The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-10

nc prepared IOf q journey. A Snafp
business mar he quickly found a mar
ket for his potato crop which Melted
him quite one-third more han if he
had sold it L, home. Such cases as
these are not rare by any mean and if
II has a heavy crop and prices are
low IN the section, the chance are nine
out of ten that he can get a better
price II he will get out and hustle a
little. Watch the city merchants When
business Is a little slow. Out goes a
big advertisement with a few leaders
at really bargain prices and soon bust
ness is on the move again. Farmers
ought not 20 expect to sell all they raise
at their elbow. II prices are low at
home find out if they are not better
somewhere else; enough better, so that
one a afford to ship somewhere else.
( For Worms in Horses.
In response to numerous requests we
repeat the remedy for worms in horses
which was given in his department
some months ago. Take two ounces
each Of powdered sulphate of iron and
powdered wormseed, one n one-half
ounces of splgella root, powdered; one
and one-half pounds of graduated
sugar. Mix well and divide equally into
ten powders. Each morning for six
mornings give one powder in a bran
mash n the give as a physic ball.
an ounce of Barbados aloes and half
ounce of ginger. After three days give
the remaining powders, n each day.
Good care must be taken of the horse
while under treatment giving him only
light work or smart exercise In the
field. The regular feed during the
period should be light. and all hay
should be well moistened before feed
ing.
Increasing Manure Value.
The Ohio experimental station has
IAn,1. ! - ,r~~l .1-
line Of proving how the value Of stable
manure may be increased by proper
handling. 1t is peculiarly gratifying to
the writer to read the report because
ii s~uusianiiates that which he has SO
persistently advocated for years. The
eXperimenters found that stable man.
are carted to the field and spread 0
after 1t was made, a " a crop return
in value amounting to IS cents per ton
more Of manure value, and that When
crude phosphate rock was occasionally
sprinkled on the manure a value of
Is cents more was added, more than the
cost of the phosphate. The crop on
which the experiment was tried was on
clover sod plowed under for corn. In
the experiments, wheat and clover fol-
lowed the corn without further fertil-
Eng and with satisfactory results.
This report is one more proof that
farmers are lightly losing many dollars
my Ii4ShL SAVE villa lltllc effort II
they would give more time to studying
their business.
About Seedless Apples.
Several papers have shown fllustra-
tons of a so-called seedless apple and
had more or less to say in favor Of it.
While it will rot do to condemn any
new thing which may develop merit as
time goes on, 1t is safe to say that ever
should a scedless apple prove to be
IA 1rlV rood II will ha IJoo h1a = ~ -,
with the better varieties which have
seeds in smaller or large numbers. AS
one fruit-grower pertinently says, 'If
some one will originate and introduce
an apple without a core, we will well
come it, but l cannot see much of n
future for a seedless apple" Fruit
growers will find many good varieties
of apples among the standard sorts
and a afford to let seedless apples
alone for a time at least. II there is
any value to such an apple, nursery
men will find 1t out and the fr%uit-grow-
er will then hear Of it and in annie
time to benefit him.
Holding Ammonia in Manure.
Land plaster, or gypsum has un-
doubted value in holding the ammonia
or nitrog in stable manure, although
some scientists dispute this. Still Kahn.
lite is so much better for this purpose
than the gypsum that it is a wonder
any of the latter is used. 1t is true
kainite is more expensive in first cost
but then 1t not only holds the ammonia
better than the gypsum, but it adds to
1t a desirable plant food which gypsum
Toes not. II one must, for any reason
store the stable ant for some por-
ton of the winter. the bulk of it's value
will be maintained if stored in pits with
cement bottoms so that the LIQUID por-
tons are retained and the mass treated
with kainite occasionally during the
winter. The cost is small
with increased value Of the manure.
Try it this winter and you will become
a convert to the practice.
A Cheap Pigeery.
In building a house for pigs II ia
more a question of sensible arrange
ment than of costly material
or accurate architecture. The
plan is described especially for
a narrowing pen and is ideal for
hat purpose. The floor space used is
IONA feet, divided into two SKI pens
with a two foot alley off. 1t is 6 feet
high in front, 4 feet in the rear and the
partitions are 3 feet high. Openings
are cut in the rear so that the yards
can be reached and an. opening is cut
in Zach pen to the alley just large
enough for the little pigs to get
through and feed from the trough set
across the middle of the alley. The
whole arrangement Is simple and in