The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-05
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ing Of the sheet. To make the sheet fit
snugly around the trunk of the tree 1t Is
open on one side to the runk of the tree,
see figure B, and a hole nine inches in
diameter Is cut out at center and the
edges firmly bound with a strip of muslin;
the sheets thus drawnq quickly around the
trunk Of tho tree and the opening closed
with tapes or rings sewed to hommed edge
which underlaps edges IA AZ to which
harness snaps are sewed. Now have four
stakes OF very hard wood each three feet
long with a hole near the top largo enough
to pass a strong clothesline through. This
rope runs through the harness ring at
each corner, through each corner post and
is then drawn taut and tied. One Of the
BEAUTIES Of this curculio catcher Is that 1t
may. be carried from field to field and set
up by one man when necessary. The IL
lustration with the above directions will
make the idea clear to any one.
THE PROBLEM OF FARM HELP.
In many sections Of the country it Is
impossible to get. farm help at all. in 9TH
er sections it can be had at a price farmers
cannot afford to pay. The problem Is be-
coming a serious one and is likely to be-
como more serious as the city demands
and takes the best from the rural districts.
In some respects we must look at home
for the causes Of some of our trouble and
while. an Improvement in this respect will
AAo% AA11ASNy A1l Slll1lo IL l. wv
much to help it. We work men too hard
on the farm; no man who can get any 9TH
eT labor will work from 4 or 5 o'clock in
the morning until dark, or later on moon
lit nights; yet these are the hours we eX-
pect Of men. Few men who work on a
farm expect that the eight hour rule
will apply to them for they realize that
more time must be given to farm work be-
cause of the necessity for timely action.
We have had men who willingly worked
fifteen and eighteen hours in an emerg-
ency because they knew that the minute
the strain was over their hours would be
shortened whenever possible so as to make
up to them the time they overworked. AS
nearly as possible we work our men from
Z to G and If occasion requires that they
work longer at times, We pay it back to
them by letting them have shorter hours
or paying them for the overtime. In the
majority of cases we nave found that our
best men would prefer to work on the
farm from 7 to 6 rather than go into town.
In many cases it Is the hours Of labor that
drive them from the farm. hin it over,
reader.
SOME EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING.
After two years of testing wo nave de-
cided that we can raise more c..4cks with
out the use Of soft foods or mashes as they
are called than we can with them. Last
year our loss was twenty per cent. less
than in previous years and this year the
loss was merely nominal: that is, the loss
from bowel trouble which is the great des-
troyer Of small chicks. No more mashes
for us. Last winter, on a moderate scale.
we tried the plan Of cutting out the mash
and feeding the layers from self acting
hoPDerS; that is, they were arranged SO
that the birds could help themselves to
grain when they pleased and the several
grains were kept separate SO they could
do their own mixing, tho only preeaution
taken being that there was less corn Of
fered them than Of the other grains; in
this way we prevented them from getting
Over-fat. So successful was thisl idea that
we shall take the risk OF feeding all Of the
fockS the same way the coming season. 1t
is worth the time of any poultrynan to
experiment cautiously along this line for
it may be that the day Of he warm mash
is over.
ANOTHER TREE FRAUD.
Sometimes one feels as If some of the
laughs Of the city folk at the guliibility
Of farmers were justified. There are a
dozen or more frauds at work IN different
ines and all of them Offering farmers
some wonderful thing which the common
sense of the farmer should tell him Is i'm
possible. 1t is to be expected that the city
man will buy tulip bulbs from street ven
doris labeled ''The Rose Of Japan" and ac-
CoillpdIlled ny d coloTeu picture WITH the
same label, the picture really being a fair
one Of the Rhododendron. 1t is also to be
expected that the farmer might be de-
ceived into buying a wonderful attach
ment to a furnace because he knows little
or nothing about UGH things, but why a
farmer will buy compounds to keep milk
from getting sour, powders to keep trees
from being attacked by insects or trees
which have been budded in October so that
they VIII come In bloom after all danger
from frost is over (tllis is one of the latest
scheme) Is past comprehension. Strange
though it may seem It is not always the
men who decline to subscribe for papers
that do these foolish things. though they
are iri the majority. but many men mora