The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-29
Preventive AGAINST Dat Smut.

Preventive Against Oat Smut.
To ac on the safe side. even Though
smut has mot hitherto troabled your oats.
use a. preventive this year. FormalIn has
been tested and found effective when 1T
is property mixed and applied. One pound
of The drug is required TO every fifty
bushels OF seed oats. he sure ycm buy
1t OF e. druggist who IS reliable SO thai
1t is pure. Prepare a barrel holding fifty
gaNons'of water and put in the fpr1ralin,
one pound to the fifty gallons OF water.
Than spread a bushel OF the seed oats on
the barn floor. fill q. spr!nkling can with
tho mixture and sprinkle a gallon of 1t
over the oats: then spread another bushel
on top of the first and sprinkle this In
the same way with the Same %Quanttty.
After sprinkling three or four bushels in
this way mix them thoroughly with a
shovel. then prepare another pile In the
same way. shoNel!ng the piles at last,
stl:gly, In long. narrow heaps to dry.
Cover them over night and in the morning
shovel them over again and again until
dry. They will then be ready to sow. One
important thing to be remembered is that
the small heaps must be thoroughly SHOW
eled over SO that the fumes of the forma-
lin may penetrate all through the pile.
Another Is that they must be dried off in
the morning as directed. for If allowed to
remain wet the terminating power is like
iy TO be lost.
Balanced Rations for Hogs.
The conductors of this department hav,
no quarrel with manufacturers of stock
foods and are quite willing to sincerely
recommend all OF them that put out an
honest product and sell 1t for a fair price.
On the other had, how many farmers
who buy these stock foods to give their
hogs realize that they are nothing more
nor less than properly balanced rations in
a highly concentrated form. If hog rails
ers would study for themselves the plan
of preparing and feeding balanced ra-
tons to their hogs they would not need
TO buy stock foods. If, on the other
hand. they are unwilling to do his then
by all means buy the stock foods and feed
In moderation according to directions.
The growing pig must rave more than
corn; this will supply him or her with
warmth and fat. but the ration must con-
tain that which viii give the animal bone
and muscle az Well and then there will
be little trouble in raising q profitable
hog. Glover or alfalfa for roughage,
gluten meal, nliddlings and corn with
enough Oil meal to keep the bowels in
good shape can be used in preparing the
balanced rations in quantities of each to
suit the needs of the Individual animal.
Value of the Manure Spreader.
1t is not in the province of this depart
ment to advertise any particular farm
implement. but. on the other hand. 1t is
our plan to speak favorably in the alb
stract of any labor saving implement on
the market. Such an implement Is found
In the manure spreader of which there
are several reliable makes. The use of
this machine not only enables the worker
to spread the manure more evenly than
would be possible by hand. but by the at
tachment which tears the manure 1t is
rendered more quickly available for plant
food when plowed under. When it is nee
essary to use commercial fertilizers in
connection with the stable manure 1t is
easily done by the spreader and the same
implement spreads lime In much better
form than can be possibly lone by hand.
The machines are costly, but they do the
work SO rapidly that 1T will pay any COM
bination of farmers in a section to buy
one In common so that all may use 1t.
Next to the implements used for breaking
and cultivating the soil the manure
one of the most valuable of modern inven-
tons for the benefit of the farmer.
Sunlight for Pigs.
The writer of this article has ALWAYS
contended that if swine We're treated as
If they liked to be clean one would have
little trouble with soiled animals or with
the diseases that most hogs who wallow
are subject to. One of the hard things to
make sonme farmers understand is the
necessity Tor giving the young pigs plenty
of exercise and sunlight. This cannot be
done in the average pen. hence a range
of greater CT less dimensions Is almost
necessary. a sod range is one of the best
places and especially if it can be attached
to the shed, where the animals can obtain
shelter and go for food. If the present
yards are low and filthy fill them up and
clean them SO that the pigs can start in
life clean. When they are large enough
to move around in good form let them
have Il little run by themselves, but in
plain sight Of the SOW and let the run
be a sunny one. Keep a good bed of
straw in the pen, under cover, where the
SOW may take her pigs IL it storms. Try
this plan of pig raising and see If 1t does
not pay for the trouble.
New Prolific Pea.
Tests made last season with the new
variety of pea shown in the illustration
show that the HarietX is u.all r.oEtla tas4