The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-11

is that the material used for labels be suf-
fcient!y strong so that they will not be
easily broken and long enough SO they
can be put into the ground to a sufficient
depth.
THE BEST BREED AGAIN.
The writer Is asked many times through
this department and in person as to wiiic.
Is the best breed of poultry and the only
answer that can be given which is truth
full and which will enable the questioner
to start right is to tell him to first ascer-
tain what his market demands. If he is
raising poultry for the carcass market he
should interview dealers n ascertain
what sort OF a carcass Is desired. whether
one with yellow or white flesh and of what
size. II eggs are to be the main product
then one should ascertain If a white or a
brown egg is most in demand. With this
information in hand then he should study
the merits and dement's of the breeds
through whom he is to obtain results. A
close study will enable him to see that
some one breed moro than another is best
suited to the conditions under which the
poultry raiser must work, and thus his
question answered. There is absolutely no
use for any one breeder to hope to sue
c~essfully educate the consumer SO the only
thing to do is to give the consumer as near
what he wants as is possible and make
him pay a proper price for his preference.
HOGS IN ORCHARDS.
If one is raising any kind of orchard
fruit which drops more or less freely and
particularly if his orchard is more or less
infested with insects, he will find swine
very useful in such places provided they
are properly fed independent of what they
gather in the richard. There must be
some nice discrimination shown here else,
IL the swine are not sufficiently fed they
will do much more roofing in the orchards
h is good for the trees: on the other
hand if they nave their full ration outside
Of the orchard they will not be inclined to
eat their share of the apples or other fruit
which has dropped. Swine are not at all
particular about the worminess of fruit
and they will eat anything that is edible
SO they destroy numberless insects which
otherwise would be very injurious to the
orchard, fruit or trees, later on. If the
orchard is in sod do not attempt to cut the
grass for hay but turn the swine in just
as soon as the fruit begins to drop and
they will have 4 double feed, one of grass
and one of the fallen fruit. Sometimes it
is an excellent plan to turn the swine into
the orchard just after the apples are
gathered: they will not get SO much fruit
as during the growing season but there
will be enough to be of benefit to them and
they II turn will benefit the trees.
BENEFITS OF SAN JOSE SCALE.
There is a saying, in substance that only
itodS ddNSlSlty loC5 liIril DCSoIiic
| strong. The advent of the San jose scale
has kept and is still keeping fruit growers
wide awake to overcome its ravnges but
they nave learned q lot about trees during
this fight which otherwise they might not
have learned, so. that in a sense, the past
has been of use. We ave learned that
only upon comparatively young and fully
vigorous trees can we depend for results
which are profitable. We have also learn
ed that in order to successfully light the
scale we must keep it as near the ground
as possible so we have the low headed
tree and, to our JOY, discover how much
easier it is TO gather the fruit from such
q tree. We have also discovered that some
varieties are peculiarly susceptible to the
attacks of the scale hence worse than use
less to set them. Then we AVE learned
hat the more vigorous the tree the strong
the fight it will put up against the scale
o we set about to feed our trees properly
hat they may be in the best possible fight
ng trim. After all, future generations
nay actually refer to the San Jose scale
# this period as having been Of much ben
dit to the fruit grower.
SKIM MILK FOR POULTRY.
On any farm where poultry Is raised for
Eggs and there are one or more COWS 1t
will be a profitable operation to go to con-
;iderable trouble to save the SKINNED
n4.A for the poultry but being sure to
iced 1t to them while 1t Is IN good con-
attion. 1t is a good plan to feed 1t In sew
eral ways: that is, feed it by itself in q
trough after it gets thick, then feed an
other lot of 1t by mixing some bran with
1t until Of the consistency of Cruel. 1t
will do no harm to use it also mixed with
some cooked and chopped potatoes, any
way in which the fowls will eat it which
viii serve to provide variety. Milk In any
rorm win make eggs beyond a doubt and
experience has proved that it is much more
profitable to feed milk to poultry than to
swine. While on the subject bear In mind
that variety has much to do with the
health and happiness Of fowls. 1t may
not be of such wonderful value as feed
but when the birds are kept on the range
largely during the summer it is hard on