The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-24

towers large enough to reach Ave or SIX
inches over tho side OF the pail where t.
may be secured by tape or by slipping a
hoop OF sheet iron OF proper size over Il
and pushing u down hard. Put on one OF
these covers then the tin cover and you
arc ready for milking. The cheese cloth
will prevent any Nth getting To the milk
| and " th~-. covers are washed In boiling
water and sun dried they may be used
number OF times. The illustration shows
tn. ieda plainly. the cut to the lower left
showing the pail complete with the strain
er aaS the larger cut shows how the cloth
| n slashed at intervals 80 II will fit around
/ tn. pail without trouble.
WHERE THE MANURE sPREApER
PAYS.
Almost numbcriess experiments have
proved shat the manure sprcadcr u one
OF tho most valuable OF farm implements.
We are not booming manure spr-aders but
decidedly are booming anything which
will reduce the labor OF the farm and es-
pecialiy when "a also Increases the yield.
That a good manur. spTcader. OF any
make. will do this there II no question.
The difficulty In obtaining farm labor IL
growing greater yearly. hence anything
which will accomplish the purpose. In the
form OF machinery should be welcomed.
IL In practically impossible. to spread the
manure by hand as evenly as good
spreader will place II; the labor necessary
to break the large pieces into proper sizes
II considerable and this work the manure
sprcadcr does without trouble. That the
crops are Increased In due very largely
TO the eyrnness with which the manure
II placed by the rprender. making the
stand more even with a corresponding
growth all over the field. With us the
manure sprsader seems particularly val
uablc because our manure II spread
soon made and as the bulk OF II h ac-
cumuiatcd during t.rc winter Il Is much
pieasanter To load Il onto the spreader.
and have the machine spread IL on the
Ssids quickly and evenly. than u II TO
unload a wagon on a cold day. Look into
the merits OF tn" manure sprcader before
the work has To be done again.
TOO MANY HENS IN A HOUSE.
Tho main idea Ia keeping n large number
OF fowls Ia one house IL TO care for them
more easily. but there are always risks
to run which cannot be avoided even by
the most experienced aud careful worker.
All things considered. the plan OF having
ono roof cover tn. poultry house. no mat
ter hov large. f. advisable but the mat
ter or division u thing to be seriously
considered. la our our experience. We iii.
Oh. scratching shed divisions better than
anything cis. This In worked out by
building a rOostinx room. then a scratch
Ing shed then another roostlng room. an
other scratching sued and on to the
end OF the house. The idea II that each
house has It's scratching shed. which Is
located between two roosting rooms OK
crpt at one end. As these sheds are open
more or less during the winter and all OF
the hours OF daylight except th" laying
period are spent In the shed. there n less
chance for disease. Except for the con-
Meeting alley way at the rear each rooS;-
INK room with It's scratching shed r. In
dependent OF each other combination hence
there IL little chance OF one lot OF birds
catching any disease which may break out
Ia one OF the other pens A, tn. same
time. being under one roof. things are
easily cared for.
SELECTION OF SEED CORN.
The experiment station OF Ohio fur
nlshcs valuable information In a bulletin
on the selection OF corn for seed the selcc-
ton being made during the growing or IN.
plant Ia the field. which ought TO have the
careful attention or growers OF corn
everywhere. Taking dent corn Tor the
purpoS. IL IL scored as follows: yisor OF
plant. - points: position OF car. S points:
weight OF ear. % points: length OF ear.
points: uniformity OF plant aud ear. 10
points. and shape OF kernel and size OF
germ. 10 points Very important In the
note whick gives the dlsqualihcatIons as
plants growing under less than normal
stand: plants lying upon the ground or
badly broken: plants diseased: plants
maturing too late or too early. To select
tn. seed corn from such plants n fatal To
the following crop. The ylgor OF the plant
II indicated by tho circumference OF the
stalk below the ear: by It's upright growth
and by its leaf development and freedom
from disease. Tn" ideal position OF the ear
u such that II does not pull too heavily
upon tho plant. The weight OF the ear ia
To- b" determined by scales when the ear
l. thoroughly air-dry, The plan OF uni
formlty OF plant and ear II based on the
habit OF growth and viEor OF plant as
we'll a. size shape. color ana indentatlon
OF ear. Corn growers everywhere Ahoula
profit by these points which will mean de-
cidedly improved cops.
SPRAYING FOR POTATOES.
tn. recognized formula for bordeaux
mixture for use on potatoes IL six pounds
OF copper sulphate. blue Ntrol. four
pounds unslakcd quicklims and - gallons
OF water. The copper Suiphate Is dissolved
In ono barrel and the lime Ia another. Add
20 each - gallons OF water and then mix
thoroughly. when TO he used strain
through a wire stralner. preferably one OF
brass. Spraying should be started when
tho potato plants are six inches high and
bs repeated every ten days or two weeks.
according TO the weather. throughout the
growing season. II bugs are 20 be de-
stroycd add one pound OF PaTiH green TO
each % gallons OF the bordeaux mixture.