The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-26

as a body do not realize how they are
cxhausing their soils by their methods.
Some individual members of the associa-
| ton do realize it and have for some time
as is indicated by their change IN methods
and in each and every case they are fais-
ing more cotton per acre with less deple-
ton of the soil and at less cost than thelr
neighbors who have not vet seen the point.
Recently the editor of this department met
a reader of it and in the course OF a long
| conversation the reader said: Il wish you
! wouldn't nave SO much matter IN your
department about clover, alfalia, COW peas
and the like. 1 don't grow any OF THESE
things so am interested only in the Things
I do raise" The reply to this man may
be just the reply many need. we repeal
and repeat again matter on these topics
because we realize from our own eXper-
fence and that Of others how vastly I'M
7 portant they are to the welfare OF M
On the one point of fertilizers can any one
| give a good reason why we should pay NJ
teen cents or moro a pound Tor hitroseh
when, by the growing legumes, we can c.
tain it from the air and store 1t away IN
our soils at a 1.-THE of the price asked by
manufacturers? When all who grow farm
crops will realize the value of these plants
then writer's will stop writing about them.
NO NURSE CROP FOR ALFALFA.
1t is time now to make a trial or alfalra,
but do not be misled into sowing the
seeds with buckwheat or any other nurse
crop" Alfalfa does not need a nurse
nor should 1t be associated with robbers,
which is really the correct name for nurse
crops, at least in connection with alTalfa.
If your soil Is sweet, not acid and in need
Of lime. use q good mixture OF FERTILIZER
containing 70 per cent. of phosphorlc ACID
to 30 per cent. Of potash, and apply at
the rate of 500 pounds per acre at the time
Of seeding. Have the soil in good con-
dition, as good as for a wheat field, and
SOW the seed after a good rain. In the
fall top dress with manure from alfalfa
fed COWS and there should be no trouble
in getting a stand. II this manure can
not be had, some fnoculated soil should
be sown with the seed. This is obtain
able from some of the seedsmen of the
country, or the address Of some alfalfa
grower in your own state will be furnished
you if you will write to the director OF
your state experiment station.
MAKING SELECTED FRUIT PAY.
Located near several popular summer
resorts, a number of them peopled in the
summer by wealthy families, we have
learned that it pays well to offer these
people the very best. They have the
money to pay for the best and will do
It il offered attractively. This year tho
strawberry crop was poor and the season
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trouble with our crop. AS the crates were
brought in from the field they were turned
over to trusted women and every quart
was turned out into a continuance made
by covering a hole two feet across cut
into a bench with muslin and letting II
sag down in the center several lnches.
This made a soft bed for the fruit;
One quart was dumped at a time ana
from it the berries selected which We're
UP to the high standard set. oonesile'
we got less than ten from a quart
were packed with great care IN new pash
Ncts previously lined with thin white US
sue paper. For this fruit We asked ana
obtained IS cents a quart. All the other
fruit. except the culls, were put into sec
ond grade and averaged 1917 cents a quart
sold fresh. We figured that we obtained
at least one-tlird more profit net by our
plan than would nave been the case had
the fruit all been sold as first grade at
the prevailing average price Of 12h cents
, a quart. Try this plan with anything you
can offer to people Of wealth. 1t pays.
{ ARsENATE OF LEAD.
3 The one objection urged against arseaate
f of lead is its price, and yet it Is only a
: few cents a pound more expensive than
paris green, and for use in many cases is
much superior to the latter. On grea1
n advantage in the use OF arsenate of leac
is that it may be used in any quantity
q l W III III ~ NAAN fN~'SN'
: on the market under several Commercial
: names, and all Of these mixtures are tt
y be depended upon, 1t may be mixed a
+ home by using the following formula az
6 advised by the workers in experiment sta
a lions: Dissolve eleven ounces of acetate
2 of lead and four ounces of arsenate of SO
da in enough water to cover and dissolV'
readily. The product thus formed IS ar
q senate of lead and will be in a paste form
When ready to use pour off the water
. For use on the potato beetle, mix wit
Bordeaux mixture and in the proportion
q Of one-half pound to each twelve gallon
Of the Bordeaux mixture and double thl
:. strength for use on melon and cucumbe
vines. Those who have not used arsenal
- Of lead will do we'll to give 1t a thoroug.
trial this summe
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS.
le Those who raise ducks for profit hav
ID been attracted to the breed known a
a indian Runner, by reason Of the fact tina
ID II is more easily raised than other breed
If and laws much earlier. 1t reaches matu1
a ity. as to size, in nine weeks from hatch
ing and begins laying at 5 months Ole
sometimes at a younger, age. Moreover
they are perfectly hardy and for this res
- son ought to become popular in the col
- sections of the country, where difficult
~ is had in raising other breeds. They al
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