The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-06-20

by. the coming fall the authorities at
| Washington may make a fair test Of their
value as destroyers of San Jose scale,
While 1t Is to be hoped that the results
Will be all expected even IL they should
not Indications point to the fact that the
beetles. ifsthey can live and thrive In this
country, will be found to feed on other
scale Insects that are injurious to fruit
trees and plants.
Feeding the Brood Sow.
Much Of the feeding of swine Is done on
the principle that because a hog is a
hog It should eat anything and everything.
me man who feeds In that manner is
iikely to feed his brood SOW as he would
the hog that Is being fattened for mar
ket Overlooking Of the brood sow after
she has dropped her pigs generally re-
suits In milk fever and, as result the
PIGS get little or no milk from the mother
UNI the fever is allayed. After the sow
mas dropped her pigs, and she should
nave clean. sunny portion OF the pen
Ior bed, let her have occasional drinks
OF sllBhtly warmed water during the first
gay or two, but no food of any kind; the
thlrd day mix a little bran In the water,
me fourth day little more and the fifth
Gay she Will be ready for a ration of fair
SIZE, although care should be taken that
she Is only moderately fed and that on
oAAAo lulxeu with ShlTl
milk. If the sow Is fed along these lines
~, PIGS VIII be strong and healthy and
the mother free from the troubles that be-
SET the sow fed too literally.
Caro- OF the GROWING Chick.
Whlle 1t Is admitted that the task Of
gettlng the young chick to point where
II may look out for itself to some extent is
iiot an easy one. too many poultry raisers
tse 70 think II they can reach this point
,.hey nave done all that Is necessary. This
IS IS NOT true and the man. who works on
tna it plan Is not likely to realize the high
est prices for his birds If he is raising
t = for market. nor to get good layers
ne Is raising them for that purpose.
II is true that with a good range the
growing bird will pick up a large portion
or Its living, but it should not be ex-
pected to do Its best II the entire living
ls 70 be gained in that way. The growing
chick en- should be fed at least once day
and the food given should be of a sub.
stantial nature, not table scraps wholly
out good grains Water also must be sup
pied In proper quantities, the houses they
are 70 occupy at night kept clean and
Tree from insects and last, but not least
frequent examinations given the chicks
to see that they are free from vernin.
ms plan Of watching and caring for the
growing chick will show results in the fall
VIII &C very SATISFACTORY
Corn and Cow Peas in Combination
Inc experiments which have been made
during the past two years In growing corn
and COW peas in combination have proved
the plan well worthy of attention. The
secret Of success consists in sowing the
seed OF the COW peas between the rows at
the time the corn is cultivated for the
last time, hence It will be seen that there
Is no necessity for neglecting the corn cul-
ovation, as many have done who have
tried the combination. The corn should
be husked as soon as in condition for that
purpose and the stock then truned IN on
the COW peas. In many sections the corn
stalks are left standing, the hussing being
done In the field, for pasturing with the
COW peas. In other sections. the fodder is
cut and shocked In the usual way, but
this will be found quite hard work be-
cause of the heavy growth of the COW
pea vines. This method of pasturing cow
peas gives the soil the benefit Of the fer
tility left by the animals as well as the
nitrogen In the roots of the COW peas
when they are turned under 4
Subdulng Tomato Hot.
Z For a number Of years growers of to-
matoes In all sections have had to con-
tend with the rot, but do not seem to be
successful In overcoming It, Spraying
has not been found as effective as was
hoped, although In some localities 1t has
checked the disease somewhat. In dis
tricts where tomatoes are largely grown
Tor canning purposes experiments seem to
prove that much OF the trouble with the
rot. Is due to poor or diseased seed, II
this is the case the only remedy lies in
obtaining seed from fruit grown In sec
tlons where the rot Is not found. Again
IT is thought that part of the trouble
comes from growing tomatoes on the
same soil for several successive years
but In some instances it has been found
that even after q rotation of three years
the following tomato crop was affected
with rot. A plan tried last season by the;
writer worked we'll, but is not offered as
aremedy, for 1t may fail the coming sea-!
son, The first setting of fruit was gone
over carefully and about one-fifth Of It
destroyed, the idea being, II possible. to
add vitality to the fruit remaining. The
result was encouraging, but as stated, the
same plan may fail this year. Spraying
should be used for the general good IT.
may do, using the Bordeaux mixture for
the purpose, and all decayed fruit should
be gathered as soon as discovered In the
fall the ground should be cleared Of the
vines and hngathered fruit and these
ahould be burned BY this precaution VS.
may be able to keep the baccali out OF the
soil. s.3ssS Re-
Handy Tool on tho Farm.
4 The tool illustrated can be easily fash-s
Toned by any blacksmith 1t is similar In.
form to the grubbing hoe, familiar to-
most farmers ait houg h not so heavy. 1T
should he made so that the wide blade
will be about four inches wide along tina
edge and from one and one-ha1f to two
inches wide along the edge Of the narrow
blad Made Of the same material used
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