The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-10-17
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INSTITUTE COLUMN
TIE STRAW sYACk
BY W. H. Moods. Farmers ins,i-

year and farmine is acknowledged as
one OF the professions.
The farmer It's looking after the
waste on the farm and using every
method OF converting it into high
priced meat and by-products.
Prominent among the many minol
wastes of the average farm stands
the straw stack which too frequentlj
deserves the usual name OF a straw
pile.
The feeding value OF good brigh;
straw is coming to be better realized
and one seldom sees the flames of q
dozen burning straw stacks turning
night into day, although the prac-
tlce was a common one in some see
tons five years ago.
IT is not the purpose OF this ar
ticle to discuss the comparative val
ne of various kinds OF straw. The
farmers library nowadays, contains
half a aozen sources of Information
on this subject from the larmers
Bulletins up, and ii is only necessary
10 say that most any kind of straw
pays we'll for its stacking, fencing
and care, and if properly, preserved
It's nutritive value and %palatability
increases with age.
In addition to This, the value OF
the refuse straw. as a mulch for til
perry patcn ana vegetable gar
uelt 'h keeping down weeds
ana conserving moisture, is great
ana mere Is hothlhg better, n Sc
easily secured WIN Whlcn TO prevent
tne arlltlhs OF son. y thin dressing
on straw applled only IN strips
VII lmmedlatel check the blowing
on saiid and dry mulch on most any
hlnd OF ground.
IN the conservation of fertility the
straw tack plays an important part.
AS bedding 1t absorbs and retains
me o lua elements OF iertil-
Ivy, STRAW itself is of value as q
ierllllzef' Hopkins giving $40 as
the cash Value OF a ton OF ordinary
oat straw at the farm IN central I'LL
hols' at the present price OF CONNER
car feftlllzers.
Possibility the actual value OF
straw DIS AN ~iilproNef OF OF the ply
slcai cohdltloh the SOIL IS of more
Importance than ITS actual chemicai
value, o clay and gumbo soils be
ing dellclent IN vegetable matter OF
hulhus' addition of all trash.
manure corhstalks and straw when
Wen mixed with the surface soil by
n.se'ls peiole ploWlhs' IS UNIVERSAL
. 'ui'i''eo as d soou farming prec-
- pi19eu' system 700 ldIse
" - "'nSS - lHe slt"" staeh L
terested only i. %rettino mo NOS
bushels of oTaina i'm q day,s ,rn and
even when careful has other fbince
10 look after
Every windstacke in Amarico 10,
a picture of The old ouaker boldino
nm a 6nper with no insnrintion tn
Farmers Friend . Nov, II tbis yrero
changed to tho "Farmar pay,e
FRIEND il Womb be strictlv oorrao+
for Won we'll rememha,. tbat M st,.a :,
was the first nlaca tba how was
mt PM with AN lie duet ana sp,aot
work was usllally weu dom and
stack was laft i'm s,,oh ebana +bot
il shed water and . oreep etaal, voc
less common than if * nj Tho nroeent
time.
AS good \ stack can he h,,ilt h,
one Z man Wlln the q
stacker as could be made with ten
the eXertion o. the five boys
behind the old stat stacker.
Most any GOOD man-and no ohio,
should be entrusted with the iob-
can build the stack and have time to
look after the grain wagons i'm ordin
airy work.
M .a ~. ~
chute to it's fnll lenoth and elevate
it sufficiently tJ,at the force of tho
blast will be downwards and buiba
back,or far. side of he stack
the the center ana front can
be made always blowinq tho strau ~
into and against the hack of the
stack which has. baen. b,ilt Nbeu
about to finish the stack the chute
be elevated and blow a few
loads up and over making a solid cap
that will shed water and make as
pretty IA stack as could be desired.
VI course II 1t becomes necessary to
move the machine Tor any cause the
are lntelll-
7ent eilort VIII De required TO cope
"l,h the SITUATION.
AS soon as the stack settles a few
Dads should be hagled from the ed
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