Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-05-19

Is. 10 using commercial fertilizers at me
rate of a ton per acre. More than four
hundred bushels per acre were raised, and
while the seed potatoes We're carefully
treated for sceh before planting and the
culture during the season WAS after 'he
most improved methods the large laan'
tity of fertilizer was at the pottoiii OF the
large Yield. Farmers are given 10 spread
ing "a small! quantity of fertilizer over too
much ground. when. If they would but
stop 10 think. they might easily see that
they would get greater results from the
smaller area we'll fortified and with con-
siderable less labor.
Horses Must Have Oats.
oats seem TO be the natural grain Tor
horses and every attempt 20 substitute
any other grain, in considerable 1uanti-
ties. always brings trouble for the Horse
/. There II too much corn fed On the aver
age farm. as has been said several times
in tbs department.. and while it is admit
ted that when one grows corn in abund-
ance II is a mos, natural thing to use II.
there Is ITO doubt but what all farm am
mails have more corn than they ought
and this is particularly true of horses. Ine
writer urges farmers not TO make TINS
mistake. Tor they do IL at the expense OF
The years OF tn. morse, even II serious
1 trouble does not result immediately. Den
corn enough TO buy what oats the morse
should have. An occasional feed OF corn
meal, bran and oil meal Will not ln)ure
the horse. but the bulk of the grain given
ii should be oats.
MilIet for Poultry.
A writer on poultry in a recent issue
OF a farm paper. while admitting the
value OF millet as a poultry food. says
that most millets require a light soil.
This Is II mistake, for while it ts true OF
some millets, it Is not true OF most OF
them. One of the best of millets. the
Hungarian. will grow to perfection on
rather heavy soil, provided 1t is loose and
friable. although it does best on light soN.
The Pearl millet will also do we'll on rath-
er heavy soil IL 1t is rich and loose. AS
food for poultry the millets are excellent.
using the seeds to furnish variety IN the
grain ra ton. They can be used by them
selves, mixed with wheat or corn meal,
and recent experiments show hat 'hey
produce good results when fed with COW
peas ground. The millets that Will grow
in any section OF the country are among
the best and cheapest crops TO raise for
the use Of poultry.
4 Turkeys for Profit.
Some time ago it was stated that in the
opinion Of the writer OF the item and
: other experts. the failure Of the turkey
crop last fall was very largely due to the
9 rather general practice of in~-breeding. II
is therefore opportune to warn those who
. raise turkeys to make sure that the tom
!. turkey Is brought from a breeder at some
: distance from you so that there Will ot
no trouble on this score. BY some ltti'
i effort one could dispose of their own TOM
to breeders who were looking for sucf
birds for mating purposes. and with tn
o proceeds buy equally good birds tina
were not related to their hens. There i
: money IN turkeys If the breed is kept VI
t to the standard and they can be raised OF
e a range of good size and kept IN tha
It range so tina the eggs can be secured 10
Matching. The Indications are that tn
n fall and winter demand for turkeys will
8 be large.
u Varieties Of Cow Peas
q Many correspondents who are interest
a ed in COW peas have asked for informa
II ton concerning varieties. and our expert
o in different sections supply the Following
information: Warren's extra early is per
haps the best Of all sorts for the north
IL because its ear1iness enable 1t to reac
maturity; but it is equally good TOT sou.n
Is ern sections, although the Southern Whir
poor-Will Is the favorite variety In south
ID ern sections, together with the extra earl
Black Eye. In sections where there Is
.e long season Wonderful 10 popular. an
- it does splendidly in all northern an
h. western sections when IT 10 wanted I
a turn under as a soil renovation or for ha.
lie Consult your scotsman when you ou
ID seed and tell him about your> soil an
ID climate.
III Wood Ashes for the Orchard.
On of the difficulties in buying WOO
ashes either for use in the orchard or Q
the meadows is that SO much 10 on tn
at market that is far from pure 1t 10 nc
or safe to buy them in large quantities viii
out frst having an analysis OF their pc
r ash contents. IL one can be assured {
Is. their value In that respect 1t II safe I
or 20 ahead, but even then wood ashes al
ly expensive for orchard fertilixing. An 9,
nd ceilent fertilizer for the orchard Is con
en- posed of 800 pounds OF fne ground bon
M l5O pounds of muriate of potash. and nf'
a pounds Of nitrate Of soda, using the Qual
81 tity named on an acre. This combines II
ck essential plant foods in the proper propo
lie. ions needed by the average orchard .
ne o fairly good soil.
The Red Cross currant.
lite The illustration shows q portion OF
r. stem Of the Red Cross currant for whie
ne much is claimed by the introducer. tt
variety has not been thoroughly and ga
orally tested. but 10 80 promising whore
has been tried that 1t - worthy Of pla'
a. in this department. Az seen growing
Oh the writer. the plants are extremely vi
h orous. bear profusely. and the fruit
large. One OF the strong claims for Il
hi. variety il thai It II the only curra,
en- which may by called sweet. which
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