The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-09-20

fair crop of fruit, enough, at least, to give
one a good idea of its value in ones soil
and climate. The ported plants are more
expensive than the layer plants in addition
to the added cost of transportation on
them, but one gets a years start in deter
mining the value of the new sort which
is we'll worth the cost of buying potted
plants. All first class nurserymen supply
them and one or two plants of each of the
new sorts will be sufficient for one to as
certain their value on any soil and under
any method Of culture. The illustration
shows how a potted plant should look
when received from the nurseryman.
SYSTEMATIC FARM WORK.
There is not a farmer in all the land
but who can spend q portion of their win
ter to good advantage in planning for the
work Of the next season. Preliminary to
this work make a map of your farm. 1t
may be crude If you are not a good
draughtsman, but never mind, it VIII an
swer the purpose. Take the whole farm,
locate the buildings on the map and the
several fields. In the latter case indicate
the area of the field, the slope Of the
ground and the variety of SOL together
with its condition. Make the map large
enough SO that these details can be put on
It. Then calculate crop ought to be
planted on this field. Suppose last year,
The season just ending. you had it in corn
and in preparing for the corn crop you
used a certain quantity of a certain kind
Of fertil:zer; specify this On the map to-
gether with the yield produced when you
measure up the crop. Handle each field in
:he same way on the map and the result
will be that in looking over this map dur
ing the winter you can readily plan all or
aearly all of the operations for the next
season and do it much more intelligently
than if you wait unt.t the actual work is
on You in the spring.
LET THE COW FEED THE FARM.
Most of US are familiar with the mistake
which has been made for years by cotton
growers N the excessive use Of mineral
fertilizers; these growers are rapidly maxi
Ing amends and their farms are being
made better every year. 1t is sad to say,
however, that while we have been haking
our heads over the mistakes made by our
brothers who grow cotton we have been
doing the ans thing ourselves in another
a We may have the COWS which the
cotton grove was slow to obtain, but we
have failed to feed these cows SO that they
would feed the soil and, on the other hand,
we DID not supply the mineral fertilizer
which the cotton owc was liberally using
so, after all, we were not treating our soil
IS well as he. BY this is meant that we
have raised corn largely for our stock
and either bought the protein food or let
them so without It when it could have
seen readily grown on the farm. Then,
too, we have made the worse mistake of
aot feeding them what they ought to
Save been fed either in quantity or quality
and, in some cases, we have not fed the
number Of COWS our farms would prop
erly support. The result is that we have
20 buy much more mineral fertilizer than
we ought or our farms are not properly
fcrtil:Zed. We believe greatly in the plan
Of feeding the cows what IS necessary to
get the proper results and in this way,
through the rich manure, letting the cows
feed the farm. There is absolutely no ques-
In about the profit resulting from this
plan.
WELL FITTING COLLARS.
More than one farm horse, and hundreds
of road horses, have been ruined for life
through carelessness in fitting the collars
to them. There is more trouble with the
...ght breast collars than with the Others
for where the heavy collar is used with
names the main trouble comes from the
tll-fitting collar rubbing the neck and Gre
atinS a sore. With the breast collar the
trouble is the danger Of the horse being
choked when the pressure comes on the
Windpipe m hauling 4 load. Harness MAX
ers ought to be more careful in making
and fitting such collars than they are, but
the owners of horses can readily overcome
the trouble # they will see that the breast
COllar Is Sulllcleftly' loose SO Cnat you car
readily pass your hand behind it, or be.
tween it and the breast of the horse, whcr
the traces are taut and apply the same
test to the collar which goes with names
Taking this ~precaution there IS not likely
10 be trouble of n kind no matter how
great the horse strains in pulling.
PUSHING SHEEP FOR MARKET.
1t is important that the sheep and tho
lambs which are to go to the fall marker
be well cared for; it may rot be necessary
to materially increase their food provided
they have been and are being grained
While on pasture, but they should havt
comfortable quarters while still on thu
range, some shed under which they may
go If a storm Games up and one which
shall be sufficiently warm 50 that they viii
not suffer should the storm be a cold one
Everything and anything which take
from their comfort will not only proven
them from making gains, but will tax,
from them faster than you can put it on
j See that the grain given them is of tht
best quality and do not depend upon The
virtue of the pasture too long. AS the pas
ture gets poorer feed better at the barn.
POULTRY HOUSE FLOORS.
If the poultry houses to be used the com,
Ing winter are the same that have beer
previously used they Will need care be
fore allowing the fowls to occupy theu. the
coming season. If such floors are of eartf
the best way to treat them is to removt
the soil for tho depth of six inches and