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

Of the most valuable OF farm Implements.
We are not booming manure %spreaders but
decidedly are booTing anything which
Will reduce the labor Of the farm and eS-
pecially when 1t also increases the yield.
That a good manure spreader. of any
make. will do this there is no question.
The difficulty In obtaining farm labor is
growing greater yearly. hence anything
which will accomplish the purpose, In the
form of machinery. SHOULD be welcomed.
1t Is practically impossible to spread the
manure by hand as evenly as a good
%spreader will place it: the labor necessary
to break the large pieces into proper sizes
- considerable and this work the manure
spreader does without trouble. That the
crops are Increased is due very largely
to the evenness with which the manure
Is placed by the sprcader. making the
stand more even with a corresponding
growth all over the field. With us the
manure spreader seems particularly VAL
liable because our manure is spread as
soon as made and as the bulk of it is ac-
cumulated during ,..e winter 1t is much
pleasanter to load 1t onto the spreader.
and have the machine spread 1t on the
fields quickly and evenly. than 1t is to
unload a wagon on a cold day. Look into
the merits of the manure spreader before
the work has to be done again.
TOO MANY HENS IN A HOUSE.
The main idea in keeping a large number
Of fowls in one house is to care for them
more easily. but there are always risks
to run which cannot be avoided even by
the most experienced and careful worker.
All things considered, the plan of having
one roof cover the poultry house. no mat
ter how large. is advisable. but the mat
ter of division is a thing to be seriously
considered. In our our experience. we like
thA soy, .t~I It,tt--. l-tA-- 49,
anything else. This is worked out by
building a roosting room. then a scratch
ing shed. then another roosting room, an
other scratching sned and SO on to the
end of the house. The idea is that each
house has its scratching shed, which ;s
located W two roosting rooms ex-
cept at one end. AS these sheds are open
more or less during the winter and all of
the hours Of daylight except the laying
period are spent in the shed. there is less
chance for disease. Except for the con-
Meeting alley way at the rear each roost-
Ing room with its scratching shed is in
dependent of each other combination hence
there Is little chance of one lot of birds
catching any disease which may break out
in one Of the other pens. AT the same
time. being under one roof. things are
easily cared for.
SELECTION OF SEED CORN.
The experiment station Of Ohio fur
nishes valuable information in a bulletin
on the selection of corn for seed the selec-
ton being made during the growing Of the
plant In the field. which ought to have the
careful attention of growers of corr
everywhere. Taking dent corn for the
purpose 1t Is scored as follows: Vigor of
plant. 20 points: position of ear. 5 points;
weight of ear. 50 points: length ST ear, .
points: uniformity of plant and ear. 10
points. and shape OF kexnel and size of
germ. 10 points. Very important Is the
note which gives the HsQualitications as
plants growing under less than normal
stand: plants lying upon the ground or
badly broken: plants diseased: plants
maturing too late or too early. To select
the seed corn from such plants Is fatal to
the following crop. The vigor of the plant
Is indicated by the circumference of the
stalk below the ear: by its upright growth
and by its leaf development and freedom
from disease. The ideal position Of the ear
Is such hat 1t does not pull too heavily
upon the plant. The weight of the ear ia
to be determined by scales when the ear
Is thoroughly air-dry. The plan of uni
formity Of plant and ear Is based on the
habit of growth and vi4r Of plan, as
well as size. shape. color and i%ndcntation
OF ear. Corn growers everywhere should
profit by these points which will mean de-
cidedly improved crops.
SPRAYING FOR POTATOES.
The recognized formula for bordeaux
mixture for use on potatoes is six pounds
OF copper s%ulphate. blue vitroi. four
pounds unslaked quicklime and 80 gallons
of water. The copper sulphate is dissolved
In one barrel and the lime in another. Add
to each % gallons OF water and then mix
thoroughly. When to be used strain
through a wire strainer. preferably one of
brass. Spraying should be started when
the potato plants are six inches high and
be repeated every ten days or two weeks.
according to the weather. throughout the
growing season. Ii bugs are to be do
s,royci add one pound OF Paris green to
zach ~ gallons Of the bordeaux mixture.