Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-02


drills. cultivators, harrows and all Other
tools of this kind as well as the smalle!
implements. Interior arrangement Will
of course. be necessary TO store away 3
quantity to the best advantage and it vii
pay to spend some time and thought or
this inside arrangement so as TO utilize tins
space to the best advantage. a house Ike
the Illustration is not expensive and may
be built of any size necessary TO house the
implements properly. Windows should be
provided so there will be plenty of ligh,
and there should be large doors at one enc
only. While the first cost of such Il house
or shed may seem considerable it will save
its cost in the added lease of life given the
implements by being protected.
GARBAGE FOR SWINE.
While there are many arguments in IA
vor of the use of city-collccted garbage for
swine. the concensus of opinion is against
the plan of feeding. 1t is true that pos
sibly such collections might be safely fed
In reasonable quantities II 1t were care
fully looked over and collected daily. but
even then there is an element of risk in
the plan which makes it an undesirable
one. 1t has always seemed to the best
authorities OF swine raising that If the
Industry has reached a point whore there
Is no profit In feeding the animals with
suitable food so that they may be mar
kcted as safe and wholesome food for
human consumption. then their breeding
shoulu be stopped. Authorities claim. and
we believe they are not alarmistS, the time
will surely come when the eating of pork
will be followed by an epidemic: that is,
the consumption of pork raised on ques-
tionable food of which surely city objected
garoaSe IS the most to be condemned.
LIQUID FOOD FOR CHICKS.
The growing chicks ought to have an
abundance of liquid during the entire sum
rner and good butterIniik is one of the best
things possible to give them for it supplies
not only their desire and need for food but
water as well which is quite as essential
as food to the growing chicks. An excel
lent plan is TO mix Il portion of bran with
the buttcrmilk. use SKINNED milk if other
use is had for the buttermilk, so that 1t
will be like thin Cruel. Feed it in small
quantities not giving more than the birds
will eat up clean but give 1t several times
a day. 1t is especially an ideal food for
chicks that are to be sold as broilers or
roasters. If the milk in some form cannot
be supplied to the poultry then see that
they have LII abundance of clean fresh
water throughout the summer and this is
as necessary to the well being of the older
fowls as the younger ones. The moderate
feed Of grains at the house, plenty Of
water and a free range ought to make the
chicks grow splendidly now and will il
they are also given what shade is neces-
sary to their comfort.
RAISING THE WRONG CROPS,
This Is a business age and the man who
succeeds must do things on business prin-
ciples: there Is no reason why business
principles should not be applied to farm
| ing as well as to other lines of work. not
only in the selling of crops but of raising
fhnp, md NC IT I ,,1o ri, {o ~,s.t,,.~ ~ IL
crops. If your best market demands oats
why raise wheat: IL eggs and poultry are
high and pork low why raise swine? III
there Is a good market for potatoes why
raise more corn than Is needed for ones
own stock? II apples bring a good price
and cherries are a drug on the markey. In
your section. why not set out apple trees?
and so on through the entire list. All
around US we see farmers raising the
wrong crops and getting poorer each year.
1t Is not to be understood that the grow
ing of hay is advised II your soil is not
suitable for that crop for thai would be a
foolish move, but the soil of almost every
farm, provided that soil Is in good condi.
ton, will raise some one or more of the
crops for which there Is a better demand
thar for some other crops. If you are a
farmer why not be a business farmer anG
see what your customers want. II youI
soil will produce it and then so at it in 6
business-like way.
KEROSENE IN THE POULTRY
HOUSE.
All poultrymen OF experience know tina
kerosene oil VIII kill the mites and tn.
eggs which are so numerous and trouble
some in poultry houses, provided 1t Is thor
oughly applied. The cub is the appli
cation is not thorough. Now is a GOO
time to get at these mites. and II on.
has no spraying apparatus the best wa,
to do it IS to clear everything out Of tn,
poultry houses and go over them with
whitewash brush dipped in full strength
kerosene. Get into all the corners, int
tie notches in which the roosts set. ant
thoroughly sa turate the roosts themselves
Then take the nest boxes and scrub tn,
Inside of these with the kerosene. Then
in the bottom of each nest box, place
little cheap tobacco stems and over then
the hay OF stray that is used for nestin,
material. In addition to this, have tn,
busting boxes well filled and keep then
clean and under cover so that the bird
MAY have access to them. Do not Deepen,
on the busting the fowls will do on tn,
ange. for they may not always be abb,
to find suitable dust. With these precau
tons one ought to be able to keep tn,
houses well rid OF mites and the birds @
lice.
BUYING COSTLY FERTILIZERS.
In commenting on the too common prac
tce OF cotton owe in buying fertilizer,
rich IN nitrogen at Il high price instead O.
buying the very much cheaper potash ant
phosphoric acid and using the legumenou.
plants with which to obtain the cost,
nitrogen. an authority should have gen,
farther and applied this same criticism ts