Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21


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A pile of cobs burned and then
sprinkled with salt makes a nice APP
petizer for hogs.
He who leaves the leaves Of the clov-
err plant on the field robs the cattle of
the best part of the plant.
Keep a few sheep or goats and learn
to eat fat mutton part Of the time In
stead of pork-pork-pork all the time.
Guinea fowls are good layers, ana
! when not too old their flesh Is tender
and pleasant to the taste, but darker
than chickens.
In shocking grain the bundles must
, be set down in a vigorous manner OF
| they will not stay. 1t is surprising
| what poor shockers we have on farms.
Tame hens sit and lay better, and
fowls of all kinds fatten better when
not subject to sudden fright, as Is Of
ten the case with those that are tame.
In making the best quality of butter
for market there are five essentials:
Uniformity in color, in texture, in salt
! ing, in packing and in leaving no water
in the butter.
DO the boyS turn the horses out OF
the barn by soaring them out ana a
ing them rum? It is not the best plan.
| Shaping them with the halter and
| saying Get out of here makes fools
of them.
Fall is as good a time as spring to set
! out fruit trees. Get good trees and
plan to give them good care IN the
| future. This is the only way to AVE
natures medicine-fruit, to keep set
| ting out trees; it does not a long
to get your reward.
The wife and daughter should not be
! required to ask for every quarter they
get for spending money. They should
| be recognized as part of h firm, and
should have a good share of the funds
without having to beg it. Come, now
be generous and see how much better
you'll feel.
To those who are familiar with trans
planting operations, the best time to
transplant rose bushes is in the spring.
Autumn planting may sometimes be
done to advantage by those who live
In a mild climate and are familiar with
such work, but beginners had better do
| such work in the spring.
Nut trees, as a rule, have long tap
roots, and it has been handed down for
years that to cut thin tap roots when
transplaning them meant death to the
tree, but experience shows differently.
II the long tap root is cut many lat.
erals are sent out, and thus a fine,
strong root system is established, which
will make a good tree.
Relative to the time Of harvesting
apples, the author of a bulletin, issued
by the Idaho station, calls special at
tention to the necessity of harvesting
Jonathan apples when the seeds have
turned a light brown. If the fruit is
not picked until we'll colored and the
seeds are dark around the edges, it is
likely to rot at the core while still
sound on the outside.
One Of the most important factors in
increasing the wheat yield is early
blowing. If you don't believe 1t, plew
a portion Of the field early in August
and the balance at the end Of Septem-
Der, and in the part plowed first, you
may nave an increase Of ten bushels an
acre over the other. Early blowing is
especially necessary In clay lands. Gen
orally speaking, the field should be
rolled as soon as 1t Is plowed.
The dewberry is propagated by tips,
the same as blackcap raspberry and,
with the creeping p~ropensities Of its
canes, the grower will have no difficulty
In increasing his stock Of plants very
rapidly. If the natural rate Of Increase,
however, is not sufficiently rapid, the
method Of propagation from cuttings
Of the canes when in a proper state of
ripeness will satisfy the most exacting
~propagator. 1t is said that some vari-
cites may be p~ropagated very readily
rom root cuttings.
Excellent FatteninE Ration.
Alfalfa hay inc corn and cob meal
fern a most excellent ration for fat
tening, and unless future experiments
change these results we shall have to
admit that this combination gives bet
ter results than the use Of a greater
! variety of roughage. This is the yer,
dict to which a steer feeding expert
ment leads Professor Err and others at
he Kansas experiment station.
Restoring Prairie Soil.
All who have taken up prairie farms
will recognize the truth of the follow
ing statement Of Prof. Ten Eyck OF
Kansas in regard to them:
when the wild prairie is frs
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