Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04

ilDl " liz lIlt COllS lIlIblBilE inc Nlill6T
in good condition. They will need
good stabling and nutritious food all
winte.".
Now is the %crowding time for the
fattening hogs. If troughs are kept
clean and the hogs are not rushed on
to new corn, there will not be much
danger from diseas But filthy troughs
and floors and green feed will quickly
throw the hogs out of sorts.
There are many more old sows being
sent to market this year than last
This Indicates hat farmers are selling
off their big, heavy sows and Keeping
young ones for coming breeders, or are
reducing their breeding herds. What
ever else you do, save a good bunch
of breeders. 1t is a mistake to- sell TOO
close, because of high prices.
How are the lambs and calves show
Ing up? Creeps may be made now so
that these young things can eat undls-
turbed by the older animals. I saw a
nice looking bunch of lambs and calves
I'm q corn field the other day. They
seem to be thriving, and contented, and
they were not hurting the corn.
Now Is a good time to cut off the
corn around the sides of the fields next
to- the fences. 1t Is a quick JOB 10
throw the stalks over into the pas
ture for the stock; and, cutting oil a
rod or two wide will give ample turn
ing room.
You can hardly expect the hens 10
keep right on laying unless they are
given suitable food. and have warn
roosting places. Also right now ISL,
good time to feed some fattenlng TO-,
to the fowls which are TO be sou
around Thanksgiving. Try barley. oae
and buckwheat. all ground together, as
a fattening ration.
What Is the use Of trying something
new every ear. A more suitable courss
Is to stick to those crops which haw
proved most profitah'e IN v""
and let the experiment; station carr!
on the Investigations WITH n,n 80. ~
BY writing to our state station you
can find out which new crop is reaLI
worth giving a field trial.
A correspondent says this has been
the worst season for weeds and cut
ting up of pastures that ho r. :"
known. The weeds have aroused farm
ers to a national menace, anu, rI..nY
measures should be taken to preVeD
fields from washing out gullies. Saw
the best soil, and keep 1t from WASH
Ing down into the highway or inH
your neighbors' fields.
A farmers club in northern Illlnop
has been formed for the sole purpos
Of looking after the roadways in TN
district. 1t has been proposed ths
clover or alfalfa be sown, each farm
er seeding the strip adjacent to ~
own land, and then each one Is boun'
to keep his strip clear Of weeds.
A dairyman asks whether swes
clover will make good hay. No. bu
IL our correspondent lives where sws
clover thrives, why not try alfalfa. Is
best alfalfa fields / have seen this yes
were near by a rank growth OF W
clover.
Cane which has been sown broa~
cast can be handled best IL IT Is y
with the mower and put up In SIZE |
shocks. Some prefer to cut it WIN
harvester and bind 1t. If that is aVs
the cutting must be lone early ~
the stalks soon get too large for a ~
der to handle: and then the stun
difficult 10 dry out, when Ii IS po'
up In bundles. -
The amount of alfalfa seed w.s Of
per acre depends upon the quang led
the seed. With IS per cent. pure rhs =
fifteen pounds per acre Is ample. DC
thing to do Ia to find out how HN~ =
your seed will grow.