The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-03-09

about the roots. After setting them in the
soil In the pots which soil should be rich
and the pots well drained, water them
~abundantly and keep them where it Is
not too light until the top begins to show,
then remove them to an upper room where
1t Is not too warm and give them the
same care you would a ported plant, that
is, plenty of light and water, together with
some heat. In this manner the plants will
be in excellent condition to transfer to
the open ground In May or early June, ac-
cording to the climate. The illustration
shows a comparatively new sort, the Glad
iator, which is high in price but there are
many fire sorts which can be bought for
small sums SO that a few dollars invested
in roots or started plants will give one a
summer of bloom and an dis
play scarcely equalled by any other plant.
KEEPING UP SOIL FERTILITY.
So long as fertilizers of some kind must
be used in growing crops it becomes a
vital question how to use them to the
best advantage. 1t is safe to say hat no
man can lay dow a general rule for man
uring which will be satisfactory In all sec
lions and with all crops simply because of
the different requirements Of different soils
and of different crops. Not only this, but
one may have a piece Of and which shows
depletion of fertility more quickly than an
other strip apparently just like it, hence
1t is pain that the same plan of manuring
will not do for both. There are farms
that are over fertllized INC the results are
as unsatisfactory as on farms which do
not receive enough fertiliZing. There Is
much discussion as to whether heavy man
uring at Irregular intervals Is as valuable
as smaller quantities more frequently APP
piled. While the crop may have some
thing to do with this, 1t may be consid-
cred safer by far to provide the smaller
tY,,o ~ { al ~ M q, M n vanral ~ A. I ~
~teryals, provided. always, that the amount
required Is sufficient to keep ny the fer
Utility In the soil as well as to supply tina
needed by the growing crop. II there is
one experiment more than another which
farmers should try 1t Is testing fertilizers
and ascertaining for themselves on their
own soils just what quantity Of fertilizer
will bring the best results. as we'll as
what combinations Of fertilizers may be
used to the best advantage. Particularly
would sue experiments be valuable on
small farms which are expected to supply
q considerable income.
DEPENDING UPON LEGuMES.
1t is now pretty generally settled that
such plants as crimson clover, COW peas,
velvet beans and the like lave the power
Ito draw nitrogen from the air and hold
1t so that it may be transferred to the
soil by process of blowing the plants En-
der. OF course this can only be. drought
about after the soil has beegi 1~noculated
with the bacteria peculiaE to the several
legumes. Havlng fairly well understood
"a thu nan farmers have jumped to tbs
4 wild and wrong conclusion that In any
of the legumes they had the power o
/, supplying the bulk OF the fertilizers need
!. ed by growing crops. One farmer re
: marked in public that IL the nitrogen
!, could be supplied In this way and the sol
already contained a preponderance of pot
esh, as scientists said 1T did, then
: minimum quantity of phosphoric acid onl.
was needed to complete the chain. Q
course this is an absurd view. The potas
is there, undoubtedly, but we know 1t ca
be brought into action and made avail
& able only BY plant cultivation. Then. tos
those who nave tried 1t know that theSbes
4 results In the growing of crimson Glove
for example, are obtained when the prope
amount of potash and @phosphoric acid
q In the soil. 1t Is folly to depend who'll
b upon the legurnes. Put to their prope
!, use they are valuable, but the nitroge
! ithey gather must be mixed with potasl
~phosphoric acid and common sense to &
ID the best results.
dIPLAcEs FOR BRooDER CHICK
n Those who have their first experlent
!. this year In Matching eggs by an inc
7, batorg and raising the chicks In a brood,
u will be surprised how many more chicl
lose in raising then when the hen
Is In evidence. The loss Of broodeN rais'
chicks is due largely to the fact that Thu
are given the proper temperatuI
M when our chicks are Matched early TIL.
40 not step out Of doors until the weat
lp sr is quite settled BY which time they a
q brood
Room divided Off In small yards cover
toI with wire netting, which is the home
|mthe young chicks TOR a number q WeeF
.sAFli II iaE Sirnnix she'd hut@rnade