Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-06-09

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and a hole Is made in the floor through
which this post is slipped when put in po-
sition and thus makes the gate or fence
firm. AT the manager end the fence is fas-
tened to the manger by Il pair of gate
hinges. Two stiff sticks are fastened to
the joist above with a bolt, one over the
manager end and one over the other end:
In the lower end of each of these sticks
n notch Is cut which comes over a staple
on the fence and holds it, the fence, firm.
When the fence Is not in use 1T may be
lifted from the hinges and put away and
the sticks folded up against the joists.
The illustration shows the points men
iioned clearly. The cost of such IA con-
trivance will be small and 1t will be
found exceedingly useful.
Ciover Hay for Poultry.
One OF the best green foods for poultry
Turing the winter is clover hay and whom
one can readily grow clover and knows
how to cure 1t, 1t Is a much cheaper crop
10 raise than vegetables for the purpose
Of supplying green food. Poultry thrive
on 1t and it certainly increases the egg
production. Our plan Is to cut the clover
when 1t Is in full bloom, doing the work
late in abe day when there is promise of
line weather for several days. The next
morning the swath Is gone over with the
tedder and again later in the day so that
all of 1t has Il chance to become dry. 1t
8 then raked into small windrows and left
for two or three hours, when it Is taken
nto the barn n packed in the tight
nov. being left there with the doors OF
the barn closed to heat. After 1T is heated
another lot may be put in the NOW to go
through the same process. Almost every
farmer has n way of his own Of curing
clover and any way which will give re-
suits II .desfrnblc, the object being to have
bright hay to feed during the winter.
Bear In mind that the hay must not be
put under cover until 1t is dry enough
yet, on the other hand, 1t must not be so
dry that the leaves and blossoms will be
lost in handling.
Feeding the Sow and Pigs.
While there are many honest differences
of opinion as to whether the pigs should
be fed while sucking those who lave
tried both ways nre Inclined to believe
hat the pigs may be fed as cheaply
through the SOW as from the feed trough.
II this plan is attempted. however. COM
o sense must be used and the SOW
given enough to supply the pigs as we'll
AS to keep her own vitality in the best
| possible condition. If she Is expected to
flourish the pigs and herself as well on
The ordinary quantity given her when she
aas no young, the result will be runty pigs
md n broken down mother. It may he
stated without dispute that the SOW who
IS worn out and useless for breeding pur.
poses when three or four years old Is a
victim of improper feeding when with
young If you are not inclined to feed the
;ow with young literally then the soonef
the pigs are introduced to the trough the
better for them and their mother.
Fertilizers for Potatoes.
While there Are several combinations OF
commercial fertilizers which may be used
10 advantage on potatoes and while one
combination does better than another on
some soils, rover a found that
phosphoric acid was one of the plant foods
which must be applied to give the desired
results. On n soil fairly rich the per cent.
Of potash should he about ten as against
eight Of the p~hosphoric acid and on sandy
soils this ratio should be just reversed.
1t Is, of course, understood that this plan
II fertilixing is based on the superstition
that the best nodes Of culture are carried
out, that the seed bed Is properly prepared
and that spraying of the vines is done
at the prope season. The writer has used
the ratio first named as a top dressing
put along the sides of the seed tubers in
the first covering. We grow potatoes ON
the trench plan. SO that 1t is covered up
with the soil as the latter n drawn
. toward the vines as they grow. A gen
manure was the foundation which was
profitable al requiring less Of the COM
mercial product. The plan Is worth ex-
perimenting with, at least.
Prejudice Against silass.
Ia some sections city handlers Of milk
will not knowingly buy milk from cows
ted IN silage n particularly II this