Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-17

Because some farmers make live stock
pay, and because no farmer can afford TO
be without live stock to consume much
that would other wise be wasted and 10
restore a part Of the fertility taken from
land by crops, it does not follow that
every farmer can make money by live
stock, nor does il follow that live stock,
being a good thing on 9 farm, the nor
OF il the better. The rules Of profit in
live stock are to keep good and well bred
ANIMALS; TO keep only what the farm will
readily support, and TO feed literally, as
under fed animals always lose the owner
money. If these points are kept in mind,
live stock will pay a profit. even in the
dullest times. and the farm on which
they are kept will grow better every
year.-N. w. Agriculturist.
There il no domestic animal that will
better repay the little care il takes to
have a regular feeding time than the pig.
He very soon learns 10 com up at the
regular time and will put in the rest of
the day grazing in his pasture or lying in
the shade, but t his feed is gwen him al
irregular times he Will always be IN the
alert for I and any movement about the
premises will bring him promptly 20 the
feeding place with an expectation of
something to eat, and This uneasiness will
make the growth less satisfactory. Feed
ali stock !gu!arly, but more especially
the pig.
IL it is possible TO have it so each
brood SOW, should have, at narrowing
time, ne. only a separate pen, but there
should be a separate yard III connection
with il in which her pigs can run and
not get mixed up with other filters, and
she should be kept thus apart until the
pigs begin TO eat other food than the
milk from the ow. Pigs SO kept separ-
ate from others can be watched and man
aged better and will do better than wher
several filters III together.
Pigs car be successfully and profitably
kept without clover, but the success and
profit will both be much surer and
greater if clover is brought into the sys.
tenn. Green clover, either ia pasture OF
cut and thrown to them in summer and
good, bright clover hay in winter, are
great aids in raising pork.
At no other time in the pigs life will
the skill of the feeder tell with greater
force than during the first six weeks.
The point is TO make the greatest possible
growth without any backsets, such az
d sentery, rheumatism or thumps. This
requires the greatest skill. - National
StockmaD.
Even in summer bedding should be
provided n the stalls for all classes OF
stock that are confined at night, as clean.
illness is very important in the summer
season. The less manure in the stalls
and stables the fewer flies and insects.
During this hot weather the stable
SHOULD be kept sweet ard clean if the
horses are expected to ID well. Nothing
will keep down all odors as well as a ire
Quent liberal ~sprinkling Of dry earth, 8
pile Of which should be handy.
Raising grain and selling it is only rob
berry Of the land and il is only a question
Of time when it will yield no more
Raising stock allows the fertility to b.
maintained and is the only way it can b.
done.
What promises 10 be the larges, orang
grove in the world, O.O00 trees, is to b
planted in Pomona Valley, Cal, by
syndicate Of Illinois and Iowa capital
lists.
Keep yolr tools sharp. A dull move
or pillow il a horse killer, a dull hoe is
man killer. Keep them all sharp and il
good order and the work will be l.ghte
and better done.
An exchange says: Young man, j
you want to be happy, marry a good girl
buy a Jersey COW, plant "a bed Of straw
berries, and there you are"
Montana produces 10 600, 90 pounds o.
WOO per anIun.