The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-01

habits will TX themselves quickly " they
are started soon enough and the chick
will make all the better pullet and hen In
consequence.
COMMON SENSE IN MATURING.
While ~ IL admitted that the majority
OF farmers try TO cover too much ground
with the manure they have TO use. often
times using what should 70 on one acre TO
cover Ave. there IL just as much danger.
or rather loss OF proft. In the other ex-
IRENE. For example. Il an area OF SIX
acres n properly manurcd the yield VIII be
more profitable than ~ the same quantity
OF manure II placed on three acres. The
cost OF producing the crop on three acres
will not be one-half Of the cos, OF pro-
duction OF the crop on six acres nor VIII
the yield OF three acres be double the
yield OF the six acres. Again. assuming OF
course that the manuring IL done In prop
or quantities., the fertilizlng value left Tor
the second crop on the ELK acres IL OF
greater value than that left for the second
crop on the three acres. IL IL the thin
spreading OF manure over large area
that IL pronilcss: IN other words, giving
60 three acres what Is only fair manuring
for one acre. Market gardeners who man
ure very heavily can 90 90 with profit be-
cause they re, several crops from tho area
I'm the one season, which II not the case
with the average farmer. or course the
same rule applies 10 the use OF CONNER
cial fertilizers. although the farmer Is not
apt 10 err In this because ne has to pay
out cash for commercial fertilizers.
ARE you SPRAYING PoTAToEs7
To get the best Of tho blight on potatoes
the work OF spraying must be started
when the plants are n few inches high and
continued throughout the season, doing
the work thoroughly every ten days or
two weeks at most, oftencr IL the rain
washes OF the spray. While OPTIONS DIFF
| fer experience has shown that the follow
/ ing formula the most effective one for use
In spraying potatoes. Dissolve six pounds
OF blue vi;rol and four pounds OF best
stone lime IN 20 gallons Of water and when
the plants are small apply At the rate OF
20 gallons per acre. increasing the quantity
as the plants grow until IN midsummer
| 100 gallons 10 the acre are used. When IL
| II necessary 10 use something for destruc-
ton OF potato bugs dissolve Paris green In
the Bordeaux mixture as indicated at the
rate OF one pound 10 each Is gallons OF tne
mixture. spraying the combined mixture
together. while several other mediums
are used We feel that the Bordeaux mix
turc compounded as indicated will do the
business better than anything else. IL the
! best methods OF culture are followed In
conjunciion with this spraying there ought
TO be comparatively little trouble I'm OBJ
tanning n good crop OF potatoes In n nor
NAL season.
FOOD FOR WORKING FARMERS
A farmer I'm the SOUTH says In an eS-
change: when spring blowing begins We
fall back on COW peas aAd corn bread for
dinner" II 10 IN assumed that this man
| IL not n vegetarian and uses this diet be-
cause OF his belief. Il IL certainly n mighty
poor diet for one TO do hard days work
on. One who has tested the matter OF
food for the man who works with his
muscles as well as he who works with his
brain mainly. has shown that IL In prac-
tically impossible for ihe majority OF pco-
pie 20 get along well without meat. The
( pros and cons OF meat eating are not part
| OF the argument. We are not educated TO
l tho point whore we can live wholly on
fruits and vegetables: individuals may.
/ but the race as "A whole cannot. As n
matter Of fact farmers are the poorest
| fed people on earth when they should be
/ better fed than those IN other occupations.
Time was when We lived almost wholly on
| corn bread. bean soup and salt pork. Then
| we learned the value OF other meats. OF
fowls and OF eggs. OF fruits. Of milk and OF
vegetables The system requires n Ger
| tain amount OF raw fruit and vegetables
for the acids they contain. but those must
be used In moderation and the main susie
| nance come from meat OF some kind, beef
ranking frst. II farmers would dispose
OF some OF the products OF the farm for
their beef supply. then eat literally OF
fowls. eggs and milk and moderately OF
vegetables In the raw state they would
| ind themselves better men physically and
mentally and find also that they were not
paying much more for their living than
when existing on corn bread and COW pea
soup.
TO CLEANSE PLANTS. 4.
| Certain kinds Of plants grown In pots
are often subject 20 the attacks OF In
sects even In the summer. although tho
| trouble Is greater during the months OF
winter when the plants are grown In the
heat of the living room, without much
moisture. To thoroughly cleanse plants OF
insects they must be fumigatcd, tobacco
burned being the means generally en-
ploycd. OF course. In this work the main
idea Is 60 keep the AR from the plants
during the process or fumlgatiun. Tho
fum.gating box may he OF any size de-
sired. according 20 the number Of plants
TO be clcansed. although n box which may
be conveniently carried about is TO b'