Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-03-31

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stakes: this to prevent the roughagA from
being pushed by the cows beyond their
reach. Wher grains are given a box may
be provided as shown. Several places in
the fence may be arranged In this man
ncr and by a little ingenuity the board
may be arranged so that 1t can be taken
down and put back with but little trouble.
The idea is so simple and works so we'll
that 1t should be put into operation on
every farm where field feeding is done.
Preparing Poor Soil for Seeding.
One of the best methods for preparing
a piece of poor soil for fall seeding is to
grow COW peas on it during the previous
summer If the soil is not too poor this
growth of COW peas will enable 1t to take
fall seeding fairly we'll. If the soil was
thin or perhaps sour it would be best to
have it in cow peas for two seasons be-
fore attempting to seed it for permanent
pasture or meadow. OF course the COW
pea requires warm weather, but if the
early varieties are sown in more north
erly sections there will be no trouble IN
growing the crop. In putting COW peas on
thin and poor soil do not apply fertilizers
of any kind, for the peas are being put
there for that purpose and the fertilizer
should not go on until you decide to put
in some other crop following the pease;
then, if the fertilizer used is largely pot
ash and phosphoric acid the chances VIII
be all in favor of at least a fair crop.
What Will Your Soil Do?
Unfortunately many farmers work with
out knowledge of the capabilities of their
soil. To n certain extent they know of
certain crops that 1t will growgfairly well.
but they are not at all given t6 finding out
If there are not other crops which will do
better. Not only that, but they fail to
learn If they are raising the crops In the
best possible manner. For example: Do
all farmers who raise potatoes for mar
ket nave a plan of culture which is as
| carefully laid out and followed as the
| rotation which brings the potato crop ev-
cry four years in the order of corn, DO
1 tatoes. wheat and clover? Possibly Ire
/ has a better rotation than this and IL so
he should not change it, but the rotation
| named keeps the soil in the best possible
I condition and there is little trouble with
| potato insects or disease. The clover sup
plies the nitrogen to the soil. leaving only
potash and p~hosphor.c acid to buy and
| the corn and wheat straw can be readily
Il W Z uH ny tic SlOCh hltO d NIB = L siC
fertilizer. This suggestion is by way Of
a hint to know what your soil can do;
then with this knowledge it is not the
hardest thing In the world to obtain prof
table crops from the farm.
Feeding and SeIlin- Crops.
1t is an unfortunate fact. but none the
less true, that many farmers are feeding
the profits of their farms to their stock
and not receiving as much from the cows
L n q fhav would under a different nlen of
handling. This may be Il brash state
ment, but is borne out by strange methods
which are seen in every locality. Take
for example the man who has grown good
crops Of hay and who has a number of
dairy cows to feed through a long win
ter. His supply OF corn slower Is limited
and he feels in duty bound to feed the hay
simply because he has grown 1t and will
not need to pay out money for feed If the
hay is used. Blu what about the other
side of the matter? The hay with the
corn he has to feed makes a poorly ball
anced ration and the milk return from
4 the cows Will he comparatively small, yet
prime nay is selling in the market at a
price which would enable him to turn 1t
into cash, buy the grains which would
make a more nearly balanced ration for
the cows and still leave him a margin.
In other words, he would get a profit from
| the hay and an added profit from the
L AAsih hAo ~ ~ Ca~ Va IN ways AA
which the farm can be made to give bet
ter returns than row; we are too much
given to feeling that any crop grown for
feeding must be fed to our own stock
when often times it can be sold and a bet
er stock food bought with the proceeds.
Cropping Strawberry Plants.
Strawberry growers in many sections
,laim that a single crop is all one should
expect to take from Il field of strawberry
Il nl1ntg While this iS frla lin1ar certain
conditions, 1t ought not to be laid down as
a broad rule, for there are conditions and
sections in which several, three at least.
crops may be taken from a field with
profit. If one is raising berries on soil
that is in only fairly good filth and which
is not very valuable and has a local mar
ket for his crop at fair prices there is no
reason why this strawberry bed should
be turne under after fruiting a single
year. On the other hand. IL it is neces-
sary to get several crops from the soil
and make them pay high prices 1t is prob
ably the best plan to have but one straw
berry crop, although the crops which fol-
low must be those which will bring q bet
ter return than would a second crop from
the strawberry plants. Genera rules are
all very well in their way, but they
should not be taken too literally. On the
contrary, every crop one puts on to the
farm should be with a full unders landing
of the conditions surrounding that crop
without any regard to what The other
fellow" can do or has done.
Down Come Egg Prices.
While the housewife is rejoicing at the
tumbling OF prices in eggs the farmer
whose hens would not lay while eggs were
high in price is tempted to say harsh
things of the feathered tribe Consola-
\ ton lies in the fact that one can use the
4 egg for Matching and thus prepare for a
flock Of early winter layers. If the males
! have been with the hens for a month
- or more the eggs may be used now with
the chances in favor of most of them
being fertile and Matching out strong
chicks. II the poultry house Is not over
warm rig up a warm corner in the barn
O. Shsd and make \ hAtchinS room Of It.