The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-15
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On the soil intended for potatoes SOW
some hairy vetch this September, SOW
ing little rye with it. Cut this in the
spring and sow COW peas to the later
used as forage crop and then next
August SOW this field with crimson
clover and the following spring turn
the whole thing under and prepare the
soil for potatoes. This method will
not only add humus to the soil but you
will be reasonably sure of this clover
making stand. your soil will have
been more or less enriched by the
droppings of the animals at pasture
and, If the potatoes are properly fertil-
lied and cared for you will have a
bumper crop which will more than pay
you for using the land and pasture one
season.
Much of the trouble in getting good
crop of first class potatoes is due to the
use of home grown seed selected with
out intelligence. In some cases 1t
were better not to use the home grown
seed at all although there is no OBJ
lection to it If the variety is doing we'll
and Is not running out. BY all means
select the seed tubers at the time the
crop Is dug and plan your selection on
this line. During the growing sea-
son, SO far as possible, mark the
hills that are the most vigorous and
when the tubers are dug select the
seed potatoes from these marked hills
provided, of course, they have turned
out we'll. Select the medium sized
tubers and always those without
flaw. Never, under any circumstances
select the seed from the hills which
have done poorly for the chances are
nine out of ten of the following crop
will be far from desirable. This is
simple method of selecting seed pota-
toes yet there is no surer way of get
ting what you want.
Many poultrymen object to the use
of water glass for the preservation of.
eggs because of its expense hence
will be interested in the use of vaseline
|, which has been tried and pronounced
of great value. The idea is that
coating of any kind which will prevent
the air from reaching the inside OF
the egg is all that is necessary to
preserve it. Those who have tried
vaseline pronounce it perfect. The
plan of working it is to select strictly
fresh eggs, no other egg can be sue
cessfully preserved. by any process
and coat them thickly with vaseline
an dthen pack them away in shallow
boxes in layers with bran and keep
them in some cool place. 1t is said
that eggs in this way will keep in con-
dition as long as those preserved
by water glahh and the expense is
about about one-half.
There is no doubt but what the
main diseases with which swine suf-
fer are those known as transmissible
diseases and these invariably come
from the dirty pens and yards. We
have never believed that it was neces-
sary to have hog wallows although
We will admit that it requires some
| trouble to prevent swine from making
wallow If you consider it INSOFAR
able from hog raising then make it
part of your work to see that the
wallows are filled up frequently and
that the enclosure in which the hogs
hogs run is sown to rye Or COW peas
once a year and plowed under the
following spring. During the winter
see to it that the swine have plenty
of water to drink but none to muss in.
Nothing is better for disenfecting pur-
poses than two per cent solution of
the tar solutions made for this pur-
pose. Once in while the swine
themselves should be sprayed with a
mild solution of this tar. Try this plan
of keeping things clean and you'll
have healthier hogs.