Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-06-15
VEGETABLES.

PEDOLlNG VEGETABLES.
Located near a thriving summer resort
the writer has for years observed the
methods employed by truckers as we'A as
by the men who buy al, they sell and Nas
obss rived that, in nine cases out of ten,
the latter are the best merchants and gen
orally because the vegetables they buy
have been graded by the Wholesaler so
that they are presented to the consumer
in an attractive form. The man who raises
vegetables. on the other hand. hates to see
anything he cannot sell and he tries to
get rid of Gull stuff by hiding it among the
better vegetables. AS a result he soon
loses his trade. A lady ~housekeeper in
town recently remarked that she rarely
bought things of farmers because she
found Their products were not reliable.
This is certainly a sad states of affairs
for who should be better able to deliver
first c.ass stuff than the man who raises
1t. And who is better able to know what
first class stuff is than the farmer. There
is not a man in the country with a ihriv-
ing town within easy reach who would not
be able to practically control the best
trade in that town In the products of his
farm. at least against the middleman, II
he will be honest in the grading of his
goods and put them up as attractively as
the competitor. Surely the average house,
kfe5nd n fo those seT fha, hsy f.ef bee3f from sh,b 5hs
from a distance; but. on the other hand,
she has no wish to find culls among the
things for which she has paid a fair price.
See the point?
ROOTS FOR PASTURE.
Experiments have repeatedly shown
that 1t pays to let swine do their own har-
vestlng with certain root crops, although
1t must be remembered that other feed
constituting as nearly a balanced ration
as possible must also be fed. Mangles or
beets (sugar beets) sown now and Guilt
waited more or less during the summer will
make a pasture crop onto which the swine
may be turned in the fall with excellent
results. When turned onto such a pasture
they should be permitted to do as they
please which is generally to consume the
tops and then dig out the roots. OF course
the seed must be sown on fairly good soil
and soil that does not bake too hard else
the swine cannot get at the roots. We
make 1t a practice to turn them out into
this field for about two hours daily and
keep up re barn feed of a mixture Of corn
meal and m.ddlings. which. with the roots
constitute an almost perfect ration. Some
times the pasture is varied by giving them
a turn on to the last crop of rape or onto
grass of some kind and the change is sat-
isfactory. Handled in this way the cost
of preparing the hog for the fattening
period is comparatively small and the
animal Is in excellent shape to take on
weight quickly.
WATER IN THE PASTURE.
Much OF the trouble with the COWS dur
ing the summer is due to the impure wa
ter which they consume. The average man
who has a stream Of water running
through his pasture thinks himself fortu-
maze for he does not need to go to the
trouble Of watering the cows. Yet he fails
10 realize fhaf tho ontVnn10 %hrnn..a
may pollute the water to an extent that
what they consume materially Injuries
hem and the milk they give. II one has a
s..eam Passing through the orchard 1t
should be fenced of in such a way that
The sows cannot get into 1t II they are to
.se IT for drink. We ha Aiuch a stream
and rrang one portion " 1t 10 that the
COWS coulu drink from it at a certain point
aha not get into 1t with their feet ex-
-ept at a considerable distance below the
drinking place.. AS the stream had quite
u current This kept the drinking water
clean. Quite a portion was cleaned out
Ind The bottom filed in with gravel and
hen this portion fenced of m such a way
t:sat the COW could get only her head in
+; because OF the barrel top through which
he had 10 drink. If there Is no stream
a spi.ng in the pasture then some ar.
.angement should be made SO that the
--ws can come to the house for water
overall times daily or water be carted to
lem To lie poured in troughs. Experience
.As shown that 1t pays we'll to go to some
-rouule to see that crews have plenty Of
.~an. CO. water curing the summer.
.,eLP AGRICULTURAL TEACHING
Next fall and winter during the meet
ngs of the several state legislatures, bill,
IA be introduced, In some states, provid
| .nK Tor the teaching OF agriculture in tn,
cloois located In rural districts. Soln'
OF tie bills examined are not STR N
enough. but they make a start. nj ever,
FINER who Is interested in his work, ant
par ,icular.y interested in keeping his boy
oa the farm. should do all in his powe,
o age the passage Of such bills. II
VI LET. It Is proposed to have competen
:eisons eac scientific agriculture ant
allied work two or three days each week
anu, as far AZ possible. do the work In tn.
seids: practical demonstrations Of tn,
science. In other words. That this vii
interest the boys at school there 10 littl'
doubt. At nrst they may be luke warm
1 but once Il daWns upon them that aSri
A..ture 10 something more b ploWinl
Al harvesting. they viii become inter