Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

AIr your prOuucCS compare,
III result Of your labor
With those Of your neighbor.
Don't forget to guard against prairie
fires
r rmers, what are you going to do
this winter?
The best conditiop. powder for horse
iiis good wholesome food.
Farmers should not attempt 10 gath.
er all their resources from one basket.
Brood mares by all means otght to
have exercise, if the weather he not
too stormy.
Carelessnass is a very expensive
thing to stock owners. Natures laws
are memorable.
Remove all knots; nails and sharp
corners that fret or chafe the stock
when they lie down.
1t is immaterial what breed Of hogs a
man keeps, they will repay him in
growth and Weight for care and atten-
ton.
The best animal, valued for it's flesh
milk or wool, is the one that produces
most, and best from certain amount
Of food
Remember the fair september 22nd
23rd and Gath. If you would have a
good one, bring something to help
make 1t good.
More than half of the diseases so
prevalent among farm horses are due
to improper attention to the common
laws Of sanitation.
| The strongest feeding consistent.
with health and complete digestion,
and Of concentrated, agreeable foods,
is the most profitable feeding.
Any legitimate industry can be made
profitable by Intelligent. management
Educate the children to understand
the way of successful farming and
they will n ot need coaxing to stay on
the farm.
! Whatever else is essential in max
ing successful feeder, it is certain
that care is most necessa ~, aud a kind
Isympathy with The animals condition
is almost equally so. 1t is not a sign
Of a good feeder to see him throw out
feed promiscuously to the animals,
without reference to their require
ments, whether they eat it or not, or
to their condition or health.
j Another sWindle is being worked
on the farmers. A man goes around
through the country buying up straw
stacks for paper mills He gives his
note for the sum, takes receipt and
departs. 1t is N erely dodge to get the
| farmers signature to paper which
afterwards turns UP a promissory note
at the bank, left for collection.
| 1t is becoming more evident each
year that scrub stock does not pay
| when it must compete with well bred
stock, and it is imperative apon the
stockman who would be successful to
discard his poor and scrub animals
andto stock up with only the best ami
mails procurable, in point of capacity
for large growth and rapid maturity
There is no need to pay excessive
| prices to do this; as in many instances
plainly bret animals are the best suit.
ed, not only to the farmers purse, but
| to the conditions under which he must
grow them.
Lazy, indolent people will never
make good farmers, neither will an jig.
norant person. It needs the best Of
intellectual ability to succeed as a far.
mer and it needs continual study and
labor. to make any occupation profta.
BILE and pleasant; and in addition il
needs organized effort by association
and cooperation in order to realize 9
proper reward for our .labors. By in
quiry we learn. By agitation we in
vite, and often provoke, most protita-
BILE and Instructive. ideas from those
who have never known their OWE
power Of reasoning and all are profted
thereby. Agitate the farmers needs
and rights. IT,
This is the time Of the year. for far.
mers to compare the different. kind
of stock and grain and ascertain which
and what, is the: most profitable kind
to raise. For tie purpose of con1par.
ing stock, one should consider, how il
is, has been kept, and what IS its
weight, and what its. adaptability fol
profit in different ways to which ne.
cessity might require its use. Grain
should be com pared to ascertain its
quality, its yield per- acre, and It's value
in market, and in addition the method
Of raising and caring for stock and
cultiyating the land for the grain, are
very NECESSARY studies as wellas prof
liable fes. farmersaTho ever expect to
! succeed ID business.