The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-11-09

requires SO much elbow grease.
More and better green food supply
and more meat of some kind are what
the hen needs for winter egg produc-
tfon-
While wheat bran Is a good feed Tor
mitch cows, 1t sheuld always be fed
with stronger grain to secure the best
results.
The farm that IL without good well
wafer for the family and stock Is
worse or than the farm that has too
much water In the fields.
Treatment that may entirely break
one horse Of a bad habit may entirely
Can ON another. 1t Is hard to lay down
rules that will work well In all cases.
You can better afford to starve your
horses any other time than during the
farst year Of their existence. A stunted
colt seldom makes weli-developed
horse.
The man who sows winter wheat
broadcast Ii inviting failure. Il may
net csme, but 1t Is liable to. II /
csui1 net drill my wheat would not
SOW any.
The female animal on the farm that
u coming up In flesh at mating time
b naeh more liable to produce good
sflspriag than the thin or poer animal.
This should be thoroughly understood.
The hired maa who kills his emplsy-
er's time u just as dishonest a. the
man who steals his property. AZ he b
setting money under false pretenses.
and In 20 doing ID fraud and
swindler.
without exercise 1t II impossible for
tho muscle Of the young horses to de-
veiop, hence the necessity for good
sized Geld for them to run In. II you
would have horses with plenty Of en-
durance, give the colts a chance TO de
velop their muscles.
Twenty-Five years ago a two horse
team was used fSr doing all the heavy
farm work, while to-day the same
werk. and much besides, Ii dsne by a
heavy team Of three draft horses. and
the work Is done much more advan-
tageously, alse resulting In less wear
and tear upon the team.
The United States are celebrated Tor
the fast horses they have developed.
The same intelligence. feed. water and
atmosphere that developed speed with
out parallel will develop strength with
out parallel when devoted to that OBJ
jeet. But the last WIN not be attained
under existing conditions Of draft
horse breeding.
The feeding Of young chicks Is really
OF miner consideration compared with
sanitary conditions and proper man
agement. There Is no kind OF food
that will save them from fifth and
yermin. weii-hatcled, weli-fed and
weA-cared-for are the three absolute
requisites for success, but the last OF
these Is the greatest
The Wisconsin experiment station
has been comparing the cost OF pro-
duction OF mutton and beef. One hun-
dred pounds OF gain were mede By a
wether lamb ON 3s4 pounds OF corn,
290 pounds OF corn fodder and twenty
two pounds OF potatoes. To produce
100 pounds Of gain In steer required
89z pounds OF corn, 1856 pounds OF
bran and ss5 psssads OF siiage.
"Some Common Weeds and Their
most practical snA
helpful little bulletin lately Issued hy
the Minnesota experiment statasn. In
nahing suggestions for the eradication
u small patches Of quack grass cecsm-
mends the TAR p,Uer method ~ sas Of
ths nsst e1Destive- In the instanea
citsd n the bulietfn tar payer was
spread ever q patch of quack gra,ss
absut 4 rod Square. II was lappsd
ansugh to make complete covering.
md q few shevels full Of dirt were
thrown on the edges to keep them On
place TIVE days iatcr the PLANTS were
IN dead above ground. and q nsnsA
later the roots were apparently Cen
pieenly dead. While this Ii conmnenA-
u - exee,teat Tor patches OF smaii
sixe. the csst Of the tar paper would
mako Il impractical for larger areas.
a move on tie part Of the animal
hnsSandry department af the federal
agricultural bureau which win be Of
especial interest 10 all breeders ef ffne
horses has ID view perpetnatica Of
he strain Of Morgan hsrses, which In
PEARS gone BY have had q fserltai
reputation the country over sf baiag
me Ok the ksst al around sasNxaI PM.
pose breeds In America. With q view
% carrying eat its purpose the is1,art-
nenf sent q esfmaittee Of experts 10
kentncaky, where soase or The very
anest types n the Morgan family were
purchased and taken to Burlington. Vt,
shsrs Ger tie present 1t ieast thu Eos-