Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-05-04

is a little crabip: Tell your readers who
nave this trouble to cease trying to raise
pigs-they don't know enough" This is
rather startling but our friend goes on to
say, still testify. that he cannot understand
why farmers do not learn that the sole
trouble with sows killing their young re-
suits from intense constipation. which
makes the teatS feverish and causes great
pain when the pigs attempt to nurse. The
temper of the average sow is not of the
best normal condition and when she Is
in the condition described the pain is so
great that in her anger she kills the ones
who are causing the pain. 1t is largely
the old question of feeding too much corn
without anything in the way of succu-
Tents to keep the bowels in proper condi-
ton. There are all sorts of remedies for
this trouble but most of them are worth
less. the true remedy being prevention.
which is easily applied by Il proper course
OF feeding. Make a start at this now by
seeing that the sows nave considerable in
the way of pasture during the summer and
then grow some root crops so as to have
them to feed during the winter as soon as
the sows again become pregnant. Also
try the plan of feeding clover hay we'll
moistened instead of SO much corn slower.
Almost anything which will keep the
bowels of the animal in proper shape dur
ing the period of pregnancy will he de-
sirable.
GINSENG A THING OF THE PAST
For several years we have repeatedly
urged farmers to go slow on ginseng.
pointing out that the trade in the root was
wholly through the Chinese and that there
was some question as to how they would
look upon the cultivated crop. Inquiry
among those who deal in the roots in New
York city reveals the fact that the demand
has steadily fallen off and lately has
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Chinese say the cultivated root does not
possess the virtues of the wild root. BE
this as 1t may the fact remains thai if
there ever was any great amount of money
TO be made in growing ginseng the day
has gone by. Dealers do not care to have
supplies shipped to them, for they nave
little or no call for SO that the stuff is
begging for a market. AS the trade in it is
confined wholly to Chinese there is no
nope OF finding other outlets. All one can
do is to lay the ginseng away with the
Belgian hare and label them crazes that
have died out. The farmers who nave
Kept to the corn and potato crop or to any
other crop which has yielded fair returns
mas made more money than the grower Of
ginseng.
MARKETING CLEAN EGGS.
Recently the statement was made by
one who Is supposed to be an authority
maj water on the egg shall hastens de-
composition. In other words he claims
thai the shell of an egg should never be
washed for it will absorb enough moisture
to hasten its spelling. After many years
of marketing eggs the writer cannot who'll
~ agree with this statement. 1t is prob
ABLY true that IL an egg was allowed to
soak in water for even five minutes its
Keeping qualities would be impaired, but
that washing an egg seriously injuries 1t is
nonsense. Those who market eggs to
critical customers know that soiled eggs
are far from salable. Look over the eggs
when they come to the house and with a
cloth wipe them clean using another cloth
which is dry to polish the shell. There is
no danger that this will injure the keeping
quality of the egg. Only a week ago
when In the store of a large commission
man we saw 4 man with wet cloths wash
ing eggs which had been bought for a lower
price than the market quotations because
they We're soilcd. The commission man
was having them cleaned to sell at a high
er price. If this work pays him it will paw
the farmer whose fcw.s lay the eggs.
USES OF CALIFORNIA PRivET.
Those who know something of the Calf
fornia privet think of 1t almost entirely as
one of the best and most attractive of the
various pants used for hedges and partic-
uiarly around the homes of the wealthy.
There are too few plants of California.
privet on farm grounds and there is no
good reason for the omission of the plants
are moderate in price. are almost sure to
grow anywhere except in the very far
north without winter protection. and can
be utilized in a number of places. If there
Is a portion of the house grounds to be
divided nothing makes a more attractive
division fence than this privet. 1t is also
an ideal hedge to plant around a chicken
yard. setting 1t outside the wire fence and
allowing It to grow breast high before
pruning 1t into form. In this way the
plants form shade in summer and are a
windbreak to some extent in colde wealth
err. With one good hedge started on the
farm one can soon nave all the priyet
needed II the cuttings are riveted in the
ground. which may be readily done, Pull
down the old picket fence between the
nome grounds and the road and set privet.
thus getting the start so that later more
OF IT., of your WI growing, may be used
wherever desired.