The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-01-18
Farm Facts
From tho Farmer and Breeder.

put IL up. long before July ..
In Texas II has been shown that
lcotton seed meal mixed with corn
makes tip-top feed for hogs.
Haul I'm your hay and straw now
while the fields are hard frozen. Don't
wait TIL spring. when II viii take twice
rs much help.
II you can't think OF anything else
10 do. tackle the woodpfle. There Is lit
tie time for wood cutting after the
spring worx commences.
by all means attend the short course
at the agricultural college this season.
The cost In trifllng and the instruction
will be along practical. helpful lines.
Feed the ewes literally. but do not
overfeed. Good clover hay. plenty OF
exercise and warm shelter will keep
them I'm fine condition. Do not feed too
heavily OF protein feeds.
BE sure that your farm scales nrc In
perfect order. Dirt easily accumulates
about the levers and prevents free ac-
ton. Make frequent tests OF your
scales TO see whether they are weigh
Ing correctly.
IL is TO the credit OF American farm
crs that more attention IL now given TO
farm crops than ut any previous time
In our history: and with the result that
farmers are making more money than
ever before.
| In Nebraska II has been demon
,strated that medium size ears OF corn
used for seed gave better yield than
large ears. IL was also shown that
different varieties did better I'm differ
ent sections OF the state.
The straw pile can be made valuable
by working IL Into manure. Keep all
stock well bedded. and haul all manure
before its substance Is wasted. and you
will not have much trouble In keeping
pup the fertility OF your farm.
! When shipping stock. IL pays to con-
hign TO some reliable commission firm.
one may ship his own stock. but the
. commission men are better acquainted
with buyers and viii nine times out OF
ten get better price than the shipper
himself could get.
IL should be remembered WHOM Sc
Letting tree1 for n wind break that IL
IN quite an item TO have .aem OF a
close growing habit anu OF az nearly
uniform shape rs possible. Then by
planting n double row OF them reason
iably close together the effect desired
lmay be easily secured.
Have you ever noticed that the farm
Iers who buy corn. clover hay and oil
lcake. for feeding their stock. always
have the most fertile farms. The man
lwho practices selling his grain crops IL
talking just that much fertility from
Ihls own farm and selling II at the price
,of grain. IL Is u very bad practice.
The seed bed ~ very important II we
hxpect perfect termination OF seed. The
fnost vigorous seed will not bring forth
IA good stand unless Il is placed In such
n condition that II can get both warmth
and moisture. IL Ii also essential that
the soil be worked TO n fine tilth 80 that
the root hairs may reach II and draw
nourishmcnt.
A subscriber asks whether Il II prof
liable TO grow sweet corn for canning
factories. When one ls situated close
TO the factory. and Is paid a fair price
for his corn. he can realize from si2 To
$50 per acre. and have the stalks left
TO feed as green fodder. IL does not
cost much more TO grow sweet corn
than IL does ordinary field corn.
The first year OF the calfs life deter
mines to a great degree Its value as an
animal OF profit. IL must be kept thrifty
and growing from the start. The sooner
the calf can be grown up TO n COW or
steer size the more profit there il I'm the
business OF raising cattle. Give warm.
dry quarters and give n sufficient va
riety OF food TO keep up good appe-
lite.
To develop and fix profitable as well
as desirable qualities, and at the same
time To increase the vigor and consti-
tuition OF the produce with due attention
%
ing qualities should be the aim OF the
really scientific breeder and there has
certainly been proved thus far no limit
To development In the directions or
perfect type.
The report OF the executive commit
tee showed the association In n most
prosperous condition. There are mt
present S5.IG2 cattle recorded In the
herd book. There were LIZA more en-
tries than last year. The total ap-
propriation for 1906 for premiums Is
el2.0OO. os which the International gets
sI.500. There were Ill new members
saken into the association during the
past year.
II is not altogether the amount OF
work that Is done on the farm that tells
so much aS the manner I'm which II In
done. There Is "A best time to do every
thing. Farm work TO he the most sue
ressful must be done at the right time.
i.ate planting and late sowing cuts or
lhe Yield and diminishcs the quality OF
all crops In nearly all cases nature In
licates by the seasons when the work
should begin.
Several hundred adhcrents OF the
Aberdeen Angus breed OF cattle met
dn annual conference ut the Palmer
House In Chicago and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Judge j.
IS. Goodwin. Chicago: vice president.
e. ]. Martin. Churdan, Ia; secretary
and treasurer. Thos. McFarlane. Chi
cago. Three directors were elected as
Kollows: Judge ]. s. Goodwin, Illinois:
c. T.. Marvin. Kentucky: Geo. Ritchin.
jr.. Missouri
The oats crop OF this country Is be-
coming very important one. IL has
been n badly neglected crop. usually
sown on the poorest fields. and put I'm
with less care than other crops. Just
bear these things In mind and you will
increase your oats yield % per cent:
Sow ample seed-from 2h To ; bushels
to the acre: SOW clean, heavy seed OF
one OF the hardest varieties. While
no variety is yet proved rust proof.
yet some sorts are more so than others.
The main point Is To sow vigorous seed.
In weii-prepared soil. and the crop will
do it's best TO hold Its own.
The ingredients OF commercial fertil-
iaers on which both agricultural and
commercial value chiefly depend are
nitrogen. phosphoric acid and potash.
Besides these more valuable ingredi-
ents. sulphuric acid and lime are al
ways present In the supcrphosphates IN
considerable quantities being n neces-
bary accompaniment OF phosphoric acid
as Il exists In nearly all fertilizers.
Nitrogen Is the most costly OF the three
important ingredients mentioned and