The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1906-11-23

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Ne greater mistake can be made than
guessing and then calling 1t thinking.
Get that manure spreader IL you have
to get one or two neighbors to take
stock in 1t.
Sheep require a clean place to eat
and must have it or else their health
will be impaired and food wasted.
Horse improvement in locality re-
quires more than the buying Of huge
hulk Of stallion and paying huger
hulk of price for it.
A Morse, especially il he is nervous,
is much more likely to be alarmed by
the sound Of noise he cannot see than
by the sight of things he does not I'M
derstand.
If the stallion peddler were as care
fully analysed to find his vices as most
men are analysed by their neighbors to
discover their faults the first would
not be tolerated very long.
Sheep men are still In high feather.
Wool Is high and 50 are lambs. West
erH sheep are bringing as high as SO
per hundred weight on the Chicago
market, and spring lambs as high as
$s.2s.
Working In the rain does not pay. 1t
IL barely possible that saving can be
often made by prolonging the labor in
| the rain, but there comes day when
enc may have to balance his books
against his health.
Some persons seem to have the Idea
| that any kind OF skate hog Is good
bacoa hog. 1t takes as much skill to
produce and feed a good bacon hog as
1t does one Of the lard type, as good
blood and as careful breeding.
The red raspberry plant Is sturdier
| and more mature than the black rasp-
berry tip, but the germ that makes the
new canes begins growth so early In
the spring, and is so tender and easily
broken, that 1t is advisable to plant In
the fall, IL possible.
Although the tobacco plant is very
sensitive In its nature. yet 1t readily
! adapts itself to different soils and
varying climatic conditions. 1t Is also
more highly specialized than any other
farm crop and is grown successfully
under the intensive system.
Clover hay cut little on the early
! side, or the leaves which fall of while
/ unloading. will make capital feed for
young pigs and breeding stock. The
tea made by sleeping such hay In boil.
ing water has shown itself to be near.
ly as valuable as skimmiik for young
pigs.
The best way to keep up the credit
of a farm is to never send anything
to market that Is not In the very best
condition. An unsound cow, horse, pig
or a busheI OF anything that is not in
a strictly frst-class condition should
never be marketed. Get the highest
prices by selling the best That is the
rule.
Milk absorbs bad odors very readily,
consequently as soon as 1t Is drawn
remove at once from the stable and
take to the milkhouse, Always milk
In place free from Objectionable
odors. This is especially important
when silage Is being fed. Do not milk
while the fresh sllage Is In the man.
gers. Milk before feeding.
Careful tests which have been made
seem to indicate that s.lage properly
secured Is Just as valuable a ration
| for the steers In the feed lot az it IL
| for the dairy cows. Increase In the
price of land, coupled with the appii.
cation of a greater measure of intelli.
gence to agricultural matters. Is going
to make the silo a necessity through
the entire corn belt.
The keeping of careful book &C
count Of the farm receipts and expen.
ditures for the period Of a year, inciud-
ing the classifying Of the various
items of expense, would bring many a
farmer to the point Of inaugurating
reforms along several lines. the adop.
ton of more up to date methods, the
keeping Of better stock and an elimlna.
ton OF good many sources Of psevi,
ousiy unappreciated leak and waste.
The Golden Self Blanching ~ the best
variety for general use when winter
celery Is not wanted. Giant Pascal IL
probably the best winter celery. Gel
cry will stand good deal OF frost. but
before hard freezing 1t should be taken
up and stored in boxes in the cellars
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