Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29


all hui. a space In the middle which Is left
lor tho hands. The material TO be earned
may be loaded on this then the whole tnlhs
folded together and easily carried. me
appliance is easily made. costs but a t'i!le
and will save much labor and the loss OIL
material. The Illustration shows the Idea
plainly and portions market A. ~. being
the spaces lief. for the hands to carry 1t by.
WORKING POULTRY AND STRAW
BERRIES.
When one speaks of poultry in conncc-
ton with any low-growing plant most peo-
pie can see only the scratching birds and
the ruined plants but the combination mas
been and L, being probably carried out.
II one selects ono of the larger breeds OF
hens for this combination the scratching
part Of the proposition will be reduced to
a minimum and If the fowls are not re-
quired to obtain their entire living from the
patch of strawberry plants, they will do
comparatively little damage. IT Is. OF
course, understood that the fowls are not
allowed on the patch until after the fruit
has been gathered but from that time until
they go into winter quarters they Will be
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of all the insects, do little damage in the
way Of scratching which can be readily
repaired by going over the plat each day,
and their droppings will add materially to
the richness of the plot. If the plantation
covers i considerable area 1t Will be n goot!
plan to have several small colony houses
on the plot so that the hens may have
their own quarters and thus work over Il
smaller area. Tho profit from ti.is com
bination is good and neither will interfere
with the other especially II the fowls are
raised for egg production. Try it on a
small scale and increase as experience
proves it pays.
COSTLY STABLE MANURE.
Unouestionably if one can raise the food
on tie farm which is fed to the stock thar
supplies the manure. stable manure Is the
most proDtable fertilizer to use. but ii the
manure must be bought and carried a con-
siderable distance then it is a question
il one can afford to use 1t entirely or even
in considerable Quantity. Indeed. in tho
event OF one raising truck In considerable
quantity the commercial fertilizers will
give the best returns. While it is not
advised to do away with stable manure
entirely. by any means, there are truckers
who use little of 1t relying upon ;hc h:sh
grade commercial fertilizers entirely and
keeping up the humus in the soil by giceu
manuring. Local conditions must deter
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it is true in any case that II q high grade
of commercial fertilizer is used and it is
suited to the crop ii is generally profitable:
stable manure to be equally profitable
should be from grain fed animals and be
raised on the farm or bought at Il low price
with a short haul. The combination of
stable manure at Il low price and of high
grade fertilizers is probably to be pre-
ferred to the commercial fertilizer and the
green hnanuring though this can be only
worked out by trying 1t under local condi-
lions. The experiments along this line will
not. of necessity. be costly and it will GER
tainly prove interesting and likely profit
able In tho end.
USING TOO MUCH LIME.
Experience has shown that too much
lime is often used through the impression
that 1t contains, of itself, considerable
fertilizing value. If. as explained several
weeks ago. it is used with an idea of set
ting free some of the plant foods in the
soil that is one thing but If the idea is to
use it largely for soil acidity then a little
will often suffice. Especially on sandy
soils is the lime ovcrdonc for If used to cor
rect soil acidi.y on such soils Is bushels
per acre of slaked lime is generally suffici-
ent and on heavy soils double that guam
tfty or u bushels at most is ample. II
should be m that while this
litmns paper test is generally reliable there
are chemicals in the soil which has the
same effect on the litmus paper as the
acidity of the soil SO that the surcst way
Is to test a portion Of the plot ii the soil
is thought to be sour by using lime on II
at the rate of 80 bushels per acre and com
pairing the result In the crop with an equal
area not lined. Another season one will
know exactly what to do.
PREPARING THE POTATO GROUND
All potato rover ADMIT that a soil that
Is mellow and w~ell-drained Is absolutely
essential for the best success In potato
! growing: this is more than half the battle
and in this age OF insects and bacteria
diseases one canno afford to grow pota.
toes for market unless he can supply tn,
( soil and the soil condition mentioned. TIL,
thorough preparation O. the seed bed Il
also important and the best growers pre-
pare the soil as thoroughly as they woul'
! for wheat. First grade tubers for see.
n then constant cultivation to keep tn
Z weeds down are the rest Of the essential
{ In successful potato culture. In almost a.
! sections near large markets potato grow
. ing is exceedingly profitable and the ma
with the soil and equipment to raise pota
toes will find 1t profitable to thorough
> study the situation particularly the de
mands of the markets nearest him an
then go mt the work in earnest.
RAISING THE EARLY CHICKS.
Many poultrynlen experts as well a
novices do well with the incubator bU
fail to raise a fair proportion of the chicks
to say the least his Is discouraging but
little study OF the situation should cOnvin
\ one that the trouble is largely due TO to
, much heat in the breeders. In Our exper
ence the best way to overcome this Is
I locate the breeders indoors where they Wi
= nos require to be heated to such a deSrs
AS they do when the brooders are In a
open sized or a not-too-warm poultl
/. house. The cool and damp shed or hou:
together with the practice of permittir
, the chicks to run out of doors too soon h;
y much to do with the. great mortality whie
exists among chicks raised in brooder
Then too, many broodsrs are 80. col
y structed that much OF the heat is at OF
2 end while the other portion Of tho brood,
= nearly cold: Is q consequences tbs chicl