Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-12-14

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w on n farm and is nOw spend ng some of
his city ta.n'd money at the Old occupa-
ton. largely rs Il matter Of sentiment he
bought the old homestead and after a
time used IT for Il summer home. leasing
the land sut CT The share plan. ON sum
mer. being at th. farm considerable, he
noticed the rather sl.p-shod methods of
operation a:I The next year took charge
OF the farm himself. engaging the ncccs-
sary help to do the work. Then he looked
carefully oyer the place and planncd out
just what he would do with ii. Each week
directions were given to he mcn in writ
ing and at tho end OF the week the owner
saw that his directions were carried out.
Ne had 10 trouble after his help discov-
cred that his knowledge was not whoiil
theoretical. The farm is making some
money solely as q farm and will make
moro in the years to como. 1t is run as a
business proposition and every dcta,l of
It's handling carefully considered. I,x-
r"nses and receipts are carefully watched
and the owner has fun knowledge of the
cost of each bit of labor performed. Sim
ply the commercial rules applied to farm
ing and applied successfully as tttcy gem
orally can be if one will 20 about it right.
THE COMING PEAR CULTURE.
Complaints are rife throughout the coun-
try that there are thousands of barrels of
kieifer pears which cannot be sold at a
price which will bring the grower any pro-
iii on his labor and Investment. If this is
the case this year what is to be expected
in IL few years when the thousands of new
orchards of kieffors come into bearing? If
ever the public have been deluded by any
thing 1t has been by this year. Fruit deal
ers all over the country nave palmcd them
Off to ignorant consumers as Rartlctts and
TO such an extent that the number of pear
consumers has decreased rather than in
at.nCA. V'h, .taca - e.. -~AI $50. -.
canning when put up with ounces to give
ii flavor but as a pear for eating out of
hand like the Bartlett, Duchess, Anjou or
Sheldon ii is IL rank failure. The poor pro-
duct of California has more or less dis
turbed the markets east and north but this
competition is as nothing compared with
the Eioffcr for the California pears will in
crease the number of pear eaters while the
kieffcr does the opposite. Whatever you
do in the way of fruit growing don't set
any more lNleffcr trees for you will wish
some day you had rot and will probably
end up in digging out the trees you haze.
THE SUNNY BUSTING CORNER.
One of the ways of increasing the egg
supply is to keep the hens happy and con-
tented and two ways of doing this are to
have scatterings of grain through the
chaff on the floor so that the fowls will
keep busy scratching. and the second way
is to see that the dust boxes are placed in
the corner which catches the most sun
during the winter. Ideal dust boxes are
strong soap boxes filed with road dust
into which has been mixed a little fine lime
and Il liberal supply of insect powder. Soil
from the garden if 1t is light and well dried
will answer the purpose quite we'll. 1t is
an excellent plan to remove all this dust
from the boxes every little while and sift
IT over removing anything undesirable
which has gotten into it, then take it out
in the sun spread 1t Out thinly and let it
dry thoroughly. Most of it can be used
repeatedly If new lime and insect powder
is added every month. The dust boxes
should be placed where they will not be
foulcd in any way for poultry will not use
them if too dirty, hence will go without
busting and the lice will then become ram-
pant.
TOO MUCH CORN FOR SWINE.
Every winter or rather at the end o.
every winter we hear tales of journalism
in swine. intense indigestion, bowel trouble
and all sorts Of diseases for which no
cause can he found, yet in tine majority
of Eases 1t is plainly too much corn. 1T is
of course quite natural to feed heavily of
corn because 1t is the cheapest thing We
have to feed swine but what profit is Their,
in 1t when 1t Is overdonc? We had som,
fine half grown pigs who had several at
tacis OF severe Indigestion and we cut out
tnc corn lot II week. In It's place We fed
bran mixed with chopped vegetables and
fed warm: this was given morning and
night ard at noon the animals were given
Il lot CT second grade hay and Il few sweet
potatoes. Not Il full ration by any means
and the pigs fell off in weight but at the
crd cf the week the trouble was gone and
they would eat anything offered them
Frcm then en- the corn ration was Gu,
down so that 1t vas about one-half IA full
ration and we used more bran skim milk
r... crops ard %roughsgc and we canno,
gee but what the animals are all thai any
rntica wou.d ave made them and they ar,
certainly in excellent condition to be corr
fattei.ed when the times comes.
AN IDEAL STALL.
When one Is financially able to have the
stalls which combine all the convenience
they are very desirable but the averag,
:. farmer must put up with much less. Oh
!, the oti,er hand there are n number of sim
pie improvements costing but little "
) adding materially to the comfort an'
cleanliness of the animal. The ideal stall
has a space between feed rack and quite
: CT eight feet and is five feet wide. A fee,
i. rack is arranged so that the animal ma,
/; get at the hay or roughage easily yet no
t waste 4 great deal of it. At one end O
r the feed rack is a feed box sufficient,
large so that the COW can get hcr moutl
to it without striking her horns. The side
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