The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-05-05


equally good results and it 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 am season. This was
rot the idea 1t was Intended to convey,
for there need be no loss Of the soil for
cropping purposes. Follow this plan: AT
the last time the corn is plowed, which Is
usually in June sow the soil which has
the bacteria in it 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 II one will make
some effort to i~noculate the soil with the
alfalfa bacteria it will be comparatively
easy to get it 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
ince to try and point out how the crops.
which have 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, were poor statesmen
and whenever we find an exception to
that rule we find a successful farmer.
This is an age Of advertising for publicity.
IF a manufacturer has a good article he
advcrtises it so that retailers who handle
such articles will place 1t before the con-
suming 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 poultryIneH do the same under GER
tain conditions? A great manufacture
has laid down this rule for success in the
twentieth century: make what the peo-
pie want and then let them know you
1IdNSl H. itASlS 10 tto oSSlSA ANhS 40 sf~
farmer who raises a first class crop to
follow. The chances are eight out of ten
that 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 If they knew where te
find what they wanted. Think this over
raise high grade crops this summer an6
more will be said on the subject of mar
ketlng them protitably In his department
later.
Feed for Young Chicks.
While there are thousands of chick'
raised almost wholly on "mush," which
consists at first of molstened bran ant
later Of bran and cornmeal, the best re
suits come from raising the chicks large
" on dry feed and allowing them all tn
water or milk they need to supply tn
moisture. Up to the time the chicks ar
three weeks old pinhead oats should b
fed and then a mixture Of coarsely groun'
cornmeal, the pinhead oats II cracke'
wheat can be fed to advantage up to tn
time the birds are on the range for tn
season and can then eat cracked corn an
wheat. There are several kinds of pre-
pared chicken foods on the market, bal
anced rations as it were, and most O
them are good. but the chicks must b
closely watched to see that they are no
over-fed and have a tendency to bowe
trouble. For home preparation the grain
mentioned will be found very satisfactory
Care of yc::ng Chicks.
When the first chicks are Matched earl
in March the owner gives them unusuall
good care because he realizes that the
aA likely to catch cold or get wet easily
but he let's up on the good care with Apr
Matched chicks. Except in tie warme
sections Of the country the April hatche
chick requires as much care as thos
Matched earlier. One OF the most sue
cessful poultrymen in the country ha
sheds arranged especially for the earl
Matched chicks. These sheds are rattle
rough affairs, but they keep out most {
the cold winds, yet let in what sunligf
there Is and the chicks cannot get out {
them and get wet. The one essential fc
the growing chick is dryness and warmth
If 1t gets chilled nine times out Of ten
will die. Arrange some way In which tn
chicks can a plenty Of sun during til
spring and yet not run any risk of gettin
wet in the dew on the grass. Keep thel
busy by frequent feelings, see that the
have what water they require and as
gets warmer provide some plan Of givin
them shade so that they may have Il
benefits whenever they want 1t. The pc
centage Of chicks raised on this plan wi
be very satisfactory.
Grass in Orchards.
T;,ere is much difference of opinion as
the relative merits OF clean culture In II
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