Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-04-13

rather delicate and hin skini is not bruised
All things considered the Famcusc may b,
cIassed among the very few really desir
able sorts for market use.
POULTRY HOUSE SHADE IN
SUMMER.
II one is in the habit of permitting the
poultry TO roost in the trees during the
summer then this item will not interest
him. Whether the fowls are confined in
yards or are on the range during the
warm days they should have the houses
to roost In so that they may be fed to the
best advantage and the Eggs laid where
they can be easily found. The poultry
house with a considerable cxpanse of glass
Is the house hard to keep cool during the
summer. but IL it was built with sashes
screwed on 1t will be easy to remove them
and cover the opening with heavy wire
netting or better still the heavy wire
screen OF about onc-half inch mesh. Be-
hind this arrange some curtains of heavy
muslin which may be let down over the
wire In case of storm. If the glass sashes
cannot be removed then provide these cur
ta.ns to run down on the outside over the
glass ana Keep them down during the day
win the windows and doors wide open 10
get all the ventilation possible in the
mouse. Remember also that the house
needs cleaning during the summer fire.
auently to keep 1t In the best condition,
ana that "A supply of cool water should be
!ouIld IN the fountains when the hens come
III from the rangc. This care will nav we'll
especially with hens that have the range
during the day. for they cannot stand a
stuffy, hot house at night.
TROUBLE WITH iNCuRAToRs.
inc writer has just taken from four in
cubators within three of 1850 fine chicks. ~
match OF nearly 81 per cent. and in each
incubator the directions of the manufac-
turer were followed to the letter. although
we really feel that another year the di.
rections given with one of the machines.
each OF them is different, might be modi-
fed to advantage. Four years ago we
had our first machine, one of lcO-egg ca
pacity. and, being somewhat ingenious.
thought we could see "a number of ways
upon which we could improve the direc-
lions OF the manufacturer We made a
serious mistake in this way of planning.
now sertous-ncver mind The three things
10 be observed in handling incubators.
more than any others. are moisture, VEN
tilation and heat. One might say that is
all there is to 1t anyhow and this is true,
but IT depends nightly upon how skill
fully these three things are handled how,
good the results. 1t is natural to suppose
that the manufacturer of an incubator. II
he intends doing business from year to year
repeatedly tests his machine and makes
careful notes of each minute thing neces-
sary to Its successful operation and these
NV uIlu the general meaning OF
directions for using.' Sometimes sur.
roundtngs are such that one can see where
some OF these directions may be slightly
modited, but as a rule 1t is safer to follow
directions to the letter. at least for the
first season you own the machine.
FAILURES WITH ALFALFA
BACTERIA.
For the encouragement OF those who
have failed to get a satisfactory stand of
alfalfa after %inocuiating the soil with bac-
terra. 1t may be safely said that yany of
these failures are due almost wholly to
one OF two things. OF both. poor soil or
soil which sadly lacks lime. That this
latter IL tho cause1bf most of the failures
IL firmly believed by most growers Of ex-
perience. One Of our correspondents re-
ports that an examination OF SIX fields on
different farms where failure had been
reported showed cOnclusively the need Of
limo in the soil. There IL no doubt but
that alfalfa Ii OF such value that It will
pas to go to considerable expense Of both
time and money to get a stand. but it is
one OF those crops that needs to be studied
in order to get all the possible benefit from
1t. Take the advice given before and have
at least q small plot Of alfalfa b. way Of
experiment. Let the plot be 6t your best
soil and make sure It y not sour. Secure
alfalfa bacteria from . reliable source and
take notes of-tts growth At short periods.
AsS ttCAS ~ 8S4 AIt lIfO l0kVE liza lUu
you can on the subject and another season
sou VIII be In excellent shape 70 do bet.
ter.
METHODS FoR LARGER cRoPs.
The days Of virgin aoas arc sone by
tareugh most OF our evunfry and o
or later Nc must get down "a the use Of
fertilizers not only With greater liberality
but With moro intelligence. It Is admitted
that Il ID sassy to give advice Of this kind
but that II takes money 70 buy fertilizers.
On the other hand. how ts \ farmer to get
money with which to buy fertilizers ex-
cept franz his crops. and how IL he going
e raise crops with . margin OF profit II
~ does not use fertilizers and use them
understandingly? Possibly the editor Of
this department and the corps OF writer's
Ter It are q little cranky on the subject Of
experiment plots, but surely there u no
better. not slirer. way of 2scertaining the
needs of q crop IN the way Of fertilizers
than by having tma1 plots and testing
different combinations Of fertiiisers. Fruit
ana vegetable growsss have learned this
Lesson thoroughly and there IL not q src-
cessfui one among tlem who does not
have some formula OF bis own for his
d'6erent crops, formulaS worked out by
experimenting. SO that h6 knows just
what he can give his plants jind at what
cooe, We firmly believe thaa Il every
farmer who Rr0Wg n mixed In NJ cRnna