The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-10-11
HE BEST BREED AGAIN.

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THE BEST BREED AGAIN.
Tho writer r. asked many times through
this department and la person as 10 which
Is the best breed OF poultry and the only
answer that can be- given which u truth
ful and which Will enable the qucstloucr
To- start right Is TO tell him TO FIRST asccr-
tain what his market demands. II he Is
raising poultry for the carcass market no
should interview dealers and ascertain
what sort OF a carcass l. desired, whether
one with yellow or white flesh and OF what
size. IL eggs are TO be the main product
then one should ascertain ~ n white or a
brown esq h most Ia demand. With this
information Ia hand then he should study
the merits and dement's OF the breeds
through whom he ~ 20 obtain results. \
close study will enable him tn sec that
some one breed NOR" than another f. best
suited 10 tho conditions under which the
poultry raiser must work. and thus his
question answered. There 81 absolutely no
use for any one breeder t. hope 20 sue
crsSfully educate tn" consumer 50 the only
thing 20 do r. 10 give the consumer aH near
what h. wants as is possible and make
him pay proper price for hia preference.
HOGS IN ORCHARDS.
II one t. raising any kind % orchard
fruit which drops more or less freely and
particularly ~ his orchard Is NOR. or less
infested with insects, he will Ind swine
very useful In such places provided they
are properly fed independent OF what they
gather In the orchard There must be
some nice discrimination shown here else.
II the swine are not sufficiently fed they
will DO much moro roofing Tn the orchards
than ~ good for the trees. on the other
hand Ir they have the. full ration outside
OF the orchard they vii not Doe inclined 90
eat their share Of the apples or other fruit
which has dropped Swine are not nt all
particular about th" wormln"ss 81 fruit
and they will cat anything that Is edible
so they destroy numbcrless insects which
otherwise would b. very Injurious Co tho
orchard. fruit or trees, later on. II the
orchard H. I'm sod do not attempt TO cut the
grass for hay but turn the swine In just
a. soon as the fruit; begins TO drop and
they viii hly" a double Feed. one OF grass
and one OF the fallen fruit. Sometimes 10
g. an excellent plan To turn the swine into
the orchard just after the apples are
gathered: they will not yet so much irult
az during tho growing season hut Their"
will b" enough % be- 10 b'urht To- them and
they In turn will benefit the trees,
BENEFITS OF SAN JOSE SCALE.
There Is n Saying. tn substluy" that only
through adversely does man become
strong Tho advent % the san jose Hyl'.
has kept and Is sil'l keeping fruit growers
wide awake 20 overcome i,s rlyaE,s but
th"y have learned 10; about trees during
this fiEht which oth"rwls" they might not
have learned. 90. that iu sense. the pas:
has been 81 use. "" have learned that
only upon comparatively young and fully
vigorous trees can We dvrcai for results
which are profitable. W. have also learn
cd that IN order 20 successfully hvht the
scale We must Keep n aH near the ground
as possible so We have the low headed
tree and. To our Joy. discover how much
easier u n 10 gather ~, fruit from such
a tree, We nave also discovered that some
varieties are peculiarly susceptible O. the
attacks % the scale hence worse than use
less 10 set them. Then "" have learned
hat the more vigorous the tree the strong
Y the fight II will put up against the seal"
we set about 10 feed our trees properly
hat they may be In the b0st possible fight
ug trim. After all. futur" generations
nay actually refer TO the san jose scale
4 this period as having been OF much BEN
lit To the fruit grower.
SKIM MILK FOR POULTRY.
on any farm where poultry ~ raised for
'Fgs and there are one or more COWS IL
viii be a profitable operation To- so 20 con-
Jldcrablc trouble To save the skinned
ni.. for the poultry but being sure to
iced q 10 them while Il IL In good con-
5itlon. IL ~ good plan TO feed ., In sew
sral ways: that II. feed u by itself In a
trough after II gets thick. then feed an
other lot OF n by mixing some bran with
q until OF the consistency OF Cruel. II
will do no harm To use IL also mixed with
some cooked and chopped potatoes. any
way In which the fowls will eat II which
Will serve 10 provide yariv,y. Mllk IN any
rorm will make eggs beyond n doubt and
experience has proved that u l. much more
profitable To feed milk 90 poultry than 10
swine. while on the subject bear In mind
that variety has much 10 do with the
health and happiness ~ fowls II may
not be 81 yr'"h wonderful value as feed
but who" ''"is nrr kent on the range
Target summer Il Is hard on