The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-06


equally good results and 1t is advised for
any soil where one has been unable to
grow timothy or any Of the better grade
Of grasses. 1t is not a substitute for tim
othy, for Its quality does not compare
with timothy nor even with the mixtures
commonly used for meadows, but where
the better grasses will not succeed the
Hungarian grass should be sown. The
plants grow to considerable height and
stool quite heavily. Sow seed at the rate
of about two bushels per acre.
Sowing Alfalfa in Corn.
Several readers who noted the article a
few weeks ago on the incubation of the
soil with alfalfa bacteria gained the idea
that the soil could not be used for any
other purpose the same season. This was
not the idea 1t was intended to convey,
for there need be no loss Of the soil for
cropping purposes. Follow his plan: At
the last time the corn is plowed. which is
usually in June, SOW the soil Which has
the bacteria in 1t broadcast and at the
same time sow the alfalfa seed and let it
take care of itself. growing among the
corn. The following spring use the disc
drill and SOW another lot of seed, using
at the rate of twelve to fifteen pounds
per acre. During the summer cut 1t twice
at least, the first time cutting it when 1T
is six or eight inches high. The following
summer it will have become we'll estab-
lished and can be cut and fed several
times during that and succeeding seasons.
1t will thus be seen that If one will make
some effort to inoculate the sol! with the
alfalfa bacteria 1t will be comparatively
Easy to get 1t established.
Advertising by Farmers.
Admitting that this department is large
ly intended to point out better methods
of practical farming and its allied indus
tries, 1t Is not entirely outside its prov
lnce to try and point out how the crops.
which AVE been raised with so much la
Dor and trouble, can be sold to the best
advantage. 1t has been mildly limited that
farmers. as a rule, We're poor statesmen
and whenever we find an exception to
that rule We find a successful farmer.
This Is an age of advertising for publicity.
III a manufacturer has q good article he
advertises 1t SO that retailers who handle
such articles Will place 1T before the con-
Stunning public. Manufacturers go farther
than this and advertise In periodicals
Which reach the consumer so as to create
a demand which the retailer will supply.
Why should not farmers, fruit growers
and poultrymen do the same under GER
tain conditions? A great manufacturer
has laid down this rule for success in the
twentieth century: Make what the peo-
pie want and then let them know you
nave IT." There is no better rule for the
farmer who raises a first class crop to
follow. The chances are eight out of ten
mat there are enough readers of this
paper who would eagerly buy one or more
choice products OF the soil at a price
which would pay for the advertising sew
eral times over IL they knew where to
find what they wanted. Think this over,
raise high grade crops this summer and
moro will be said on the subject of mar
ketlns them probably in this department.
later.
Feed for Young Chicks.
While there are thousands of chicks
raised almost wholly on ''mush," which
consists at first of moistened bran and
later of bran and cornmeal. the best re-
suits come from raising the chicks large
ly on dry feed and allowing them all the
water or milk they need to supply the
moisture. Up to the time the chicks are
three weeks old %pinhead oats should be !
fed and then a mixture of coarsely ground
cornmeal, the pinhead oats and cracked
wheat can be fed to advantage up to the
season and can then eat cracked corn and
There are several kinds of pre-
pared chicken foods on the market, bal
anced rations as 1t were, and most of
them are good. but the chicks must be
watched to see that they are not
over-fed and have a tendency to bowel
trouble. For home preparation the grains
SoA WY odlSlaClOIy. \
Care of Young Chicks.
When the first chicks are Matched early
In March the owner gives them unusually
good care because he realizes tina they
likely to catch cold or get wet easily,
but he lets up on the good care with April
Matched chicks. Except in II e warmer
sections of the country the April Matched
chick requires as much care as those
hatched earlier. One of the most sue
poultrymen in the country has
sheds arranged especially for the early
Matched chicks. These sheds are rather
rough affairs, but they keep out most Of
the cold winds. yet let in what sunlight
there Is and the chicks cannot get out OF
them and get wet. The one essential for
the growing chick is dryness and warmth
1T gets chilled nine times out of ten it
will die. Arrange some way in which the
chicks can have plenty of sun during the
spring and yet not run any risk of getting
in the dew on the grass. Keep them
ousy by frequent feelings, see that they
what water they require and as 1t
gets warmer provide some plan of giving
hem shade SO that they may have its
benefits whenever they want it. The per-
of chicks raised on his plan will
De very satisfactory.
Grass in Orchards. I,
There is much difference of opinion az tn