The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-22

Care should be exercised In paGturing
sheep on clover or. In fact. on any men,
Der Of the legume family. for unless
judgment Is used there may be consid-
cradle loss from bloafing. There In =
right and a wrong way Of p~asturing
these crops. The right way Is to allow
the clover or alfalfa almost 10 come
into bloom before turning in the sheep.
Then there should be sown with these
crops some timothy. rsdtop o. sny otAee
nonleguninous plant. for where there
Is n mixture this way the sheep WIN
alternately eat one and the other and
so reduce the chance OF bloat.
When turning In the flock for the
first time they should be already filled
with food. For example. the day they
are to be turned into the clover pasture
feed them early in tire morning a little
grain and hay, and when the sun IL well
mp and hot turn them out. Then. In
stead of filling themselves at once they
will eat a little and then look for a
cool spot TO rest in. Joseph T.. Wing
has. he says. tried this plan with great
success. lie also advises keeping before
them constantly a receptacle contain
Ing salt and air slaked lime mixed.
Once in the pasture they should never
be moved until II comes time to change
TO fresh pasture-that In, they should
not be brought into the yards mt night
or they will be In danger of bloating
when let out again In the morning.
Eastern Agriculture UsproSressives
In the East applied agricultural sri.
ence had { battle against old customs.
conservatism. failure. inertia. Tue
young blood went West Science
caught the conditions young and was
able 70 show results soon enough to
enlit The cooperation Of all ciames.
Science applied to farming was iSrst
greeted with boots and jeerx Book
farming and fancy timc&" the country
people called Il: and the funny papers
waxed funnier with alleged interviews
of che ~proyerbiai professor with the
recnlc4trant cow l could tell. if Il
were not betraying conhdence. Of ons
agricultural university which had tn
entire faculty. its building. In aicn-
1nc equipment, for four years before
a bakers dozen Of students turned up
10 take Instruction.
Wherever science has been APPLIED
TO farms In the East high values rule.
IN In the West--values even HIGHER
than In tine West. for In close proxsm-
ity Il the markets Of the large Eastern
cities the East mn 50 into the special
ICED farming u perisf,abie products liks
flowers and CELERY and potatoes and
garden truck. which the West dare not
touch on a specialized sale. Maine 10
winning rich profits from her hishly
fortified, spoon-fed potatoes. juse -
Iowa and Wisconsin are earning
wealth In corn. Frnn a single acre
500 worth Of celery has been raised
In a year. 5000 worth OF carnations,
$3.50 worth Of potatoes. 500 worth a
table corn: and I personally know Of
one small apple orchard that lax year
yielded tn owners $500. Fr0m ~
entecn acres Of eFapes one Grewur
clears 3i.7O . ycar: and there i On
record a peach orchard of 100 a0O
which gave its owner q Aarvue Of
$4,000. Deduct hixh cot for hard
labor and hand fertilixing mon this.
md there sull rpEnaius . peu0t TINT
kves I vaiue "a thousandAt wheo -
@sne kind Of lind In the Went = ~
ucd only u MISUNDERSTANDING