Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

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board OF the bench back Of the upright
pieces three inches to keep the blade In a
given grove for action. Another upright
would answer the same purpose though 1t
might not be 80 easily kept in place. In
the Illustration, which makes the plan and
description clear, A shows a hole cut in
the board to allow the cut pieces OF corn to
drop through into the basket which Is to
DC placed underneath. Figure b shows
the manner Of fastening the blade to the
lever and NJ the bolt securing the lever,
The whole idea can be worked out readily
by anyone possessing a little ingenuity.
WHY THE BOYS LEAVE THE FARM
In commenting on a recent magazine ar
rticle covering this subject the editor Of an
agricultural journal remarks that the rea-
son Tor leaving the farm Is given by many
boys as because they do not like farm
ing and that such being the case the farm
is better off without such boys. We do
mot believe this is a logical deduction. for.
AS the majority OF farms are managed
ahere Is no reason why a boy should like
FARMING. A boy with any sort OF a head
81 his shoulders is not content to settle
AUwn as a farm hand on the other hand
give him a chance to learn how he can use
his brains in farming and you will see his
dislike 60 for farming disappear very fast.
As a rule youth sees the rosy side Of life
and 1t takes a long time Of hard labor be-
fore a farm born and bred boy concludes
that ne does not like farming. Give the
boy a chance 20 get an agricultural educa-
ton, something that will fit him to man
age a farm rather than be a farm hand
and the chances are nine out OF ten he will
net want 10 leave the farm. There are ak
ceptions, Of course, but il is well worth
the effort to ascertain by agricultural edu-
sanCr II the boy is not inclined 10 be a
farmer. =,
LOOK OUT FOR SCALE MILLERS.
One or more firms are sending rcpresen-
Catives throughout the country who offer
for a money consideration TO treat trees
Cor injurious insects. TIL process con-
sists Of scraping the bark from the trunk
of the tree in whole or in part and then
painting IL with some substance which is
claimed will kill the disease or prevent
f, insects from attacking It, whichever your
tree suffers from. IL is not probable that
there is the slightest merit In the material
applied, and the one fact that the bark is
scraped from the tree, destroying the cam
blum layer, is sufficient to brand the
scheme as one well to avoid, To put II
mild. Unfortunately our trees
anlf through the country are threatened
with destruction and every town should
take the matter seriously In hand through
,the proper local officials. One way of as
pertaining just what 10 do Is to apply for
help TO the experiment station of your
state and by all means avoid the remedies
Offered ny the people of whom you know
nothing.
MlLLET A GOOD CROP TO GROW.
In sections where it is possible to raise
a fair crop OF millet, and it does well on
any good corn land. IL is one Of the best
crops TO raise for the dairyman and the
poultryman while It may be fed with
profit TO swine. Horses. however, are made
sick by IL at times and IL ought not TO be
fed to them. The German millet furnishes
the best crop and IL is fed to cows, both
stalk and head. not threshed. 1t is not a
good plan TO feed IL regularly for then the
cows get somewhat tired of IL and will
eat the heads only. We ind IL best to
feed IL about twice a week and thus 1t be-
a5omes something Of a delicacy and the
COWS eat Ii up c,ean. We threSh a certain
portion OF the crop and feed the seeds to
poultry. In this connection we use IL in
several ways; as one change in the ra-
ton by itself, mixed with cracked corn
and wheat and in the scratching shed; in
the latter case a certain portion is thrown
in from the lot reserved for the COWS. that
is, unthreshed so that the birds may sperd
their time in picking out the seeds and
scratching over the lot for any seeds they
have missed. The straw Of the threshed
portion is used for bedding and as 1t rots
readily when put in the manure pile IL
returns TO the soil a valuable vegetable
Tertilizer. When fed to hogs 1t is given
only OCCASIONALLY and then unthreshed. If
not too much is given at a time the swine
will eat it up clean.
WHY CONSUMERS DO NOT LIKE
OLEO.
One OF the most prominent packers OF
meat in Chicago has issued a book In de-
Tense OF his business. No comment Is
necessary on the recent exposures of the
.cOrditton OF affairs in the meat packing
houses OF the country; they may ave beer
better or worse tkan reported. What we
have to do with here is the attempt OF the
writer IN question 10 defend oleomargarine
which he does unst.ntingly, calling it pure
and wholesome. He says the prohibition
against ~coloring It Is wrcng and that the
e~eonsuTner does not like 1t uncolored. This
rs the whole case in a nutshell. The dairy
Interests had little to say against the pur.
fty or wholesomeness OF oleomargarine they
doubtless had their opinion. but took tho
broad ground that oleomargarine should
sell on its merits and not be coiored 10 rep
resent butter SO Cha the consumer was
under the impression that he was buying
hxsttcr. That the sales OF oi~eomargarin,
have fallen or very greatly since tho pass
tnx Of the law prohibiting the coloring OF !.
&C represent butter. Is proof positive tina