The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02


the sash and let the bed heat up; in few
days the intense heat will pass away and
seeds may then be sown. OF course VEN
tilation and water must be supplied to the
seed bed as well as to- the plants after
they are up and, in the cold spring pro-
lection must be given which is readily
done by having old bags or carpets to
throw over the glass sash at night. The
Illustration shows simple hot bed. a
representing the manure in the bottom OF
the bed, b the soil placed on the manure
and 90. the board back and front.
KILLING LICE ON CATTLE.
Most farmers know how troublesome the
lice are on stock and particularly OH cows
but tho modern idea of fumiga ting the an
NAL has many objections. There is no
doubt but that it can be thoroughly and
safely done If one has the proper stalls
and other proper alliances, but to attempt
to carry out this plan in the average
stall would result in failure; the stock
would be smothered or the fumigating
fumes would escape. The two remedies
best known are rather crude, perhaps, but
they are efficient when thoroughly APP
piled. Make a mixture of lard and sui
phur and smear II thickly over the af-
fectcd parts of the animal then dust in
tobacco dust. The other treatment is to
apply tobacco water or tobacco tea OBJ
tanned by sleeping tobacco; let 1t remain
for time then wash OFF and finally wash
the affected parts thoroughly with the
tea, blanket the animal until dry. Both
of these treatments will have to be given
repeatedly in order to accomplish results.
Particular care should be given to the
spaces around the horns where the lice
are most apt to secrete Themselves.
THE LATE CHICKEN PAYS.
While 1t is generally understood that the
L., 1, .(,Hts. In
Matched early In the spring and that such
stock is profitable. 1t is not always posi-
BILE for this sort of work TO be done on the
farm because of the pressure of other
work. On the other hand, later in the sea-
son there is more time and 1t really pays
for the farmer to devote some of that time
to Matching chicks in May and June and
in some sections as late as July. Such
late Matched chicks rarely die from cold
or dampness, they will pick up the bulk
Of their living from the range after they
are a month old and in the fall, early or
late, can be sold at much better price
than they would have brought If they had
been Matched earlier and sold in mid
summer. There is certainly an opportun-
ity for farmers to make money in this
work If they will give 1t little thought
and attention for they can do it much
more cEeaply than any one else.
HAULING MANURE TO THE FIELD
While it Is admittedly the better plan
to get the manure to the fields as soon
after 1t is made as possible, the plan has
Its greatest value when the manure Is
spread as soon as placed on the soil; that
Is, do not put 1t in heaps to spread a t some
later period, but, II possible. load 1t from
the stable directly into the spreader SO
that as soon as It reaches the field 1t can
be put on the soil where it will leach in
during the winter. The idea of cart:ng the
manure direct to the field is to have 1t i'm
proving the soil instead of letting por-
ton of Its virtue go into the air as is the
| case when 1t lays IN the barnyard all win
ter. II 1t must be stored even for short
period, 1t should by all means be placed
under cover and even then 1t should be so
| arranged that the piles are long and mar
| row and be kept tramped down firm at all
times so that will not fire fang. 1t must
also be turned occasionally and be kept
wet. The place for storage should be far
enough from the stables so that there will
| be no danger of odor reaching the" cows SO
as.to in any way be impaired to the milk.
II 1t can be arranged in any way plan to
cart the manure 10 the field and spread II
daily for In this way 1t has by far its
greatest value to the crop.
! USING LIME TOO FREELY.
| There is certainly such a thing as using
| lime too freely both in the matter of guam
| tity and OF frequency. AS & rule sour soils
| need lime, but 1t does not follow that all
acidity of the soil is due to lack of lime
for, as is well known, there are certain
| minerals in the soil III some locations
which will. apparently, make 1t sour and
all the lime in the world Will not overcome
the effect. Then, too, certain plants con-
tain more or less line many Of them sui.
ficient for their own use; clover Is one OF
these, but oftentimes more lime is required
In the soil not only to correct any ac.dity
i which may exist but to set free some Gle
ment in the soil that would otherwise re
main inactive. We thus see that lime ha.
some other function besides correcting sol
acidity. BY far the best way TO use lime
is to experiment with the crop knowing
before seed is sown something about wlla
it requires in the way of lime for its hes
development, then testing different quan
titles Of lime on different plots OF grount
but always with the same crop. 1t Is SAT,
to say that the man who has had NOR,
or less trouble growing clover because, I,
his opinion, the soil Is not sufficient,
| sweet, will make Roadway by giving owe
say three plots to clover and lining each
in varying quantities being careful II
| keep record of the rate per acre applied
At the end Of the test he ought to know
fairly well how much lime that part,cn!a
CROPS needs on his particular soil.
IMPROVED SPRAYING MATERIAL:
Since Bordeaux MKT was first Offered
an an Insecticide there have been number
less experiments to ASCERTAIN IL something
better could not be produced; then fol
lowed the various emulsions. promiren
among them soIubls-oM preparation