Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-05-11

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have huddlcd under til" wings of The old
hen At night. place a board along each
side and one at the end OF the coop so
tina the chicks cannot get out; leave a
little space between the beard and the
cloth for air. After tn. grass has dried
these boards may he removed and the
chicks have access to the grass ttwc"n
the Stats. The roof of cloth vii! prevent
the rain or dew from wettinS the ground
floor of the coop 50 that their fee, will le
kept dry at all times. The cost of such AN
is very small and il certainly
viii save the lives OF many of the hicks.
Cnbleacheu muslin is an excellent mate
rial to use for this puipos. and j. better
than the oiled muslin unless 4 section is
liable 10 heavy rains.
USING GULL POTATOES.
A week ago the writer visited one of the
most famous potato growing farms in the
east and was astoaished TIC see over IL hun
bred barrels of seed potatoes beng I'M
loaded preparatory 10 planting. The OWL
crs of this farm eiaim that ii pays them TO
buy seed potatoes Of their %faVorite varie-
ties at least ever third year, using their
own product the alternating years. They
pay the highest price for selected tubers.
throwing out specimens thai we would use
for seed without h%csitancy. These men
grow potatoes largely for the hotel and
restaurant trade of a ncighboring city and
,,,,,e. iAn,-A Ia. ..,,, lass Nnfi,inr fhaf
the stock were being fed some very fair
looking tubcrs we asked why those were
not sold if they I'D not consider them
suitable for seed. The reply WAS mat they
would not SUI their trade and that obey
had no inclination to find a general market
for them. and. again. under no circum-
stances would they bc gully Of selling
them 70. seed for they knew they wer,
running out and not iii for seed. If pc
tato growers generally would work on this
Same plan. in 4 modified degrec perhaps
they would get results which could no
fail :" he profitable. There is nothing
with the possible exception of wheat
where poor seeds cause such serious los
as in potatoes. and i, is fair 10 say tina
about one-hllf Of the tubers used for sect
potatoes are culls and should be fed /,
stock where they will accomplish muci
more in the way OF moleI-lnaking than
by plantir for Il cr,p.
where STRAWBERRIES ARE
PROFITABLE.
While it is probably SAT. to say tina
full thrce-quarters Of the varieties y
strawberries ON tlc market al. valuahl
it does no; follow that they aye oquali,
valuable c~vcrEwhere: indeed. some q
them are total failures on certain soils an,
under certain conditions. This being tn
case it pays to have an experiment. plo
and test new SORES on it A friend of IN
writer who had been Il successful farIne
of many years standing concluded to re
duce his area and 20 into s1rawberr.
growing. Here was the way he w.ns III i,
One acre Of grcund was fitted up 10
strawberries II was frs. class SOL 70
the purpose and properly prepared. The
he bought the requisite number of plant
of six diffcren: varieties. each OF earl.
medium and late sorts. They were prog
crly set and care, for and allowed to frui
for two years. careful records being take
at intervals. SO that III" behavio OF IN
sort was known for corresponding date
during the TWO years. AT the end Of tina
period oui friend was in a position 20 /
reasonably sure just what he might ~
pect from the sorts he chose for oxtendin
paintings from anon the LOT. One ma
say that was too bad 70 lose al! this sim.
but he has demonstrated that i, paid. TIL
plan is we'll worth trying If on. is not a
ready sure what cer,ain sorts VIII do q
the sol, opc has IN yiv, th,n,
OvER-FERTiLiZiNG THE FARM.
Possibly ii is not fair TO say that man
iarihs are over-iertli"eu nut !, i cer'ai
mat many % 'neii ~" iertliiZ'o Gi"'sci
especiaii! III we oiue' states where az
pu ,ar,,,in a ION. mh" D., ra,rh ne :. on e .hn, :,
farms have too. much fertilizer. but IN;
they nave too much in the way of miner;
fertilizer and not sufficient OF vegetab
fertilizer. Her. is where the farmer wi
raises stock and utilizcs the stable manu-
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