Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-02-25


what like its parent. the Stone. In color
and shape. Unlike any other erect grow
ing sort the fruil is practically uniform
in size and of very large size. AS will
be seen from the Illustration, the shape
is all hat can be desired and with the
solid flesh. good flavor and evenness OF
ripen,ng the variety Will be popular II
II does as we'll 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 1t will pay
any grower of tomatoes to get a small
quantity if only for testing the promising
variety.
Selecting Breeds for Purposes.
At "a recent farmers institute a skilled
dairyman. in discussing the types of ami
mails to be selected for specific purposes,
put this question to his audience: Would
sou select n bulldog to hunt birds with ~
There is a world of meaning in this ques-
ton and 1t states the hole idea OF stock
selectlon~in-on one short sentence. II cows
are wanted for dairy ucpose why select
Shorthorns and other beef types? II
'SNi III SC1CSt ~ oAANe
Guernseys? So in the selection'o of sheep,
swine and poultry. Take the Leghorn
breeds of poultry for example. and par
ticularly the White I%.eghorns. AS egg
producers they are unrivaled, but as table
fowls they do not compare with the or
binary barnyard mongrel. II farmers
would use more business intelligence in
their selections they would make more
profit and make it easier than now. If
Il farmer has stock for his W use, to
supply his own table. the dual purpose
COW can probably be found and will, in
the main, be satisfactory, but when profit
a',ssyd rs Ii m ss3sc sEyfg s3 sAns a MI sast then It
with the market she Is to supply.
Warmed Grain for Poultry.
Mention has been made in this depart-
nlent of the plan of the writer in feeding
whole corn to fowls at night and having
1t almost hot. This winter we nave mad
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 were happy and warm, while on 9TH
err nights, when other grains were fed
in their rotation In the ral-on. 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 1t and that their stomachs
were no more pleased with a cold supper
on a cold night than t.ha stomach Of the
feeder would be. This Car&of feeding to-
gether with the plan ~ 1r.ving all water
gwen the sowls ssa,s;svs. 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 q
| 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 d grower OF
small fruits. Previously he had beer
employed In the city. but was ordered by
his doctor to find outdoor employment
| and in the country, II possible. His work
was In the nursery as an unskNled labor.
err at first. but lie took we'll to the worh
and in his year at it learned much and
vas particularly taken with the growing
/ Of strawberries. In another part of thu
state hts father had been shaving at gen
eral farming for many years. getting
bare living. The young man went homt
at the end of the year in the nursery ant
| induced his father to turn q portion o.
the farm over to him. From his formel
employer he bought, IN credit, plans TO
several acres Of small fruits. To make {
long story short. by hard work and intellt
gent work he has made a great success
and In q section where, before his advent
not ten bushels of strawberries wer'
/ grown over an area Of three square miles
although the soil was peculiarly well At
ted to this crop and the adjacent market
were good. Farmers In the section hat
EARNED, as had their fathers befor
them and would not change. There ar
opportunities In every section where. b.
q slight change In methods one Nigh
materially increase ones profits. Put q