Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-02-04

and if one has strictly fresh eggs of good
size as we'll as uniform in size they can
be marketed in these boxes at a higher
prices than If marketed in a basket. Try
1t and see II 1t is not so. AS an extra
inducement to the customer wrap each
egg in white tissue paper AID twist the
ends of the paper as they are twisted
sround oranges in lemons Have the eggs
strictly fresh. OF good size and clean and
you'll find the tissue paper conceit will
sell them readily and at good prices.
Nitrogen in Farm Operations.
An observant correspondent writes that
title is said In this department concern
ing the purchase of commercial fertilizers
containing considerable per cent. of nitro
gen and calls the attention Of the editor
10 the large quantities of nitrogen used
by market gardeners. OF course all who
are familiar with tie work Of market
gardeners are familiar with their use of
nitrogen, but ii should be remembered
that such men have comparatively small
areas and from them get several crops
in a season. The farmer on the other
hand works a large area and, at most, as
4 rule, gets but one crop. The conclusion
is that he cannot afford to buy the COM
mercial nitrogen, which is correct. Nor is
.Wll. grozaa
the leguWes which will obtain the nitro
gent for Him from the air. Simply a mat
ter of economy after all and the money
put in heterogeneous fertilizers may be put
III fertilizers containing larger percent
ages of potash and %phosporic acid If the
tegumes are used to obtain the costly nj
trogen. The question is a simple one and
the soil worker should take 1t home to
himself and apply 1t according to condi-
tons and circumstances.
The Small Poultry House.
1t is generally considered that ten
square feet Of foor space should be al
lowed for each fowl in planning a poul-
try house and one this basis a house for
twenty hens would be about 10 by 20 feet
inside. Usually this Is a safe measurement
where no space is provided for a scratch
ing shed; in the latter event much less
space in the house proper will suffice. as
the hens use 1t almost entirely for roost-
ing purposes. Prominent poultrymen
claim that six square feet for each hen is
sufficient, but for the novice we advise
the ten square feet. Whatever the linen
sions II no scratching shed is provided
care must be used hat the house is free
from draughts and comfortable. In the
colder sections every poultry house
should be lined inside with tarred paper
at the back n sides. The front may be
arranged SO that during the warmer peri
DDS OF confinement 1t can be covered with
wire netting through which the SUMS rays
nay come and thus provide a pleasant
place for scratching. II no place is
planned for q scratching shed 1t will be
necessary thai the food be given at least
twice daily. scattered among the char on
the floor, else the hens will not take
enough exercise, in the limited space, to
keep e in good condition. Whatever
the plan of house 1t is necessary to pro-
vide q fair amount Of light and ventila-
ton as we'll as to keep 1t fairly warm in
winter.
Misleading Figures for Poultrymsn.
There has recently been published re-
ports from experiment stations relative
to the cost Of producing egg which were
sither misprinted or, II correct, mislead-
ing. for they place the cost Of producing
eggs at q figure which wiA discourage
any n desiring to take up the work.
From the figures given II 10 evident that
the God was based on buying 1t at the
highest market price; then. the figures
indicate results from combinations Of RAJ
tons (many OF them not at ell d~esirable)
and an average struck which r., Of course,
high. Explanations should have been
mad9 20 that the reader would have un-
dorstood that the table was for the pur-
pose OF comparison, the cost Of different
combinations OF food and that the cost Of
the aggregate should not be averaged
Farmers Who raise poultry would need
70 buy but little food for them, hence the
tables referred to are misleading to the
farmer particularly. Any man or woman
Of intelligence and . little patience car
work the poultry problem out for himself
or hereelf and II done properly It viii
show that . fair average. the country
over. . that . laying hen will make 8
dollar . year profit Tor her owners. lGanS
named - . fajr average and r. . profit
able agnte when the money n time In
vested r cons3doeed.
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