The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-01-03
FARM FACTS.

get rid of Il and do not los. good feed
b. allowing II tn he eaten by an AMI
mai that will not return more than IL
In worth on the market. II takes nerve
sometimes to acknowledge a loss. but
! who has not seen the time when he
should have done 50 sooner with more
profit than came from holding out An
unthrifty animal Will not pay to win
ter.
The best rat trap In "a good cat. There
are eats that are no good and others
that are worth very much. A friend
of ours moved and the family moving
out failed tn get the cat they wanted
tc take along as she got scared by the
unusual number az strangers aud was
not tn he found. Later their new oc-
cupant ~ the farm said he would not
take SIS for "Buttercup." as she was
4 such killer 81 rats. There might be
| n business for some one breeding cats
that are ratters.
A scotsman tells me that every ex-
pertinent that he has made with seed
| potatoes shows that more uniform po-
tatoes come from large seed. He has
cut large potatoes In two. but this
| turned out about the same as plant
ing whole small potatoes-thcre would
be one or two large potatoes In each
| hill. but a great many small ones. He
also SAYS he finds that whole large
seed are more nearly scab resistant
| than the small seed.
Careful hog raIsers are getting rid OF
/ plank floors "a the sleeping quarters
4 and also the feeding floors. Wood floors
become saturated with urine. they
/ make fine place for rats or mice
| and many suspect that here In the
breeding place. OF many hog diseases.
l Cement floors may cost more tn start
with. hut they are lasting. more sani-
tary. and by looking up the matter
some one can build the floors him
self.
II ~ said that seven -eIghths of the
farmers of the United States do not
have fruit gardens 81 any kind. This
/ seems incredible. but facts like this
are often found existing In other parts
| OF the country. Fruits Of some sort
should be on every farm. and during
= the summer fresh fruits should be part
OF the daily diet. Such course would
| add tn the length OF life and the pleas
rrcs OF living Are you one OF the few?
Real prospcrity--the real thing-dld
not come until farmers learned to d.
versify their crops. Now very few will
risk all their eggs In one basket. The
exclusive grain farmer has no stand
Ing: even way up north. where they
USED IN lnluk tUey COuld not raise any
thing but wheat. stock raising. dairy
Ing and poultry are now all sources OF
profit.
Red ants have given considerable
| trouble To corn growers In Illinois and
! I'm some sections OF Missouri during
\ the last year. and many were compelled
To replant the second time. The corn
I plant has been singularly free from
/ many insect pests. but vigorous meas
ures Will now have TO he employed Ia
combat or keep in check this new
| enemy.
II seems many arc going corn crazy.
Corn Is "A great crop and we want all
We can get 81 IL. but IL should not be
grown at the expense Of other crops,
ar on such "A scale as To- decrease tho
value OF land. SO long as corn grow
ing and stock feeding 40 together there
Will not be much danger. But drop one
and different proposition looms up.
Don't compromise on the seed oats.
Make them clean. free from weed
seeds and put on enough wind TO blow
over everything but the very heavy
grains. Every experiment proves that
heavy seed yields the biggest crops. 4
day spent now In cleaning the seed
oats will make good money for you
next harvest.
II il n bad sign. Too many feed lots
are empty this winter. and too much
corn IL going into the cribs. Raising
and feeding stock has been the biggest
factor I'm placing farm values where
they are today. When ever you quit
feeding stock you will have To COM
nence To buy commercial fertilizers.
This has been hard nusking season.
TsIelda ha haen muddy and fhara hna
not been enough freezing weather To-
make husking busy. Help has been
scarce. and the crop has been big
Good. hard weather may be expected
now any time. Better finish the husk-
Ing job as soon as possible.
Doing things right and doing them
at the right time will win. The dilly-
dallying farmer or business man can
never make much Roadway until he
learns TO do things at the right time.
A few days late In planting corn may
make big difference In the growth
and outcome OF the crop.
Mouldy corn fodder may be eaten by
stock. In the absence OF other feed.
but that does not mean that u IL
equally ms good as bright fodder. Cat
tie viii often eat the. dry, leatiess corn
stalks during tho winter. but they are
4
breeding sows should now be kept in
a roony yard where they can get plen-
~ OF exercise. The mistake II often
made OF combining the brood SOW In an
by pen all winter. Then feed spar
ingly OF corn. but literally OF shorts
ground oats and middlings.
on the whole II has been pretty
good year. But bigger things can still
be done. What we have learned this
year about producing big crops VIII
give US just that much more help In
doing bigger things next year.
I The past season has shown the value
! OF sorghum as n forage crop. II makes
tremendous yields and IL Is liked by
1 horses. A farmer told me the other
day that hts horses would leave tim
othy hay any time for nice. bright
| sorghum fodder.
I Old cattle feeders like snapped corn
for feeding any time during the win
f., tor. Many feed II only during the early
. AZ A.. III.