The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-24

| alone until the bugs are noticed When n
" figured that the cost OF spraying does
not exceed seven dollars an acre. and Il
u often less. while experiments have
Increased three or four times the cost for
spraying. IL certainly pays well.
DON'T ovERDo THE SEPARATING.
| IL N unfortunate that no great good can
come without It's bringing at least tho
/ temptation 10 do more or less harm. A
case In point Is with the separator. or
| ather with the man who runs the ma
| chine. The value OF the separator cannot
b. denied and Il IL a machine which should
he on every dairy farm whether the milk
Ia sold or butter IL made. A word OF warn
Ing. however. TO the man who sells milk
to the consumer. Don't separate too close
~ or you may run against the law OF the
state which requires that the milk be up
To n certain standard under test. Near
the writer are located two farms whose
owners have had splendid trade In a near
by town Ia milk and cream. They each
bought scparators and. as cream sold at
- cents a quart and the demand was
great they proceeded TO use tho separator
to tn. point that they were selling what
was little better than SKINNED milk to
their customers and At cents n quart,
With the result that ono OF them has lost
nearly 70 per cent OF his trade and thu
other more than hair. and all within nins
months. Other miikmcn who do not own
separators are getting the trade. Duy
separator by all means. but do not use u
consciously or unconsciously To cheat tho
public.
FARM FOR YOUR CROP.
\ writer familiar with the cotton situ
alton In the south says that the cotto1
growers insist In planning cotton instead
OF farming for cotton. meaning that they
grow cotton after cotton using commercial
fertilizers to force the crops rather than
DO diversified farming which includes the
raising or 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 frantIcaily re-
sorts To the commercial Fertilizers which
force growth. II he would. plan diversified
farming and. more than all. start In on a
plan OF improving his seed corn by first
getting the best seed the money would
buy and selecting certain plants m 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 years.
he would have larger crops OF better corn
and make corresponding pront. 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 tho
price for tomatoes grown for them on con-
tract and also 10 remove Soma or tns 80
strictlons which have made u impossible
To grow the crop probably with any GER
tainty. Certain forms and shades OF color
are no longer condemned nor are growers
compelled To buy the plants from tho
owner of the cannery as was the case In
many sections. There promises TO be an
extended area devoted TO tomatoes this
year. but IL Is hoped that where a grower
Is located near n good market he win not
a." himself up by agreeing not To market
the fresh vegetable. Remember that one
OF the chic, rcu sons for the Increase In tho
price from ~" Canr"rics IL the increased
demand for a." fresh fruit. The producer
- entitled - share the profits OF this do
mand with tho Gamer and he can do ~ ~
he does not ObiiEaic himself to grow solely
Tor The cannr-icS
SUMNER GRAIN FOR POULTRY.
IL Is not to b. expected that tho fowls
can bc taken care Of wholly on the range
during the summer no matter how cK-
icnsivc IL may be. grain must 10
fed tn a greater or less amount. During tho
summer Nc do without the mashes and the
corn. feeding wheat and buckwhcat. and.
beginning In June more or less cotton.
seed meal. adding "a Ia vary small quaint.
ties and Increasing Il gradually until
about ons-tenth OF the daily ration con-
sists OF the oil meal. We do this mainly
because u has been proven that the mouit-
ing II made much easter ~ the hen gets
q lot OF this oily meal In her system: OF
course there IL more or less virtue la tho
meal anyway al n food. but We have tho
mouliinS period mainly in mind. once a
week We mix u3 n lot Of huckwhcat.
wheat. "A little oil meal and just a very lit.
u" cracked corn with some wheat bran
and let the birds hav. II dry: this We usu.
ally feed on n strip OF meadow which has
been run over with n lawn mower set very
low. The grass IL thin and when cut very
short the birds spend several hours
scratching and sRtins. This feed they
seem 10 enjoy immensely and W.. know
they get much good from Il for enough "a
given TO pretty we'll satisfy their app--
Jit.S.
ECoNoMiZING GREEN FOOD.
when green food Is scare or difficult 70
not b. wasted. The following description
Il % a feeding box that works well Cut
two pieces for the ends each q inches
long. getting proper curve by using a com
pass. Mako tho back OF the holder Of thin
boards four feet long and twcnty-four
inches wide and nall one end figure 81 Ia
place Ringing the other end. using small
straps OF leather TO hold IL shut Cover