Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-09

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looks. for IL consists simply OF a supstan-
tial frame work, the end and the two sides
filed in will wire netting. which may be
removed during the winter If desired. With
this particular arrangement inside cur
tains are used for additional shade, for
the spot Is a sunny one. III partially in
the shade the curtains need not be used,
but a vine trailed to weave in and out on
the wire netting. The additional arbor is
a matter OF choice. Take the first struct-
ure as il stands, and inside Of IL arrange
a table or two with convenient chairs.
making the tables sufficiently wide TO
hold all the housewife wants to use in pre-
pairing for baking or for a meal. Just
imagine the comfort she would have in
this cool, shady spot, away from the close,
hot kitchen with the range going at full
speed. Cannot one imagine she would get
a better meal under such conditions. The
cost is much smaller than one thinks and
IS worth figuring over and then building
the structure at once.
UTILIZING GROUND FOR ORCH
ARDS.
All of us do not realize what planting an
orchard means We do not always stop
to think that we are giving up soil to the
orchard, which, after a few years at most,
must be given entirely to the trees. We
are also expending none for manure or
commercial fertilizers, and all this with
the hope Of obtaining a profit on the In
vestment from the fruit of the trees.
Some of us realize these things but argue
wrongly when we claim that none of the
best ground on the farm can be spared
for the orchard, hence we set the trees
in soil that has been badly exhausted by
previous groupings and then we growl be-
cause we do not get a crop. Then, some
OF US having read of the idea OF closer
planting. set the trees which are intended
for the permanent orchard and between
them we set all sorts of classes and mix
lures of varieties. anything which we
think will bear fruit. There is no OBJ
lection to the plan Of planting trees of
early and quick bearing sorts between the
varieties which are to form the permanent
orchard. provided we set the trees for the
permanent orchard not less h forty
feet apart each way with one filler tree be-
tween. Then, when the permanent tree
needs the space remove the filler. The
trouble is this tree used for the filler is
ns. often removed ana the result is an
over-crowded orchard, When we learn
also that the tree must be fed and cared
for as any crop must be fed and cared for
we will nave less trouble with the or
chards.
COST or SPRAYING TREES.
An orchardist who is in despair because
his orchard is no longer profitable says he
cannot afford TO spray his trees. He says
the outfit for the work costs so much, the
labor so much and the Bordeaux mixture
so much, making a total expense which
eats up the profit. This is one way OF
looking at 1t, but he fails to see that with
no saleable fruit there can be no profit.
A first class spraying outfit costs quite a
little, but the labor of spraying Is not an
expensive item IL we place the value of
of the operators time at a low figure. as
we should IL his business Is entirely fruit
growing, for his time is part of capital
Invested rather h a commodity sold to
the highest bidder. The cost OF the Bor-
deaux mixture varies, OF course, with the
degree OF strength in which 1t Is used.
but expert fruit W have proved that
the irst class mixture need not cost more
than Z cents a tree for the entire season
In which spraying is done. Take the cost
OF a first class spraying outfit. add TO II
the cost of labor even at the highest figure
one would pay IL IL was hired, add the cost
OF the mixture and then figure out the
cost per tree for the entire orchard. A $
an offset place the price received for first
class fruit and one will readily sec that
by comparison with the receipts from the
fruit borne on trees OF an ~unsprayed or
chard. the spraying proposition Is a profit
able one.
! wHAT Or TIE CALVES
III the herd OF cows is a good one and
the sire used as good or better than the
cows Ii will probably pay to raise the
calves: but, IL both cows and sire are
scrubs turn the calves over TO the butch
er; don't have a hand in perpetratins
scrub stock, there's too much OF IL al
ready. III the calves are to be raised start
In with them sensibly. Bear in mind they
are to be the cows OF your herd and while
they ought 20 be treated kindly they
should not become the ~playmates OF the
children. Too much pettsng spolls them
and they become unruly as cows. Then
feed them with a view to their future
work. See that the have the grain and
the roughage to give them bone and
muscle. lie them feed on the range by
/ themselves rather than with the cows, es-
peclally II the latter are with horns, BE
particular to shield them from storm dur
ing the period OF calfhood and do not
breed them too Gun Get n keep q
strong, sturdy, kindly treated calf and
you'i have a first class COW.
&TEaTEn THE EXPERIMENT