The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-12

use the same ground for potatoes two
years in succession. We pillow under Glow
er, follow it with a corn crop and the
third year with potatoes. BY this time
the humus supplied by the clover crop has
been largely used by the corn crop and
only what the soil actually needs is left
by the time the potatoes come along.
Sometimes, If the plowed- under clover
crop was a heavy one we find Il necessary
10 spray FOR rot once and sometimes twice
more than would ordinarily be the case,
but II pays to do this We cultivate thor
oughly whether the season be wet or dry
and usually find that four, five and often
SIX spraNings are necessary for proper re-
suits. DO not be fearful of OVERRIDING the
spraying.
SIMPLE PLANTS FOR THE BORDER
If the purse is lean this spring and most
, of the money must go for necessities at
least squeeze out dime and invest Il in
seeds of mixed dwarf nasturtiums. Plant
these seeds now in Il box containing about
two inches of good garden soil. water them
and keep them in the window of the
ktlchen or in warm corner on the YER
anda. Set the seeds an inch apart and
when the plants are about two inches high
take them up with a lttle bunch of earth
with the roots and set in good soil around
the base of the vcranda or anywhere you
wish where the plants can have con-
| siderable sun and yet a fair amount
| of shade The dimes worth of
seeds should give one thirty or more
plants and all of them will live and thrive
with only ordinary care and furnish one
with mass Of pretty blossoms until late
| in the fall. If one has IA little more than
| Il dlme to spend on seeds say Is cents
then buy five named sorts one package
of each. so as to be sure of a greater varie-
~ in the shades of colors. These nastur-
| tlums are excellent for the children who
nave little experience in flower raising
/ heca'ls" they are almost certain to grow.
FEEDING MlLLET TO STOCK.
J Many complaints are made concerning
the bad effects coming from feeding mil
let to stock generally but, we think, in
Ncstigation VIII prove that no serious in
jury results from feeding millet to any
stock but horses. When eaten generally
by horses 1t creates a trouble closely allied
TO rheumat iSm but fed to cows it has no
bad effects when ii does not comprise more
than one-half the roughage. We lind 1t
best to mix ii with corn stovcr when feed
ing to cows but frequently vary this by
feeding 1t alone not more than twice q
week The millct seed is particularly good
for poultry and adds one more grain with
which to form the desired variety Feed
ing it in mixtures of about onc-third milct
to tWo-th'rds of the other grain whether
corn, wheat, buckwheat or rye ii gives
better results than when fed alone 1t is
an i'.ea grain to use in the scrat ching shed
and we use more of it in this way than
in any other.
HOW OFTEN TO FEED THE COW
There is considera bic controversy going
on in the agricultural press as to how
many meals day the should have
/ Most dairymen have settled this for them
selves by feeding grain with or without
roughage at morning and night and Civ
Ing fair allowance of roughagc at noon
more to keep the cows busy than for any
great amount of value to be found in the
food Oftentimcs Individual cows are
found who do much better on three meals
a day than on two. and when such cows
are In the herd great care must be used
to ascertain beyond doubt If she pays
for the third meal of grain. She may be
used to ascertain beyond a doubt if She
pays for the third meal of grain. She may
be quite willing to take it but only the
Bahcock test and the scales will deter
mine whether ii is profitable to feed such
quantities. This is Il question concerning
which no general rules may be laid down.
each feeder must work out the proposition
for himself. according to the requirements
n &c hnr