The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-25

fat while the dairyman must largely
decide the breed for himself according
with the conditions h. must meet on the,
market. Ia changing from mixed or,
scrub stock TO graded stock tho merits OF
NE Holstcius demand full consideration
4 good way 10 ascertain the standing OF.
each breed Is 20 set the records from tho
different breeders having stock for sale.
and carefully compare them la the respects
that must h. considered In dealing With
your own local conditions: Ia this way one
Il not likely TO make any serious Mistakes
FEEDING COWS OIL MEAL.
Several complaints have been received
that oil meal fed 90 mich cows leaves an,
odoT or faint Ia the butter This Is,
doubtless true u quantities OF Il are fed
although some feeders give more OF iU
than others ana without bad results Like
anything else which Is apt to faint the
milk oil meal should be- led directly after
milking Tot ig this way any odor T. alb
snrb"i thrgu IA the system before the ncNtl
milking period and che milk will not be.
tainted. The best authorities on fecdingi
recommend that no, over three pound
daily 10 BE- fed TO COWS ana, as A rule II ~
fed mixed with other grains and equally
divided for each feeding hut in every casg
being fed after milking. Others who feed
grain three times daily leave the oil meal
cut % the noon ration feeding "a Just after
milking In the morning and Just after
milking at night: when this intcrf.rcs With
the hour OF milking the portion az food
designed for each meal II divided Ia half
and fed just at milking. II such h the prac-.
,icc, and just after milking There is no
doubt but that oil meal I'm the quantity
named - very beneficial TO cows and thar
II can be fed without injury TO the milk
Will Dc demonstrated by careful trials
FERTILIZERS FOR ORCHARDS.
While the fruit bearing tree naturally
demands from the soil all three OF the
essential plant foods IL is well known that
IL uses up nitrogen the least rapidly ana
therefore care should b. used In applying
this TO the soil. As n rule fruit trees need
u In very moderate quantities and In
some soil conditions, IL Is "A positive
menace rather than a help. Often times
tho needed nitrogen can be supplied by
blowing under some lcguminous crop better
than In any other way and the money that
would be o'scrwisc spent for nitrogen In
some form turned 10 the purchase of
potash which the trees will use IN greater
Quantities. One OF the best fertilizers foS
apples II a yearly application OF bone meal
and muriate OF potash In the proportion OF
three TO one and At the rate OF no pounds
per acre.
FRUIT GROWERS ORGANIZATIONS
The writer recently asked a member OF n
fruit growers organization, one organised
To market fruit 10 the best advantage and
! one which has been succcssfuI from the
beginning, concerning the secret OF their
success. His reply was: 1--WE work to-
gethcr and stick together" This means
that every member OF the organization IL
willing to take all OF his best products 10
the pool be at shipping points on time and
take his shares OF the low prices as calm
Is as hc takes his share OF the hlgh prices
| There IL no one grower who thinks he
ought TO run things" competent man.
agcr Is hired and ne f. responsible to the
organization as "A whole. Every member
knows that his fruit win return TO him
the highest price It's grade will bring and
no more. The trouble In most organiza-
lions OF this kind II the fool notion some
members have that the organize ton ought
20 be- able To dispose OF inferior products
at high prices and because this result Is
not obtained they set provoked and pull
out. There H. no reason why fruit growers
IA any section where the product will war
rant u should not organize and conduct
"A cooperative company successfully but IL
can only BE- done when every member
works heartily for the success OF the or
| saniZation as a whole and sticks TO IL
even when conditions beyond the control
OF the organization. bring season OF
prices lower than was hopeA