The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04


What like its parent, the Stone, in color
and shape. Unlike any other erect grow
Ing sort the fruit is practically uniform
In size and Of very large size. AS will
be seen from the Illustration. the shape
Is all that can be desired and with the
solid flesh, good flavor and evenness of
ripening the variety will be popular II
1t does as we'll under field culture general
~ as 1t has on the several experiment
plots where 1t has been tested. Naturally,
the seeds are high in price. but 1t will pay
any grower of tomatoes to get a small
quantity If only for testing the promising
variety.
Selecting Breeds for Purposes.
At a recent farmers institute a skilled
aairyman. In discussing the types of ami
mails to be selected for specific purposes,
put this question to his audience: "Would
you select a bulldog to aunt birds with %
There is a world Of meaning in this ues-
ton and 1t states the whole idea OF stock
selection in one short sentence. II cows
are wanted for dairy imposes why select
Shorthorns and other beef types? If
wanted for beef why select Jerseys and
~Guernseys! SO in the selection Of sheep,
swine n poultry. Take the Leghorn
breeds Of poultry for example. and par
icularly the White Leghorns. AS, egg
producers they are u%nrivaled, but as table
fowls they do not compare with the or
dinary b%arnyard amongrel. If farmers
would use more business intelligence in
their selections they would make more
profit and make 1T easier than now. If
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Warmed Grain for Poultry.
Mention has been made in this depart
ment Of the plan OF the writer in feeding
whole corn to fowls at night and having
1t almost hot. This winter we have made
it a practice to feed all whole grain only
after warming. 1t was found that the
nights the fowls were given the hot corn
they were happy and warm, While on 9TH
err nights, when other grains were fed
in their rotation in the ration, the fowls
were more or less restless and did not
settle down to sleep so soon. A little
thought made 1t apparent tina the birds
missed the warm food just as a human
would miss 1t and that their stomachs
were no more pleased with q cold supper
on a cold night than the stomach OF the
feeder would be. This plan Of feeding to-
gether with the plan Of having all water
given the Fowls warmed, nearly hot,
works nicely, as any one will see who will
try it.
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and in the country. IL possible. His worl,
was in the nursery as an unskilled labor
er at first, but he took vel! to the work
and in his year at 1t learned much and
was particularly taken with the growing
of strawberries. In another part OF the
state his father had been Shaving at gem
eral farming for many wears. getting a
bare living. The young man went home
at the end of the year in the nursery and
induced his father to turn a portion Of
the farm over to him. From his former
employer he bought, on credit, plans for
several acres of small fruits. To make a
long story short, by hard work and tntelli-
gent work he has made a great success
and in a section where, before his advent.
not ten bushels Of strawberries were
grown over an area of three square miles,
although the soil wal peculiarly well fit
ted to this crop and the adjacent markets
were good. Farmers in the section had
"farmed" as had their fathers before
them and would not change. There are
opportunities in every section where. by
u slight change in methods one might
materially increase ones profits. Put on
your eoou clo'nes some DAY ana spend
lne Jay AMONG inc merchants VINO deal IN
produce IN the towns and cities nearest
you ana theh CONSIDER II you are raising
"hat you market demands. h day Will
pe prohtapiy spent.