The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-05-11

use the same ground. for potatoes two
years in succession. We plow under cloy-
er, follow 1t with O. corn crop and the
third year with potatoes. BY this time
the humus supplied by the clover crop has
peen largely used by the corn crop and
only what the soil actually needs is left
by the times the potatoes come along.
sometimes, If the plowed-under clover
crop was a heavy one we find It necessary
TO spray for rot once and sometimes twice
more than would ordinarily be the case,
but 1t pays to do this. We cultivate thor
oughly whether the season be wet or dry
ana usually find that four, five and often
SIX spraYlngs are necessary for proper re.
suits. DO not be fearful of OVERRIDING the
spraying.
SIMPLE PLANTS FOR THE BORDER
III the purse is lean this spring and most
OF the money must go for necessities. at
ieast squeeze out a dime and invest 1t IN
SEEDS or mixed dwarf nasturtiums. Plant
these seeds now in a box containing about
two inches of good garden soil. water them
ana keep them in the window of the
kltchen or in a warm corner on the YER
anda. Set the seeds an inch apart and
"heh the plants are about two inches high
take them up with a little bunch of earth
win the roots and set in good soil around
me pase OF the veranda or anywhere you
Wlsh where the plants can nave con-
siderable sun and yet a fair amount
OIL shade. The dimes worth of
seeos should give one thirty or more
plants and all of them will live and thrive
with only ordinary care and furnish one
win a mass of pretty blossoms until late
IN the fall. II one has a little more than
q aime 10 spend on seeds, say rs cents,
then buy five named sorts. one package
OF each, so as to be sure of a greater yarie-
lty IN the shades of colors. These nastur-
.iu1ns are excellent for the children who
nave little experience in flower raising
because they are almost certain to grow.
FEEDING MlLLET TO STOCK.
Many complaints are made concerning
the bad effects coming from feeding mil
let to stock generally but, we think, in
Nestigation will prove that no serious in
jury results from feeding millet to any
STOCK but horses. When eaten generally
py horses 1T creates a trouble closely allied
10 but fed to cows it has no
PAD effects when it does not comprise more
h one-half the roughage. We find it
best to mix it with corn stover when feed
ing to cows but frequently vary this by
feeding 1t alone not more thar twice a
week. The millet seed is particularly good
lof poultry and adds one more grain with
which to form the desired variety. Feed
ing 1t in mixtures of about one-third nillet
to two-thirds of the other grain whether
corn, wheat, buckwheat or rye. ii gives
S>'D AKA "llCll lGG dlOIte. i { is
an ideal grain to use in the scratching shed
and we use more of it in this way than
in any other.
HOW OFTEN TO FEED THE COW
There is considerable controversy going
on i'll the agricultural press as to how
many meals a day the COW should have,
Most dairymen have settled this for them
selves by feeding grain with or without
roughagc at morning and night and Civ
ing a fair allowance of roughage at noon
more to keep the cows busy than for any
great amount of value to be found in the
food. Oftentimes individual cows are
found who do much better on three meals
a day than on two, and when such COWS
are IN the herd great care must be used
to ascertain beyond a doubt if she pays
for the third meal of grain. She NAV be
used to ascertain beyond a doubt if she
pays for the third meal of grain. She may
be quite willing to take it hut only the
BaDcock test and the scales will deter
mine whether it is profitable TO feed such
quantities. This is a question concerning
which no general rules may be laid down,
each feeder must work out the proposition
for himself, according TO the requirements
of his herd.