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Catholic Rectory

Circa 1905 Catholic Rectory Father William T. Shean bought this early 20th Century pattern book home when he came to Brookings in 1905. The bricks are laid in a plan bond, the long part of the brick, or stretcher, facing out.

Notebooks: Plot planting records

Field research notebook of N.E. Hansen. Alfalfa, grasses, corn, flax, wheat, millet, sorghum and clover plats planted 1906. Some plats identified as being in Highmore, South Dakota. The notebook mentions plats that were taken from prairie land. Handwritten.

Hansen, N.E. (Niels Ebbesen), 1866-1950

Plant specimen: Prunus persica. Dbl. fl. Peach. Kaises VII.

Prunus persica. Dbl. fl. Peach. Kaises VII. Plant specimen collected by N.E. Hansen, 1924. The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Shan mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated. N.E. Hansen (1866-1950) was a Danish-American horticulturist and botanist who was a pioneer in plant breeding. Hansen came to South Dakota in 1895 and became the first head of the Horticultural Department of South Dakota State College. He also served as agricultural explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture. He searched for hardy grasses, fruits, and other plants throughout Europe and Asia and brought them back to the United States to raise or crossbreed with American varieties to produce hardy plants. Specimen is mounted on an 11.5 x 16.5 inch herbarium sheet accompanied by a label with hand-written notation in pencil ink.

Notebooks: Alfalfa and clovers plat: Book 1

Field research notebook of N.E. Hansen. Alfalfa and clover plats planted July 20, 1907. Varieties studied originated from Norway, Turkistan, Russia, Siberia, Sweden, Lapland, and South America. Handwritten

Hansen, N.E. (Niels Ebbesen), 1866-1950

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