The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-19

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each holding about four quarts. Crates
used for raspberries can be fitted with
these baskets placing a splint Stat between
the two layers. These baskets are very
inexpensive and go with the fruit, but the
better price obtained for the fruit justifies
one In the expenditure. Last summer Sc
lected vegetables, such as tomatoes and
early potatoes as we'll as the selected or
chard fruits, were marketed in this man.
ner and all who used first class products
well and attractively packed found that
this method was a most profitable one.
A LITTLE SHEEP LORE.
After the eve has borne the young she
Is likely to be in rather feeble condition
and requires rourishing food, clean, COM
Portable quarters and. above all, freedom
from wet. After the lambs are taken away
from the ewes the latter should be MIXED
for a few days to relieve the strain on the
udder and to avoid fever or something
worse. If 1t is time to turn them out to
pasture see that they have a place where
the grass Is abundant. but where the soil
Is not wet. Then. too, there should be on
every sheep pasture some protection
against rain, especially when the rains are
cold, as they have been this spring. If
the rain promises to be long continued the
sheep should be driven to the barn. Try
and a W the pasture for the sheep abund-
dlll anu Oh several SIldll IL etS IdtileI lIletl
scattered over considerable ground, for the
sheep will be better II they do not have
to walk several miles to satisfy their appe-
tiles. Do not forget the salt and an
abundance of clean drinking water.
POULTRY HOUSE FRONTS.
The scratching shed should by no means
be abandoned because of warm weather
for, In reality, this portion Of the house
can be made the most comfortable for
the fowls during the warm nights. Re-
move the muslin curtains. roll them up out
Of the way, and cover the front opening
of the shed with heavy wire netting. Then
arrange a few roosts, being sure to place
them low, so that a portion of the flock
can occupy this shed and give those in
the upper house proper more room. In
the latter structure, take out the glass
windows. or better still, arrange them so
that they will slide, and cover the openings
with wire netting or a small mesh through
which the air will come. Unless there Is
danger Of thieves the opening In the door
may be fixed In the same manner and thus
the house be thoroughly ventilated. If
ones house Is arranged with glass fronts
for winter use these should be entirely
removed and the openings covered with
wire netting or boards else the house Will
be much too warm at night.
LEARNING TO SPECIALIZE.
L he average 1dTIIltI IL plopdplS many
more money in the end by sticking closely
to straight farming than by growing any
special crop: on the other hand, there is
frequently opportunity to grow some spe-
cial crop profltably by reason of a good
nearby market, and a soil peculiarly fitted
to the special crop. When one observes
this to be the case 1t Is certainly wise to
grow this special crop, but only AFTER one
has learned how to do 1t. A case In point.
A friend Whn Ia now an extensive grower
Of celery found, a few years ago, that a
considerable area of his farm was peculiar
ly fitted to tile celery crop. so he laid out
a quarter-acre strip and used 1t FOR cell
cry for three years, until he was satisfied
by experiments that he could grow pretty
decent celery. A part Of the experiment
was learning how to raise his own plants
so that at the beginning of the fourth year
he started in the business seriously and
added area each year until now, ten years
later, all Of the farm suitable is devoted
to celery and the rest to raise the food
needed by the stock and the family. He
learned how to do it and then went at II
and made it profitable. Ihis same RUE VIII
apply to any crop.
WERE YOU CAUGHT?
The writer had occasion to buy a con-
siderable quantity of mixed feed for stock
and concluded to take the advice given
in this department and send a portion of
several kinds to the. state experiment sta
ton for examination. The result was
startling, for In two cases out OF four the
station people held that the price asked
for the mixture was more than double
what the ingredients would cost singly
in the open market. The third sample was
considerable better and the fourth repre-
sented honest goods, so we bought them.
One feature of the case was that the re-
liable goods were just $500 q ton higher
in price than the two kinds that were
practically worthless. Unfortunately with
these mixed feeds 1t Is difficult to judge
of their quality except by such expert
means as the station people employ, sc
that one Is likely to half starve an ami
NAL when he thinks he is feeding 1t nber-
ally. All the authorizations are not In food
for humans by any means.
PUDDLE THE TREE ROOTS.
When trees or shrubs are set late in the
season, that Is when the spring rains are
practically over, the roots will dry on,
very quickly and the tree or shrub MOI
nave a fair. start unless they are thor.
oughly prepared before setting. An idea
way of doing this Is to dig g hole three
feet deep and about as wide, In clay sol
IL possible. and make a good rich mud
mass of about the consistency of mortar
Into this mud place the roots Of each tree,
thoroughly covering them with the mud
Let them be in the mixture for five min
'utes. This pudding should not be done
however, until after the bruised roots have
been cut off and the tree Is all ready fol
setting. This coating of mud and water
will help them stand considerable drought