Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-31

Have 1t dark and quiet and see that food
and water. grit and dust is kept where the
setting hens can get at them and they
will take care of the Matching. III the
weather Is cold and wet when the chicks
are Matched provide a place for them to
be where 1t is reasonably warm and en-
tirely dry. AS a matter of fact. except III
the south, March and early April Matched
chicks ought not to be allowed out of
doors a great deal until May. though they
should nave n run of good size and so ar
ranged that they will have some sun. The
early Matched chick treated in this man
ner. II 1t is Il pullet, will make a splendid
winter layer under proper conditions and
repay you for all the trouble taken this
spring.
Gastric Fever in Milch Cows.
Ii is hard to say why some COWS are
troubled with gastric fever after calving:
in some cases 1t Is because the vitality of
the animal Is too greatly weakened by
the bearing of the calf and In other cases
the trouble Is due almost entirely to inn
proper feeding during the period of preg-
nancy. Cows predisposed to this trouble
should he fed on equal quantities of wheat
bran and chopped oats for grain and the
best quality of mixed hay for several
months before calving and the bowels
should be kept in condition by giving her.
two weeks before the calf is due. a dose
consisting of one~fourth of an ounce OF
gantian mixed with -three-uuarters of a
pound of epson salts. Pregnant cows
should be given considerable variety In
their feed and 1t should be given In mod
crate quantities, never the full rations
which are given her when in full milk.
When the fever comes on after the birth
of the calf the best hat can be done is
to put the bowels in good condition and
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full feeding, seeing also that the water
given her is pure and clean.
Alfalfa Requires Good Soil.
Many farmers have the idea that be-
cause alfalfa Is IA forage plant II can be
grown on any soil and that 1t Is as read
lily grown as COW peas, which Is not the
case. 1t is safe TO go farther and say II
is practically a waste of time and seed
to attempt growing alfalfa on poor soil.
We nav had the best success with this
crop when growing 1t on soil which had
borne a heavy crop of potatoes which had
been kept well cultivated so that there
We're, practically, no weed seeds in 1t.
One can readily gather from this fact
about what is required In a soil TO grow
alfalfa with success, and while Ii may he
disappointing to many because they
thought 1t more easily grown, it is n crop
that 1t WIN pay well to get established on
any farm in any section where 1t will
thrive. Alfalfa must have well drained
soil as well as soil rich i'm potash and
lime. then too the soil must he inoc,i-
lated with the alfalfa bacteria. which
may be applied by soil taken from a field
In which alfalfa has been. grown to adj
vantage. Furnish a soil containing these
three things and one can grow alfalfa with
success and have n forage crop which Will
increase in value each year.
Piece-Root Trees Best.
For a number of, years many nursery
men advocated the planting of trees which
had been grated on whole roots, but ex-
perience Of both nurserymen and growers
has shown that the piece graft is the best
for all root grated fruit trees. In some
localities the whole piece trees are being
offered at Il high price with claims for
superiority not warranted by facts. The
end in view Is to obtain a tree on Its w
roots as nearly as possible and the use of
the piece root is mainly to hold the tree
in shape until the scion grated on the
root can throw out roots and the tree thus
ne supported ana maintained practicaiiy
by ITS own roots. Inc best trees are those
grated on roots ABOUT two inches long
anu SET ABOUT I'VE inches aeep. IN three
years at most the Scion VIII rave thrown
GU, enough roots SO 'hal IL VIII ne a Tree
GROWING OH us own roo's. Inc ma.ter Is
asi.a'eu 'o" So .hat ieaoefs Oh this ue-
Partiheht VIII hot ne persuaded 10 puy
"ho'e ~ 'iees WIN ,he iuea mat they
are preierapie 10 'hose sralteo on piece
roo's.
hepert on Oieo law.
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