Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-09-16

bring proper returnS. we pticfS Lhc rNS"a
farm to be the one which is made to pro-
duce the living Chat Is the food for the
people and the stock on 1t, and the re-
naming acres devoted wholly to special
ties which experience has proved OF value.
In this way one is sure Of a living and or
a money crop varying according TO Gil
matte and market conditions, but generally
at it's worst sufficient to bring In what
cash is needed for the year.
Substitutes for Meat for Poultry.
In some sections there is difficulty in OBJ
tanning either green bone or fresh meat
for fowls, and even when the latter is OBJ
tainable 1t is not an agreeable part OF the
ration to prepare. All dealers in feed now
handle animal meal, which is a fair sub
stitute for green bone and fresh meat, and
may be safely used, in connection with
grains, according to directions on the
package. AT this season of the year, how
ever, the poultry should be turned out
for a portion Of the day at least, in order
that they may get their own animal food
in the form of insects. IL this plan is fol-
lowed from now on until the fowls have
to be confined for winter, and then the
animal meal fed, the birds will get along
very nicely. Fowls that are strictly con-
fined cannot be expected to lay as well
or to be in as good condition as those hav-
ing more or less access to ground and
grass outside of the yards. AS has been
said before, the mems in confinement should
be given at least an hour of freedom just
before going to roost, even though they
must be constantly watched
Planting Trees in the Fall.
With many fruit growers there is an
unreasonable prejudice against setting
trees In the fall, yet, in many sections,
this work can be done to much better adj
vantage than in the spring. There is no
fruit tree but the peach that cannot be
planted with success in the fall, at least
in all sections except, perhaps, the very
cold north. Most men nave more time to
prepare the soil in the fall, can set the
trees properly, have no wet ground TO con-
tend with and hav time to stake them
and mound Up about the base for winter
protection. Then, too, nurserymen are not
so busy in the fall as in the spring, and
are likely to have a better selection OF
varieties as we'll as of specimens, and they
will always give the buyer good value
for his money. so as to get the trees off
their hands and not be obliged to care
for them in the winter. Most small fruit
plants can also be set with safety in the
fall, and both trees and plants fall set
will start off and make a growth in the
spring before trees could be planted at
that season.
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A. prominent scientist made the state
ment not long since that the best custom
ers of seedsmen were the progressive
farmers, and that the farmer who saved
his own seed was the one who did not ad-
vance. While, undoubtedly, this emark
should have been qualified, the fact re-
mains that much of the poor results we
see in farming operations comes from the
old idea of saving the seed from the crop.
Ia ny,a &c xunplyfptr q Ipt,e Or prNUraSGiya lipAg
improving a strain from year to year and
saving and sowing the seed, that Is one
thing: but when the seed is saved regard
less of the quality, that can mean only
poor and poorer crops each successive
season. Unless one is sufficiently familiar
with seed improvement to select seed
properly, 1t is far more profitable to buy
seed each year Of some reputable seeds
men n know what one is getting. 1t
costs something to buy good seed, to be
sure, but the resultant crop means a profit
which makes up the cost of the seeds
nan times over.
A Good Ration for Cows.
Ar experienced dairyman furnishes the
following formula for a herd or cows aver
aging about 200 pounds live weight each:
Ensilage, so pounds; 6 pounds corn fodder
and 6 pounds mixed Chay or clover; 10
pounds of wheat bran and 2 pounds of
COIIOUS6GQ Iltdi, Vi % POAAA0O S@SA "a &C.,
cornmeal and cottonseed meal. The ration
is for a day, and Is to be increased or de-
creased according as to whether the AMI
mails are heavier or lighter than 100
pounds. This ration is nearly the balanced
ration and is not expensive. 1t is a good
ration to experiment with, and particu-
larly good to use as a change from any
other ration which one may be using,
though it be heavier or lighter.
What of the Dairy Cows.
Many a man went through the winter
season last year with more cows than
he ought to have kept, n as a result
found that his hard winters work paid
him, practically. no profit. 1t is the same
old story of feeding to ten cows h six
should have to bring profitable returns.
Most farmers hate to part with a COW, and
will go one-half starving the animal rather
tim sell her. As ten acres well titled
will bring q better nancia return than
twenty acres only half titled and fertilized,
so six cows properly cared for Will yield
more profit than ten half starved cows.
Go over the feed you have on hand and
what you must buy and see what the pros
pect is for the winter. You will find such
careful. intelligent planning profitable. !.
A Combined Hoe and Rake.
In hoeing of any kind one generally feels
the need Of a rake as well as the hoe, and
the little tool here described Is a happy
combination Of both that any one handy
with tools can readily construct. Select
a piece of hard wood eight inches long,
one and one-half inches thick and three
inches wide Bore an inch hole In the
center Of it into which to put a handle.
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