The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-04

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with considerable pleasure.
SOW WHEAT AS LATE AS POSI-.
BILE.
There has always been a question in the
minds of wheat raisers whether it is better
to prepare the soil thoroughly for wheat
independent of any previous crop or to
sow 1t on ground that has just raised .
crop Of corn. While experience must large.
ly guide one In this matter, it seems Logical
to suppose that the prepared soil will give
the best returns although, after all, it il
iargely a question of fertilizers or of the
natural strength Of the soil. Our expert.
ence has been that when the soils properly
prepared early, d.sked and narrowed and
narrowed again and a liberal supply OF
fertilizer applied we get a little better re.
suits than when we simply drill the wheat
m the corn stubble after harvest early In
october doubling the quantity of seed and
largely increasing the quantity of ~fertiliz.
er. The amount saved represents the diff.
ference In the cost Of the fertilizer. Either
way we find 1t most profitable to do the
seeding as late as October ], although we
sometimes sow as early as the Goth Of Sep.
TENDER. Try both plans on a small plot
and see how they work out.
USE THE DRIVEN WELL.
II 1t is not possible to nave wine mill
power on the farm and one must depend
upon the well by all means nave a driven
well rather than a dug well. There is no
reason why this cannot be done for the
expense is but a little more than for the
dug well, you can hay it as deep as neces-
sary to get a good and unfailing supply
of water and, best of all, can lave 1t
placed where you will. We nave a driven
well which was put in by taking up a por-
ton of the kitchen floor, there is no cell
lar under the kitchen, 1t is really a COW
cred addition to the kitchen and gets suf-
hcfPnf heat from tho laffar ca that ,iraa
do not freeze. There Is no opening through
Which vermin can fall and no well to be
cleaned out periodically. Moreover, we
had the pipes driven deep enough so that
we get very much better water than our
%neighbors who have dug wells, and there
is never danger of water famine. This fall
we are having a similar well driven in a
portion of the barn and will have no more
trouble on the water question. It's worth
double the cost Of a dug well.
WHEN ALFALFA FAILS.
In ninety-n.ne cases out of one hundred
when there has been a failure with alfalfa
it is due to two things: a sour soil and in-
sufficient inocculation with the alfalfa
bacteria. There is nothing to do but tc
sweeten the soil and if a partial stand of
alfalfa has ben obtained it IS likely that
from 600 to LOCO pounds of lime per acre
will be all that is needed toaccomplisht this
purpose. Inocculat;on, however, is abso-
lutely necessary if one would grow a good
crop of alfalfa and the best way to in.
oculate is to obtain soil from a field in
which alfalfa has been successfully
grown for a considerable period. AS we
have said in this department before the
cheapest way Of accomplishing this is to
look up the nearest man who has done the
trick and buy some of his soil. A few
bushels sown broadcast just before SOWING
the seeds of alfalfa will be sufficinet. Look
into tho ro9ffer ~ raf,,l11y. hntJn,,, Ian A.,.u
ell a hundred miles, If necessary, in order
to have a talk with some good alfalfa
grower and get the points from him nee.
essary to set you straight. One can hardly
go to too much trouble to learn how tc
grow alfalfa with success.
THE BARN WINDOWS.
Many of the discomforts Of the horses
and the cows during the winter are due tc
the poorly constructed barn windows and
now is a good time to put them N shape,
If one can do nothing else they can con-
struct a window on either the inside OF
outside OF the ptiiding SO arranged that
1t will close over the window now in
place. An excellent window of this kind is
easily made by covering a homemade
frame with building paper and h.nging
1t on the inside SO hat it may be closed
over the window of glass on very cold
Then look out for the cracks in,
the barn directly behind the animals. If
you cannot cover them with strips of
board or lath you can at least stuff the
cracks full of bits or strips of newspaper
and in that way add materially to the
warmth of the barn. Remember every
thing done in this way for the protection
of the stock reduces your bill for food
which is worth considering.
THE DOUBLE HOUSE AND SHED.
The writer is responsible for nearly all
OF the articles which have appeared in this
department Cor several years in favor of
the scratching shed and solely because
he believes that the majority of those who
keep poultry do not thoroughly appreciate
all the advantages of this plan. Even those
who find fault with the scratching shed
admit that it is necessary to give poultry
a place., during the winter, where they
may have light and as much sun as pos
sible without exposing them to the cold
and wind. II this is good argument then
the question is, is there anything that will
supply this Light and sun in connection
with protection any better than the
scratching shed? The plan here proposed
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