The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-08-10

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for trial by breeders who have had ex-
perience In duck raising.
MAKING A CLAY SOIL PROFIT.
ABLE.
Those whose farms are loamy soils.
whether ioamy sane OF loamy clay. do not
realize what the man with the sandy
with. IN the one case there IL the dini-
Guilty OF making the soil hold the applied
fertilizer. Rs u owner OF such n soil re-
marked. 'it ls like n bottomless WELL" the
man with the claycy soil has his troubles
In Its being wet n unavoidable part OF
the time and 80 hard he cannot plow u
the rest OF the time. Here are two ex-
tremes OF soil n yet the one remedy
may be applied to both. that OF adding hu-
mus. IL II impossible to carefully advise
ono just how such soils should be handled
In detail but II may be said. In n general
way, that crops which will furnish humus
90 turn under the most frequently should
DO used. while there ia. OF course. a
choice OF humus material. anything which
will ansewr the purpose will help. on the
clay soil one would not go far wrong. n
tho soil was poor. to get 10 into COW peas
the entire crop TO be turned under. follow
his with corn and the next year divide
the plot In two parts and crop ono part
with potatoes and on the other make
another cow pea crop to be turned under.
After the potatoes are OF cover the soil
with rye 10 be plowed under the following
spring and then follow again with corn.
Make the rotations rs short as possible
having the humus crop come every other
year for n few years.
GROW MORE HAY. FEED MORE
STOCK.
There are two classes OF farmers who
need TO learn hat the foundation stone OF
soil fertility Is stable manure lie that
uses commercial fertilizers almost exclus-
lively and he b IL cropping n virgin soil
TO death. The writer has no quarrel with
commercial fertilizers for they are used
extensively right here on our own farms.
but thirty years OF working the soil has
taught US that the basis OF soil ~fcrtilix-
Ing In the stable manure and tibet We may
obtain this fertilizer In the cheapest way
by raising feed and giving IL To the cattle.
Take the cotton states for example: IL is
only within comparative recent years that
farmers in that section have realized that
they were fast depicting their soils OF all
fertility because OF the lavish use OF COM
mcrcial fertilizers coupled with the fact
that cotton followed cotton making two
or more crops VIGOROUSLY hard on the soil.
The gradual Introduction OF COWS, the lay
ing dow OF meadows n the raising OF
food for tho stock has changed matters
40 that the yield OF cotton Is greater per
acre and. In many cases. there IL surplus
hay to sell TO advantage. The same state
OF Affairs obtains I'm "A greater or lesser
degree I'm other sections and the general
farmer who has sufficient stock to furnish
him with the stable manure for his soil
except only the commercial fertilizer need
ed for special crops. In on the road to sue
cess provided he raises the most OF the
food consumed by the stock.
SAVING UNSTABLE VEGETABLES
Nearly all surplus summer vegetables
can be fed TO the poultry and stock TO
advantage even though the stock II hav-
Ing the benefit OF the range they will en-
Joy the variety. Those who grow winter
vegetables. such as potatoes. carrots. cab
bagcs and the like should use care TO save
the unsuitable portion for late fall AMI
winter feeding: hundreds OF bushels OF
small potatoes are yearly fed TO swine
during the summc when they are having
all the green food they need. which ought
To be saved for feeding later In the sea-
on. IL n has "A rather cool but dry
cellar and plenty OF sand that IL dry IL r.
not hard to store those things away. II
one has no u c storage place and has
considerable stock IL viii pay TO provide
n rough place In which TO care FOL them.
Such things as cababgcs are easily cared
for In the open ground and IL will not be
hard 20 care for potatoes and carrots and
other root crops II they are stored where
Il Is dry and cool after FIRST wiping away
any moisture that II on them. The writer
has paid as high as twenty-five cents q
bushcl for potatoes too small to market
and found them well worth the price for
winicr feeding 20 both swine and poultry.
one cannot AFFORD 10 overlook anything
In the way OF feed which may be utilized
for cold weather feeding. nor can they
AFFORD 10 feed this sort OF stun during the
summer simply 10 get IL out OF tho way,
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