The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-04-05

Origin crimson ana TINS feature ought to
offset, to some extent, the bad shape. If
It does US We'll under general culture as it
has under tests it will be a valuable
acquisition. 1t has nor yet, so far as the
knowledge of the writer goes. been intro
duced but doubtless will DC offered a year
from now. Those who raisc late varieties
Of strawberries for market should keep
track of this sort.
FROM PASTURE TO BARN.
Those who advocate the use of dogs in
driving the COWS to and from the pasture
may be right provided they have the right
sort of a dog but there are few dogs that
can be trusted to do their duty properly:
none unless they are trained from puppy
hood. The average dog consigned to this
work barlls and generally annoys the ami
mails until they are more or less fright
ened, some Of them fighting and all of
them running. This running the cows
from the pasture to the barn does much
more injury than generally supposed and
assuredly makes the flow OF milk much
less. The supply of milk depends very
largely upon the condition of mind Of the
cow; If she is happy and commended she
gives down her milk freely and the food
she consumes makes rich milk of the best
quality; If she Is frightened her milk
loses both in quality and quantity.
WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR CON-
GRESHAM.
What the fate of the bill before the COM
,nittce to stop the free distribution of seeds
sent out by the department Of agriculture
will be is, at present, problematical but
every farmer who is interested in having
government money properly expended
should write to his congressman now and
urge him to vote in favor of abolishing the
fraud. The quarter of a million of dollars
used for this free seed humbug can be
Better expended for the benefit Of farmers
Bear In mind that these seeds are sent gut
IN sealed packages and bear no postage so
that in addition to the expenditure for
seeds the government has to pay the rail-
roads to carry the trash. AS an evidence
of the lack OF discrimination used in send
ing out these seeds an editor residing in
North Carolina received seed of Early
Minnesota corn which is absolutely value
less in the south. The money now used
for this free seed distribution would do
the farmers of the country much more
good If it were added to the government
appropriation for the several state expert
ment stations. Write your congressman
today.
SO CALLED PEDIGREE PLANTS.
\ number OF nurscry1nen, so far as
known of good repute, have been Offering
plants mainly strawberry plants, to the
public under the name Of ''pedigreed
plants We believe the name to be an
IL tdiidlS c!it anu 10 give the buyer Il
wrong impression. Several well known
horticulturists have taken up arms against
these pedtgreed pants and claim they are
of no more value than any other of the
plants formed on the runner from the par
ent plant. In this they are unquestionably
mistaken, for, as all growers know. the
first or second pant formed by the parent
IS superior TO the ones nearest the end of
the runner and it follows that II this class
OF plants is perpetuated through coming,
generations they are superior to those
from The plants formed at the lin of no
runner and perpctuated. The pedferned
plants are nothing more or less than the
following out of the plant of plant selec-
ton; taat is. selecting the best and strong
est plants from which to a III
this Is dcne with good results in other
fruits why not with the Strawberries? The
one danger 50 far as the buyer Of these
Pants is concerned, lies IN the possibil:ty
Of careless help in the nursery not follow
Ing cutiTstruct:ons given by their employ
ler ard thefei Is noSway rOund this danger
except AZ the nurserymen may see with his
own eyes what being done or have faith
FIJI foregnnn who Will honestly carry ONT
his plans.
RAISE CHICKS UNDER COVER.
AS recently noted In this department it Is
much easier to hatch The chicks in the III
cubator than ii is to raise them in the
brooder and this solely because the chicks