Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

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not exceed seven dollars an acre. and 1t
is often less. while experiments have
proved that the value of the crop was
increased three or four times the cost for
spraying. 1t certainly pays we'll.
DON'T OVEROO THE SEPARATING.
1t Is unfortunate that no great good can
come without its bringing at least the
temptation to do more or less harm. A
case in point IS with the separator, or
rather with the man who runs the ma
chine. The value of the separator cannot
be denied and it Is n machine which should
be on every dairy farm whether the milk
is sold or butter is made. A word of warn
ing. however. to the man who sells milk
10 the consumer. Don't separate too close
~ or you may run against the law of the
state which requires that the milk be up
Ia a certain standard under test. Near
the writer are located two farms whose
owners have had splendid trade in a near
by town in milk and cream. They each
bought separators and, as cream sold at
40 cents a quart and the demand was
great. they proceeded to use the separator
TO the point that they We're selling what
was little better than skinned milk to
their customers and at s cents a quart,
with the result that one OF them has lost
nearly so per cent. of his trade and the
other more than half. and all within nine
months. Other milkmen who do not own
u 6CAaAS SiIo OdQe BUY u
separator by all means. but do not use 1t
consciously or uncousciously to cheat the
public.
FARM FOR YOUR CROP.
A writer familiar with the cotton stu
atton In the south says that the cotton
growers insist In planting cotton instead
OF farming for cotton. meaning that they
grow cotton after cotton using commercial
fertilizers to force the crops rather than
| do diversified IA min r1t n,1,,1. <LA
raising Of stock food and the feeding OF
stock In order to turn the manure back
to the farm. Other sections of the coun-
try make the same mistake in different
ways. In the corn belt the grower plants
seed from his crib and his yield gets small
Ter year after year and he frantically re-
sorts to the commercial fertilizers which,
force growth. If he would plan diversified
Farming and. moro than all. start in on q
plan of improving his seed corn b. first
getting the best seed the money would
buy and selecting certain plants as they
grew from which to take the corn for seed
the next year, keeping up this selection
of the best from the best for several wears.
he would have larger crops of better corn
and make a corresponding profit. Look
into this plan. friend.
BETTER PRICES FOR TOMATOES,
The demand for canned tomatoes. tho
scarcity OF labor and. more than all in
some sections the demand for the fresh
vegetable has forced Gamers to raise the
price Tor tomatoes grown for them on con-
tract and also to remove some OF the .e-
strictions which have made 1t impossible
TO grow the crop profitably with any GER
talnty. Certain forms and shades Of color
are no longer condemned nor are growers
compelled to buy the plants from the
owner OF the cannery as was the case in
many sections. There promises to be an
extended area devoted to tomatoes this
year. but 1t Is hoped that where a grove
is located near a good market he will not
tie himself up by agreeing not to market
the fresh vegetable. Remember that one
OF the chief reasons for the increase In the
price from the canneries Is the Increased
demand for the fresh fruit. TIL producer
Is entitled to share the profits Of this de-
mand with the Gamer and he can do 1t IL
ne does not obligate himself to grow solely
for the cannerics.
SUMNER GRAIN FOR POULTRY.
1t Is not to be expected thai the fowls
can be taken care Of wholly on the range
during the summer no matter how exc
.ensive 1t may be. grain must be
fed In a greater or less amount. During the
summer we do without the mashes and thu
corn. feodins wheat and buckwheat. and.
beginning in june, more or less cotton.
seed meal. adding 1t in vary small ouanti-
ties and increasing 1t gradually until
aooul one-tentn or the daily ration con-
sists OF the oil meal. We do this mainly
because 1t has been proven that the moult-
ing Is made much easter IL the hen petn
"A lot OF this oily meal in her system: Of
course there Is more or less virtue In the
meal anyway as a food. but we have tho
moulting period mainly in mind. Once q
week We mix up a lot of
wheat. a little oil meal and Just a very lit
tie cracked corn with some wheat bran
and let the birds have 1t dry; this we usu-
ally feed on n strip Of meadow which han
been run over with a lawn mower SET yerv
low. The grass is thin and when cut yerv
short the birds spend several hours
F, scratching and eating. This feed thew
seem to enjoy immensely and we know
they get much good from 1t for enough n
given to pretty we'll satisfy their appe-
tites.
EcoNoMlZINo GREEN FOOD.
When green food is scare or difficult II
obtain 1t pays to plan some way SO 1t will
not be wasted. The following description
is OF a feeding box that works we'll. Cut
two pieces for the ends each "a inches
long. getting proper curve by using a com.
pass. Make the back of the holder of thin
boards four feet long and twenty-fouS
inche wide and nail one end (fgure 81 In
place. Ringing the other end, using small
straps of leather to hold 1t shut. Cove,
the holder with coarse mesh wire nettins