Show ARM FARD I 1 AND GARDEN MATTERS OP OF INTEREST TO agriculturists jp I 1 I 1 1 lilt in ill is 1 aa I at collis I 1 it I 1 t f tl if sn if 11 i 1 o 0 1 it TI 1 of f II 11 mud ana hurl atun 4 r 1 Ol Qi joltn tn it so lilt luh t I 1 k ey natural idian 4 run 7 of tho the S 6 of 0 south dakota us as I 1 i i co cintr it 1 IN lonk long I 1 een re 1 e 0 g it I 1 z ti our range bet N ef an I 1 V knutton la is ardel I 1 1 jy A its atcon I 1 tu to aone none ln in its chats oil clr r fy v JL wool his lamed an all in ill it I 1 0 of f I 1 hi wool out centers or t amergi I 1 in 01 I 1 I 1 it in or ill ia of I 1 lut tit I 1 ly y no dupins leist le in our dalry lets hive bale a it mine ninie for or among the nor icat I 1 abt on tills ml III of ehte achieve ments have hao ien I 1 en won oil almost entirely without N the ill of e ilij ite I 1 brains 1 all I 1 brasses out it ith e i 1 grasses hi lit nearly all cast I 1 it inn taij tit the I 1 iraln aln el il 1 11 an fill I 1 in ann tile ad of our btuch in ili some parts pang of our state tho the 9 AIM holcli has pro luel giali s rt suits in the i cui cin III tot ui i 3 time to comp come with but slight mo w hilt in other pur por tiong in fit the offer all ani more ore thel go so tit I 1 district districts conat tlona cons hae u so it wai I 1 binl an I 1 art still changing tit tatt it i 1 I 1 MI I must bo be in ill teiso localities our niti litno e r I 1 N 1110 1 bae base been th leisl of 0 nearly all of our success in fit tit alii pat aie fast disappearing anil and stint o 0 lilt I 1 by interior introduce I 1 gr ani aids egils hie cindia hie about this but lin liable result an art not lurl liar to ovar stocking ani an I 1 tr nR w aich seem al at hobt un iol daule clu clarini rini somo some portions por tlona of 0 the biason it if stock be kept to utilize tha the feed during hush flush times la is one ut of tho the most I 1 and anti also the fulst d 11 Ilet ll to to divoll of I 1 lor I 1 or it only such an of 0 stock li apt h pl during flush feed ai 01 can subsist upon the pasture without sit hout overstocking stocking during the dry parts of the tile season the will mabe such i a link I 1 till growth during the tura g binl ili I 1 earl art summer ill tatt it block istock ft ill not eat cat il it during the dry try per another oil slightly lets 1 potent but more factor ard one still less amt able to 10 ii baran methods inet hoila at 0 p Is th granual migration of hardy h ardy ets u aniced ed grasses u and plants from ire tie older to the neuer sf att t tiel portions portio nc of 0 the country it Is true tint collic 0 our farmers c claim I 1 aim that u r native catl e g alfes are so much sup I 1 ter to the tile cul cull thaUd lall gr frases ases ot of the WE east that sc wo can successfully success tully compete with eastern dairymen without the aid lot ot forage roots or allate and these claims cla lins aro are not without foundation it la IS a veil ell known act that hat our native e gras pi cure upon the ground as soon as 15 the dry weather leather of august and sep sell beta sets in and anti before they have hale ben be n injured by frosts and that a flue quality of well cured hay suler lor to the average meadow hay ot of cistern eastern states can be cut ulon our prairies at any time after august before the ground Is cn verd with snow aa As it frequent li happens we do but nut have bale enc eno i snow fit a any one time during tl va winter to prevent stock from grazing it ought not to be cult to unde und estani why by wo we cia can truth fully say that our stock can range year round and vo ve can cut hay upon our prairies from august until march there are hoe however er some year years an ani especially this year when this elate state ment cannot be substantiated while it is unquestionably truo trite that vve we have the advantage of our eastern compete tors in the quality of our native grasse it la is also true tint that they have laie the ad vantage of us in the length of tira tim during which block can obtain lent food such being the case it seems that it la Is even eien more important that we should auppl forage roots an I 1 sl lago lage tor for the lato si summer anmer fall and win in ter feeding than it is for the casam east rl dairyman or stock stockman mall to make a similar provision 1 13 C blI allcott cUtt lijek sami rry hilll the last week in I 1 planted what ahat I 1 call i I 1 model modell straw berry bed writes V IN corliss in ry the ground was carefully plowed in october turning in two loads ot of well ell rotto I 1 stable manure then left to aln a month then har rowed down smooth when two more loads of well pulverize izel I 1 manuec were carefully scattered over oer it alj acl ell plowed in I 1 then harrowed har I 1 down doan smooth and anti firm and markard off my rowa rows for planting four fert apart instead of cutting a v ith my plow I 1 threw two to furrows together forming a ridge sixteen inches vile ile I 1 raked the ance te with a steel garden rake until they were mere is as flue an annl I 1 mell mellow 0 w ar a aches then taking a garden h hoe c I 1 cul cut a it drill three inches deep in t alie ile center of each cach ridge an I 1 filled nearly fill till w wibb jtb pulverized manure and anti wool ashe rhen scattering a little ine fine mol I 1 ver this forming I 1 a center which I 1 conNer converted ted into little cones aith ath naked hands making a perfect bed for the roote roots ot of the plants my rows acro ere tour four feet apart and I 1 set bet my plants twelve inches apart in the ro row 1 chis his spring I 1 plowed small furrows to the rows ros thue thus giving each row a bed mirt inches wide aide and today july lit these thirty inch beds are nearly covered with nev ne v and nicely growing pi pl its As fast as 49 they reach the proper limit 21 inches I 1 cut the runners back with a sharp hoe it could not lot be any prettier emar remarked ked cd a gentleman while bite looking rt it this thi week eak and he knew he poke spoke having been born and reared on the eastern shore one of 0 the finest pr belts on arth earth the size of far bel he I 1 fron the center ot of the furro 1 ai lie e c call al 1 th e ni u at ater e r fu furrows r rons bere here li Is 1 HO 4 0 fee feet t b by y 0 fc act t R mid 1 A t tie e bd kropet la 13 IG 16 fet fett by feet ih 1 4 rill lOK fruit I 1 ault mature at A inciting ot of tha the Cill fonia ifor if 11 buddy ald in bun mento on tin lilt mh of 11 ay iy v of frost tu to arnit aas it ion ott aidt rable 1 nath t rat it jihn u bifid if id hit that lung I 1 it tell icons Is w aich 11 binl 1 bet baui 11 babit et t to 0 tile th action fiction of frost bird hard to turn the i it bli k tatoul i out I 1 I 1 ill to mature and emild auld fill from front tit tries wes one browet I 1 als lit r n 1 burk ortt I 1 that hit his I 1 laches or boia ing a ili I 1 k I 1 lit it but tit thit it wro atre not abil all I 1 continue I 1 to prow gron A grovum whose peaches pei thos ila lul I 1 abtin to the action of frost took much inter interest in tho the discussion and it I 1 to w u itch his ills detches cl osil with L aliw IC ot of WE testing 1119 tho the OP loin hill by b lilt growers ott ti ittin tin thin in be bt noticed not ced tho tile piti PIN ro blick but it lb j dl ill I 1 not drop from roin the but lo 10 grow grof groffani tani ant lynall full manurel upon UP himli ty all jt ii it till I 1 lit it u is boull I 1 tu to b be su so fir id is lip irant I 1 la con c 1 being hird nil lilt birtil irni upon crackly cracking ig it tin germ within was found to bu be ehrl LIE it an all I 1 driad up tit until 1101 no thi lier ker ti alt i I 1 lany t t y ut of 1 lar it r I 1 in lit fact ct tin till oran or ln oi ot skin of the tile etlin contil cont lille nol I 1 nothing athin it the thil tanti and tho tile it lilt both hiv chiv ina in intili I 1 ills binns up a wile bivil to sp cu mulitin litin tro ro spi clil bull ur or that itic conditions bicet I 1 imalea k lilies u cro ere g ro IN it 11 thi lial croppe I 1 under other conditi cither it t soil or clitu ate ill lits in lit chich berin la Is do tie j orlin artly tl ilof cloi tutu into laret c hoice fruit ti ii it I 1 the I 1 it kill ill I 1 if alt 0 tie 71 e I 1 rock olt 4 of it a natura arc ar 0 I 1 r Y iaia 8 1 merlou but ut of aio I 1 clit entirely r 1 y past out nn in I 1 act 1 look 00 k for fui fut ther on oil this tills subject alt at lit it I 1 1 11 A speaker at i unions famous institute sal I 1 aa balsim i crop of cuni curti it Is is a rule to u thice horsen abreast to HIL OIL plOW witia ft a twelve I 1 1 inch for ono one nun litin will drino them as easily is as ho lie will to ind they will do one ore third igliore work aorl to tho the hand build a matter of no bin sin ill import anco in fit the outcome i I 1 0 sanie nuy may lo 10 sil sit I 1 ol 01 harrowing harrow ins it the round la is nut tr irish ish requiring rei tile harrow tu to bo be constantly lifted three or four horses abreast I 1 to double harron s will ill nac nearly hilt the emanuill libor lu in liar rowing it tho tile li reab reasonably clean and correctly check rowel I 1 the carols way a bo be har harried telco once just as tho corn Is fairly sprouting ani nut again tho the other hii just aa as it it Is fairly out of the ground so the toa may lo 10 seen if it gets lilg br a hand should follow each liar row irth a narrow garden rake tu to un codr any upon which cloda clods may have falan in cultivating a good hand will coar but little corn and this ho lie will uncover with tho the too 0 ot tho the loot boot and gen generally trally without stop topping the fam centering centring cen tring tho the corn tho the later cultivation when hen the eoll oil becomes pretty well filled with alth roots need only bo be shallow dul here again tho the operator must bo be guld ed by circumstances As a rule early planting alnes tho the best crop but a good crop crup need no be expected it the land la 13 plowed planted or worked when wet it sometimes requires con sid crable erable counge courage to decide to wall when deeds aro are press laI lichen it li Is a q letlon of having tho the crops 1 ered erea by A weeds beds or of batting wo we should hould tal e the chances on wet land than thata tu to wait alt origin of rolito hugs bugs the T colondo colorado potato beetle mcelvea its common name from the tact fact that ita its native home was at the eastern baso base of the mountains where it fed upon a species of wild potato quite common to this region known as tile sand bur solanum ro roat ratum it waa was collected there and by thomas say in 1824 it m waa as first mentioned as an in insect in 1859 when hen some of the early settlers ol 01 western nebraska report ul it feeding in largo large numbers ill ul on the irish potato jo 0 o thus r ece ce that the species change changet I 1 its fond from a wild to a I 1 plant as has been the cisa case c isa with many of 0 our in burlous insects li lx improving a atun down aarm AI al tho the michigan lic hIgan I 1 armors institute I 1 L A crorkin bild said B ild i halo brought up a farm arm from a run down condition until to day it bears tine fine crops of clover al at ju ant st exclusively by green I 1 began by lurting rye and plowing it under introducing othet othe crops for this tills pur purpose pote until to day 11 1 heart bears as I 1 have eald said good crops of clover closer tho the bround round should bo be kept covered after oats sow rye working the droun I 1 w ith i i spring tooth harrow then tin next sprint plow the i ro rye un der and sow bow clover closer u or plant corn 1 ij ou oil cant brow clover fr un U arthen try peas killing potato hugs ag As both the mature insects an I 1 llie the larvae feed teed up on the lotito beats they are easily killed by the application of any put p I 1 aon son and as a the kues k ues arc are rather rough anything applied to them Is retained mur lt longer than upon leaves having a smooth st surface 0 01 the many sub stances aed tor for tho the destruction 1 I these insects carls grien griten in som 1 torm form 13 I 1 the standard it may be ap piled plied in the form or of a spray by mix ing with water at the rate of a tea F of tho the green to a bucket ol 01 water nr or in a dry form mixed with iab lour flour or lime time ex M not be in a hurry to buy dewran nw fan gle I 1 machinery N v alt till you out lust just bow it works arks take no agent a or salesman a word nord for it watch it care fully yourself under all test con condition dillons time or labor or both or will turn out then if it ie 13 just richt and will uv NY a better quality ot of lary good goods il wail not but buy at once 11 0 irk U 11 ila line ce riding Is a I 1 lost ost art in the average well 11 to do country coun try neighbor I mod even with ith the sterner sex and al a aaltio saddle in the tile countr not moldy rat blaed and anti skirt curled would bo be almost ns as great a curiosity as a hors clesa carriaga carri agi says tho the batern ea tern it u I 1 lie buggy crize struck tho the country during tho hush flush days ot of a ft dozen beirs agu ago eer cico ono one db carding horb diack ni ai tha tile poor roan mart a mode of anil and beery fi firmer riner his bons oils and hire I 1 hands bands all billing bug lia anil anti their saddles in the hen houses where here many of them still repose lien uen it th family doctor is 1 to bo be hastily callad the average f firmer irmer a son or hired nun man w would deem it a hardship hards lill if ho he were compelled to larry carry the iness message ige of mercy un on horse bick 1 ick twenty or thirty years cars ngo igo tho prou brou lest lost it daiy diy ay iy of a country buy bo or rural willan etui ag the one on which the indulgent ier co often disgruntled diA andul duice parent returned from town with a new now ai sa a i I 1 ile in ili those djs days the country boung fihs boull cinter canter away oer the hills through tho the sit ery brook alleys or across the breeze tinned prairies for milci away to chuich chulch sundi da biloon appio apple cutting or cousins cousin a wedding full of 0 health hilliness hip liness ml till human algor gor hut but not 0 so o now I 1 country young nian mail on horsek horseback hor ick going to church or a parti would acel while bite a country n N boull out I 1 feel I 1 esith ely disgraced it if hr jr sunie to have her rido ride a horrid horse and anti furnish IL lit hirs rs it to bundi school or a ar lr caid is or cun on ott a it jaunt Is I 1 N aril tho tile sill bad lie ile both side and a haa ins to tho the city 1 w I 11 t re cultured people I 1 the thousands the respectability respect and lualta falness ful of horseback hors horst bick back riding ani an I 1 ca berl tike up tip tho the lost art of 0 their coun try c ising BI III lit lint linh ast nast bums bunts ot of etione 1 for tint that which lio tile country aik folk oik nil vin as its well uell ila haio Es for nothing thu tho ind lup hapl incus giving conconi con conco comi ml tanta tants of hoi horseback riding alie th down 1 about the pit 1833 some prominent find and skillful breeders in Oxford shire laibl ind undertook tho the formation ot of a lw breed of sheep which wouna combino combine tho the weight ot of the long wool with mth the quality of tho the down they lid ild not establish a scale of points that A if Is not I 1 ishlon able then but they said 1 I rial down shall hae lia e a 9 nice dirk color the ilia poll well covered with anith abol aal adorned with a top 0 t on the ho to I 1 a good ot of w t 0 o thick on oil the skin not too curly omell a well formed barrel on shott leg legi i not ny r ay iy or spotted with s lilt a good irm firm rhe stuck to the tile test they kept ept peg pegging ing a ity vice pi wool had no filing single stallard stan lard no terror for thi in m on oil i a double standard platform wool ool and mutton in with lilt two breeds to draw cutti Cot cotnola nold old and will with 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