The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-07-05

ing of the sheet. To make the sheet ~
snugIy around tho trunk OF the tree IL Is
open on one side To the trunk OF the tree.
SEQ figure II. aud n hole nino inches In
diameter Is cut out nj center and the
edges ARMY boundw with a strip or muslin;
the sheet 10 thus drawn quickly around the
trunk OF tho tree and the opening closed
with tapes or rings sewed TO hcmmed edge
which undcrlaps cdgcs "a ~ TO which
harness snaps are scwcd. Now have four
stakes OF very lard wood each three feet
long with n hole near the top large enough
To pass n strong cloihesllnc through This
rope runs through the harness ring At
each corner. through each corner post and
Is then drawn taut and tied. one OF tho
beauties OF this curculio catcher In that IL
MAJ be carried from field TO field and set
up by one man when necessary. The u
lustration with the above directions will
make tho idea clear to any one.
THE PROBLEM OF FARM HELP.
In many sections OF tho ountr 81 10
impossible to get farm help at all. In 9TH
or sections lt can be- had At a price farmers
cannot AFFORD TO pay. The problem II be-
coming n serious one and is likely to be-
come more serious as the city demands
aud takes thu best from the rural districts.
In some respects We must look Mt home
for tho causes OF some OF our troubles and
while an Improvement in this respect will
not remedy the entire trouble - viii do
much 10 help 10. We work men too hard
on the farm. no MAJ who can get any 9TH
or labor will work from I or 5 o'clock In
tho morning until dark. or later on moon
lit nights: yet these are tho hours we cN-
pcct OF men. Few mcn who work on n
farm expect that the eight hour rule"
viii apply TO them for they realize that
moro time muslbe given 10 farm work be-
cause OF the utctSaity for timely action.
wo have had MN who willingly worked
hftecn and cikft hours In an emery
cncy because tfcy knew that tho minute
tho strain was over Their hours would be
shortened whenever possible SO as TO make
up to them the time they oyerworkcd. As
nearly as possible We work our men from
: 10 s and n occasion requires that they
work longer at times. We pay 80 back to
them by letting them have shorter hours
or aging them for tho overtime. In tho
majority OF cases We have found that our
best men would prefer To- work on the
farm from I to 6 rather than 40 in'o town.
In many cases IL Is the hours OF labor that
drive them from the farm. Think IL over.
reader.
SOME EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING.
After two years OF testing we have de-
cgdcd that We can raise more chicks with
cut the use 81 soft foods or mashes as they
are called than we can with them. Last
year our loss was twenty per cent. less
than In previous years. and this year the
loss was merely nominal. that II. tho loss
from bowel trouble which IN the great dcs-
troyer OF small chicks. No more mashes
! for US. Last winter. on n moderate scale.
We tried the plan ~ cutting out the mash
and feeding the layers from self acting
hoppcrS: that H.. they were arranged 40
that the birds could help themselves TO
grain when they pleased and the several
grains were kept separate so they could
10 Their own mixing. the only prccauuon
taken being that there was less corn Of
fcrrd them than OF the other grains: In
this way We prevented them from getting
oycr-fat. so successful was this idea that
va shall take tho risk OF feeding all OF tho
nocks the same way the coming season. II
Is worth the timo OF any poultryman TO
experiment cautiously asong this limo for
II may DO that the day OF tho warm mash
IN over.
ANOTHER TREE FRAUD.
Sometimes one feels as II some OF the
laughs " tho city folk ut the gullibllIty
OF farmers were justified, There are n
dozen or more frauds nj work IN different
lines and all OF them Offering farmers
some wonderful thing which tho common
sense OF the farmer should tell him IL I'm
possible. II Is to be- expected that tho city
man will buy tulip bulbs from street ven
doris labeled The Rose Of Japan" and ac-
companied by a colorcd picture with the
same label. the picture really being a fair
one OF the Rhododcndron. IL IL also to be
expected that the farmer might DO de-
cclycd into buying n wonderful attach
mcnt TO n furnace because he knows little
or nothing about such things. but why "A
farmer will buy compounds 10 keep milk
from getting sour. powders TO keep trees
from being attacked by insects or trees
which have been budded In October 30 that
they will come In bloom after all danger
from frost - over Uhis Is ono OF tho latest
schemc) IN past comprehension. Strange
though Il may seem IL In not always the
men who decline 90 subscribe for papers
that do these foolish things. though they
ara In tho majority. but many men more