Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-04-07

vines seem strong and are fairly pro-
ductive. As yet 1t In not known how the
variety will do under field culture In diff
ferent sections, but it Is well worth Il
trial everywhere that cucumbers can be
grown.
Commercial Fertilizers Without Manure
The annual controversy Is going on over
the relative values of commercial fsrtil-
!2ers and stuble manures, but the farmer
who uses both feels that there Is nc need
for him to argue the matter. having
learned that whcn he has filled his soil
with humus by tho use of stable manure
and with nitrogen by growing some of the
legumes, then he is able to use CONNER
cial fertilizers proitnbly. Years ago when
there was more protests than now against
commercial fertilizers. farmers generally
considered III ex~travagant to use such
fertilizers and stable manures as we'll. AS
n result the constant and exclusive use
of the commercial fertilizers used up the
| vegetable matter in the soil and crops be-
| gan TO fall off. To those who are skeptical
regarding this manner of using commercial
fertilizers. in connection with stable ma
nurcs, the best advice that can BIO given
is to select n small field and try the plan.
Use any crop desired and give the field
tho best possible culture. The results Will
show II the combination was profitable.
All farmers know that at times some one
| plant food becomes exhausted IN a cer-
tain soil while it remains fairly rich in
the other two essential plant foods: in
such cases the remedy is obviously to use
a fertilizer containing the desired food In
the greatest proportion of the mixture or
I apply it by itself II necessary. 1t Is the
old story of ascertaining what the soil
needs and then supplying 1t.
Once More tho Cow Pea.
Those who are familiar with the COW
pea rightly insist that 1t is not a crop that
should be put on fairly rich soil, but that
it should be used for Its legitimate puf-
pose, that Is, as q soil %renovator. Neither
Is 1t Intended that the crop should be
continued as a part OF the rotation after
II has done its work. After several crops
~ cow peas have supplied the needed nj
roger to the soil. or partly so, then try
and grow clover, particularly II you are
north of the Al degree of latitude. The
clover IL a much better crop for rotation
than tho COW pea Is a southern plant and
that warm weather Is needed to grow 1t
properly. hence not only must the planting
be deferred until the ground ID warm but
the variety used should be the one which
will mature in your climate. Consult
seedsmen's catalogues ana note this pre-
caution. Try cow peas on that worn out
piece of ground. for 1t will pay In re.
suits for the labor you expend on 1t. But
nd this Is important, do not expect a sin:
lie crop OF COW peas plowed under to
bring up a plot Of ground that has beer
practically worthless for years.
Selection Of Seed Corn.
1t II only within recent years that ever
expert corn growers have fully realized
tha there exists a vast difference In thu
producttveness Of different ears OF thu
same variety, even when their outwart
appearance Is almost Identical. 1t wal
formerly considered that the selection To-
seed should be based on the best and mos
perfectly formed ears from the crop OF IN
previous year. This was god as far a.
1t went, but 1t did not go far enough. Elk
periments have proved that frequentl,
there was a difference In the crop OF NOR
than one-half between the kernels &c
lected from two ears that were. apparent
Is, Identical. This being the case no on
will fnil to- sea the importance OF making
the selection and closely watching the re
suits. In other words. II one has severa
ears Of corn that seem to the eye to b
all that Is desirable plant the seed fror
each ear In 4 row by itself, mark thea
rows for Identification n harvest tn
crop from each row by itself. and the
compare the results. In many cases tn
results will be so surprising az to be u
most startling. b plan Is worth trytn
notonly this year but every year, thes
by the careful reselectlon each year on
MAJ have. at the end OF a few years.
type which will yield enormously ana n
ono OF tho idea thnt the size of the cor
crop depends wholly upon the condition {
the soil.
Rune for Early Lambs,
More than a little OF the trouble shea
raiaers have Il u to tho wrong sort I
care given the lambs Properly. perhAp
lambs are considered rather delicate N
hand some men leave the lambs With g
eve too LONG and expoCt her to ptovl(