The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-09-12

! pork. The only care these hogS get is
b. six weeks before they are killed
The curing Is done after an old recipe,
and the smoked meats are never sent tc
customers until after 1t has been in
the smokellouse for at least twelve
months. The meat is delicious. as ]
can personally testify, and Miss Smith
has no trouble In selling her products
of 500 hogs annually.
sow WELL CLEANED GRASS
SEED.
Meadow land and pastures show, toe
plainly. evidence of neglect in selecting
seeds. 1t takes heavy, vigorous seed to
produce strong plants, and a grass crop
will not produce much unless the
ground is well covered with thrifty,
well-rooted plants. We are very apt To
be governed by the appearance of grass
or clover seed. when we buy 1t, not
deeming 1t necessary to get Own to it
and find out how much germtnable
seed there Is. or how free the mixture
is from weed seeds, There has been a
great deal of ndulterated seed sold dur
ing the past few years, and this has
been made possible mainly because
farmers did not ask for a guarantee of
purity, or did not even go so far as 10
examine their seed for aduiterants.
When one buys Kentucky blue grass
he does not want so per cent. chaff and
the other so per cent. Canada blue
grass. While the STANDARD weight of
blue grass is fourteen pounds per
bushel, fancy seed will u from TWEEN
ty-two to twenty-eight pounds per
not be fooled, will not buy our export
seed unless it weighs twenty-five
pounds and upward per bushel.
There are many grades OF alfalfa seed
and good and bad all find somebody
who will buy them. l have just COM
pleted three tests of this seed and find
one lot offered at $40 a bushel tested
only 23 per cent. Sue seed has spoiled
many Il farmers prospect for an alfalfa
crop. Look out for your grass seeds.
FARM FACTS.
1t never pays to set out %spindiing
and weak trees or shrubs. Set strong,
healthy ones. and then do a good job.
III a tree gets "A setback when 1t is
transplanted it will take it two or
three years to recover, II 1t ever does.
A correspondent says he has a fine
young apple orchard. but it does not
bear much fruit. The trouble is, the
trees have been pushed too fast. A
moderate setback will lend to check
set fruit. II the orchard has been cul-
tivated, top 1t for a year or so, and
seed down to clover.
There is a big difference In the way
| orchards should he handled. During
the frst four or Ave wears. after the
trees are set ont the c1ltivator and
harrow should be kent going right
through the summer or all Trough
the growing season. But. when the
trees have come to the bearing stage
they should be urged to get fruit. by
checking the growth of wood.
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All kinds of fence posts are getting
higher every year now, and anything
hat will help save posts and make
bark off, before the posts are put into
the ground. Telephon poles and rail
fore they are put into use. BY doing
SO they last nearly twice as long as
when the bark is left on.
Splendid reports have come from
farmers who used barley last spring
as Il nurse crop for clover. However
this season has not been a favorable one
for making u comparative test be-
cause 1t has beer unusually fayora HE
ture were ide2l for clover gerlnination.
and really the only danger. at any time
during the season. was the tendency of
the grain to lodge, and smother the
young clover plants.
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ole vi Tie important lnlnES aDOu
seed grain and grasses, which every
farmer should know. is the character
OF weed seeds found in the stock he
proposes to use for seeding purposes.
nevertheless they are armfn and
there are certain weed seeds which a n
not be cleaned out OF seed grains or
grass seeds. One should not. with
wide open eyes, SOW weed seeds. and
when buying uncleaned seeds he had
out, ana which cannot. For instance.