Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-17
FARM FACTS.

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FARM FACTS.
The American farmer must be a
lighter. There is no show Tor anyone
who lacks the courage to go up
against The real thing With wire
worms and root lice attacking corn.
With rust or smut attacking wheat and
Eats. with blight attacking onions and
Soab taking hold of the potatoes. the
grower should keep in training and put
up ID stiff tight. Right ROW is a good
time to study up on these things. so
hat you will be ready for the trouble
hen II comes.
The p%ig-cating SOW can he cured If
she is taken in time. Reduce her corn
Allowance. and ada shorts. oats and a
title oil meal. When sows farrow late
IN the spring and have the run OF
woods or pastures. they seldom form
.hese habits. 1t is the SOW that is kept
IN close quarters. or around the feeding
ounks. that becomes a cannibal. And
don forget to feed some clover OF al
'alfa hay.
Under some conditions it may be
good business to market l~ali-fat cat
lie. but that does not mean that the
'eeder is making any money out of
he operation. AS a rule it will pay
o buy corn and feed to the finish. A
month or two longer feeding will usual
y put on enough quality 10 bring fair
prices.
IN best feed for calves is clover
iay. corn fodder along with some oat
straw. y subscriber asks whether We
would advise feeding cottonseed to
.alves. Where nice clover and fodder
are fed literally the calves do not need
,ottonseed. A little oats and shelled
corn may be fed to advantage.
Some people are afraid TO harrow
corn. n spike tooth harrow is just
he thing in the field. before the corn
appears in the rows. If the field is
lean once over will be enough; but
when a weedy field, or if crust forms.
go over again, and keep going until
you start the cultivators.
Sheep men put great stress on the
proper winter care of the breeding
ewes. They should be kept thrifty. and
not halnpered. With plenty of exer-
Else. and such foods as fodder, clover
nay oats. bran. with some roots oc-
~:asionally, they Will come in capital
condition.
An Indiana farmer sows all his whear
and oat ground to love- After ths
grain is cut he turns in stock Tho
clover stands until the following May
when it IS turned under and corn i.
planted. Under this treatment he get'
rom so to 10 bushels OF corn per acre
Guess work has no place in farm
management. Every feeder shout,
keep tab Oh his faitcning stock. an,
the only way to do IT is by weighing
,hem occasionally. Put up scales. am
use them. Weigh u everything. tncl
you Won't have to guess at shrinlSage
Iowa farmers have been much please,
With the years result in using the spli
.oS III keeping roads In condition
While there is no concerted movement
II each one has done his share j
keeping the Dad in condition.
Potato growers have learned that cui
tivation is very essential, the objeo
being tn loosen up the soil rather tina
pack it. The soil should be lifted IN
:urned. Cultivate the sarne as corr
deeply at first, ana very shallow u
last time over
Are you taking all the manure 70
can and putting 1T upon the land whic
most needs 1t? This is the time I
make the stock work up the cOars
stuff. Do you part by putting tn
On the fields. before any
wasted.
, The breeding sows should now
Kept thriving. but not over-fat. TT
condition OF the gov 1t breeding tin
: mas a great deal to do with her lite
II she is in At condition she will IKE
bring a litter of seven or eight I'm
,usty pigs.
Don't try TO fatten the boar. H
{ should have ample food to develop AN
> keep him in good condition. An a
corn diet is hardly the ideal one f,
!. the boar which will now soon be Gale
i upon for hare service.
y New practices are constantly beir
\ tried. Some have narrowed their f.
wheat. the object being to make a Il,
; mulch. We doubt very much wheth'
u this is a good thing. The wheat roo
ought not to be disturbed in the fall.
Keep salt and ashes where the pi;
have easy access TO them. Put the
into a self feeder and keep n good SUI
ply on hand. Wood ashes are the bes
II you cannot find anything bett,
= keep the obs gathered and burned.
We are not giving enough attentit
g to the grass ands. There are SO maj
n good forage crops that many sto'
ra!sers are keeping less and in gra
and depending more largely upon GU
tivated crops.
Every day now emphasizes the il
portance OF using seed adapted to yo
conditions and soil. Ii proper seed col
seed oats and seed wheat were use
there would be more solid, well-ln
tured crops.