Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-28

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rhe fiat or rather oblong basket is also
! much used and the bale on this is also
movable this Movable bale on any basket
enabling one to pour the apples into a bar
rel without injury. We like the oblong
basket lined inside with burlap tacking
; Or sewing the edge over the edges of the
basket. The ordinary cheap splint basket
with the swinging handle is used and 1t
s divided In the middle or not as desired;
( he division enables one to assert the frult
INTO two grades as he picks. This, now
} EVER. is a matter of preference. The main
hing In picking baskets is to have them
lined and with the movable bales and Of
L size which one can handle to the best
advantage.
ALFALFA FOR HAY AND PASTURE.
The more one gets acquainted with al
,alfa the greater his realization OF the
possibility Of the crop in more ways than
,ne. 1t has been demonstrated in many
/ sections Of the country that where the
liant gets a firm hold in the soil, usually
,fter the second year, it's growth is so
.ampant that it can be cut for hay early
n the season, paStured, and cut for hay
again before fall. Indeed, 1t is necessary
20 make it a pasture for a portion of the
yeason else its growth is so rank that 1t
must be cut for hay three times during
he season. OF course this is not opJec-
ionable when one is in a position to tax
care Of the product but with the usual
sources Of hay supply it is hardly needed
10 cut the alfalfa three times for this
purpose, When one raises swine in con-
siderable numbers We consider the alfalfa
Seld something we'll worth having for 1t
adds muscle and Vigor to the swine max
ng them in prime condition 10 take on fat
alter in the season when it Is necessary
20 take them indoors and while the new
,orn crop is being gotten in shape to FEED
safely. No farmer will lose time or money
by expanding considerable of it to get a
good field of alfalfa.
THE SEEDLESS APPLE.
A number of readers of this department
have asked Why we have warned them
against the seedless apple for which such
wonderful claims are made. One reader
writes thus: Have you grown the seed
ess apple so that you are in a position to
CARLY Judge it? If not, i do not think you
are justified in saying what you 90 con-
,erning: the representatives claim 1T Will
Grove of great commercial value. In an
swer to this question it is only fair TO say
hat we nave not grown the seedless APP
ole nor do we see why 1T is necessary
20 wait anywhere from five to eight years
n order to determine the value Of a fruit
which is pronounced by such experts as
T. Fl. Hale and Professor Vandeman as
Z worthless. We nave seen the fruit and it
s neither seedless nor c~oreless as claimed
,or it; moreover, it's quality is poor. What
then is there in it that merits reward or
hat warrants the farmer or fruit grower
investing his dollars in something that
may, but more likely will not, prove OF
value when there are a dozen and one wei
tested sorts known to be valuable and for
which there is a demand. The average
consumer does not care a rap whether an
apple has seeds or not. Unlike the orange
| The seeds are In small cells together and
do not bother the consumer. b he
wants Is quality and good looks so why
| lot give ii to him instead of seeking after
strange gods of, to say the least, ques-
.ionable value.
THE DRY MASH FOR POULTRY.
While there are still many poultrymen
! who find it profitable to feed the warm
mash during cold weather, either morning
Or night, and should continue so TO do,
here are others who should drop the plan
unless they distinctly see the profit. The
so-caIled dry mash is not a mash at all
but a plan Of arranging the various foods
so that the fowls may help themselves
when they please. 1t undoubtedly has
| merits If II Is properly carried out but 1t
must be confessed that there are some
fowls who. If allowed full access TO feed
would SO over-eat they would be worthless
as layers. The better way to feed after
this plan Is to start in by giving the birds
he usual morning full feed and then ar
/ range the dry mash having a SLATED coop
with the pans set side by side so that the
birds can reach each kind through the
Stats about the space of two openings
for each kind. This may be made double,
that is with a double row of pans, so that
the birds may feed from both sides. Use
wheat, cracked corn. bran and some other
grain and put in these pans only a moder-
ate amount so that the fowls will be ready
for the full feed at night again. After a
time one can see If it is likely to be profit
able to keep this feed before them all the
time and abandon the regular feelings at
night and morning.
WHEN THE DOCTORS DISAGREE.
1t is some of the wrong teachings sent
out occasionally by the learned men in the
/ department of agriculture that helps bring
that part of the government machinery
into disrepute. One of the laboratory
workers of the department tells the farm
ers. in an elaborate bulletin, that soil
| water solutions of practically all soils are
sensibly the same and contain sufficier
plant food for all our plants to gather
! their food from and that fertilizers do not
f, helm crops through the addition OF more
| nlant food TO the soil but that they act
as sterilizers Of the poisonous excretlons
| from previous crops. 1t is to be regretted
that this bulletin was sent to farmers for
IL VIII give them a decidedly wrong con-
J ception Of the true condition of affairs.