The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1892-01-29


The rest being voiced ia excremeni. Oh
ash constituents sheep store up only 3.e
per cent; cattle, 2.3; pigs, 4,5. Nitrogen
is worth in market Is cents per pound
potash, s; phosphorlc acid, II.
Ia growing crops Ter stock an oDpor-
tunity is given to benefit your lands by
the rotation Of crops. This is next IN
value to home made fertilizers. by a
rotation is meant raising series OF differ
ent crops in regular succession. The
necessity for rotation Of crops is based on
! the fact that when one kind OF crop is
grown for a long tlme Oh the same piece
oi land, the soil becomes exhausted Of
those kinds Of plant food upon which
that crop feeds, but different crop re-
quirlng different elements or some OF the
same IN different proportions, may sllil
! De successfully grown. The benefits re
sutlng from Il suitable rotation may be
enumerated as follows
First. It economies the natural sup
plies OF fertility contained in the soil
Different ciops feed upon different soil
ingredients or al least they require the
different ingredients in varying quanti-
tles SO a proper Succession OF crops
brings all the elements oil plant food into
use.
I Second 1t economies applied manur-
es, by making use in due nne Of all their
fertillzlng ingredients.
4 Ihird. 1t tends to he enrichment Of
the surface soil. This is owing 10 the
variety OF modes in which plants obtain
4 their foods. Beans, peas and clover draw
ing from the air, ana deep rooed plants
from the sub SOL.
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| farm to be carried on in the proper order
and to be evenly distributed over the
various seasons OF growth. Crops malur-
ing at different tunes may he more pro
| perly cared tor and the LABOR cost less.
| Fifth. A regular succession OF crops
! is helpful in keeping the soil free from
weeds. One hoed crop in proper rota-
| ton.
Sixth. Rotation improves the mechuni-
cal texture Of soils.
Seventh. The increase OF destructive
insects is hindered.
/ Eighth. Rotation is necessary for the
economical feeding or live stock.
A hoed crop, corn, roots or potatoes, is
better tor the land and the farmer than
summer falow. The crop itself will pay
tor thorough cultivation and this leaves
the ground in better condition for the
succeeding crop than an ordinary falloW.
The frequent stirring brings new parti-
cles Of soil to weather and aisintegrate,
thus making more available plant food.
Land that is plowed deep and worked
down through the season, as it is when
corn IS properly cultivated, will hold
more moisture and be thus better fitted
Tor maturing the succeeding crop than
ground that has been twice pioWed Ia the
usual faliow. In the case Of Il summer
/ falloW the one crop must be sufficiently
large to pay for the Two seasons work and
two years interest on tho investment.
Should Il farmer have more land than he
can pass over with cultivated crop in
regular rotation, miiet comes IN as an as
sistant. When the weeds are plowed
under some time III JEne when coming
into bloom, SOW miliet. then what few
weeds grow with the mi,,et will be cut
before the seed ripens After tine mile,
/ is removed, the ground should be plowea
again before the seeds formed by the new
growth of weeds will have time to ripen
/ Inis treatment will clear the field in a
measure ot weeds and make it ready for
the succeeding crop Of small grain.
| If by turning our attention to stock,
we conclude to try dairying. it Will give
profitable returns when the right care IS
given to feeding and butter making In
meat growing the work must he carried
on properly in order to be profitable.
Make use OF all straw, corn fodder. mil
| let, hay and as much grain rs possible at
home. Save the manure properly and
return it TO the soil. As rule mixed
farming will be the most successful for
this state. Raise a general crop OF wheat.
oats, barley, grasses and fodder, then the
more of this that we can feed at home and
send to market in the concentrated form
OF meat, butter and cheese, the longer will
our farms be productive and profitable.
This was followed by general discus
sion upon subjects from the question
box, one of these being in regard to the
best method TO destroy the potato bug,
Prof. Foster stating that they had at the
college simple device drawn by two
horses which sprinkled four rows at
time with Paris Green or London Purple;
also whether millett seed could be sue
cessfully sown with a drill, the general
objection 10 this manner Of sowing being
that the machine Was apt to let out 10
much seed.
In the afternoon Prof. Wheaton gaye
An address on dairying, bringing ont many
hints AS to proper methods in this i'm
portant branch Of agriculture both in
regard to stock, feed, and proper
manufacture OF the products Of the ami
mails.
| Prof. Shepard also gave talk on
sugar beet rsislng, and gave the analy-
sis of beets sent from Grant county 10 the
college for testing their sugar producing
qualities, and compared the result with
analysis of beets raised in Europe. The
analysis proved the superiority OF the
Dakota grown beets in sugar making ele-
,'ments, and by comparing the cost OF pro-