The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-03
SUMNER SETTING or STRAW
BERRY PLANTS.

While there n no question about tho
value OF strawberry plants set In the
spring over those set In tho fall. except
where the winters are very open, the mid
summer set plant gives one the advant-
age OF portion OF n season OF growth
which will count blk In th&ncxt frulting
season. The method OF setting pot-gro~n
plants Is known TO most strawberry grow
era but u Is expensive II one has TO buy
the plants. IL the plantations are to be
Increased from the old beds then enc can
lendily obtain their own pot-grown plants
using the method described in this depart
mcnt before. IL must not be inferred.
however that only pot-grown plants can
be set In midsummer: We have had splcn-
aid success with layer plants by the fol-.
lowing method. Strong layer plants are
selected the first on the runner next TO
The parent plant. carefully dug and set In
soil that had been we'll prepared. The
work was done In July and. as there was
no rain soon after the plants had TO be
xatcred twice after setting. which was
4 big Job. a little strawberry fertilizer
was scattered about each plant after set
ting and they grew finely so that when
early fan came they had made a good
start. Because OF their tenderness they
we're lightly, muiched In the late fall after
growth stopped and an additional mulch
was put on just before the ground broke
following season was all TO be desired.
KEEP POULTRY GROUNDS CLEAN
Much has been written In this depart
ment concerning the necessity for keeping
the poultry houses clean both winter and
summer but IL IL just as important that
the grounds over which poultry run be
kept sweet and clean. one OF the best
methods OF purifying soil on which fowls
have run Is TO spade It up and then cover
Il with nna lime allowing this TO remain
Tor twenty-four hours and then spndlng
4 under. IL the run Is grass covered IL
may be purified By using n mixture made
by dissolving one pound OF copperas In
.wo gallons OF boiling water and adding
,ne gill OF sulphuric acid. When the com
pound II cold place II In n sprinking pot
and sprinkle the grounds thoroughly not
turning the fowls on TO the grounds until
| twenty-four hours later. This same mix
;ures may be used on bare grounds II u
Toes not seem desirable TO spade the sol.
and Il may also be used with good effect
as a spray on the walls OF the poultry
house. During the summer Il II not pos
slbie TO have the houses and grounds too
slean especially for the growing poultry.
INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF
MILK
II does not require 4 long array OF sta
| .istIcs 10 prove that the consumption OF
milk Is rapidly increasing and particularly
! N the larger cities. Tho writer spent a
| .cw days In New York city recently aud
TWO sights particularly impressed him.
| Opposite the house occupied large build
Slg was In course OF construction and tho
eight OF the iron workers sending their
/ cans for drink NJ noon was an Interesting
| 9ne 40 interesting that took the trouble
| Of circulating among them unobtrusINe-
| 81 and noted that In a group OF twenty
ak men the pals OF ten contained beer,
coffee was In tho pals OF four and tho re-
naming pals contained milk. That twelve
| strong husky men should voluntarily buy
milk instead OF beer was TO be remarked
m large city. In n combination saloon
| ,afe I saw more than nifty glasses OF milk
,old over the counter and the proprietor
.old mo that he sold more than hundred
quarts OF milk daily In this way and that
| the trade was increasing. The proft II
about the same as In beer 90 he was sat
sned. All this leads UP TO the opportunity
| " the milk producer. and the necessity
or extreme care In sending only the pur-
NJ and best milk to market The health