Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-20

makes the laws and the people IN the sev.
cral departments haye,no voice Ia the mat.
ter but to enforce the laws as thcy lind
them. For example the free seed disiri-
button humbug has no greater enemy than
: the secretary OF agriculture for no nar
more than he knows what 4 farce it =.
Yet the lsw is there and he has no al
Tentative but to obey it. There are other
things quite as serious of which the papers
of the country made more or less mention
yearly. No man at the head Of the de-
r~artnent of agriculture has done more FOR
the farmers, within his powers, than the
present secretary and he would do much
more. for he is "A practical farmer him
ser. II the people would help him get some
Of the foolishness out of the department.
This can be done by getting at tho law
makers and doing it with enough vim TO
make them understand cfoolishucss
must stop. No better start can he made
than by IA concerted attack. through your
congressman, against the free seed dis
tribution. So strong was the fight last
winter that II WAS nearly done away with
and a stronger tight TINS fall and winter
will abolish this .yil.
ANOTHER EGG PRESERVATIVE.
Many poultrymen object to the use of
water glass for tho preservation OF eggs
because OF its expense hence Will be in
terested in the use of Vaseline which has
been tried and pronounced of great value.
The idea is that a coating ofany kind which
will prevent the air from reaching the
inside Of the egg is all that Is necessary
to preserve it. Those who nave tried vase
Inc pronounce ii perfect. The plan of
working ii is to select strictly fresh eggs.
no other egg can be successfully prcserv-
ca, by any process and coat th.sm thickly
with vascline and then pack them away
in shallow boxes III layers with bran and
keep them in some cool place. 1T is said
that eggs in this way will keen IN condi-
ton as long as those preserved by waite,
glass and the expense is about one-half.
SELECTING SEED POTATOES.
Much of the trouble in getting Il good
crop of first class potatoes is due to the
use of home grown seed selected without
Intelligence. In some cases 1t were better
not to use the home grown seed at all
although there is no objection to it If
the variety is doing well and is not rum
nlnS out. BY all means select the seed
tuberss at the time the crop is dug and
plan your selection on this line. During
the growing season, so far as possible,
mark the hills that are the most vigorous
and when the tubers are dug select the
seed potatoes from these marked hills pro
vided, of course, .bey have turned out
We'll. Select the medium sized tubers and
always those without Il law. Never un.
der any circumstances select the seed
from the hills which have done poorly for
the chances are nine out of ten the follow
ing crop viii be far from desirable. This
IS a simple method of selecting seed no
tatoes yet there is no surer way of get
ting what you want.
CLEAN UP THE HOG YARDS.
There Is no doubt but what the main
diseases with which swine suffer are those
known as transmissable diseases and these
invariably come from the dirty pens and
yards. We have never believed that 1T was
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