The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-02-26

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What like It's parent, the Stone, in color
and shape. Unlike any other erect grow
Ing sort the fruit is practically uniform
IN size and of very large size. AS will
be seen from the Illustration. the shape
IL all that can be desired and with the
solid flesh, good flavor and evenness of
ripen.ng the variety will be popular If
1t does as well under field culture general
ly as 1t has on the several experiment
plots where it has been tested. Naturally.
the seeds are high in price, but 1t will pay
any grower Of omatoe to get a small
quantity ii only for testing the promising
variety.
Selecting Breeds for Purposes.
AT a recent farmers institute a skilled
aairyman. in discussing the types OF ami
mails to be selected for specific purposes,
put this question to his audience: would
you select a bulldog to hunt birds with %
L II lS u WOTlQ OK meaning IN lQlS cues.
ton and 1t states the whole idea OF stock
selection in one short sentence. If cows
are wanted for dairy purposes why select
%Shorthorns and other beef types? If
wanted for beef why select Jerseys and
Guernseys? So In the selection of sheep.
swine and poultry. Take the Leghorn
breeds of poultry for example. and par
dcularly the White Leghorns. AS egg
producers they are unrivaled, but as table
fowls they do not compare with the or
1inafy barnyard mongrel. II farmers
would use more business intelligence in
their selections they would make more
profit and make 1T easier than now. If
= farmer has stock for his own use, to
supply his w table, the dual purpose
COW can probably be found and will, in
the main, be satisfactory, but when profit
must be made from the animal then 1t
should be selected strictly in accordance
with the market she is to supply.
Warmed Grain for Poultry.
Mention has been made in this depart
ment of the plan of the writer In feeding
whole corn to fowls at night and having
It almost hot. This winter we have made
1t a practice to feed all whole grain only
after warming. 1t was found that the
nights the fowls We're given the hot corn
they We're happy and warm. While on 9TH
er nights, when other grains were fed
In their rotation in the ral.on, the fowls
were moro or less restless and did not
settle down to sleep SO soon. A little
thought made 1t apparent that the birds
missed the warm food just as q human
would miss 1t and that their stomachs
were no more pleased with a cold supper
on a cold night than the stomach of the
feeder would be. This plan of feeding to-
sether with the plan of having all water
given the Fowls warmed, nearly hot,
works nicely. as any one will see who will
try 1t.
Watching Demands Of Markets.
The editor Of this department was much
Impressed by a recent interview with a
young man who Is now rounding out his
fifth year as a grower Of small fruits.
Six years ago he entered the employ Of q
plantsman who was also a grower OF
small fruits. Previously he had been
employed in the city. but was ordered by
his doctor to find outdoor employment,
and In the country. IL possible. His work
was in the nursery as an unskilled abor-
er at first, but he took well to the work
and in his year at 1t learned much and
was particularly taken with the growing
of Strawberries In another part of the
state his father had been Shaving at gem
eral farming for many years, getting a
bare living. The young man went home
at the end of the year in the nursery and
induced his father to turn a portion Of
the farm over to him. From his former
employer he bought, on credit, plans for
several acres Of small fruits. To make a
long story short, by ard work and intelli-
gent work he has made a great success
and in a section where, before his advent,
not ten bushels of Strawberries were
grown over an area of three square miles,
although the soil was peculiarly we'll fit
ted to this crop and the adjacent markets
were good. Farmers in the section had
EARNED" as had their fathers before
them q nd ,nyy1 -ook - rl TL.-a n-1
opportunities in every section where, by
a slight change in methods one might
materially increase ones profits. Put on
your good clothes some day and spend
the day among the merchants who deal in
produce in the towns and cities nearest
you and then consider If you are raising
what you market demands. The day will
be profltably spent.
Giving Fowls Exercise.
One Of the hardest things to Obtain for
fowls during the winter is exercise. In
most localities 1t is impossible to give
them outdoor airings very often and even
the best scratching shed is small com
pared with the desire of the fowls to
roam. A substitute may be found in the
covered wagon shed or some such place,
but in all places where exercise is given
some plan must be devised for keeping
the birds busy. An excellent way is to
cut ears of corn into Pinch. lengths, she'll
ing 1t as little as possible and throwing
the pieces on the ground, where it is dry
and clean, for the fowls to pick at. Do
this at a time when they are fairly nun
cry 50 they will do the work required.
This method will do nicely as a change
from the plan Of scattering wheat in the
chaff at noon and will give them the
sama amount Of exercise. It Is never
wise TO allow the fowls to get droopy for
lack of something to do, for they are like.
ly to get In mischief of some kind. KEGS
them busy and they will be happy.
GrowinssAlfaIfa in orchards.
A number of correspondents who are in
terested in alfalfa have asked II 1t would
rot be q valuable crop for the orchard.
The experience OF the writer has been
limited in this direction, but SO far as /,
goes 1t Is IN accord. with that Of Others