The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-17

through It, Bind the top. add strings at
the side, hem the bottom edges and 1t Is
complete. Unless horse Is very know
,ng' 1t Will be unnecessary to close the
bottom. The ventilation at this point VIII
also be appreciated by Il tired horse. Never
use an old fuzzy bag or of burlap nor
soft Irvine. The health and good temper
of the animal wearing this muzzlc depends
upon considerable treatment. III the muZ-
zic Is made as indicated and as illustrated
the horse will suffer no Inconvenience In
wearing 1t and cannot disturb the growing
crops as he works among them
SUB SOlLiNG FOR ORCHARDS.
Fruit trees and particularly apples re-
quire a deep soil and OF course one that Is
fairly rich. There are hundreds CT acres CT
rich clay soils that would do splendidly for
apples if properly prepared. Trials which
have resulted In failures have been almost
wholly due to the fact that the soil had
not been opened deep enough to permit the
roots OF the trees to properly penetrate 1t.
II such soils had been sub-soiled. using the
implement made for that purpose which
does not throw back wide furrow the
roots would have chance to get INTO the
soil several inches deeper than otherwise
and after that would be strong enough to
pierce the soil below without its being
loosened OF course It must be remem-
| bered that II the soil below the distance
| penetrated by the sub-soier Is wet and re-
mains so. 1t Is not suited to tree roots. On
| the other hand e 1t Is simply wet enough
| to retain a good amount OF moisture the
trees will then make most desirable
growth.
BALANCING SOIL FERTILITY.
Writers for this department practical
and Skillful men. have urged from time to
time the necessity for application of fer
tilizers. which would not only supply the
needs OF the growing crop. but give back
| to the SOL all that was taken from the
! natural stored up supply. In other words,
/ give to the soil more than you take from
1 It, and thus not only keep up its fertility.
| but increase 1t. Analyses have shown that
! the average farm soil contains much
| more of the three plant foods than the
crops could use in long period of years.
yet 1t can only be made available for use
| by the process of decay and by constantly
stirring 1t. For this reason putting humus
| In the soil lessons some portion of the nat
| urnl fertilizer in the soil. plant cultiva-
! ton looses anothes clement of plant food
and the application Of certain chemicals
loosens still other elements. This being
the case 1t is plain that fertilizing must be
done with the idea in mind Of bringing to
ones use the locked-in fertility in the soil
4 rather than (wholly) supplying fertilizers
for the benefit Of the growing plant. II
IL hoped that enough Is said from time tc
time to induce farmers to want to know
more and to take up the study of this
branch of the work In earnest. Surely nc
part of farming Is more important
Taking the country through 1t is safe tc
say that the farmer who best understand.
soil chemistry. even though his knowledg.
does not extend beyond the SOL on hi
own farm, Is the one who is carrying or
the work with the greatest success.