The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-07-11

and do not cut until the third year
after that, caring well for the plants
|SPlants treated in this manner are
strong In vitality and easily resist dis
ease.
Growing Cropa on Muck Land.
The value of muck either for COM
posting purposes, as manure, or for
| growing crop on, lies almost wholly
IN the large quantity of nitrogen it
| contains. This being the case it is evil
cent that the application Of stable ma
nure TO such muck land is a mistake.
! of course. in making q compost IN
| has a part the situation Is somewhat
Inherent, but even then. as in the
case of fertilizing the muck field, min
erai fertilizers in the shape of un-
| .eached wood ashes and dissolved bone
should be applied. In the case OF the
Held Of muck to be cultivated 1t should
| pc put In more workable condition by
the use of gravelly soil, applying 1t at
the rate, of fifty or more loads per acre
as the land seems to need 1t. Pre-
pared IN this manner the muck field
may be made a source Of profit that
Will be astonishing.
Fattening Chlcks for Market.
1t does not pay to yield to the
temptation Of high prices for chickens
that prevail In some sections in mid
summer and early fall II one Is rails
Ing stock for next winters laying. On
the other hand. 1t is often profitable to
raise stock for the express purpose Of
marketing In summer or to work Off
In this manner any of the chicks that
have been Matched from eggs laid by
hens known not to be good layers. To
get the best money-results from chicks
they must be in plump condition and
made SO at the smallest possible ex-
pense. 1t ts the usual custom to feed
largely Of cracked corn, but this does
not give as good results as feeding
mixed NIX grains regularly up to about
two weeks before the chickens are to
be marketed when they are put on
ration or corn meal in which a little
animal meal has been mixed and the
whole moistened with milk, either
whole or skim milk. being used. Dur
Ing the whole period the chicks should
be we'll supplied with green food. This
method is not only cheap. but it puts
the chicks In condition quickly, gives
them good flavor and makes them
plump and attractive when offered for
sale.
Planting for Succession Of Bloom
Considering the low price Of flower
seeds of the main attractive varieties of
ANIMALS there Is no reason why there
should not be a long season Of beauti-
rul#bloom around every farm home If
the seeds are properly handled. Many
or the ANIMALS are short boomers. and
THIS is the case with some Of the most
desirable classes. II, however, the seeds
are soWn at intervals of two weeks
after the first seeds are sown in the
open ground, one will have an abund-
ance Of bloom throughout the summer.
With some classes the seeds sown as
late as the first week in July might
not bloom much before being cut off
5py the frost in the fall, but, at least,
the plants will be fresh and green in
stead Of the ragged yellow plants one
has when only those first raised are
kept oil summer. Both the dwarf and
climbing varieties of nasturtiums grow
QUICKLY and seeds may be sown as late
as July and good plants result, most
OF which will bloom some before frost.
Bulbs Of gladiolus may also be set as
late as this date and will furnish
blooming plants in the late fall. q It is
4 q good plan with gladiolus bulbs that
are to set late to place the bulbs in
deep pots or boxes instead of In the
open ground. SO that they may be re-
moved to shelter If a frost threatens in
the fall. Treated In this way, one may
& often have bloom indoors during late
fall. The dwarf varieties of cannas
may ne TREATED III the same manner
and furnish bloom indoors for a month
or more after all bloom out Of doors is
gone. 5. s .5.
Corn Smut and lts Treatment.
The illustration shows the effect Of
the corn smut on the growing ears, and
/ 1t is evident that the disease needs at
tention each season IL the corn fields
of following years are to be free from
this troublesome difficulty. Probably
the only way Of getting rid Of the trou-
BILE entirely is to gather the smut pus-
tules before they break$and scatter the
spores. The work should be done as
soon as the trouble is noticed, going
over the field two or three times during