Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-06-15
HOW IT PAYS TO MAKE ATTRAC,
TIVE FARMS.

Noting an article in this department
urging that the grounds around the farm
home be made as attractive as possible
even if it must be done with the sole view
of enhancing it's value, a reader writes
that during ten years he has made a bust
ness of buying small farms and ineXpen-
sive town houses and fixing them up TO
sell again. A farm with good buildings
and with good soil but with a rundown
door yard and few or no trees, shrubs and
plants is bought and at once the door yard
is graded and seeded down after spaces are
left for trees and shrubs which are located
at the proper season. Little or no diff
Guilty is had in renting such a place for
short terms for sufficient to more than
pay the expenses on 1t. enough more so
that a small per cent. of interest is had on
the investment. Then our friend searches,
by advertisements and otherwise, for some
city man who wants a pleasant country
home. To make a long story short he has
little trouble in disposing Of his property
at a fair margin Of profit. Once, when he
needed more cash than he had to complete
a purchase and went to the bank TO Dor
row he was asked if he was the Mr., Hast
ings who bought farms and improved
them. On his reputation he had little
trouble in getting the money needed. 1t Is
not to be understood that many can do this
way but the point is that shrewd business
men, including bankers, look upon a well
kept place as an evidence not only of
thrift but of prosperity and the farmer
who handles his place in such a manner
will find it pays should be ever wish to
borrow money or TO sell the place.
MILKING IN THE PASTURE.
While the plan of milking in the pasture
is not the most desirable one, it is so gen.
orally practiced that one ought to go to
considerable trouble to get as much com
fort out of 1t as possible. One of the best
ways of doing this is to select some place
in the pasture where the cows will be will
ing to stand quiet; a place as free from
yermin and moisture as possible. A good
plan is TO have a large shed open on three
sides into which the cows may be driven
and tied, each one having a portion of the
days ration before her to keep her busy
while you are milking. Even a little hay
will answer the purpose no matter how
good the pasture Is. Have a comfortable
seat for the mixer, a place where tht
large can of milk may be put without dan
ger of it's being soiled and plenty of clear
utensils In case of an accident to one. By
far the better plan Is to have the dair!
shed near the barns where the COWS cal
be MIXED and fed in comfort and WHERE
they may pass the night comfortably with
out danger of fright by prowling logs
Such a shed can be made as airy as on,
likes by the use of openings of good siz'
covered with wire netting az coarse as tn
smallest mesh used for poultry fences. L,
this way all the things needed are near a
hand and the work is much better ant
easier done than in the pasture.
CUTTING STRAWBERRY RUNNERS
One of the best tools we know Of 70
quickly clipping the inner or straw
berry plants is readily made from a piec
of hoop iron with the lower edge sharp
, ened as keenly as possible. A piece o
! steel would be better and 1t would pay L
{ have 1t II one had a considerable area 4
: strawberries. A good size is about twent
3 incnes in diameter and is fastened to
! long handle by three pieces of iron whicl
I are rivcted TO the hoop and then, to tn
handle; the handle is permitted to com
below the joining a few inches and a stri