Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-08

z
til II produces a full movement of the
bowels give the pigs a mixture of one
half ounce each of glycerine and castor
oil. After a full movement has been OBJ
tanned give the pigs a mixture composed
of two drops of fluid extract of nux vom-
lea. ten drops of gaultheria. one dessert
spoonful of cod liver oil. Give this dose
twice a day for two weeks. In many
case it will effect a cure. although 1t is
by no means a certain remedy.
Grain in Orchards.
A reader of this department asks If we
would advise the growing of grain IN ms
young orchard. The answer Is decidedly
no. Grain grown between trees draws
heavily on the moisture in the soil. which
the trees need for their own proper de-
velopment. The writer is not in favor of
growing anything at all between the rows
of trees. believing that if the tree is worth
! anything at all it is worth all of the care
and culture that can be given it and this it
cannot receive with another crop growing
along side. There are fruit growers. how
ever, who advocate the growing of some
crop of vegetables between the rows of
trees, but those who are experienced never
grow the sorts requiring late cultivation,
for late cultivation is injurious to tree
growth, preventing, or rather delaying,
the ripening OF the wood preparatory to
winter.
Once More the Manure Spreader.
ms department is not for the purpose
of advertising tools or Implements, and
no such article that is sold is ever men,
toned by the manufacturers name. There
are implements and conveniences, how
ever, made by manufacturers, which should
md a place on every farm, and one OF
them is the manure spreader, of which
there are several makes. No one can APP
| nTQsi1to the Vn1Ila nf this iYnnlanonnt until
he has used 1t. 1t is not only a labor
saver. but it spreads the manure in any
quantity desired and spreads it evenly.
All of its operations are controlled from
the drivers seat. The work of manure
spreading should be in operation from
now On more or less through the winter,
and no farmer can make a better invest
ment than to have this implement. 1t
will give him added years of life in the
labor 1t will save him, and enable him to
grow better crops.
Getting Together a Fruit Farm.
The man who starts out to be fruit
grower has a long way ahead of him if.
without experience, he plants largely of
any one or two things. In many sections
of the country small fruit growing is very
: profitable and one does not need to be
near large cities to find markets.: on the
= other hand, many growers have obtained
their best trade in fruits in the smaller
= tOWuS, dlu even III TuTdl OlSITlclS dLlOIlS
!, farmers who do not grow fruit themselves.
Set out a few plants of strawberries, rasp-
berries, blackberries, %currants, etc, learn
|. how to grow them we'll and increase the
acreage from YOU own plants. In a few
i, years one will have a plantation of con-
= siderable area and know pretty we'll what
will succeed and what will not. Before
+ starting into fruit growing see that the
q soil is in good condition, and above all
we'll supplied with humus. Don't make the
= mistake of thinking hat 1t is possible to
:. turn a worn out farm into q profitable
: fruit farm without expense. Very many
= of the failures In fruit growing are in the
hands OF farmers who have worn out their
farms until they can no longer produce
good farm crops and hin to redeem the
farm and themselves by growing fruit.
9 1t cannot be done except at great expense.
Green Food for Confined Fowls.
Il TIL grass from the lawn frequently
poultry In confinement, for 1t Is apt to be
- n mixture of several grasses, and thus
a will be of great benefit to the fowls. 1t is
a good plan to go over the farm and bring
in the weeds. pulling them up, and let
the fowls have them to work over. They
will find a variety of green, get some-
"A thing from fithe roots and perhaps find a
few insects. If it is necessary to cut long
"A grass for the fowls have some wa of
d cutting 1t up in short lengths, else 1t is
n apt to make trouble by the long blades
becoming packed in the crops of the birds.
An excellent plan is to dry the long grass.
!. then cut 1t up into short lengths. and after
a soaking it we'll feed to the fowls. This
may be don with q portion Of the clover
!. hay during the winter when the green
ia food supply IL short.
I'd The Dust Mulch.
le 1t is but a few years since the subject Of
re- the dust mulch for the conservation Of the
Is moisture in the soil has been heard Of
4 yet today those who nave practiced Il
thoroughly understand its value The
theory is a simple one when once ex'
ID planned and understood. Az the moisturt
he evaporates from the surface Of the sol
Of other moisture from below takes its place
e. The condition Of the pores connecting tn
upper soil with the lower soil regulates tn,
he rapidity with which the moisture Is draw
3 from the soil by evaporation, hence an!
he dry blanket that may be placed between
1t the atmosphere and the damp soil check
ce evaporation. We know this when we US
m straw, hay or caves for mulch, and tn
ls- same thing is accomplished by a fine sol
ls- mulch kept dry, because 1t is loose an
III fine and necessitating restirring after
Il. rain to get the looseness and dryness. Tha
Is all there Is to the dust mulch. and 1t 1
,ol SO simple and easy to understand tina
u. the wonder Is 1t was not thought of year
Of before It was.
1T The Rattle Of spokss.
IL excessively dry weather the spoke
and taps Of wagons and carriages ar
likely to shrink so that they rattle. 4
" good way to overcome this trouble il I
Ir 70 over the wheel and tighten all bolt
~ then make a water tight trough larg
- q, enough SO that the wheel may be set ur
~~
! q
ul-
aid ~ ~
M ~
III, -
he N
re- ~ ~
he