Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-06-01

am .irv and rather sandy soil in winch
they can dust and sun themselves. ineSs
habits will Tx themselves quickiy II .nes
are started soon enough and the chick
will make all the better pune. u" '''
consequence.
COMMON SENSE IN MANURING.
Whre IL is admitted that The majority
of farmers try to cover too much srouiu
with the manure they have to use. olleh-
times using what should go on one acre "
cover five. there is just as much hahsel'
or rather loss of profit. in the other eA-
IRENE. For example, # an area OF Sax
acres is properly manured the yield VIII pe
more profitable than If the same quahu.y
of manure Is placed on three acres. lhe
cost of producing the crop on three acres
viii not be one-half of the cost of pro
duction of the crop on SIX acres nor wiz
the yield of three acres be double the
yield of the six acres. Again, assuming oi
course that the manuring is done in prop
err quantities, the fertilizing value left TOT
the second crop on the six acres Is or
greater value than that eft for the second
crop on the three acres. II Is the INN
spreading of manure over a large area
that is proftless; In other words. giving
to three acres what is only fair manurlns
for one acre. Market gardeners who man
ure very heavily can do so with profit be-
cause they get several crops from the area
in the one season. which is not the case
with the average farmer. OF course the
same rule applies to the use or CONNER
cial fertilizers, although the farmer Is not
apt to err in this because he has 10 pay
out cash for commercial fertilizers.
ARE YOU SPRAYING POTATOES?
To get the best of the blight on potatoes
the work of spraying must be started
when the plants are a few inches high and
continued throughout the season, doing
the work thoroughly every ten lays or
two weeks at most, oftener II the ram
washes off the spray. While opinions az
fer experience has shown that the follow
ing formula the most effective one for use
in spraying potatoes. Dissolve SIX pounds
of blue vitrol and four pounds of best
stone lime in SO gallons of water and when
the plants are small apply at the rate or
so gallons per acre, Increasing the quantl1v
as the plants grow until in midsummer
100 gallons to the acre are used. hen IL
is necessary to use something for destruc-
ton of potato bugs dissolve Paris green in
the Bordeaux mixture as Indicated at the
rate of one pound TO each 20 gallons of tire
mixture, spraying the combined mixture
together. While several other mediums
are used we feel that the Bordeaux mix
ture compounded as indicated will do the
business better than anything else. If the
best methods of culture are followed in
conjunction with this spraying there ought
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tanning a good crop of potatoes in a nor
NAL season.
FOOD FOR WORKING FARMERS
A farmer dn the south) says in an ex-
change: when spring plowing begins we
fall back on COW peas and corn bread for
dinner If 1t is assumed that this man
is not a vegetarian and uses this diet be-
cause of his belief. It is certainly a mighty
poor diet for one to do a hard days work
on. One who has tested the matter of
food for the man who works with his
muscles as well as he who works with his
brain mainly, has shown that it is prac-
tically impossible for the majority of peo-
pie to get along we'll without meat. The
pros and cons of meat eating are not part
of the argument. We are not educated to
the point where we can live wholly on
fruits and vegetables: individuals may,
but the race as a whole cannot. AS a
matter of fact farmers are the poorest
fed people on earth when they should be
better fed than those in other occupations.
Time was when we lived almost wholly on
corn bread. bean soup and salt pork. Then
we learncdsthe value of other meats. of
fowls and of eggs. of fruits, of milk and of
vegetables. The system requires a GER
tain amount of raw fruit and vegetables
for the acids they contain, but those mus.
be used in moderation and the main susie
nance come from meat of some kind. beef
oiiNAh W IL WOuIu ulSPOSe
of some of the products of the farm for
their beef supply, then eat literally of
fowls. eggs and milk and moderately of
vegetables In the raw state they would
find themselves better men physically and
a mentally and find also that they were no,
paying much more for their Living thar
. when existing on corn bread and COW pee
soup.
; TO CLEANSE PLANTS.
r Certain kinds of plants grown in POT.
: are often subject to the attacks of in
% sects even In the summer. although tn.
trouble is greater during the months G
n winter when the plants are grown in TIN
heat of the living room. without mucl
moisture. To thoroughly cleanse plants O
insects they must be fumigated, Tobacco
=. burned being the means generally EN-
=. ployed. or course. in this work the mai
=. idea is to keep the air from the pant
~ during the process of fumigation. TIL
- fum.gating box may be of any size de
y. sired. according to the number of plant
- to be cleansed. although a box which ma
H. be conveniently carried about is 10 b