Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-02-18

poorer than the one of the year before!
Try the experiment plot and learn as 9th.
ers have how profitable 1t is.
Growing Hay With Profit.
Most readers of farm literature have
heard Of the really wonderful crops Of
hay produced by George NJ. Clark OF
Connecticut and by methods that can be
applied anywhere that hay is growabie.
Space will not permit of going into de-
tails of this mans methods, but
two points in his culture are worthy
OF special attention, especially by those
who are averse to properly preparing the
soil for meadows or of feeding 1t after
wards Mr.. Clark insists on having his soil
fertile and thoroughly fine before seeding:
nor does he permit weed growth, getting
rid of weeds, II necessary, by summcs
following and narrowing for two sum.
mers. a perfect seed bed Is at the bot.
tom OF his success and next comes the
proper fertilizing of the soil which. for
fall seeding, Is at the rate of GOO pounds
or fertilizer to the acre of a mixture com.
posed of 400 pounds of muriate of potash.
400 pounds of acid rock, 46 pounds OF
tankage, 600 pounds of bo.c and 2G9
pounds of nitrate of soda to each ton.
Then, the seed Is sown very thick. 1t will
be noted that this method Is very diferen.
from the half-hearted way IN which the
average meuuoW ii pTepaTeu aEu ~ dc-
counts for Mr.. Clark's success. Why not
try 1t? An acre will do for the test If you
are not certain that 1t Will bring the re.
suits claimed for 1t.
Treating Potatoes for Scab.
Some farmers have the idea firmly fxe,
in their minds that stable manure ought
not to be used in growing potatoes, the
claim being tina 1t causes the which
Is SO destructive. This Is not correct, foi
II the fungus Is In the seed potato thu
scab will appear no matter what sort of
fertilizer is used in growing the crop.
The only way at all certain Of avoiding
scab in the potato crop Is to tvse. the seed
tubers used. and this shouE ways be
done regardless of where the ss:S comes
FROM. You may contemplate as.ng seed
that you feel certain Is fre1 from the
germ germ of the scab. but 1t will he
safer to treat all seed. Buy some COM
mercial formalin and to each one-half
pint of 1t add fifteen gallons of water.
Then soak the seed tubers IN the mixture
for two or even three hours. In this just
before planting and you Will be reason
ably sure of having the Greg free from
scab.
Growing Vegetables With Strawberries
Methods are different in different sec
lions and on different soils, hut 1t has
been pretty well demonstrates Of late
years that, on n rich soil, Strawberries
and certain vegetables can be grown in
conjunction nj thus increase the profits
from a given area. To do thu the wide
matted row system must be practiced,
having the rOws~nve~sssssasaps~~n9!s&he
apaanta abeuts fifteen inches apart In the
row. EARLY vegetables such as potatoes.
peas and beans, are sowed between the
rows and II carefully cultivated such
cultivation will be all that strawberry
4 ~~n-~&A- w,i1 ~-sS MI T. ~~ov%
can be harvested before the u1ners start
from the berry plants and sf.ts sks ber-
! ry crop the shallow cult.vGs4nG e the
bed Is easily done until fay n heavy
mulch IL applied after the ground Is thor
oughly and permanently freat< Iii the
fall. In warm sections this YrCtch would
be unnecessary. The plan has much merit
and particularly on light soils r. Curly To-
!, cations.
Some Winter Farm W'c<;t.
During q recent trip the wxstef callet
on q German who was making Z success
of raising poultry. though OF. q small
scale, as yet. He was found making some
queer appearing things to which the
writer could give no name. Questioning
brought forth the information, with a
smile, that they were parasoss for the
chicks that were to come lator in the sea-
son. To our stakes. two cf item five
feet long and two four feet long. was
fastened q 3trip OF heavy muslin about
four by SIX feet. This muslin was
hemmed around q heavy rope. about the
size Of a clothesline. and. at the corners
was tied to the stakes. These protectors
are taken cut on the range and the
stakes driven into the ground SO that
each stands with . slopins top. In very
warm weather grass I'M weeds are cut
and thrown over each spread OF muslin
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