Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-02-01

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n.led because the tree aces not IN m.,tt
the mildest winters. Mention OF .he 4'"'
&c made here mainly because oil Ihe SUI"
cess which has attcnded ,h' Ao.to,ios
hvhridizers to cross the Japan Nafle'o9
with the native sorts. If this can pc uo''
generally the ~pers.mmon is destined TO pc
come one of the most popular lr"i's w ~
country and one winch can DC E.o"' -.
some form. north and south. Inns wv
yiya n new branch to the fruit GROWING VI
dustry in the north and materially W.
grease the demand for the southern grown
fruit so that the pcrsimmon is Il goo"
fruit to watch closely during the coilihE
wears and to test the crosses at any Inn
the trees are offered to the pubic az i'ou-
crate prices.
LAMBS FOR EARLY MARKET.
Many farmers attracted by me Nh
price paid for lambs in the early spring
arc tcmptcd to try their hands at the work
without having much previous knowleaS'.
there is scarcely any animal with Whiti
man has to do so troublesome TO haii"i'
as the lamb chat is being prepared ioi
carly market; troublesome in IN" seh7c
that great care is needed in feeding ana
that they mus; he property sheltered ana
kept in clean quarters. During tn" v'HN
cold DAYS of winter the lambs Will make
their most profitable growth If properly
cared for: profitable in the sense tha' an
the food they consume Will go to ada W
their weight: the cool weather Inakca
.t>o,o ra.J wen and if ihpN are comfort
! ably housed and given all the food th'E
will eat up clean. but no moro, the gam
will lie steady. Look out for the MID DAYS.
however. for the breath of warmer wealth
err seems to affect the appetite Oh 'he
lamb and the ration should be scaled down
in nroportion TO thai; falling off of ape
title. 1t may be necessary to hold out IN"
grain from the ration entirely during one
of these spells; hy the way. this is ON" u'
the best of WAYS to handle the cloTed al'-
petite in human or animal. that Is, ou'
down the ration decidedly and eur out 'h-
tirely the concentrated pore.on. When
the appetite begins to look up again i'"d
small portions of root crops as an aplc-
tizcr and the lamb will socn be back on
full rations. Iiandlcd in this maan"s. as
regards feeding, spring lambs can ccrta ~
ly he made profitable.
THE POULTRY HOUSE FLOOR.
After one has used a poultry hous" for
ii NH VI 60 ''' h'-'
= ORIGINALLY with the floor but i it'll" high
err than the ground outside. ono finds that
the floor IS getting wct and the BIRDS sur
] fering in consequence. one of GU: houses
was found in this condition a few weeks
ago although VIC aim to look them oNti
carefully before winter sets in. Ii Wa
found that to properly fiji in would cove;
the sills and the soil would come up s"v-
q eral inches on the side walls. but as it was
n question OF possibly rottcd stills or fowl:
with colds we didn't hesitate long. Fortu-
= nately we had accumulated a lot OF Goa
ashes from the furnace which had bee!
placed under cover until they could h'
carted awa:': these were just the thing Il
fill in with and in they went and were
tamped down hard. We had a few Loads
of soil which had been put unue: cover fN
another purpose is the fall. but it had Il
! go into the poultry house so We soon had
floor six or eight inches higher than tn
soil III the outside: high enough IN tii:
case to keep out moisture. This floor Il
kept covered with chaff at all times. s"v
eral inches deep when the weather is v.!,
cold, with always just a little grain scat
tered through it; just enough to make tn
birds think there is another grain som,
whore else after they find one. The eos
Of putting this floor in shape was SINAI
indeed compared with the possible loss o
a few of the birds and the falling off %
the egg production which would HAY
surely resulted ii the wet O. damp foo
had been allowed to remain.
LOOK OUT FOR THIS SCHEMER.
1t is really wonderful how cloScl.
schemers follow conditions and HOY
quickly their fertile brains will evolv
come plan of releasing the dollar iron
the pockets of the unwary. Should an cp.
demic OF any kind settle over the countr,
the following year. If not before, thcr
would be a hundred remedies on the mar
!. kct as a preventive against the disease
Some of them would be good but by fla
the greater per cent. would be WORTHLESS.
For Il number of years fruit growers HAY
been afflicted with the ravagcs of tn
San jose scale and now We have severa
\ Schclners at work throughout the cour
try offering to inoculatc the tree so as I
make it immune. Others apply n coatin
of what they call mercury mixed wit
b something they call by a high-soundin
name. but which is probably some harm
4 less fluid. The plan is to apply the trea-
ment collecting a certain per cent. of tn
price Casually ali they can geD and tn
b balance they will call for after the nes
fruiting season. Suffice it to say the
never call and never intended to. Thes
schemers are also working in the town
and cities applying their secret mixture I
:, shade and other trees affected by the Sa
4 Jose scale.
SEEKING A RATION FOR MILK.
4 While it is admitted that the ideal ratio
4 Is that which vii. givc the larges; retur
for the smallest outlay how many dair,
= men seek TO find this ideal plan throug
their own experimenting: The MAORI,
of them viii look at ,he figures composin
balanced ration and complain that