The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-22

who formerly worked along the lines Of
his father n grandfather before him.
For twenty years farming was carried on
"A this a and the results were q good
living. One day while attending q matter
OF legal business In a own where q farm
er1' institute Was held I wandered Into
the han and sat ~speal-bound at what I
heard. I got new IDEAS OF farming
and the following winter (the month I was
forty-two years olD I took q short course
in agriculture at b state coflege. From
then o. 7 grew fast / learned to broaden
out: to make my brains take the place OF
my hands. to some extent: 10 realize that
1t was profitable to put the soil in condl-
ton to grow the heaviest crops possible;
to make horses and tools do the work men
would de-; to do a hundred other things
which years before I would have consid-
cred fool hardy. Farmers are working
along too narrow lines; they fear to broad
en- out and they may well fear unless they
are willing to acquire the knowledge first
which will enable them to carry out sue
cessfuuy the larger plans. One of the
ways in which I learned wisdom was to
spend a portion of the winter months in
travelling and calling on all the very sue
cessful farmers I could reach and never
once have I found a successful farmer who
was not only willing but glad to tell me
how he succeeded with the crops in which
L was Interested; thus I acquired an
immense amount of information which was
put to good use when I returned home.
Farmers as a rule live too much within
themselves; IL they would mix more with
those who nave been successful they
would broaden out and reap the reward
which comes from intelligent effort applied
On a broad scale.
INGREDIENTS IN SPRAYING MA
TERIALS.
While there IS no direct proof than any
or he materials used in Bordeaux mixture
and other insecticides are adulterated, it
Is Away best to be on the safe side,
knowing as we do, the tendency to adul-
tercte many of the commercial commodi-
ties Of the age Copper sulphate enters
largely into the composition Of nearly all
spraying materials and it is always safest
to buy it in lump form 1t is not quite 80
convenient to use in this way as In the
pulverized form, but, at least, 1t cannot
be adulterated- One Of the troubles in
successfully spraying is the poor. material
and this combined with too much haste
often upsets the while effectiveness Of the
work. II spraying is worth doing at all it
Is worth doing well and. to do it well the
tree must be entirely covered with it in
the form OF a fine spray. TIC do this re-
quires time, but when it Is properly lone
1t Is certainly a most profitable operation.
THE GRIT AND LIME BOX.
The box filed with grit. sharp pieces of
stone or crockery or coal ashed for the
use of poultry to assist them in grinding
their food Is very necessary, but this ma
terial will not AXE the place of the shells
and other material with lime in them
which the hens need to form the egg
shells. 1t Is an excellent plan to mix the
bits Of oyster OF clam shells with the grit
so that the birds may pick out whichever
they need lover hay also furnishes con-
siderable lime to the poultry which will
help them in the shell making process,
but it IS not wise to depend upon this. It
Is generally considered by poultrymen that
the best shell-maktng material IS the oyster
shell and this is obtainable nearly every
where in towns and cities SO that one can
have at least q small supply on hand at
all times.
WATER FOR THE cows.
When it is considered that the COW in
normal condition needs from six to eight
gallons Of water daily to enable her to
properly discharge the functions of her
body is it not plain hat every effort
be made to nave this water of the
very best quality and given in such a way
that the COW can get all she needs? Pure
fresh water is as essential to the cow as
to the human being and, at this season,
when the COW has little in the way of food
that Is s'lccnlent there IS all the more
reason why the water should be pure and
given at a temperature which she can
drink Here is where that simple fire pot
set near the barn but well protected so
that there is no danger of fire, will come
in handy. A few blocks Of wood will
heat enough water to take the chill off Of
all the water the COWS will need at one
time. The plan is well worth trying lust
to see the increase in the milk supply.
LEGUMES AND STOCK,
Recognizing as we must the value of nj
trogen to the soil and approaching the ex-
peTiSe of it In chemical form it would seem
as If the sooner we formed a combination
of live stock (for the ~inanure) and the
growing Of nitrogen-gathering plants the
sooner we would bring up the farm and at
sinai expense are readily grown
with the possible exception Of crimson
clover on some soils, and If we learn to
iced the cows for the best milk returns
and to properly save the manure SO that
the valuable liquid portion gets onto the
land In some way, we are in the right
ROAD toward Increased prosperity in farm
ing.
BRACING A POST.
Oftentfmes it is necessary or portic TO
curve the farm fence at a certain point
and those who have QUILT such fences an
preciate the difficulty of setting the post
at the sharpest point of the curve it will
not pull over. Any Of the ordinary meth
OBS OF bracing do not seem to answer the
purpose. An excellent brace may be made
by the following plan. Place the post IN
then dig a hole two feet deem
and about six or eight feet from the most,
Obtain a heavy stone and fasteu a stout |