The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-09-14


Long and hard pulling makes wind
broken horses.
The corn grower seldom whines be-
cause the weather is too hot
The lambs should be put In the feed
lots so that they can be sent to mar
ket early.
In buying cow try to buy the COW
that the seller wants to keep. She IL
the good cow.
Whenever the swinging motion Of a
hoe is made as popular as the swinging
motion Of baseball bat then boys
can't be kept from the garden.
Egg shells furnish material for new
shells. Do not feed them, though. un-
less finely pulverized, for there is dan
lger Of teaching the hens to eat eggs.
i It never pays to be next year farm
Ter, and vet 1t pays as well as it does
ito be a last years farmer. Don't put
OF any farming for tomorrow that can
sbe done today.
Sometimes the things we do the best
are not worth doing st all. One of the
hardest things We often do seems most
easy. 1t Is In shaking hands with trou-
BILE before we meet it.
Many farmers are thwarting the rat
nuisance by placing concrete founda-
Itions under their cribs and granaries.
The expense Is little more In the be-
ginning, but there is saving In tie
long run.
Whenever man does anything that
he knows to be radically wrong he won
ders what he has against himself that
leads him to do such thing We are
constantly getting into trouble In this
manner.
1 The heavily padded collar Is not the
thing for hot weather. 1t is all right
In cold weather when heavy drawing is
at hand, but when warm weather comes
there should be different collar ar
rangement.
Have You ever tried having summer
collars for horses In summer and winter
collars for winter? 1t Is a good plan
and leads to fewer sore shoulders.
Horses shoulders are not the same
shape or size in winter that they are
In summer.
Some Of the very accurate writer's
are given pain because western farm
ern farmers insist on calling 1t dehorn-
ing. The correct writer says 1t is
-dishorning." Whatever 1t is, 1t means
removing the horns, and most farmers
understand what that is.
The chicks should have varied ra-
ton as well as the older fowls. 1t
helps digestion and undoubtedly they |
enjoy the change. 1t has been said |
that a bill Of fare is as necessary in |
the poultry yard as In our own house
hold. for best results. and 1t certainly |
Is true.
Separate sheep and cows They don't |
do well together. The cows are par
tculariy sensitive about the places In |
the pasture where the sheep have
trampled the grass down and left their
droppings. Many farmers pasture their
cows and sheep together, but they al
ways do II at loss.
The dairy ration should be palatable.
It should be nutritious. 1t should be
abundant and as inexpen-
sive as possible after the other essen
dals are secured. But we should never
lose sight Of the fact that no ration
ls ever good enough or cheap enough
10 coax profit out Of worthless COW.
One cannot be TOO good to ones horse
when 1t comes 10 making stalls. Nat
1rally one would think that the wider
he stall the more comfortable the
horse would be. But the wider stall
may be dangerous after all. The horse
D more apt to try to roll In wide
tall, and Is more In danger of getting
asst than he would be In narrow stall.
l medium width is best.
Weather Protection for stock. Il
All kinds Of farm stock should be |
protected from storms, even In sum /
per. They should be brought home /
rom the fields and put under shelter !
Intil the storm subsidies. This will be !
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