The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-10-06
CLEANING UP FOR WINTER.

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insect powder do Its full duty otherwise.
CLEANING UP FOR WINTER.
Gather the crops clean. Such as are
gathered for sale a be properly stored
away n then go over the field again
gathering up the odds and ends which Of
ten make more than one wagon load and
representing several good feeds for some
OF the stock. II one can turn swine or
sheep into the field to clean up it can
generally be done with profit Any plants
with tops like asparagus may be moved
and thousands OF weeds h destroyed
II the tops are burned. Then the fields
are In better condition for the manure
when It Is time tosapply 1t. The weaker
Ing meadow may be braced up by the top
dressing or manure put on late, the cor
ners can be cleaned out, the tools be TAX
en- under cover and cleaned preparatory
to being painted later on. Breaks in fences
and leaks in roofs can be repaired. There
are plenty of things to look after and the
doing of them means money saved or
earned in every case. Try it.
TREATING SEED FOR SMUT.
As ormal is now used by growers Of
wheat and oats it is possible to almost
entirely eradicate the germs of the smut
which has caused SO much trouble in
years past. Twenty-Five gallons of forma-
lin are used to each 100 bushels of seed so
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the labor, is very small The method of
treating the seed is to select an absolute
lly clean place on the floor seeing that the
floor Is free from cracks through which
the grain may be lost. Spread out the seed
In a thin layer, place the formalin solu-
ton In a sprinkling pot and sprinkle the
seed in a pile n cover it with old bags
letting 1t remain for several hours when
1T may be spread out and dried and sown
when desired. For the loose smut on
wheat place. the seed In a bag and immense
In cold water for five hours. Then drain
the water from the bag and let 1t remain
for four hours and then immerse, still in
the bag, in water 1873 degrees and let 1t
remain for five minutes. Use a thermom-
eter so that the water will be at Just the
right temperature. Then spread the seed
out on the floor to dry and sow 1t whom.
thoroughly dried.
UTILIZING YEAR OLD HENS.
While 1t is a good plan to depend most
largely upon the pullets for eggs during
the coming winter. the year old hens will
be laying In good shape but 1t is not a
good plan to push these birds too hard
provided they are of good breed and nave
lay We'll OF course, and feed them properly
but plan. for them to produce their best
T, eggs at breeding season, being sure to
mate theh up with the best male obtain
able. The eggs from these year old hens,
IL they are the right sort of hens. will
turn out better chicks than the eggs from
the pullets. Another point just here, II
you are noe in a position to use iEcubators
the coming season it will pay to get to-
gether a few year or two year old hens
OF the larger mixture to use as incubators.
Never mind II they are not p%urebreds, II
they are large and broody they will make
ideal mcthers set on high! grade eggs and
will be worth their keep for this purpose
alone.
FOR DRIVING HOGS.
This is another idea which the one-man
\ farmer will find exceedingly useful II he
!; has to drive hogs for any purpose. 1t needs
but one experience with the beasts to
convince any man OF the difficulty in
making a hog go where desired. The
hurdle described will help wonderfully in
this work. Use Stats of one by three
material and make a hurdle two and one
! half feet high and about four feet long.
Make 1t of light weight material so that
1t may be easily handled. In either END
piece. at top and bottom. hooks may be
placed so that the hurdle may be attached
to posts II required at any time. Then
make handles to make 1t convenient II