The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-27
EARM EAcTs.

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FARM FACTS.
This has been the hardest spring to
get grasses and clover started that we
have seen for many years. Timothy
and blue grass are rather slow to gerA
inmate, and q cold, dry April was hard
on them.
Planning the farm work a week
ahead will saw time and keep things
moving without a hitch. Keep ali
work in our own hands. Know what
You want you men to do, and if necA
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. Many
meadows are overrun with sorrel.
Dat seeding has been done in some
sections this year as late as May %.
That is too late. Hot weather viii;
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 n then do some vigorous
cultivating. A liberal application of
some complete fertilizer will be a good
thing.
T{eifers bred to calf when from wen.
ty-four to twenty-eight months old
need good care n liberal grain feed,
ing. Too man heiters are wintered
without any thought of them ~calving,
and the result is many are not bigger
than yearlings ought to be.
If is sure of getting a threshing
machine when he wants it, threshine
out of shock is all right. But much
grain was damaged in shock last season
before the machine got around. Stack.
ing may be q little out Of date, but II
will give a better quality Of grain AND
require less men n teams thar when
threshing from shock.
An Illinois farmer puts up a large
amount of cat hay every season. He
mows them While the straw is still
green and allows them to cure about
as long a. he would heavy timothy hay.
They are then ralzed into windows and
hauled into the barn.
There is not much danger Of Guilt
waiting the corn or potatoes too much.
The most essential thing is to keer
down weeds at all times, and try to &c
over the fields after each heavy rain.
The recent bulletin of Professor
Craig bears out the statement which
I. the writer has made several times ir
: these notes, that is, a fine quality OF
pork may be made on a barley anG
clover, or alfalfa ration.
On account of present high prices fol
, timothy hay many are preparing to Sc
> their balers up in the field and bale RICH
: out of the windrow. There is great risl
= in baling and shipping so early. If i
is done, make small and rather loos'
bales. When loading in the car Sc
+ the bales or end.
| A correspondent reporting upon liv'
: stock says: Not many mares ar,
being bred this season, and horses ar,
. going higher every spring. Good year
ling draft colts are now selling for s10C
Raising colts to sell at twelve month
for S100 looks like very easy money.
! Oats have been goins backward nov
, for four or five years in many sections
and some have substituted barley an
rye. The seeding of clover n timo
a thy with barley promises well thi
: spring, and it looks now as If thes
e grains would be sown on a larger seal
han ever before.
If there is anything about the farr
! which is not bringing a good price, W
= would like to know what it is. Whes
y is around a dollar. cattle around 6 cent
sheep Z cents, hogs 6 cents, hay $50
ton, corn As cents. and SO on down tn
: whole list. Spring lambs at Chicago 6
= at III to IL cents a pound.
Millet will be sown this season upo
n larpar scale thar Cor MANY year