Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 18, 1899, Page 11

FARM ‘AND’ GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO’ AGRICULTURISTS. Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cul- tivation of the Soll and Yields Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and Floriculture. Discussion on Strawberries. (Condensed from Farmers Review Sten- ographic Report of the Northern Illinois Horticultural meefirg.) Mr. Hoxie (secretary of the State Horticultural society of Wisconsin), I Want to help Mr. Hartley out on what some of you may think, perhaps, a big statement (8,000 quarts of strawberries from one acre), and at the same time I want to score one for Wisconsin. I find I have a little slip in my pocket concerning a crop harvested by Mr. Stickney of Wauwatosa, Wis. The ground measured ten square rods less than five acres. The fruit measured 1,700 bushels, and I think if you will figure that out you will find it almost 11,000 quarts. The commis- sion man reported that on account of extra care in picking and handling this fruit had found the readiest sale and had brought from fifteen to twenty per cent higher prices than all others. This is a matter of actual measurement. Mr. Barnard of Manteno: It might be well for Mr. Hoxie to state the va- riety of berries produced on that field. Mr. Hoxie: I don’t know as I could tell the varieties. This was in 1890; eight years ago. Mr. Hartwell: be the Crescent. Mr. Soverhill of Tiskilwa: Speak- ing of varieties, we don’t always know ust how to arrange strawberries in or- der to get the right varieties together. Last year I had the finest strawberry bed Lever had. I sent down to Nauvoo and got three varieties, the best they 1ad, Princeton Chief and Bubach No. thought I had the right ones, but they came to blossom I didn’t a fertilizer and I didn’t have a It was almost sure to ToD Mr. Hartwell: The Bubach is all ight if it isn’t tricky. Just when you think you have it, it isn’t there. Mr. Soverhill: I had the Crescent, too. Mr. Hartwell:My chief berry is the Warfield. Q.: What do you fertilize with? Mr. Hartwell: The Splendid. Mr. Bryant: There is a good deal in variety, but more in knowing how. I think Mr. Hartwell knows pretty near- ly how to handle his plants. Mr. Hoxie: I think this question of the right varieties to plant together to fertilize each other, is of the utmost importance, what two plants will pro- duce the best results from pollenization and upon that hangs the loss and profit, very largely, of the strawberry grower. Dr. Humphrey of Galesburg: If you will just tell us how to avoid the late frosts we will be all right in this part of the state. Mr. Hartwell: Mr. Gregg of Minne- sota, said he put as high as three feet of straw between his rows, and planted his berries six feet apart. He said if farmers would do that, they could cov- er every time there was danger of a frost. Mr. Barnard: I have mulched my berries deeply and I find it makes them later in starting in the spring, conse- quently they would pass by an early frost. If a frost should come unsea- sonably, it might not work in every case. Mr. Corbin: The gentleman was in- quiring about varieties to fertilize. In my experience Beder Wood is one of the best we have for the Crescent Seed- ling and for the Warfield. The Beder Wood is a light berry and does not stand as well for market, but it is a good berry and a splendid fertilizer. Mr. Hoxie: In the matter of mulen- ing, my observation has been that sometimes it is a damage; if the spring comes on with a few warm days, the hot sun will thaw the ground and they will start early, and it is an actual damage. Instead of that, in locations exposed to frost, select a north slope instead of a southern exposure, Mr. Herrick: There is the question of what mulch to use. Some kinds 92f mulching will kill your plants in the field if put on too heavily, for instance if straw is put on too heavily, or leaves, and the snows pack it down. Mr. Hartwell: The danger is in ex- eluding the air. If you put it on too deep and it gathers a great quantity of ice, you are going to ruin the field. Dr. Humphrey: One year I destroy- ed my field by covering it with stuff from the hemp factory. Mr. Friend of Nekoma: In regard to mulching strawberries, we farmers have no other kind of straw than oat straw, and that is the thing we must use in mulching our berries because it is the thing we have. You don’t need to put it on very thick, just enough to shade the berries. Mr. Ingells: I think with a very light mulch, the ground will freeze deeper and make the berries really Mr. Morgan: I want to indorse what this gentleman has said about mulch- ing strawberries. My plan has been to mulch them lightly, just enough to cover them lightly and let them freeze, I Jet the ground freeze and then put on the oat straw. Mr. Woodard: Speaking of varieties, it isn’t so much matter what a man has in the way of varieties as it is for ey- ery grower to get a variety that is suited to his ground and climate, even if he has to test them for several years. One man here said the Warfield was his p l berry. I got the Warfield »ut it has been very moderate with me. My ground was too dry, but other ya- rieties do better. If I had put all I bad into at Marengo, I would have lost rach. Poultry on the Farm. (Condensed from Farmers’ Review Sten- ographic Report.) W. W. Noyes read a paper on poul- try on the farm. In part he said: Se- lect your breeding pen in February from your two and_ three-year-old hens. Never use pullets. The chicks from the old hens will be stronger than from the pullets. Get your male birds from some one that makes a business of raising blooded fowls. Do not keep a male with your laying hens. He is a useless expense and the hens are less liable to disease without him. Be sure and get rid of all your young cockerels before Christmas. It makes no difference what breeds you prefer, the methods of procedure are the same. If you produce fowls for market you must cater to the market. If the market demands a yellow-legged chicken you must provide it. Eggs pay better than chickens for market, but to get eggs your fowls must have some egg-making mate- rials. The best food I ever gave young chickens was cheese and made from sour skimmilk. The best feed for laying hens is wheat and sour milk. Most of the chickens raised on the | farm are stunted in their early growth, largely due to not having enough wa- ter for drinking. In beginning the raising of poultry do as you would in going upstairs—begin at the bottom and go up one stair at a time. The demand for poultry products is far greater than the supply. Last year we imported more than 13,000,000 dozen | eggs, at a cost of about $2,000,000. Q.—Is it a fact that the egg produc- tion of the farmers’ hen is less than formerly, and if so, to what do you | attribute it? A—I have heard some people say | that, but I do not know that it is true. If it is true I must attribute it to two things. In the early days the farmers used to carry through the winter the business hens, but now they sell them | off and carry over the young chickens that do not lay, The second reason is that the farmers are overbreeding for size and feather. I think that if the farmers would go back to first prin- ciples and breed for business hens they would have better success. Q.—Have you ever figured out the cost of producing a pound of poultry with different feeds? A.—That has been figured so many times and in so many ways that I do } not try to do it, and the same is true of the cost of producing a dozen eggs. | Q.—What amount of skill is neces- sary to make a success of raising poul- try on the farm? Does it require more | skill than it does to handle the dairy or swine business? A—The poultry business, like every other business, must be learned if one is going into it with hopes of success. Q.—Do you use artificial heat im your poultry house? A.—No, sir. A Farmer.—I live out here two and a half miles from town, and am en- gaged in the dairy business. My wife is in the poultry business. She takes care of about 50 to 60 hens, and every morning in winter time she has a warm breakfast for the chickens. She cooks sugar beets for them and gen- erally puts in some seasoning. At this time we have only about 45 hens and we are getting from one to two dozen eggs per day. Our eggs are car- ried into town every day and sold with the milk, and we are unable to supply the demand at 25 cents per dozen. F. M. Munger read a paper on the same subject. In part he said: There are a few simple rules which, if fol- lowed, would add much to the income of the farmer. Have a good permanent house for the poultry apart from any other building. Have this building so clean and sweet that it can be visited at any time, and you can stay for any length of time without feeling that you must go outside to get fresh air. Keep the hens dry and clean. Wet hens will not lay eggs, neither will cold ones. Cold houses will mean the stopping of the egg supply in cold weather. All fowls need exercise, but this is especially true of laying hens. A scratching shed should also be pro- vided. A house 10x12 feet should not be expected to accommodate more than twenty-five hens. The scratching shed should be bedded with straw and hay and the fowls kept at work. Be sure they have a balanced ration, as eggs cannot be produced unless the proper food be provided. I try to feed my breeding stock onty such food as will keep them in good healthy con- dition. This gives good healthy flocks, and such flocks will do well even though from weak parents, If I were working to produce eggs for market I would use cut bone every day. Another important item, when the fowls do not have a wide range, is to give them chopped clover hay. Some green food is needed every day. Chickens are like humans, in that they like a change of food, though what is good for the production of eggs is not good for the fattening of fowls; when you want to acconiplish the latter corn is the proper ration. Hens need much water, for the egg contains about as much water as the same bulk of milk. Do not mix the breeds, for a mixed flock for the farmer is a delusion and a snare. Little or no inbreeding should be practiced. There are several ways to get good theroughbred fowls. 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