The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 25, 1915, Page 10

- bilized. . we're TILLAGE INFUENCES SOIL FERTILITY AND . MAKES FOOD FOR TREES The effect of tillage and cover crops on the orchard are similar in some re- spects, but tillage adds nothing to the amount of plant ‘food in the soil, thought it influences the fertility of the land so that more food is made available for the growing trees. A well-managed system of cover crops 'will accomplish all that tillage can and &t the same time add:to the store of the plant food that will be available for the trees. ; Fruit trees are often injured by root freezing during the winters. In the northern latitudes this is one of the most important reasons for keeping the soil covered in the winter. The influence of a cover crop in protecting -the roots from frost is very important.. On soil that is rolling or on hillsides it will be found almost impossiblc to maintain any degree.of fertility in the orchard without the use of cover Crops. It will not only prevent the soil from washing away, but will also hold the fertilizers from washing and prevent the leaves from blowing away.. The saving of plant food is also an important function of a cover crop. When the cold weather arrests the growth of trees there is considerable available plant food that may be -wast- ed on account of the trees not being able to consume it at that time. This may be saved by the cover crop and held until such a time as it is desired to have it give it up or when the cover crop decays in the following spring. The ideal system of managing or- chard lands in the northern and mid- dle states is perhaps most nearly ap- proached when the soil is stirred in the early spring, as early as practica- ble and as deep as it can be and not injure the roots; cultivate in this man- ner until the trees are budded, then seeded with a cover crop which will grow until autumn and be turned un- der the following spring, and the same method practiced again. In some sections of the apple coun- try a cover crop is used the year that the trees are due to produce a large crop, 80 as to form a bed for the ap- ples to fall upon and keep them clean and free from mud. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY Less than half of the 1,200,000,000 tillable acres in the United States are under cultivation. Our foreign trade in and home consumption of raw materials ‘are constantly increasing. A 'man with some capital, plenty of hard sense and the ability to absorb information should find in farming an opportunity to earn a good living in a hsealthful way. g The chances for success in this field - seem to be better than in any,. other: ‘kinds of business ventures where -cir- cumstances are often too strong even for the intelligent and 'industrious . Sentinel .Butte farmers have their own. elevator and flour: mill and’are |- ~-paying.more ‘for wheat:and: charging " less’ for flour than the combine. Who said it didn’t pay to get together? ‘:Abig 'biz. organ is bewailing that the Nonpartisan League has = the ‘farmers - of this state mesmerized. when the fact is they are only mo- CIE we don’t get better markets g’oing ‘to put ithe fist in- paci- [§ _ Chiropractic: 3 " (KI-RO-PRAK-TIK) " The Science ‘that .-Makes: People ‘Well - . and Happy . You Need Not Be Sick ~ . Chiropractic ADJUSTS ‘the .} .- CAUSE of Disesse INVESTIGATE T Py S GEO. A. NEWSALT s Ch Tt LADY ATTENDANT THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Marketing of Lambs Qu Profitable .. .. Yearling Dorset Ram. During the last few years a great many corn-belt farmers have estab- lished herds of breeding cows to pro- duce steers for market. Increased market values have given promise of profit in this line. . The lessened vol- ume and added cost of western sup- plies are less serious than formerly. as a handicap upon the development of a farm beef-raising industry. The same changed economic condi- tions that are bringing the center of beef production farther east have equal force in relation to the production of mutton and lambs, "although the re- turn to production on farms has been less 'general in the case of sheep than with . beef cattle. Continued good prices for sheep and difficulties in se- curing - farm labor,” however, have caused a marked revival of interest in the marketing of lambs from east- ern farms. It is becoming more gen- erally understood that the marketing of lambs around $5 per head at the time they are ready to wean is a prac- tical proposition. During nearly all of a lamb's stay upon the farm its mother harvests all the feed needed for both, and during the rest of the year subsists largely upon feed which: she gathers herself and which would otherwise not be utilized at all. _ ‘The Illinois experiment station has recently published the results of ex- periments conducted to show the most economical methods of raising lambs Consign Your Live Stock ‘to J. R. Kirk Commission Co. Inc. . South St. Paul,. Minn, ‘Sales ‘Agency and Authorized Representative of the American Society of Equity and maintaining breeding ewes. Six- ty lambs dropped in March, 1915, when weighed July 16 averaged 67.6 pounds per head. On the basis of cur- rent market values on July 3, this lot of lambs was worth $380.90. These 60 lambs were raised by 48 ewes. The average cost per ewe and her lambs for feed and pasture from March 27 to July 16 was $2.52. The same ewes were fed for the entire period of pregnancy (146 days) preceding the birth of their 1914 lambs at an average cost of 76 cents per head. This gives the cost of a ewe and her lamb at $3.28 for 255 days, during which time the lamb is made ready for market. The value of the ewe’s fleece would more than offset the cost of her pasturage during the remaining 110 days from July 16 to November 3. /Another interesting and valuable suggestion ' from this experiment is found in the fact that 20 lambs raised with their mothers upon forage crops: weighed eight pounds per head more than those raised upon bluegrass pas- ture (grain was -fed in each case) and were sold at a higher price per pound, bringing $1.56 per head more than the bluegrass lambs. The dif- ference in cost of raising was slight- ly in favor of the forage lot, while the eyes from that lot had a market value, when the lambs were weaned, of $2.50 per head more than those kept on bluegrass. 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If asphalt has any germicidal quali- ties, they would be very slight and would be worth nothing in the course of two or three weeks’ use. It would be sanitary in that it might be easily cleaned. However, the same could be said of concrete. WHAT GOAT MEN SAY. Goat’s milk can be produced at a- bout one-fourth the cost of cow's milk ‘in the matter of feed. Goat’s milk can be produced with one-half the troubble as that of the cow. Goats’ milk has a far better flavor that that of cows’ milk. Goats’ milk ‘contains twice the but- ter-fat than that of the cows’ milk. Goats’ milk is much easier of di- gestion than the milk of the cow. . Goats’ milk if far superior to that of cows’ milk for infants. Goats’ miilk is much purer than cows’ milk, owing to the fact that the goat is practically immune from all infectious diseases common among cows. Goats’ milk cheese is the hightest priced and most highly flavored cheese on, the market. Milch goats are from three to four times miore prolific than the cow. Milch goat kids can be raised with scarcely any out lay of money for feeding. Miich goat male kids are far mors valuable than calves (in proportioi to size) for meat purposes. Mileh ‘goats can be kept in colzely inhabited, quarters where a cow could not be kept. Milch goats furnih great enjoy- ment to the children, as they are harmless and playful. ; Milch goats have many other val- | uable characteristics rot found in the dairy cow. Take it all in all the cow has no comparison to the best brceds of milch goats.—Angora Journal. [FARGO TANNERY ANDREW. MONSON, Prop. RBeceives hides and skins for tanning to har- «nens leather, robes and coats. - Robes lined, hides bought, leather and robes for sale, send” for priceml)i;is of AUTO' AND. BUGGY Bixby’s Red Polls of A. R. Breeding My herd bull J. D. 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