The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-05-19

Iach holding about TOUR quarts. Crates
used for raspberries can be fitted with
these baskets placing a splint slat between
the two layers. These baskets are very
inexpensive and go with the fruit, but the
better price obtained for the fruit %justities
one in the expenditure. Last summer Sc
lected vegetables. such as tomatoes and
early potatoes as we'll as the selected or
chard fruits. We're marketed in this man
ner and ali who used first class products
we'll 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 nourishing 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 it is time to turn them out to
pasture see that they have n 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 nave the pasture for the sheep abund-
ant and on several small areas rather than
scattered over considerable ground, for the
sheep will be better If they do not have
to walk several miles to satisfy their appe-
tites. 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 Il 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 mir 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.
The average farmer can probably make
more MONEY in the end by sticking closely
to straight farming than by CROWNS any
special crop: on the other hand. there is
frequently opportunity to grow some spe-
cial crop profitably by reason of a good
nearby market, and n soil peculiarly fitted
to the special crop. When one observes
his TO be the case it is certainly wise TO
grow this special crop, but only after one
has learned how to do it. y case in point.
"A friend WHO is now an extensive grower
of celery found, a few years ago, that a
considerable area of his farm was peculiar
ly fitted to the celery crop, so he laid out
a.Quartcr-acrc strip and used it for cell
cry Tor 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 il
and made it profitable. This same rule vii!
apply to any crop.
WE'RE YOU CAUGHT?
The writer had occasion to buy n con
siderable quantity of mixed feed for stock