Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-07-06

years we have made a sort of cheap
family hotbed as follows: We take a
sheltered spot on the south side Of the
chicken house or some shed, pile up a
bed Of fresh horse manure four feet
wide and. say, ten feet long and eight.
cen inches deep, well tramped and pack
ed, then make board frame eight feet
long and three feet wide, eight inches
high In front and fourteen inches wide
at back. 80 that II will nicely At and
carry q lot Of old window sash which
we keep on hand. We then throw q
few pals Of water on the manure and
cover II with four inches of good soil
then put on the sash and let II heat and
steam for two or three days. We Their
SOW the seed-radish, yettuce, tomato
early cabbage, peppers. eggplants, pars
ley and celery. the four first named
taking up most Of the room: The seed
will very quickly terminate. and Their
the only thing to watch is to see that
the bed Is covered If there comes 8
very cold snap, to water 1t properly
and watch that the sash Is raised lit
tie on warm days when the sun beats
down too warmly upon 1t. The rad
ishes will be ready to pull In about
three weeks and the lettuce soon after
giving these appetizlng vegetables al
very small cost long before they car
be grown In the garden. We usually
SOW some lettuce among the radishes
so that 1t can come on as a seconc
crop after the former are pulled. One
can raise all the cabbage and tomato
plants he needs In this way and sell
besides, several dollars worth to his
neighbors from bed the size referred
to and made as described.
TREE PLANTING.
The question Of tree planting ia al.
ways an important one each year all
through the prairie regions of the west
and, for that matter. In much of the
east as well, for the whole country has
millions Of acres Which could better be
devoted to tree culture than to any 9TH
er purpose. In many cases a timber
grove may be obtained without plant
Ing by simply caring for lot on which
trees are already started. Some of the
finest groves Of thrifty timber to be
found in the west were simply brush
lands forty years ago. But, assuming
that one must plant trees In order to
secure a grove. what shall he plant?
For the country north of latitude AZ the
white ash, the Scotch and white pine.
the larch, the black walnut and the soft
maple are among tie most desi - Ie
kinds. while south Of that latitude the
CHESTNUT and the catalpa viii be very
desirable additions 10 tie list Soft ma
pls = very fast growing ana useful
wood viii bar csowding and - q good
Ire =. plant WIN othsg slower erovins
kinds, - Il en- b removed latss .
80 trsss Md he rosn. II co<ton-
voo4 VIM Mt bar erowding ana enIy
ooee Wen "a nh aAA moisG eoa1s n
w1Ssw should ~ ~ Ignored entirely.
- - sth~ trss wnI take NJ pla6s q |
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which = fsarfII1y naoiseHsa y ut q |
fuEnzsbing H. OEV1nds a TIE country
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eeuntFy echoolh0uss 1T down On Z |
prairie Win ~ tzss n signt = Not |
= ~ landscaps an1 psoe tsst1monial |
- - publ1e spiE!t q Tie patrons ef ~ |
uehss- ThsFs should b trsss around |
evsRy farm home shade trses for he |
yara and timber bait preferably Of |
svergrsenA fpr ~ entire hemestoa6. |
Any man WITH farm e leo acre can
wen ansrd - havs tsn acres q lis
farm n trssa. Tres add much 10 The
bsauI Of IL landscape and the value
= The farm whsrs thsy are prop !
~ ~ along ths hishways. Thsy |
mould not ~ n ~ shape u wilIow
- eeags orange hsdgs untrimmsd, but |
- ress planted 100 fsst apart and
trimmed up % - not b serve q bIock-
.das q he hlRhxAys q winter. Thm