Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-06-08

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looks. for II consists simply of a substan-
Nal frame work, the end and the two sides
filled in with 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. If partially in
the shade the curtains need not be used,
but a vine tratled to weave In and out On
the wire netting. The additional arbor is
Il matter of choice. Take the first struct-
ore as 1t stands, and inside of 1t 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 nave 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 givisg up soil to the
orchard, which, after a few years at most.
must be given entirely to the trees. We
are also eXpendlng money for manure or
commercial fertilizers, and all this with
the nope 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
nf IN having road nf tho tdno M clnSar
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 than 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
not often removed and 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 have less trouble with the or
chards.
COST OF 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 II, 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 II we place the value OF
OF the operators time at a low figure, as
we she aid II his business Is entirely fruit
growing, for his time is part of capital
invested rather than q 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 growers nave proved that
the first class mixture need not cost more
than I cents a tree for the entire season
in which spraying Ia done. Take the cost
of a first class spraying outfit. add to 1t
the cost of labor even at the highest figure
one would pay II 1t was hired. add the cost
of the mixture and then figure out the
cost per tree for the entire orchard. AS
an offset place the price received for first
class fruit and one will readily see 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 BECOMES OF THE CALVES?
II the herd of COWS is a good one and
the sire used as good or better than the
cows 1t will probably pay to raise the
calves; but, II both cows and sire are
scrubs turn the calves over to the butch
CT; don't lave a hand in perpetrating
scrub stock. there's too much OF 1t al
ready. IL 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 to be treated kindly they
should not become the pla ymates of the
children. Too much petting spoils them
and they become unruly as cows. Then
feed them with a view to their future
work. See that the ave the grain and
the r%oughage TO give them bone and
muscle. Lee them feed on the range by
themselves rather than with the cows. es-
pecially IL the latter are with horns. BE
particular to shield them from storm dur
ing the period OF calfhood and do not
breed them too young. Get and keep a
strong. H.urdy. kindly treated calf and
you'll haze a first class COW.
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On q number Of occasions we have tried
to convince readers OF this Department of