Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-30
SMALLER AREAS AND BETTER
CARE

An agricultural paper published in tn.
west Is bemoaning the tendency of farm
ers to reduce the area Of working soil. In
some localities they are forced to this by
the increasing value of farm property with
the consequent taxation making it too va
uabie In the one sense and too expensive
IN the other to use for farming purposes.
mere ID, however, another side TO the
question aside which farmers in all sec
tions located near good markets have
learned. and this is that 1t Is more profit
able to till ten acres we'll thar a hundred
Ill. Near the great city of New York there
are a hundred men or more who raise
market stun on land worth several thous-
and lola an acre. They pay high rent
TOT such land and make a profit simply
because they get several big crops from
the soil. with the help of hot beds and cold
frames. In a season. 1t may be claimed
maj such work ia not possible except in
such a locality. but those who know say
that prices in New York are Frequently
much less than IN many of the smaller
cities and towns. which Is undoubtedly
true. A neighbor of the writer, In Iowa.
makes more profit from seven acres in
small fruits and about an acre, range. and
all. devoted to poultry. than do most of
ms ~neighbors with farms ranging from
fifty to eighty acres in extent.
GO SLOW ON COSTLY pouLrR~
while we thoroughly appreciate the
value OF the pure bred poultry and have
invested In them many hundreds of dollar
we are free to confess that MANY dollars
would ave been saved had we gained our
experience with less costly birds. When
we started In the poultry business we
knew Just what most farmers do Of poul-
try; that is. we had kept from fifty to a
hundred mongrel hens year after year; we
say Kept them. but in reality they kept
themselves. We fed them. or rather Of
the home fed them, and when egg or car
casses were wanted they were easy to
ina. We believe the god wife made con-
siderable pin money from the hens and
we remember that many comforts were
found In the home which the farm proper
did not supply. But when the '.hen fever''
struck US nothing but thoroughbreds
would do and $50 Of hard earned money
went into such stock. We will not say
what resulted. Enough thai 1t was not
profitable and the third year we were con-
tent to go less fast and gain experience
from u dozen pullets. the result of matches
from " sittings of $3.50 a sitting eggs.
From experience we can advise others to
start IN this way. Get experience and
with the thoroughbreds.
EXPERIMENT WITH ALFALFA.
This great forage plant Is of sufficient
value throughout the country to at least
experiment with. What, though II has
never been grown successfully in your sec-
tion. q small area may be profit
ably devoted to experiment. Take
. small plot OF good soil. ma.
nure It well and pillow and harrow
thoroughly. Prepare 1t az Thoroughly al
would be done for seed wheat. GET some
alfalfa bacteria from some Of the men
who advertise 1t for sale 20 AZ to inocu.
the soil. or II soil from n cola ..hs..
has successfully grown alfalfa can be
obtained all the better. One hundred
pounds of such soil will inoculate a hair
acre. Seed should be sown at the rate
twenty-five pounds per acre. 1t ia nor.
sible the growth of the first season NAV Nv
or It may show considerable In the
way OF weeds; in the latter case cut the
early. out not too closely. II the
growth Is scant cut 1t as cheerfully m ~
1t was thick and hope for a better stand
next season which you will probably have
and without r~e-seeding.
WHAT BREED OF POULTRY.
Among the best producers OF eggs ara
the Leghorns. Plymouth Rocks. VIVIAN.
dottes and Mtnorcas. AZ a carcass fowl fha
Rocks and the Wyandottes are
preferred among those who are fair ers
producers. II the market demands er~s
t t.
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