The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-03-08
THE FARM.
Asrlesltsrsl Notes,

The propagation of game should
lie taken up seriously, and become q
tranch to be fosteled and encour.
aged in the same manner as the
methods of the fishcultnrists.
Col. Curtis ut the Kirby Home
stend, turns each sixteen pounds of
milk into pound of butter. He
believes that winter dairying is the
coming industry in New York state.
Keep the fiocks healthy and avoid
too much dry food. Remember to
give roots regularly, or ensilage; in
the absence Of roots or ensilage try
mill feed and n little oil meal.
With proper provision of warmth
and shelter, and a good store of en-
silage and hay, winter dairying can
frequently he made more profitable
than summer; labor is than cheepcr
and butter higher.
The farming world (English) says:
"lf You have any butter that has a
rank flavor, mix to each pound n
teaspoonful of carbonate of soda,
and il will be rendered perfectly sweet
again. Take care that it is through
~ mixed.
AS an exchange remarks the great
question is and will continue to be
what will produce the most and best
milk, without injury to the COW,
taking into consideration all the
circumstances under which We are
placed.
Use the currycomb lightly. When
used roughly it is the source Of great
pain; brushing and rubbing are the
proper means to secure a glossy coat.
Let the heels be brushed out every
night. Dirt, if allowed to cake in,
causes sore heels.
An excellent way to utilize dull
days, when but little work can be
done, especially during cold or rainy
weather, is to sharpen all the tools
and implements, so as to have them
ready for Spring use. Give them IL
thorough cleaning, oil hemachinery
and keep them in u dry place.
John Gould says that farmers may
as well stand by each other as to be
"held up" by SPECTATOR. If they
will discard all jealousies and work
each for the interest of all, there is
no reason why they may not receive
all the benefit of Il cooperative
creamery.
The silo has brought new revela-
lions to us and given us Il value in
fodder-corn that we neverhad before.
ut least it has called our attention
to it in way that we have never
had it called before, SO that we now
have begun to make n study of fod-
der-corn and what it may do for us
in the way ofgiving us cheaper and
better rations for cattle.
Seed corn should be saved from
some variety that has given good
results in the section where it was
grown. To change the seed without
first experimenting in order to learn
if the variety is adopted to the soil
and climate may entail IL loss of the
crop. There is no cereal that COM
bines so many different varieties as
corn, and the crop that flourishes in
one section may he early and proli-
tic, but when transferred through the
seed elsewhere often proves the poor
est that can be grown.
There are certain essential principles
that must be kept clearly in view in
swine husbandry, says the American
stockman. For instance stock hogs
should have plenty OF exercise, and
be made to take it. The hog house
is essential in stormy weather, as
our correspondent says, butt should
always be constructed with clear
view to perfect ventilation. 1t q
question if floor is better than
earth. Dry earth is great disin-
ectant, and when hogs are upon the
ground dry earth should occasional
y be added. Then the ground is
warmer than floor would be.