Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-05-25

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proved that the value of the crop wa,
increased three or four times the cost fr
spraying, it certainly pays well.
DON'T OVERDO THE SEPARATING
1t is unfortunate that no great good can
come without it's bringing at least tbe
temptation to do more Or less harm.
case in point is with the separator. or
rather with the man who runs the ma. b
chine. The value of the separator canDo
be denied and it Is a machine which shguld
be on every dairy farm whether the milk
is sold or butter is made. A word Of warn.
ing, however, 10 the man who sells milk
to the Don't separate too close.
~ or you may run against the law Of the
state which requires that the milk be IN
10 a certain standard under test. Near
the writer are loco ted two farms whose
owners have had splendid trade in a near
by town in milk and cream. They each
bought ~separatorS and, as cream sold Al
20 cents a quart and the demand was
great, they proceeded TO use the separator
to the point that they were selling, what
was little better than SKINNED milk to +
their customers and at s cents a quart
with the result hat one of them has lost
nearly so per cent. of his trade and the
other more than half, and all within nine
months. Other milkmen who do not own
separators are getting the trade. Buy
separator by all means, but do not use Il 4
consciously or unconsciously TO, cheat the
public.
FARM FOR YOUR CROP.
A writer familiar with the cotton situ+
alton in the south says that the cotton
growers insist in planting cotton instead
Of farming for cotton, meaning that they
grow cotton after cotton using commercial
fertilizers TO force the crops rather than
do diversified farming which includes the
raising OF stock food and the feeding OF
stock in order to turn the manure back
to the farm. Other sections of the coun-
try make tho same mistake in different
ways. In the corn belt the grower plants
seed from his crib and his Yield gets small
Ter year after year and he frantiCally re-
sorts to the commercial fertilizers which
force growth. If he would plan diversified
farming and, more than all, start in on a
plan of improving his seed corn by first
getting the best seed the money would
buy and selecting certain plants as they
grew from which to take the corn for seed
the next year. keeping up this selection
of the best from the best for several years,
he would have larger crops of better corn
and make a corresponding profit. Look
into this plan, friend.
BETTER PRICES FOR TOMATOES
The demand for canned tomatoes. the
scarcity Of labor and, more thar all in
some sections the demand for the fresh
vegetable has forced Gamers to raise the
price for tomatoes grown for them on con-
tract and also to remove some OF tnr e.
strictions which nave made it impossible
to grow the crop proftably with any GER
tainty. Certain forms and shades Of color
are no longer condemned nor are growers
compelled to buy the plants from the
owner Of tSp. psDpnyv as. uyaS {. tho ,,5a In
many sections. There promises to be an
extended area devoted to tomatoes this
year. but it Is hoped that where a grower
Is located near a good market he will not
Sic himself up by agreeing nor to market
the fresh vegetable. Remember that one
of the chief reasons for the Increase in the
price from the canneries is the increased
demand for the fresh fruit. The producer
IS entitled 70 share the profits of this de-
mand with the Gamer and he can do it II
he does not obligate himself to grow solely
for tAc canneries.
SUMNER GRAIN FOR POULTRY.
II is not to be expected that the fowls
can be taken care of wholly on the range
during the ummer no matter how ex-
tensfvc 1T may be. grain must be
fed in a greater or less amount. During tho
summer We do without the mashCs and the
corn, feeding wheat and buckwhcat, and
beginning In June, more or less cc..cn-
seed meal, adding il In vary small, qusnti-
ties and Increasing IL gradually uHut
about ono-tenth OF the daily ration con-
sists OF the oil meal. We do this mainly
because It has been proven that the moult~
ing Is made much easier II the hen gets
a lot of this oily meal i'm her system; or
course there is more or less virtue In u"
meal anyway az a food, but we have the
moulting period mainly in mind. Once a
wheat, n little OIL meal and just a very lit
tie cracked corn with some wheat bran
and let the birds have 1t dry: this We usu-
ally feed on a strip of meadow which has
been run over with a lawn mower set very
low. The grass is thin and when cut very
short the birds spend several hours
scra cching ard eating. This feeG they
seem to enjoy immensely and we know
they get much good from 1t for enough Is
given to pretty well satisfy their appe-
titcs.
ECONOMiziNG GREEN FOOD.
When green food is scare or difficult 10
not be wasted. The following description
is of a feeding box tha. works well. Cut
two pieces for the ends each "a inches
long, getting proper curve by using a com,
pass. Mako the back of the holder of thir
boards four feet long and twenty-four
inches wide and nail one end mgure 81 Ia
place, Ringing the other end, using small
straps of leather TO hold It II ut Covef
the holder with coarse mesh wire netting