The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-22

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all but a space In the middle which Is left
for tho hands. Tho material TO be carried
may be loaded on this then the whole thing
folded together and easily carried. IhS
! appliance In easily made, costs but trinc
/ and will save much labor and the ioss OF
\ material. Tbs illustration shows tho IDEA
plainly and portions market A. n, being
the spaces left for the hands 10 carry IL by.
WORKING POULTRY AND STRAW
BERRIES.
when ono speaks OF poultry In connec-
| ton with any iow-growing plant most peo-
/ ple can sec only the scratching birds ana
! the ruined plants but the combination has
been and n being probably carried our.
/ IL one selects one OF tho larger breeds OF
| hens for this combination the scratching
/ part OF the proposition will DO reduced 10
| a minimum and ~ the fowls arc not re-
d,iircd 20 obtain their entire living from the
, patch OF strawberry plants, they viii do
/ comparatively little damage. IL IL, OF
course. understood that the fowls are not
allowed on the patch until after tho fruit
/ has been gathered but from that time until
/ they no into winter quarters they will be
exceedingly useful for they will take care
/ OF all the insects, do little damage In the
| way OF scratching which can DO readily
| repaired BY going over the plat each day
J and their droppIngs viii add materially 10
| the richness OF the plot. IL the plantation
| covers n considerable area it will be n good
/ plan TO have several small colony houses
\ on the plot so that the hens may have
/ their own quarters and thus work over n
| smaller area. The profit from this COM
| bination Is good and neither VIII Interfere
/ with tho other especially II tho fowls arc
| raised for egg production. Try IL on
small scale and Increase IA experience
proves II pays.
COSTLY STABLE MANURE.
unauestionably II one can raise the food
on the farm which Is fed TO tho stock that
| supplies the manure stable manure In tho
| most profitable fertilizer TO use. but II tho
manure must bc bought and carted con-
| adorable distance then IL II n question
/ II ono can AFFORD TO use Il entirely or even
| In considerable quantity. Indeed, In the
| event OF one raising truck In considerable
/ quantity the commercial fertilizers viii
give the best returns. While II Is not
! advised 10 do away with stable manure
I entirely, by any means. there are truckers
who use little OF Il relying upon tho high
I grade commercial fertilizers entirely and
! keeping up the humus I'm the soil by green
| mauuring. Local conditions must deter
I mine IL this u the most profitable plan but
| Il IL true In any case that II a high grade
OF commercial fertilizer II used and IL Is
suited 20 the crop Il Is generally profitable;
| stable manure TO bc equally profitable
should be from grain fed animals and bo
raised on the farm or bought nj low price
I with n short haul The combination OF
| stable manure nj n low price and OF high
grade fertilizers is probably TO be pre-
/ fcrred TO the commercial fertilizer and tho
| green tnanuring though this can be only
worked out by trying IL under local condi-
lions. The experiments along thLs line will
not, OF necessity. be costly and 10 will GER
tainiy prove interesting and likely profit
| able In tho end.
USING TOO MUCH LIME.
Experience has shown that too much
| lime Is often used through the impression
that IL contains. OF itself. considerable
fertiilzing value. II. as explained several
weeks ago. u In used with an idea OF set
ting free some OF tho plant foods In the
soil that In ono thing but ~ the idea II TO
use u largely for soil acidity then little
will often suffice. Especially on sandy
I soils IL the lime overdone for II used 20 cor
\ rect soil acidlty on such soils q bushels
\ per acre OF siaked lime In generally suffci-
/ ent and on heavy soils double that guam
I tity or Is bushels at most IL ample. IL
J should b. remembered that while tho
/ litmus paper test Is generally reliable there
/ are chemicals IN the soil which has the
same effect on the litmus paper as the
| acldIty of the soil so that the surest way
/ IL TO test a portion OF the plot II the soil
! IL thought 20 be sour by using lime on u
\ NJ the rate OF 50 bushels per acre and COM
pairing the result In the crop with an equal
/ AREA not Tuned. Another season ono Will
know exactly whn; TO do.
PREPARING THE POTATO GROUND
All potato growers admit that a soil that
/ In mellow and well-drained IN absolutely
| essential for the best success la potato
growing: this Is more than half the battle
1 and In this ago OF insects and bacterial
I diseases ono cannot afford TO grow pota-
toes for market unless he can supply tho
I soil and the soil condition mentioned. Tho
! thorough preparation OF the seed bed IL
also important and the best growers pre-
pare the soil as thoroughly ns they would
/ for wheat First grade tubcrs for seed
and then constant cultivation 10 keep tho
| weeds down are the rest OF the essentials
| In successful potato culture. In almost ali
| sections near large markets potato grow
ing II exceedingly profitable and the man
| with the soil and equipment 20 raise pota-
toes will lind II profitable TO thoroughly
study the situation particularly the de-
! mands OF the markets nearest him and
| then 20 at the work Ia earnest.
RAISING THE EARLY CHICKS.
sianS pouitrymen experts n well rs
! noyicra do we'll with the incubator but
, fail 10 raise a fair proportion OF the chicks
| TO say the least this Is dizcouraging but a
little study OF the situation should conyins
one that the trouble IL largely due TO toe
much heat In tho breeders. In our expert
ence Tn. best way 10 overcome this IL &c
| locate the breeders indoors where they WI
not require 90 be heated to such degree
as they do when the broodsrs are In ar
Otsen shed or a not-too-warm poultry
house. The cool and damp shed or houss
together with the practice OF permitting
the chicks TO run out OF doors too soel hai
| much 10 do with the great mortality which
| EXISTS among chicks raised In brooders
| Then too. many brooders are 10 con
structed that much OF the heat n At one
| end while the other portion Of tho broodei
| u nearly cold: a. a consequences tho ehicki