Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24

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There is no better time for setting
trees than late in fall.
Success on the farm depends upon
having everything done Systematically
and at the proper time.
Once a week is not enough to salt
the sheep. Have it where they can get
what they van every day.
Fer the year 1867 the poultry prod
ucts of the country exceeded in value
the whole of the hay crop.
Land plaster Is not q fertilizer, but
will liberate potash, and shows a mark
ed benefit on clay and sandy land to
clover.
1t Is the March Matched chicks that
make the November layers, which are
the most profitable members Of the
whole flock.
Sheep and young stock should never
be yarded together. The young stock
will be pretty sure to chase the sheep,
and that means trouble every time.
Never drive a sheep body deep into
the snow. If you do, make up your
mind that loss will follow. 1t simply
takes the tuck out of a sheep to wade
In deep snow.
The best method to cure sore backs
on horses is to dissolve one-half ounce
Of b~lue'vitriol in Il pint of water and
daub the injured parts with it four or
Eve times a day.
Alfalfa has shown this season that
still make a big crop. Those who were
lucky enough to have a few acres of it
are preparing to SOW more next spring.
Anyone who buys an incubator think
ing all that is necessary is to load 1t,
light the lamp and let it do the rest,
"all by it's lonesome" should take a
few lessons in common sense from a
sitting hen.
1t is a question in some parts of the
country which would be the most profit
able thing to do, to keep dogs or sheep.
uybj r, 1or nY,ico~oa tc on old nrn an1
1t Is a wonder hat more States do
not come to Tie rescue of the sneepmen
than already have.
Cultivation is intended to destroy
weeds, prevent the ground from drying
out, and to admit the air to the soil,
so as to keep the plant food soluble.
Cultivation does not d any water to
the soil, but prevents that already
there from getting way.
Uncle Sans unappropriateo and I'M
reserved acres for the American home
steaders amount to approximately 100
million acres. Such is the report. Not
all of this is tillable. nevertheless
there are still millions of acres that
can be very profitably put to the pillow.
Hay scattered about on the ground
for sheep is largely hay thrown away.
They will tread 1t down and waste it.
Put it into good racks. Give only what
they will eat up clean. Other stock
have nosed over.
Providing young stock gets plenty of
good nutritious food, they can stand
a good deal OF exposure and gain in
constitution. 1t must not be thought,
however, that animals can gain in con
stitution, where they are made to suf-
fer hardshlps.
A writer in a dairy paper in plead
ing for better treatment for the hired
man puts it in this way, Therefore.
dairymen. put the club away, scold
He is just as sensitive as you cow
1t is quite likely that there are some
hired men that don't know whether the
above is q compliment or not.
OF different food products for farm
animals a chemical analysis shows dry
alfalfa hay to be just about equal
pound for pound to bran. In a ton of
the former there are 220 pounds Of pro-
tein, T92 pounds Of carbohydrates and
"a pounds of fat. In the same weight
Of bran there are pa pounds of pro-
tein, 772 pounds of carbohydrates and
60 pounds of fat. These figures ex-
plain why alfalfa is such a boon to
those sections of the country where il
car be successfully grown. Red clover
hay Is an excellent substitute for al.
falfa, a ton containing 1876 pounds OF
protein, TIC pounds of carbohydrates
and "a pounds Of fat.
III Plague of the "Whfte Nun"
From present indications it appears
that the dreaded white num- butter
fly, which in previous years cause,1
such injury to pine forests in Bohemia
is likely this year to reappear in eve,
greater numbers. THE Ministry OF
Agriculture has, therefore, appointed G
commission of experts to consider how
best to stop the ravages of this de
structive pest. Beginning in the for
ests of Saxony and Bohemia, the white
num- has gradually spread over Nor
avia and Silesia, and even down tc