The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-19

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Zach holding about four quarts. Crates
used for raspberries can be fitted with
these baskets placing Il splint slat between
th" Two layers. These baskets are very
inexpensive and go with the fruit. but the
better price obtained for the fruit iustities
one In the expenditure. Last summer Sc
iected vegetables, such as tomatoes and
early potatoes as we'll as the selected or
rhard fruits, We're marketed in this man
Ner and all who used first class products
We'll and attractively packed found that
TINS 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
ana requires nourishins food, clean, COM
portable quarters and. above all. freedom
from wet. After the lambs are taken away
rom the ewes the latter should be MIXED
ior a few days to relieve the strain on the
"dder and to void fever or something
worse. If it is time to turn them out to
pasture sec that they have a place where
me grass is abundant. but where the soil
Is not wet. hen. 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
>nd nave the pasture for the sheep abund-
ant and OH 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 appc
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 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
or better still, arrange them so
they will slide, and cover the openings
with wire netting or a small mesh through
which the sir Will come. Unless there is
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
and the openings covered with
wire netting or boards else the house Will
be much too warm AT night.
LEARNING TO SPECIALIZE.
Tho average farmer can probably make
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 protitably by reason of a good
nearby market. anl a soil peculiarly fitted
to the special crop. When one observes
this to b" the case it is certainly wise to
grow this SPECIAL crop, but only after one
has learned how to do it. A case in point.
a friend who is now an extensive grower
Of celery found, n few years ago, that a
considerable area of his farm was peculiar
fitted to the celery crop, so he laid out
a quarter-acre strip and used it for cell
cry Tor Efree 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
20 that at the beginning of the fourth year
he started in the business seriously and
added area each year until now. ten years
alter, all of the farm suitable is devoted
o celery and the rest to raise the food
aecded by the stock and the family. He
earned how to do it and then went at it
ind made it profitable. This same rule vii!
TO any crop.
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