Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-05-05

any soil where one has been unable to
grow timothy or any of the better grade
of grasses. 1t is not a substitute for tim
othy. for its quality does not compare
with timothy nor even with the mixtures
commonly used for meadows, but where
the better grasses will not succeed tho
Hungarian grass should h. sown. The
plants grow to considerable height and
stool quite heavily. Sow seed at the rate
of about two bushels per acre.
Sowing Alfalfa in Corn.
Several readers who noted the article a
! few weeks ago on the incubation OF the
soil with alfalfa bacteria gained the idea
that the soil could not be used for any
l other purpose the same season. This was
not the idea it was Intended to convey,
for there need be no loss OF the soil for
cropping purposes. Follow this plan: At
the last time the corn is plowed. which Is
usually in June, sow the soil which has
the bacteria IN 1t broadcast and at the
same time SOW the alfalfa seed and let 1t
I take care of itself. growing among the
corn. The following spring use the disc
| drill and SOW another lot of seed, using
at the rate of twelve to fifteen pounds
per acre. During the summer cut it twice
at least. the first time cutting 1t when 1t
is six or eight inches high. The following
summcr 1t will have become we'll estab-
lished and can be CUT and fed several
times during hat and succeeding seasons.
VI will thus be seen that II one will make
some effort to inoculate the soil with the
alfalfa bacteria 1t will he comparatively
easy to get 1t established.
Advertising by Farmers.
I Admitting that this department is large
~ Intended 10 point out better methods
of practical farming and its allied indus
\ tries, it is not entirely outside it's prov
ince to try and point out how the crops,
4 which have been raised with so much la
Dor and trouble, can be sold to the best
! advantage. 1t has been mildly limited that
farmers. as a rule. were poor statesmen
and whenever we find an exception to
that rule we find a successful farmer.
This is an age of advertising for publicity.
IL a manufacturer has a good article he
4 advcrtises 1t SO that retailers who handle
such articles will place 1t before the con-
Stunning public. Manufacturers go farther
than this and advertise in periodicals
which reach the consumer 80 as to create
a demand which the retailer will supply.
Why should not farmers. fruit growers
and poultrymen do the same under GER
tain conditions? A great MANUFACTURED
has laid down this rule for success in the
twentieth century,: MAKE what the peo-
pie want and then let them know you
ave it." There is no better rule for the
farme who raises a first class crop to
follow The chances are eight out of ter
that there are enough readers OF his
paper who would eagerly buy one or more
choice products of the soil at a price
which would pay for the advertising sew.
eral lines over IL they knew where t.
find what they wanted. Think this over
raise high grade crops this summer and
more will be said on the subject of mar.
keting them profitably in this department,
later.
Feed for Young Chicks.
h there are thousands of chick
raised almost wholly on ''mush.'' which
consists at first of moistened bran an,
later of bran n cornmeal, the best re
suits come from raising the chicks large
ly on dry feed n allowing them all tn
water or milk they need to supply tn
moisture. Up to the time the chicks ar
three weeks old pinhead oats should b
fed and then a mixture Of coarsely groun,
cornmeal, the pinhead oats and cracke,
wheat a be fed to advantage up to tn
time the birds are on the range for tn
season and can then eat cracked corn an
wheat. There are several kinds of pre-
pared chicken foods on the market. bal
anced rati0ns as It were, and most q
them are good, but the chicks must b
: closely watched to see hat they are nc
over-fed and have q tendency to bowt
trouble. For home preparation the grain
mentioned will be found very satisfactor!
Care Of Young chicks.
When the first chicks are Matched earl
y in March the owner gives them unusual
good care because he realizes that the
al likely to catch cold or get wet easily
PATCHED chicks. Except In the warms
y sections of the country the April hatche
chick requires ~ much care as thoi
Matched earlier. One Of the most su,