The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06

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equally good results and it is advised for
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 It's quality does not compare
with timothy nor even with the mixtures
commonly used for meadows. but where
the better grasses will not succeed the
Hungarian grass should be 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 q
few weeks ago on the incubation of the
soil with alfalfa bacteria gained the idea
tnat the soil could not be used for any
| other purpose the same season. This was
| NOT the idea il was intended to convey,
| for there need he 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 winch mas
| the bacteria in it broadcast and at the
| same time SOW the alfalfa seed and let it
| 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
summer ii will have become we'll estab-
lishcd and can be cut and fed several
times during that and succeeding seasons.
i will thus be seen that If one Will make
some effort to inoculate the soil with the
alfalfa bacteria it will be comparatively
-asy TO get ii established.
Advertising by Farmers.
Admitting that this department is large
iv intended to point ont better methods
of practical farming and its allied indus
tries, it is not entirely outside its prov
incc to try and point out how the crops,
which have been raised with 50 much Ia
Dor and trouble. can he sold to the best
advantage. 1t has been mildly hinte0 that
farmers, as a rule, We're poor statesmen
and whenever we find an exception TO
that rule We find q successful farmer.
This is an age Of advertising for publicity.
If n manufacturer has a good article ne
advertises it SO that retailers who handle
such articles VII place it before the con-
Stunning public. Manufacturers go farther
than this and advertise in periodicals
which reach the consumer so as to create
n demand which the retailer will supply.
Why should not farmers, fruit growers
and poultrymen do the same under GER
tain conditions" a great manufacturer
has laid down this rule for success in the
twentieth century,: make what the peo-
pie want and then let them know you
have it, There is no better rule for the
farmer who raises a first class crop to
follow. The chances are eight out of ten
that there are enough readers of this
paper who would eagerly buy one or more
choice products of the soil at q price
which would pay for the advertising sew
cral times over if they knew where to
g,y1 ,.1,. t]n>- l,nDfn1 Think this over.
raise nigh grade crops this summer and
more will be said on the subject of mar
kcting them profitably in this department
later.
Feed for Young Chicks.
Will there are thousands of chicks
raised almost wholly on ''mush, which
consists at first of moistened bran and
later of bran and cornmeal, the best re-
suits come from raising the chicks large
ly on dry feed and allowing them all the
water or milk they need TO supply the
moisture. Up TO the time the chicks are
three weeks old pinhead oats Should be
fed and then a mixture of coarscly ground
cornmcal, the pinhead oats and cracked
wheat can be fed to advantage up to the
time the birds are on the range for lh'
season and can then eat cracked corn anC
wheat. There are several kinds of pre-
pared chicken foods on the market, hal
anccd ration. as it We're, and most OF
thcm are good. but the chicks must b
closely watched to see that they are no
diversified and have n tendency to bowe
trouble. Tor home preparation the grain:
mentioned Will be found very satisfactory
Care of Young Chicks.
When the first chicks are hatched early
in March the owner gives them unusually
good care because he realizes that they
arc likely to catch cold or get wet easily
but he lets up on the good care with Apri
, Matched chicks. Except in the warlne
sections OF the country the April hatchet
chick requires as much care as thos
Matched earlier. One of the most sue
ccssful po%ultrylncn in the country ha
: sheds arranged especially for the earl
l matched chicks. These sheds are rattle
f rough affairs. but they keep out most c
t the cold winds, yet let in what sunligh
there is and tho chicks annot get out c
them and get wet. The one essential 70
t the growing chick is dryness and warmth
# it gets chilled nine times out of ten
e will die, Arrange some way in which tn
f chicks can have plenty of sun during tn
y spring and vet not run any risk of gettin
!; wet in the dew on the grass. Keep thel
g busy by frequent feelings, see that the
have what water they require and as
gets warmer provide some plan of givin
d them shade so that they may have i
d benefits whenever they want it. The pc
centage of chicks raised on this plan wi
be very satisfactory.
- Grass in Orchards.
!, There is much difference of opinion as
- the relative merits of clean culture in II
orchard and keeping it In sod. but. 8