Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-11-05


a worn-out bit of land SOW it to cow peas
and build up the soil. on the other hand,
if the land is in fair condition let COW pea
growing alone and for Il legume use GRIM
son clover, which will add nitrogen to the
soil in the same manner as the COW peas
hut will not steal so much In Its season
of growth as the latter. In other WORDS,
a crimson clover crop on good soil VIII
add more nitrogen than 1t takes from the
soil.
Protecting Trees From Mice.
There are few places where there is not
more or less trouble with mice and rab-
bits in the young orchards during the
winter. There are several good ways OIL
protecting the trees from these pests ana
they are more effective if one will go to
The trouble of hoeing out the grass or
weeds from the base of the trees so thai
there will be no place in which the mice
can build a winter home. One good plan
of protection is to place a wire band OF
| one of tar around each tree, but the ex-
| pense is an objection to this plan II there
are many trees. Reports of good success
| with paint come from several sections.
The writer has used paint for a number
of years and found it effective and not so
| expensive as other protectors. In the late
fall the trees are examined carruiiy TOT
| borers in the trunk which, of course, are
dug out with a knife and destroyed. the
| soil is dug away from the trees for three
inches below the surface and the trunk
Is then cleaned of any loose bark with
the aid of a scrubbing brush. After two
or three days of dry weather following
this work the paint, which is white lead
| mixed with good linseed oil, is applied
| with a brush as high up the trunk as de-
| sired. The paint Is mixed about as 1t
| would be mixed for house painting. On
thu oua froo nafptinp II IN a foot and
a half will be sufficient. 1t may be nee
essary to do this every year, but it will
pay.
Improving the Layers.
Speakers at farmers Institutes the COM
Ing winter will wrangle, as they have IN
the past, over the ACCESSIBILITY OF having
the 200-egg-a-year strain, for which most
poultry men are seeking. There Is no
doubt but what the laying hen can be
forced to an egg production that Is in
furious to her vitality, but there Is equal
~ little doubt that, by proper selection,
a strain can be had that will lay an in
creased number of eggs without injury
to health. If careful record has shown
that there are a number of hens In the
flock that lay more Eggs during the year
than tha others, it is comparatively easy
10 breed from the Eggs of these hens and,
after Il number of years establish a strain
of birds that will lay many more g gs
than. the average hens. Suppose, for eX-
ample, one mas in a flock two or three
hens that lay $50 eggs each during the
wear, one that laws 100 and one that a
no eggs during the year. Select a male
bird from some breeder who will guar
artee that the cockerel Is from a strain
OF heaVy ayers ana oreeo MN 10 tne mems
IN your Hock thal lay from lou 10 lu eggs
each per year. Inc next spring preeo the
puliets from these eggs 20 a COCK win
essliaylns ances,ry anu .ne puile's rom
sucn esss WIN snow d strain .hat VII.
re beyond 'he average as producers OF
GIGS. me results are certain II the pan
IS carried OUT ana VIII be prontapie.
Buying and Using Wood Ashes.
Many car loads of wood ashes are an
nually used on meadows in this country
that represent money Practically thrown
away. No one will question the value of
wood ashes for grass lands provided ti,ey.
are as rich in potash as they are claimed
to be. Unfortunately some men who ham
die wood ashes are trading on the repu-
.atioh OF those who are doing an honest
s ps anu senuing ous ashes mat are
t.. !. value. In buSlng wood ashes 1t
= " suou pan 70 ascertain what the seller
., III. 10 guarantee In the way OF
.o.asi Per CENT ehen puy a small guam
~ ~ seho 10 your state experiment
$3.50 - ulaiyss. be guided by the
-. -. ouyihs q larger quantity. Wood
a ~ valuapie IN the growing OF
ann,ied fras,. anu vegetables ana may be
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