Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-05-25

these covers then the tin cover and you
are ready for milking. The cheese cloth
Will prevent any filth getting to the milk
and IL these covers are washed In boiling
water and sun dried they may be used a
number of times. The Illustration shows
the ieda plainly, the cut to the lower left
showing the pail complete with the strain
ar and the larger cut shows how the cloth
is slashed at intervals so it will fit around
the pail without trouble
WHERE THE MANURE SPREADER
PAYS.
Almost numberless experiments. have
proved that the manure spreader is, one
Of the most valuable OF farm implements.
We are not booming manure ~spreaders but
decidedly arc booIsing anything which
will reduce the labor of the farm and eS-
peCillly whom ii 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.
II 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
is 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 ~spreader, making the
stand more even with a corresponding
growth all over the field. With us the
manure spreader seems particularly val
uabla because our manure is spread as
soon as made and as the bulk Of it is ac-
eumulatcd during &c. winter il IL much
pieaSanter to load IL onto the Sprcader,
and have the machine spread IL on the
fields quickly and evenly, than it is 10
unload a wagon ca n cold day. Cook into
the merits of the manure spreadcr before
the work has to be done again.
TOO MANY HENS IN a HOUSE.
Tho main idea in keeping a Iarg number
Of fowls in one house Is to care for them
more easily. but there are always risks
to run which cannot he avoided even by
thE most experienced and careful woTker
ALI thing 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
the scratching shed divisions better than
anything else. This is worked out by
building a r~oosting room, then a scratch
ing shed, then another roosting room. an
other scratching saed and so on to the
end OF the house. The idea Is thai each
house has its scratching shed, which is
| located between 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 It's scratching shed Is in
dependent of each other combination hence
there is little nance of one lot OF birds
ca Sching any disease which may break out
in one of the other pens. Al 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 selcc-
ton being made during the growing Of the
plant In the field, which ought to have the
/ careful attention of growers OF corn
everywhere. Taking dent corn for the
purpose II is scored as follows: Vigor OF
plant. 20 points: position of ear. j points:
weight of ear, 80 points; length of ear, 8
points; uniformity OF plant and ear. il
points, and shape OF kernel and size OF
germ, 10 points. Very important is the
note which gives the disqualifications as
plants growing under less THAI 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 &c
the following crop. The vigor of the PLAN
Is indicated by the circumference of the
stalk below the ear: by Its upright growth
and by is leaf development and freedom
from disease. The ideal position OF the cal
Is such that 1t does not pull too heavily
upon the plant. The weight of tho car i
TO be determined by scales when the esl
is thoroughly air-dry. The plan Of uni
formity Of plant and car Is based on tn.
habit of growth and vigor of plan, al
well as size. shape, color and indentatioi
OF ear. Corn growers everywhere shoult
profit by these points which will mean dc.
sidedly improved crops.
SPRAYING FOR POTATOES.
The recognized formula for bordeaux
mixture for use on potatoes Is six pounds
of copper %sulphate. blue vitrol. -four
pounds unslaked %qulcklime and 30 gallons
of water. The copper sulphate Is dissolved
In one barrel and tho lime inanother- Add
TO each % gallons OF water and then mis-
thoroughly. When to be used strain
through a wire straincr, preferably one OF
brass. Spraying should be started when
the potato plants are six inches high and
be repea tod every ten days or ewo weeks
according 20 the weather, throughout the
growing scason. II hugs are 10 be de-
st-oyed add one pound of Parts green tc
each - ga.loas OF the bordeaux mixture