The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-05-30

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FARM FACTS.
Where timothy and clover are grown
together 1t Is not practicable to u thu
when both areein the best condi.
ton. Many cut the crop when the
timothy is in bloom This is the best
time, IL the timothy is The portion o.
the crop wanted. But at this stays
the clover is not at Its best. could
v figure out any real advantage II
growing the two together as a has
crop. for the quality of one must be
sacrificed for the other. Some farnn
ers wait until the clover heads ars
brown before cutting. At that stays
the timothy has passed It's prime anc
instead of making a better quality OF
hay, 1t really lessons Its value.
An extensive corn grower asks
whether I would advise planting seeo
corn two years old. and which now
yes. I would rather risk that 2-year-
old seed han seed or 1906, which might
show a termination Of 98 per cent, The
old seed will be more vigorous, but 1t
will require more moisture to start
termination. The depth of planting
this seed is very important.
1t will soon be time to wean the
pigs. Do 1t gradually. II the litter
is taken away from the SOW suddenly
1t is apt to cause Inflammation OF her
udder. The better way Is to cut of
gradually the feed OF the SOW, and
urge the pigs to take care Of them.
selves. When the SOW does the
Ing there Is seldom any trouble. Fol.
low her methods as near sQ1 nnSSihIa &
Moving and pasturing grain fields
have been tried to check rankness and
prevent the crop from lodging. The
idea is a new n and should be prac.
ttced cautiously until more definite re.
suits are known. In Illinois one grow.
er. on black soil, claims to have pass
tured his oats off for several years
after they were six inches high, and
his crop has never gone down.
The man who sells young stock on
the farm Is really worse off than the
man who sells his grain. There IL
no money In merely raising young
stock; the profit comes in making use
forage. Keep the young animals and
get the profit OF feeding for your.
self.
Many farmers have been caught this
season with coor seed corn. This seed
was selected last fall, at the right
time, but it was not fully mature, and
it has lost terminating vigor. Imma-
ture seed is never reliable. It is mort
difficult to keep, and with unfavorable
weather it will deteriorate very rapidly
When it comes to grapes for home
Use, Concord. Worden and Moore's
Early, are hard to beat. They are
adapted to a wider range Of soils and
perfectly hardy. The farm home that
is not amply supplied with these grapes
Is missing something good.
A Mills county, Iowa, correspondent
says his orchard is unthrifty and the
soil is very hard. Get more humus in
your soil. A crop of peas will help mat
hunus), and furnish food for the trees.
Cow peas may be sown In June and
plowed under in the fall.
If you want TO be saving of forage
or grass crops allow the hogs to run
on only q part of the pastures at {
time. BY having two or three differ.
ent lots, and changing the hogs from
n to the other, the grass or clover
is better utilized and the period O.
rest helps the field.
juno is the month when the cult.
vators should be kept going. This is
the time to make the corn crop; and
1t is a good time TO push the growth
OF the orchard. Rather shallow, anG
frequent cultivation of the orchard will
produce better quality of fruit and
thrifty trees.
Many sections report that the outlook
now is h shortest hay crop In years
1t Is not too late to SOW crops tina viii
help out the hay shortage. Save the
meadows and make some early corr
help out the pastures. 1t is a good time
to try some cane. Sow it any time ur
to June IS.
"A blue gras pasture is not the bes-
place for the hogs to run all the time,
but as a supplement to other pastures i
Is good. May is a good time to civ
the hogs the benefit Of the blue grass
n then again in the fall after othe,
pastures have become scant.
Don't conclude that the pigs do no,
need grain because they have the rur
Of a good clover or rye pasture. You
can't make rapid growth that way
Feed grain or mill stuff all the time
and then the hogs will make the hes,
use of both grass and grain.
Barley does best in those section!
where there is abundant moisture earl
in the spring; and, unlike other grair
crops, it thrives better on less mois.
ture as the season advances. In fact
1T does not require much rain after /
has made a good start.
Good draft horses are selling in cen.
tral Illinois at from $500 to $3.50, ant
desirable draft brood mares go at 500
to $500. There Is q very strong de,
mand for mares this spring, which in.
dicates that farmers are getting bacl
to breeding again.
Growing pears has MOI been an entire
success in Il great many sections. Aft
er observing the growth of pears TO
many years, the writer believes tina
clay soils are best adapted to this fruit
and the hardest trees are the SLOW