The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19

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.rastened. The broad, nat ends OF the
rest on the knees Of the mixer. OF
y course this frame may be made Of any
desired size to accommodate the pail used.
1.-THE mixer will use a stool. with three
or four legs, In connection. with this pail
holder, instead OF the usual stool with one
leg he viii have a combination that will
make milking easy.
Grain StubbIe as Manure. @
1t is generally admitted that there is
conslderab1e manurial value. In the grain
stumble left on the field to be plowed un-
ssdersssssshi value consisting Of a portion of
aIl the essential plant feeds In varying de-
grees together with more or less m and
llufnus. In some cases this value 10 con-
siderable In one plant food as in tho case
. the nitrogen in the splowed-under
clover. 1t is a mistake. however, to be-
lieve that tho manure in this stubble is
suffient to- prevent the depletion of the
soil by cropping and yet this is the idea.
that IS strongly fixed in h minds of
many farmers. They feel that the stable
from a few cows and horses, to-
gather with the manure from the plowed-
under stubble Is sufficient to keep the
soil III good fertility. There is no doubt
sbutsthe food taken by the crops is by no
nleans made good by the stubble and the
small supply OF stable manure. There is
no getting away from the oldRnaturaI law
shat soil must have returned to It at
least 8alttie more than the crop takes
from II and this stubble a scant applica-
tion Of stable manure will not do. The
Possession OF the IDEAS indicated make II
eyidents.s that the study OF the soil In an.
Intelligent manner Is one OF the essential
things Tor All farmers to do.
Z Raising Stock for Meat.
q who haye closely observed the
mcatsaituati for several years back to-
With b q condition of affairs Eon
the great grazing lands OF the west are
inclined To the opinion that them meat sup
ply of the future: must be raised on the
Farm as At formerly WIS. 1t MAJ be sew
Serals years. before this state OF AFFAIRS
comes about, but 1T Is surely coming. The
TrSsulswif be q fair price to producer
afofS1his nest with prices5to the consumer
saoInewhat lower thssas at present, but
hardly as 1owsas two years ago. In many
Aections OF the country reports indicate
hat8farineT who have kept watch OF the
situation and studied 1t well, and who are
good stock growers are preparing to er-
tsrS HE meat producing market. h
Farmer, operating On either q large or
small scale.swilI make no. mistake in
gradually Increasing his stock up to the
number: he can feed8Wttiout much buying
ot grain. While he may not be able to
narket much of It with any great profit
asfew years. IL he can feed It without
loss iiesis preparingfo q good profit later
sAndsadding fertility To the SOIL. The guess
3fionls weli$Worth looking into.
Euying Pullets for laying.
Acorresnenden asks lie we would advise
HIM to%buy puiletssin the city markets
and stock his farm with them. the Idea
being d havetheln Far winter eggspro-
ducefss Il IS hard tos answer this ques-s
sstion with any degree OF satisfaction to
sitfer the correspondent Or the editor.
pn general principles " eshouid not
consider 1T 81 good plan. 1T Isl sifeifo as
gsausnss lat pallets which could beSbought
inl9 city markets ct 9 low price would
b ,,ongre and this alone would CON
deI2nthem as winter layers. even as
stunning that there was some good blood
ME them 50 ts fair to presume thatsif they
were from good ayingB stock they wculd
notSbe on Observation-Disclosures.
however, it@pays to buy such stock early,
sAant W. one has q good supply OF food and
agood local market fatten them for thai
salarketsShnt@even then the pullets would
ahaNe2tosb e bought ut al low price and sold
lligl one to make this profitable.
The best way to get stock for laying Or
Ter market IS to raise AZ
Tnp Dressing Winter Wheat.
iii some sscIIons D country III is a.
sprAcsstee To- top dressath Hi whea IN tho fall
mad this regardless OF the quantity !
applfed stoSthe field before geexJ.