performance Ram Test can be found on the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center. The 2015-16 Dakota Performance Ram Test sponsored by participating sheep breeders, NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center and SDSU Extension, was established to evaluate economically important wool traits and growth performance among young ram lambs under a central test format. “Commercial producer and seedstock producers recognize the value in purchasing superior studs to improve flock return from both lamb and wool,” said David Ollila, SDSU Extension Sheep Field Specialist. What Ram Test Results Mean to Sheep Industry Using phenotypic and genetic selection tools, including index data from a central performance test like the Dakota Test can improve the accuracy of sire selection to pursue flock performance goals, OIlila explained. “Commercial producers have the opportunity to knowingly maintain or improve the traits of the ewe Our family has decided to offer the following land for sale at public auction located at 45022 291st St. Viborg, SD or from the 4-way stop in Viborg go 5 ½ miles west both sides of the road or from Center Point, 2-miles east on both sides of the road on: WEDNESDAY MAY 11TH 10:30 A.M. AUCTION HELD ON SITE It is our privilege to offer the following land located in these two tightly held townships located on the Turner & Yankton County line. This land auction offers powerful, high quality tillable land, improved acreage site with outstanding trees, waterfowl production/recreational land and will be offered in several combinations to accommodate any size buyer. Land is rented for the 2016 crop year. TRACT ONE: 78.59 ACRES LEGAL: The N ½ of the NW ¼ Section 2, 96-54 Yankton County, SD. • 71.29 acres tillable with 4.62 acres of hayland, 1.47 acres in trees, balance found in RROW. • Soil production rating of 72.8. Predominant soils Egan-Ethan Trent rating (82) & Egan-Wentworth (91) • Rented for 2016 crop year for $14,276.00 or $182/acre. First half of the rent will be paid to the buyer at closing and 2nd half paid 10-1-16. • Base & Yield and wetland maps, and other pertinent info found in the buyers packet • Annual taxes are $844.21. Currently enrolled in ARCH County with the FSA office. TRACT TWO: 27-ACRES + OR – IMPROVED LEGAL: Bartels Tract 1 an addition in the S ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 35, 97-54 Turner County, SD. Subject to survey to verify acres and approve legal description. Known as 45022 291st St. Viborg, SD. • This tract includes the improved acreage site that is 6.44 acres in size along with 19.93 acres in waterfowl production/recreational land. An opportunity to purchase a piece of South Dakota Hunting Heaven. Lots of potential, endless possibilities. • Home consists of a modern, clean, move in ready 928 sq ft 2+ bedroom home that has been steadily maintained. Several outbuildings included along with great park-like setting yard, and awesome trees. • This tract will be offered as a lump sum and not by the acre. New buyer to receive immediate possession upon closing of this entire tract. • If your looking for a new home site on a hard surfaced highway, or possible hunting lodge contact the auctioneers to set-up a private showing. TRACT THREE: 52-ACRES + OR – LEGAL: Bartels Tract 2 an addition in the S ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 35, 97-54 Turner County, SD. Subject to survey to verify acres and approve legal description. • 48.35 acres tillable balance found in RROW. This would include all land to the north and west of the building site and the 13.55 acres east of the water. • Soil production rating of 72.4. Predominant soils include Egan-Ethan Complex (77) and Ethan-Egan Complex (61). • New buyer to receive the 2016 rent if sold separate. TRACT FOUR: 79-ACRES COMBINATION OF TRACTS 2 & 3 LEGAL: The S ½ of the SW ¼ less the East 2-rods of the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ Section 35, 97-54 Turner County, SD. • If sold as one unit, no surveys will be completed and buyer will settle on the taxable acres. • Soil production rating of 65.8. Predominant soils Egan-Ethan and Ethan Egan soils. • New buyer to receive the 2016 rent in the amount of $9,717.00 or $123/acre. TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY: We invite you to inspect the property at your convenience or you may visit www. wiemanauction for a buyers packet and pictures or contact the auctioneers at 800-251-3111 and a packet can be mailed out. Contact auctioneers to schedule a showing of the home and outbuildings. TERMS: Cash sale on all tracts with 15% (non-refundable) down payment auction day with the balance on or before June 23rd, 2016. Warranty deed to be granted with the cost of title insurance split 50-50 between buyer and seller. Sellers to pay all 2015 taxes. New buyer will be responsible for all of the 2016 taxes. If sold in smaller tracts, sellers at their expense will have the property surveyed. First half rent check will be reimbursed to the buyer at closing and 2nd half payment will be made on 10-1-16. Property will be sold in whatever manner realizes the most for the seller. Sold subject to owner’s approval and all easements and restrictions of record. Land auction held on site. Come prepared to buy!! HEIRS OF HILRAY & MARLENE BARTELS –OWNER Marion, SD 800-251-3111 Gary & Rich Wieman Brokers Offices. Tara Bush, Community Health Secretary for Aurora County and Sherryl Rankin, Sanborn 4-H Program Assistant provided youth with knowledge on ages and stages of children and how to entertain children. Each participant was able to make some simple games to take with them for their babysitting bags. Youth were also instructed on how to make healthy snacks and meals and what to remember when feeding children. “Practicing changing diapers was a huge hit, we learned a new way to change infants who are 0-6 months old and potentially reduce colic,” said Scheel. Youth also gained tips on how to run a babysitting business as well as some character education reminders. Youth participants each received a “4-H Grows Here” babysitting bag to hold all their information and items needed when they babysit. Child Development is a 4-H Project Area. Scheel reminds all 4-Hers who attended the clinics that their bag and its contents can be exhibited at 4-H Achievement Days. To learn more about 4-H programming, contact Audra Scheel, SDSU Extension 4-H Youth Program Advisor, by email or your local SDSU Extension office. A complete listing of SDSU Extension Youth Program Advisors can be found at the iGrow Our Experts page. niGrow 2015-16 Dakota Performance Ram Test 79 ACRES OF SPRING VALLEY TOWNSHIP TURNER COUNTY , LAND AND 78.59 ACRES TURKEY VALLEY TOWNSHIP YANKTON , COUNTY LAND OFFERED IN 4-TRACTS AT AUCTION Wieman Land & Auction Co. Inc. Counties. During the clinics, youth received hands-on CPR training and learned what to do if a young child starts choking. CPR, first-aid and safety presentations were facilitated by Julie Dykstra-RN Aurora County Health Nurse, Marla Feistner- RN Jerauld & Sanborn County Health Nurse, Cassandra Weatherford-RN Douglas County Health Nurse, and Kathy Wingert, RN. “These can be scary situations for most people and youth who are babysitting need to be properly prepared to know how to handle these situations,” explained Scheel. Following the training, each child received a First Aid kit as a gift from the local SDSU Extension County Gary Ward Closing Attorney 605-326-5282 flock by developing replacement ewe lambs that possess performance potential through the sire’s genetic line,” he said. “Seedstock producers have additional data to aide in selection of stud rams that can supply heritable traits that best represent the breed.” Additionally, Ollila said the performance information can be used to develop Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) through the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP). EBVs provide information about the potential for highly desirable traits to be passed to the ram’s progeny. “The accuracy of the EBV will improve as the sire’s progeny demonstrate the passage of these traits through their performance and will continue to reaffirm the performance merit of the ram,” Ollila said. Test details In 2016, a number of Columbia and Dorset breeders participated in the test with the intent of developing performance data to support evaluation of those economically important traits within their breeds. With this test structure, environmental factors, including plane of nutrition are standardized, therefore measured trait differences can be attributed to the animals’ genes. The Dakota Fall Ram Test has adopted the evaluation procedures approved by the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association for individual traits and the formula to compute composite index values. To initiate the test, rams are inspected for soundness, weighed, and identified. Although the test is 140 days in length, ram weights are recorded every 28 days. Average daily gain for the entire test is calculated from the initial and final weights. Scrotal circumference is measured on day 140. “Economically important wool traits, considered important to the industry, and included in this test, are grease and clean fleece weight, fiber diameter, staple length,” Ollila said. Rams are sheared on day 0 and day 140 of the test. Fleeces are weighed from the final shearing and weights adjusted to an annual basis. Staple length is adjusted to reflect a 365-day growth period as well and is determined by using the average measured fiber length at the shoulder, side and britch prior to shearing, 1/8-inch is subtracted to account for initial shearing stubble. According to the recommendations from the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association certificate of merit program, a committee of producers and research personnel place subjective scores on each ram for inferior wool traits, especially belly wool, degree of face wool cover and skin wrinkles. Following shearing each fleece is cored to obtain samples for laboratory analysis at Texas A&M University to determine fiber diameter, fiber variability, and clean wool yield. Carcass merit is determined at the end of the test using ultra-sound measurements of fat thickness and rib eye area at a specific anatomical location, the 12th and 13th rib. Fat thickness provides insight on the maturity development of rams with those having a greater fat thickness considered faster maturing animals. “Rib eye area is an indicator of overall muscling and supports industry objectives to improve carcass quality characteristics,” Ollila explained. The American Rambouil- let Sheep Breeder’s Association has developed a genetic selection index that combines specific wool traits and growth performance (excludes carcass traits) into a single composite value. Based on the index values the genetically superior individuals can qualify for recognition as Certified Rams. An index ratio is also computed to allow direct comparison between individual ram’s within a breed on test. As shown in the 2015-16 Dakota Performance Ram Test Final Report on the NDSU Hettinger Reseach Extension Center page, the top 30 percent of registered Rambouillet rams as indicated by the index are eligible for “Certified Ram Classification,” in the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Association. In addition to the indexing requirements, a ram must meet acceptable standards for the following subjectively measured traits: degree of body skin folds, freedom from anatomical weaknesses and wool defects, including extremely hairy britch or excessive amount of belly type wool. All certified rams must have a minimum of 4.0 inches staple length, 9 pounds of clean wool, a core wool grade of 23.77 or less micron fiber diameter, a maximum of 2.7 face cover score, and must have gained at least .55 pounds/day on test. For more information on selecting livestock, evaluating performance data, the National Sheep Improvement Program and Estimated Breeding Values contact: Dave Ollila, SDSU Extension Sheep Field Specialist by email; Dr. Jeff Held, SDSU Extension Sheep Specialist by email or Dr. Chris Schauer, Director NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center by email. niGrow AUCTIONS Lakeview Home and Personal Property AUCTION Friday, May 27 -- 4 p.m. LOCATED: 514 6th Street, Spring?eld, SD - 2 blocks south of city auditorium Real Estate sells ?rst Real Estate consists of a 1 story 2 bedroom home with 1 car attached garage, full basement and utility building. Built in 1956, this very clean, well maintained 1300 square foot home features recent roof, oak ?oors, full and 3/4 baths, propane furnace and central air. Situated on a 88x144 corner lot, this immaculate property offers the ?nest location in Spring?eld with a great view of Lewis & Clark Lake and the Nebraska hills. Open House Wednesday, May 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lots 8&9, Block 42 TERMS & CONDITIONS: $10,000 non-refundable down payment day of auction with balance due at closing, on or before June 27, 2016. Title Insurance and closing service fees split 50-50 between buyer and seller. 2016 Real Estate tax will be prorated to closing. Possession upon receipt of ?nal payment. Announcements day of auction take precedence over printed material. Peterson Auctioneers are representing seller. A listing of personal property will follow at a later date Dorothy Jones, Owner Peterson Auctioneers Glen Peterson, RE #234 www.petersonauctioneers.com Lee Wittmeier - Tyndall, SD Cody Peterson - Avon, SD Real Estate may be viewed by appointment by calling Glen Peterson at 605-369-2638