Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-02-08

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In this trough. or at one end. depending
upon the length of the trough IA space
should b. divided on in which grit may he
placed and. III desired. another portion may
be divided on in which a vessel containing
the drinking water nay be placed. the
division strips preventing the dish from
being tipped oYcr and the water spelling
the food. Such an arrangement Is easily
made hut az suggested the front board.
market a in the illustrate , should be
higher than indicated. three or four inches
being about right. The lower part
OF the cut y indicates tho small frames 10y
which the trough may he divided on for
the grit and for the water pan.
FIGHTING SAN JOSE SCALE.
"A the San Jose scale is hard to over
come and that IL Ia extending over moro
territory each year Is shown by the more
extended reports coming in daily during
the season when it's ravagcs are appar-
Ont. Their" arc numbcrlcss Insecticides one
of the most promising being soluble pctro-
hum which is applied after being diluted
with from fifteen to twenty parts of water,
the application being by spray. I'nfor-
tunately the Use Of petroleum Is but i'm
properly understood at present but AS it
Offers the most effective remedy yet known
Tor thcp pest, ii is worth experimenting with
until the proper strength is ascertained.
w wv t. bttI tilt IlltI
point Is to have the spraying lone proper
ly. thoroughly and sufficiently frequent to
Kill the pest. In individual cases orchard
lists favor spraying Mt different periods
but the best results. considering every
thing, have come from the use of the
soluble potroicum In the dilution men
TONED applied once ar twice in the fail
after the growth of the foliage has stopped
and again In the early spring before the
buds begin To swell. II means hard work
to crmin this pest but II spreads SO
last that once let IT gets ahead of one and
the trees are doomed.
RAISING skUNks FOR MARKET.
The fertile brain of the magazine writer
has evolved a story wherein wonderful
tales of Soodly fortunes made i'm skunk
raising Is told. For several months the
editor OF this department has been on the
trail of these skunk farms but has been
unable TO locate one. Furriers claim there
Is absolutely no market for skunk fur
which should attract anyone: IA few furs of
the animal arc used hut under another
name. why any one should want to breed
the animals is beyond comprehension. n
rev experimcnters have tried 1t but met
with faiiurc because the animal does not
thrive IN captivity. The Belgian hare
craze had some little foundation to it but
the skunk farm has not even the merit of
a pleasant odor. There are no short cuts
to wealth In farming operations and the
man who expects to find one in raising
skunks will meet the fate of the Belgian
hare and Ginseng people; perhaps worse
Tor there was some iittlc demand for the
two things named while there is none for
Skunks.
HELPING COW PEAS WORK.
Some months ago. in this department.
the writer made the statement that the
COW pea was intended wholly for tho
rsnoVating of old soils and ought not TO
DC raised on soils having sufficient plant
1000 IN them to raise other crops. After
another season OF experimenting with COW
peas ! desire to modify tina statement and
TO Withdraw part of ii entirely. We have
been very successful in rcnovating old
soils along the lines first advanced but
have been much more successful when VIC
helped the COW peas build UP the soil by
the introduction of potash and p%hosphoric
acid. Some OF the soils had these food
elements in sufficient quantities to accom-
pltsh the desired results and that was
what really led us to the experiment.. We
found that when potash and phosphoric
acid was applied to the soil containing the
COW pea that the ability Of the plants to
draw nitrogen from the air was greatly in
creased: so greatly that enough nitrogen
was added to pay we'll for the application
OF the other plant foods inasmuch as II
CndDied us to grow a crop and remove Ii
at least one season sooner than would
have been otherwise possible. This is no!
theory but the result of actual practice
and the plan is worth a trial on any soil
where COW peas arc to be used to build II
up.
NOW FOR SEED CATALOGUES
The annual crop of seed catalogues is
coming along fast and one Is inclined to
believe that never before were the oppor-
tuniues so attractive to the soil worker.
The majority of seedsmen are honest and
II some CT them c%xnggcrate in their des-
cript!ve matter It must be remembered
that they describe the variety grown un-
der The best possible conditions: just as
the cloth merchant displays his dress
goods under the best possible light. for the
goods. There are many new sorts being
offered among most of the vegetables and
among grains as well, but the man is fool.
ish who will pin his faith to any of the
new sorts without first testing them on hi.
" soil ard under the conditions sur,
rounding him. Lei the old stand.bys b.
the ones to which you will look for proft
but at the same tire. plan for q plot whert
experiments may be made with the sort,
shat arc promising. Never mind II tn,