Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-04-13
POULTRY HOUSE SHADE IN
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classed among the very few really desir-
able sorts for market use.
POULTRY HOUSE SHADE IN
SUMMER.
III one is IN the habit of permitting the
poultry to roost in the trees during the
summer then this item will not interest
him. Whether the fowls are confined in
yards OF are on the range during the
warm days they SHOULD have the houses
to roost i'm SO that they may be fed to the
best advantage and the eggs laid where
they can be easily found. The poultry
house with a considerable cxpanse of glass
is the house hard to keep cool during the
summer. but IL it was built with sashes
screwed OF 1t will be easy to remove them
and cover the opening with heavy wire
netting or better still the heavy wire
screen Of about onc-half inch mesh. Be-
hind this arrange some curtains of heavy
muslin which may be let down over the
wire in case of storm. If the glass sashes
cannot be removed then provide these cur
ta.ns to run down on the outside over the
glass and keep them down during the day
with the windows and doors wide open to
get all the ventilation possible in the
house. Remember also hat the house
needs cleaning during the summer fire.
Quently to keep 1t In the best condition.,
and that "A supply of cool water should be
iourd In the fountains when the hens come
In from the range. This rare will pay we'll
especially with hens that nave the range
during the day, for they cannot stand a
stuTy. hot house at night.
TROUBLE WITH INcU5AToRs.
The writer has just taken from four in
cubators within three of 500 fine chicks, a
hatch OF nearly 81 per cent, and in each
incubator the directions of the manufac-
turer were fOllowedt to the letter, although
we really feel that another year the di-
r"Tsions given with one of the machines,
cara of them is different, NIGH be modi-
fled to advantage. Four years ago we
had our first machine, one of 1aO-egg ca
pacity. and. being somewhat ingenious.
thought VIC could see a number of ways
upon which we could improve the direc-
tions of the manufacturer. We made a
serious mistake in this way of planning,
how serious-ncver mind The three things
to Tic observed in handling incubators.
more than any others, are moisture, ven-
ttlation and heat. One might say that is
all there Is to 1t anyhow and this is true.
but 1t depends nightly upon how skill
fully these three things are handled how
good the results. 1t is natural to suppose
that the manufacturer of an incubator, IL
he intends doing business from year to year
repeatedly tests his machine and makes
careful notes Of each minute thing neces-
sary to its successful operation and these
are embodied under the general heading of
directions for using" Sometimes sur
roundings are such hat one can see where
some OF these directions may be slightly
modified. but as a rule 1t is safer to follow
directions to the letter. at least for the
first season you own the machine.
FAILURES WITH ALFALFA
BACTERIA.
Fol the encouragement Of those who
have failed to get q satisfactory stand of
alfalfa after inocuinting the soil with bac-
terra. It may be safely said that S'any of
these failures are due almost wholly to
ono Of two things. or both. poor soil or
soil which sadly acks lime. That this
latter IL the cnuse>bf most of the failures
IA firmly believed by most growers of ex-
perience. One Of our correspondents re-
ports that an examination of six fields on
different farms where failure had been
reported showed c~Onclusively the need OF
limo In the soil. There h no doubt but
that alfalfa Is Of such value that 1t will
pay to go to considerable expense of both
time and money to get a stand. but 1t il
one Of those crops that needs to be studied
in order to get all h possible benefit from
Il. Take the advice given before and have
At least q small plot Of alfalfa by way Of
experiment. Let the plot be q your best
soil and make sure Il = not sour. Secure
Altalfa bacteria from . reliable source and
take notes Of Its growth at short periods,
tfen next winter get all the Information
al OF the subject And another season
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METHODS ron lANoGR CROPS.
The days Of virgin aons are zone by
through most OF our evnn8xy and sooner
or later We must get down @ the use OF
fertnisers not only With greater liberality
but With moro intelligence. It Is Admitted
that + II easy to give advice OF this kind
but that Il takes money - buy fertilizers.
On other hand. how Il 4 farmer to get
money with which to buy fertilizers ex.
cept frem his crops. and how II he coins
- raise crops with . margin Of pront Il
~ does not use fertilizer md use them
understandinglyf Possibly the editor OF
this department n the corps Of writers
Ter 1t are I Hftle cranky on the subject OF
experiment plots. hut surely there u no
better. not sairer. way Of 2~scertaining b
needs OF q crop IN the way OF fertilizers
than BY having ANAL plots and testing
different combinations Of fertilizers. Fruit
aud vegetable growxvs have learned this
lesson thoroughly and there Il not Z suc-
| ceasfuls one among THIN who docs not
have some formula Of pis own for his
different crops. formulas ,Torked out by
experimenting. SO that III knows just
what ne a give his plants jsnd at what
coet. We FIRMLY believe thaa II every
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