Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-09


who have tried 1t claim that 1t is all
the introducers say it is. On a small
plot the writer found that it was early
and that its quality was unsurpassed;
the productiyeness however, was want
ing, although ii is not to he condemned
on this small test, only half a dozen
tubers being available. We shall test
1t more extensively another season and
can recommend it TO any potato grower
for testing on his own grounds. Even
sn our limited test it showed POSSIBLE
tiles which prove IL worthy OF fair
Sial.
WATCH THE PuLLETS.
Many a first class flock OF layers has
been built up by the owner watching
The little things. Very soon now the
spring Matched pullets will begin to lay
end 1T is worth considerable TO keep
rack of the ones who lay first among
those OF the same age. If the early
layers are good birds in other respects
they should be marked in some way so
that their eggs may be used for hatch
ing at the proper season and thus lay
the foundation for a strain of early lay
ing fowls. Conversely, the pullets Of
the same age which are the last to be-
gin laying should also be Unidentified
so that the eggs will not be used for
Matching and also that some record
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lain by such a pullet during the year
SO as to determine whether she should
be carried through a second winter or
turned onto the carcass market. The
man who intelligently studies his young
stock will learn a surprising lot about
poultry in a year even though he
thought he knew it all before: he will
also find a number of ways by which
he can increase the value of the flock.
III raising poultry for the money return
is worth doing at all IT is worth doing
thoroughly and if it is thoroughly lone
1t surely will be profitable.
RAINY DAY FARM WORK.
There Is nothing in this item that
every reader of it Toes not already
know as we'll as the writer, but an &C.
c%asional reminder of a duty to be per-
formed is often as effectual as a bit
OF new knowledge, hence this creed:
you more or less trouble the past sum-
mer, make a list of them, together with
the particular annoyance they caused
you, hen When a stormy day comes
get these tools down one by one and re-
pair them. Then look up every tool
or vehicle on the place from the wheel
barrow TO the double farm wagon and
treat it to two. heavy coats Of paint.
After you have lone these things you
will think Of a dozen other things
which can be done and the doing of
which will make you work easier at
some other season. However, don't
take hold of these jobs until after
everything necessary has been done TO
make all Of the animals and the poultry
comfortable. This is In first duty,
whether one has few or many.
NANCE IN CATTLE.
Mango in cattle is similar to that on
LOGS a ND has tho CoT1n. affant 4. 9 M thu
sores on the skin and the loss of hair.
IN farm animals ii as generally due 10
impaired digestion and after local
treatment, can be. eradicated from the
system by proper feeding and a moder-
ate course Of treatment. The farm ami
nal suffering from mango should be
scrubbed frequently using the 1850 coal
oil dip advertised in all farm papers
or generally obtainable from dealers in
farm supplies. After this ~scrubbing.
iour of sulphur should be rubbed all
over the affected places. Oftentimes it
is desirable to make a radical change
In the feed giving, as a rule, less grain
than before the attack and feeding
largely of ~succulents, mainly root crops.
If the COW is not pregnant, half-ounce
doses of Fowler's solution of arsenic
night and morning for a time will help
TO clear the system of poison as well as
tone 1t up. Tt is needless to say that
the water given the animal should be
clean and pure,
PREPARING FOR STRAWBERRIES.
One of my neighbors who is an ex-
pert grower of strawberries, has a way
OF preparing new ground which is nov
Ell, but he always gets good results.
The ground is plowed as late In fall
as possible, just before 1t is likely to
freeze hard, and allowed to lie in
rough ridges. After the ground has
frozen so that the horses dc not sink
into II manure is brought from the
barn yard and spread thickly all over
the ground and allowed to lay there
until early spring, when il is plowed
under, more fertilizer being Their added
and afterwards the whole field plowed
again, narrowed and made ready for
planting. The idea is that the days Of
cold weather Immediately following the
fall psowing viii kill the grubs or othet,
insects in the soil, the manure will fer
tilize it and 1t win be in good condition
to work in the spring. This is a par
ticulariy good plan to work on soil that
is somewhat heavy and which could
not be orke very early in the spring.
SAN JOSE SCALE NOT PREVENT
ABLE.
Those who are familiar with the Gan
Jose scale know that the disease cannot
be prevented, speaking in he usual
sense OF the word. 1t is true IL one
could place an orchard, free from the
pest several miles away from any other
orchard In hat way the trouble might
be prevented. When the statement Is
made. as 1t Is being made constantly.
that any certain remedy will prevent
the scale. II is wrong. There are sew
eral remedies for the destruction OF the
scale and to keep IL In subsection and
ais OF them are more or less valuable.
In some cases n works better than
another. With n writer the lime and
sulphur remedy has proved the mosf
desirable. but 10 make IL effective ana
not injurious. II must be Thoroughly
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