The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-27

lnlS mas DeSn the narueSI spring
! get grasses and clover started that we
have seen for many years. Timothy
and blue grass are ratheS slow to gerS
inmate, and a cold, dry April was hare
on them.
Planning the farm work week
ahead will save time and keep things
moving without n hitch. Keep all
work in your own hands. Know what
you want your men to do, and IL nec'
essary jump in and show them how
TO do it.
1t will take prompt work this season
| to clean the meadows and pastures OF
weeds. The grasses have been slow tc
start and weeds have come in thicker
this season than for many years. ManS
meadows are overrun with sorrel.
Oat seeding has been done in some
sections this year as late. as May 25
| That is too late. Hot weather will
strike the crop before it is matured
and will be sure to injure it.
Sometimes in old orchards the growth
becomes stunted and severe pruning
will be necessary. Cut back the
| branches and then do some vigorous
cultivating. A liberal application OF
some complete fertilizer will be a good
thing.
Heifers bred to calf when from twenS
ty-four to twenty-eight months old
need good care and liberal grain feed.
ing: Too many heiters are wintere6
without any thought Of them calving
and the result is many are not bigger
than yearlings ought to be.
If one is sure of getting a threshfnS
machine when he wants it, threshins
l @ to .s..I.k
grain was damaged in shock last season
before the machine got around. Stack
| ing may be a little out of date but IL
| will give a better quality Of grain anG
require less men and teams than wheli
threshing from shock.
An Illinois farmer puts up a large
| amount or oat hay every season. He
mows them while the straw is still
| green and allows them to cure about
as long as he would heavy timothy hay.
They are then raked into windrows and
hauled into the barn.
There is not much danger of cultiy
| waiting the corn or potatoes too much
! The most essential thing is to keen
down weeds at all times. and try to go
over the fields after each heavy rain.
The recent bulletin of Professor
Craig bears out the statement which
the writer has made several times in
these notes, that Is, fine quality of
pork may be made on a barley and
clover, or alfalfa ration.
On account of present high prices for
timothy hay many are preparing to set
their balers up in the field and bale right
out of the windrow. There is great risk
In baling and shipping so early. If It
is done, make small and rather loose
bales. When loading in the car set
the bales on end.
A correspondent reporting upon live
stock says: Not many mares are
being bred this season. and horses are
going higher every spring, Good year.
ling draft colts are now selling for $780,
Raising colts to sell at twelve months
for 500 looks like very easy money.
Oats have been going backward now
for four or five years in many sections
and some have substituted barley and
rye. The seeding of clover and timo-
spring, and 1t looks now as II these
grains would be sown on a larger scale
than ever before.
If there is anything about the farm
which is not bringing a good price, we
would like to know what IL Is. Wheat
Is around dollar cattle around cents,
sheep cents, hogs 6 cents, hay $40 a
ton, corn As cents, and so on down the
whole list. Spring lambs at Chicago 60
at T12 to IL cents pound.
Millet will be sown this season upon
q larger scale than for many years.
Where ii is wanted for pasture SOW
n aaFlv I'm June three peclxa tn tha anra