The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04

ana 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
Is all that can be desired and with the
solid flesh. good flavor and evennesS of
ripen.ng the variety Will be popular II
1t does as well under field culture general
~ as 1t has on the several experiment
plots where 1t has been tested. Naturally,
the seeds are high in price. but it will pay
any grower OF tomatoes to get a small
quantity II only for testing the promising
variety.
Selecting Breeds for Purposes.
At a recent farmers institute a skilled
1airyman, 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 hun birds with 2"
There is a world of meaning in this ques-
ton and It 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
ticularly the White Leghorns. AS egg
producers they are unrivaled, but as table
fowls they do not compare with the or
binary barnyard mongrel. If farmers
would use more business intelligence in
their selections they would make more
profit and make it easier than now. II
4 farmer has stock for his own use, to
supply his own table, the Qua 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.
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nent of the plan of tho writer in feeding
whole corn to fowls at night and having
It almost hot. This winter we nave made
1t a practice to feed all whole grain only
after warming. 1t was found that the
nights the fowls were given the hot corn
they were happy and warm. while on 9th
er nights, when other grains were fed
in their rotation In the ration. the fowls
were more 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 a human
would miss it and that their stomach
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-
gether with the plan Of having all water
given the Fowls warmed, nearly hot,
works nicely, as any one Will see who will
try it.
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, If possible. His work
was IN the nursery as an unSkilled labor
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 gen
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 fol
several acres Of small fruits. To make d
long story short, by hard 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 well At.
ted to this crop and the adjacent markets
were good. armer in the section hat
"farmed" as had their fathers before
them and would not change. There are
oPloI II V CClloll "iIeIc, DS
q slight change in methods one NIGH
materially increase ones profits. Put or
your good clothes some day and spend
the day among the merchants who deal II
produce in the towns and cities nearest
you and then consider If you are raising
what your market demands. The day will
be proftably spent.
Giving Fowls Exercise.
One of the hardest things to obtain fol
fowls during the winter Is exercise. Ir
most localities it is impossible to give
them outdoor airings very often and ever
the best scratching shed Is small com
pared with the desire Of the fowls tt
roam. A substitute may be found in tn,
covered wagon shed or some such place
but In all places where exercise Is giver
some plan must be devised for keeping
the birds busy. An excellent way is t
cut ears of corn into Pinch lengths, shell
ing 1t as little as possible and throwing
the pieces on the ground, where it is DIR,
and clean, for the fowls to pick at. D,
this at a time when they are fairly hun
CRY SO they will do the work required
This method will do nicely as a chang
from the plan of scattering wheat in tn
chaff at noon and will give them tn
sama amount Of exercise. 1t Is neye
wise 70 allow the fowls TO get droopy 70
lack Of something to do. for they are like
ly to get in mischief Of some kind. Kee,
them busy and they will be happy.
Growing Alfalfa in Orchards.
A number Of correspondents who are in
tcrested in alfalfa have asked If 1t woul.
Dot be a valuable crop for the orchard
The experience of the writer has bee,
goes il Is in accord with that OF ok er