Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-03-09

lHey are up anu, III the COiu SpIilS plO-
lection must be given which is readily
lone by having old bags or carpets to
throw over the glass sash at night. The
illustration shows a simple hot bed. A
representing the manure in the bottom Of
the bed, B the soil placed on the manure
and 90 the board back and front.
KILLING LICE ON CATTLE.
Most farmers know how troublesome the
lice are on stock and particularly on COWS
but the modern idea of fumigating the ami
NAL has many objections. There is no
doubt but that it ear be thoroughly and
safely done If one has the proper stalls
and other proper alliances, but to attempt
to carry out this plan in the average
stall would result in failure; the stock
would be smothered or the fumigating
fumes would escape. The two remedies
best known are rather crude, perhaps, but
they are efficient when thoroughly APP
piled. Make a mixture of lard and sui
phur and smear it thickly over the af-
fected parts Of the animal then dust in
tobacco dust. The other treatment is to
apply tobacco water or tobacco tea OBJ
tanned by sleeping tobacco: let it remain
for a time then wash off and finally wash
the affected parts thoroughly with the
tea, blanket the animal until dry. Both
of these treatments will ave to be given
repeatedly In order TO accomplish results.
Particular care should be given to the
spaces around the horns where the lice
are most apt to secrete themselves.
THE LATE CHICKEN PAYS.
While 1t is generally understood that the
pullet to lay the eggs in winter must be
Matched early ia the spring and that such
stock is profitable, 1T is not always posi-
BILE for this sort of work TO be done on the
farm because of the pressure of other
work. On the other hand, later in the sea-
son there is more time and II really pays
for the farmer to devote some Of that time
to Matching chicks In May and June and
In some sections as late as July. Such
late Matched chicks rarely die from cold
or dampness, they viii pick UP the bulk
of their living from the range after they
are a month old and In the fall, early or
late, can be sold ar a much better price
than they would have brought IL they had
been Matched earlier and sold in mid
summer. There is certainly an opportun-
ity for farmers to make money in this
work If they will give it a little thought
and attention for they can do IL much
more cheaply than any one else.
HAULING MANURE TO THE FIELD
While 1t is admittedly the better plan
to get the manure TO the fields as soon
after 1t Is mad as possible, the plan has
its greatest value when the manure Is
spread as soon as placed on the SOL hat
is, do not put Ii in heaps to spread at some
later period, but, IL possible, load Ii from
the stable directly into the spreader so
hat as soon as II reaches the field IL can
be put On the soil where II will leach in
during the winter. The idea of cart.ng the
manure direct to the field Is TO have 1t i'm
proving the soil instead of letting a por-
ton OF its virtue go into the air as is the
case when 1t lays in the barnyard all win
ter. IL II must be stored, ever for a short
period, IL should by all means be placed
under cover and even then 1t should be SO
arrange that the piles are long and mar
row and be kept tramped down firm at all
times so that will not fire fang. 1t must
also be turned occasionally and be kept
wet. The place for storage should be far
enough from the stables SO that there will
be no LANCER of odor reaching the cows so
as to in any way be impaired to the milk.
If II can be arranged in ans way pan 10
cart the manur to the field and spread it
daily for IN this way 1t has by far IT'S
greatest value to the crop.
USING LIME TOO FREELY.
There is certainly such a thing as using
limo too freely both in the matter OF guam
tity and of frequency. AS a rule sour soils
need lime, but it does not follow that all
acidity of the soil is due 10 lack of lime
for, as Is well known. there are certain
minerals in the soil in some locations
which will. apparently. make il sour and
all the lime In the world will not overcome
the effect. Then. too, certain plants con-
tain more or less lime, many Of them suf-
lcient for their own use: clover is one Of
these, but oftentimes more lime is required
In the soil not only to correct any ac.dity
which may exist but 10 set free some ele-
ment In the soil hat would otherwise re-
main inactive. We thus see that lime has
some other function besides correcting soil
acidity. BY far the best way 10 use lime
Is TO experiment with the crop knowing
before seed is sown something about what
IL requires in the way of lime for It's best
development. then testing different guam
Titles of lime on different plots OF ground
but always with the same crop. IL is safe
TO say that the man who has had more
or less trouble growing clover because. IN
his opinion. the soil Is not sufficiently
sweet, Will make Roadway by giving over
say three plots TO clover am lining each
In varying quantities being careful to
keep a record of the rate per aero applied.
At the end Of the test he ought 10 know
fairly well how much lime that particular
crops needs on his particular SOIL.
IMPROVED SPRAYING MATERIALS
Since Bordeaux mixture was first Offered
as an msecticide there nave been ni,mber-
less experiments TO ASCERTAIN " something
better could not be produced; then fol-
lowed the various emulsions. prominent
among them soluble-0n preparations
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