The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-08-04
SUMMER SETTING OF STRAW.
BERRY. PI ANTS.

While u ere is no question about the
value of strawberry plants set in the
spring over those set in the fall except
where the winters are very open, the mid
summer set plant gives one the advant
age Of portion Of a season Of growth
which will count big in the next IruitinS
season. The method of setting pot-srown
plants is known to most strawberry grow
erS but it is expensive II one has TO buy
the plants. If the plantations are TO be
increased from the old beds then one can
readily obtain their own pot-srown plants
using the method described in this depart
ment before. 1t must not be inferred,
however, that only pot-grown plants can
be set in mid summer: we have had splen-
did success with layer plants by the fol-
lowing method. Strong layer plants are
selected, the first on the runner next to
she parent plant. carefully dug and set in
soil that had been well prepared. The
work was done in July and, as there was
no rain soon after the plants had TO be
Hatered twice after setting, which was
big job. \ little strawberry fertilizer
was scattered about each plant after set
ing ana they grew finely so that when
early fail came they had made good
start. Because of their tenderness they
were lightly mulched in the late fall after
growth stopped and an additional mulch
was put on Just before the ground broke
up in the Very late winter. The crop the
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 ii is 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
lhave run is to spade it UP and then cover
: witt, FIN, n 10 r,.p) in
for twenty-four hours and then spadlng
! It under. Ii the run is grass covered 1t
may he purlied by using q mixture made
| BY dissolving one pound of CoppcraS in
.wo gallons of boiling water and adding
one gill Of sulphuric acid. When the COM
pound is cold place it in sprinkins pot
and sprinkle the grounds thoroughly, not
! turning the fowls Cn to the grounds until
twenty-four hours later. This same mix
| ture may be used on bare grounds If 1t
| 1oes not seem desirable to spade the soil.
and it may also ho used with good effect
as spray on the walls Of the poultry
house. During the summer 1t is not pos
sible to have the houses and grounds too
CLEAN especially for the growing poultry.
INCREASED SUMPTION OF
MILK.
1t does not require a long array Of sta
:istics to prove that the consumption OF
|
III the larger cities. The writer spent a
;cw days in New York city recently and
TWO sights particularly impressed him.
| Opposite the house occupied a large build
| A.g was in course of construction and the
sight of the iron workers sending their
cans for drink a noon was an interesting
| onc, so interesting that l took the trouble
! Of circulating among them unobtrusive-
| " and noted that In a group of twenty
| six men the pals of ten contained beer,
| ,offee was in the pals of four and the re-
| naming pals contained milk. That twelve
strong husky men should voluntarily buy
milk instead of beer was to be remarked
| n large city. In combination saloon
;afe / saw more than fifty glasses Of milk
! sold over the counter and the proprietor
;old me that he sold more than a hundred
| quarts Of milk daily in this way aud that
| The trade was increasing. The profit Is
/ Lbout the same as in beer SO he was sat
SIZED. All this leads up to the opportunity
If the milk producer, and the necessity
.;or extreme care In sending only the pur-
1t and best milk to market. The health