Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-04-14

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| md the flesh White and crisp. While IT
I Is Il favorite for growing under glass. II IS
qaally pNoftably grown III The open
| ground, where 1t natures quickly and
| thus retains its %crispness. BY dropping
| seeds in the ground whenever n pulling IS
| made the ralish season is considerably
prolonged and the So, made 10 yield a
| arcer percentages of profit. The variety
$ well worth planting
~ p..i.;,a .ho Soil.
$50. ~, no,,o, has
W ",'' ~ 80 a. aen,h and his
'ep'e'eu .ns sonS " !" VIM ~
N is na ,,.;.h tho statement
,a uue a,n"ia ha made in c~xplanatlon
ana tbat is INA; cotton, has depleted the
soil SOLELY because the plant food taken
from a Inv ,he cotton was NOT made good
40 tim nnrlic,t,on of fertilizers. and not
,eco,,s. cotton ia hard on land. AS a
n,t,ar ~ r,ct q, dr,ws less on the chem
al of tba sci, than most crops. What
snnIies To the denleted soils of the south
,nriie, m so,,s evervwhere III they are
,rorped without regard To the proper
~ro.,liny Of tho sol, and a rotation of cropr,
,o matter what the crop may be. they
,yu no aeY,otea ne tho COTTON fields have
l neon In sections OF the SOuIO. lTut, VIZ
,,ya learned much about the needs of
he soil during late years and fed it bet
,er Than we did hut we are still in.
,,ipeI TO draw too heavily on the stored
nm n,ant food. and disinclined to replen-
lsh that plant food by the application OF
I,he 1roper fertilizer. 1t is all very well
70 obtain nitrogen by the blowing under
,f legumes and to set the potash in the
soil free by cultivation. but this will moi
give crops Tor an inaei.,l,.e puf, '~ .xos..
so",lnue ~ or. - ~ no wo,,ir
~" "s..,;.a ~, Tho n,,ncinla of civ.
eari " '.,'.i%e VI. - napas ,,,s 9
tnne ny na.nasa Tho stored nj
i..e ~ ia 49,, :, forti,c sn,, 81
luan.l.s we "o"'e
"n ~
crops N'ee' w"
"A number OF readers OF TINS uepaItnnei,
1ave inquired what plans snou.u " y
lowed IN contlnuins 'he orlislis up y
a held on which COW peas are soM 90
s 'o,i rehoVator. ~ mus. NE .naIa
that sometimes II ~ aavisapio " ~ 81
G second years sowing OIL COW peas II u,
SOIL is very poor. Inc COW pea crop s"ou'
n pe alioweu 10 DIE GOWN ana ."e'i oe lmv"s
2 Iuhuer ana tne neio sowh W'ye. -
n should he sown on TINS rye .he io,oM..
spring ana II IL MAKES IL iaHis s''u va, a..
II should receive a Top oress,nk W ~"
. the Following spring, De cur .nu' a y,
= wen MANFRED during 'ne wnh'ei -" ~.
next spring pio"ea uhue1 LOT orr -
i, continue the rotation iet rye lono~ "
corn, pillow under IN the spring. SON
> COW peas again ana continue as oei
rms may seem Il iohs way alou.u ~ .
" Il field IN good condition. nut II 'he %
was pretty well worn our 20 start WIN
cannot be better or more cheap's WI
In any Other u
PLANTING crcns for Hoos.
- More or less advice is given each year
plant artichokes or some other root or
- for the benefit OF the hogs, the ioea pel
to permit the animals to ROOT .mem y
of the ground for themselves. mn pr
may work very well on ratner SANDY -
for those who nave no oo)ectlon 10 .
hogs rooting but q much better pan 10
give the hogs q GOOD grass pasture VI
occasional access to a neld OF rape ~
grow the root crops Tor them IN the re-.
lar way. harvesting them ana ieeoi
them to the animals during ial' VIII
and spring. The writer recently eaw
ideal hog farm where everytnlns was as
neat 1t seemed as II q new nreeo o. sw!
had been obtained ASSURE wa p'usa
Tor Inc am'm man an anu ho ~ c",,,d ar," "E
so arranged mat the nogs cou.u uriIh
they wanted. but could not get tneir !
into the water. When m
they were kept In pens n yards "
cement bottom. haiseu IN .n's man
for several generations .ne u'spos'.l.
waliOw seemed 10 nave Deeh pTet W.
them just as the desire Tor water ~ ~
to swim has been bred OUT OF aueks
many cases. 20 Tar ~ n u Aoie 20
the hogs WIG 90 not "a sns n,, are T qna.,