Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-07
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Making hay simply means making
things hum while the sun Shines.
Do not set a hen on a nest box the
second time without a thorough clINns-
Ing and whitewasAiug.
Farming has been classified an easy
business by those who observe it from
car windows. This is all right in theory
but it will not work i'll practice.
All the odds and ends should not be
put off until a rainy day or one may
not come out ever with his work. 1t IS
better to keep them up as one goes
along.
A bunch OF wild horses in Oklahoma
said to be the last herd Of wild
horses In cxlstencc-gayc W the chase
the next day after the territory was
admitted as a state. Gould not stand
civilization.
Cows are often cheated out OF Z great
deal of bovine enjoyment by being de-
MED night pasturage. Most people feel
that it is too much trouble to G. after
the COWS in the morning, hence They are
kept up in a dry lot.
If any bare spots appear in tho house
lawn, either rake them over and seed
down, or sod them. If the lawn looks
as though it needed more food, hroaI-
cast some fertilizer. preferably nitrate
of soda, just before a rain. About Il
hundred pounds Of nitrate to the acre.
Iowa is endenvoring to do something
practical toward making the selling of
eggs by weight the rule in the future.
a bill fixing weights and measures has
been introduced in the Legislature and
one section Of this bill provides that
q dozen Eggs shall weigh a pound and
a half.
A great many good things have to be
introduced with difficulty. Some years
ago when the silo was being Introduced
there were many that made fun Of the
corn kraut," as they We're pleased to
call silage, but now there are many
who cannot understand why there arc
not more siloS.
Whether building Il stack OF grain
with q fork or 'knecing" every bundle,
one thing is necessary to keep the mid
die well filed. If this rule is followed
there will be out little grain spoiled.
After one has reached that point above
the bulge it will be we'll to keep the
middle quite full.
Work horses enjoy their nocturnal
perambulation in the pasture, but for
some unaccountable reason they are at
the rear part Of the pasture in the
morning when wanted. 1t is safe to
say that the man who has to wade
through the wet grass does not get en-
joyInent out of the chore.
Young chicks should be fed regular
ly and each should get its share; this
is very important and should not be
overlooked if good results are expected.
Remember too that little chicks have
no teeth and must have sand, crushed
bone, shell and charcoal In some form,
with which to grind their food.
Tramps do not take kindly to bread
and butter. They desire something bet
ter, and a good way to get rid Of them
is to offer them bread and butter, and If
they will not take that let them so
without. A hungry man will be glad
to get bread and butter. They will not
often call at a place where they get
this kind of a hand-out.
lave you tried to grow a few pota-
toes under straw, or by what is known
as the straw method? Plant them shall
low and cover with six inches or a foot
Of straw and give no further cultiva-
ton. The straw will keep the soil
moist, keep Town the weeds and the
vines will come up through the straw
and the new tubers will set on just
under the straw and are easily dug.
Skimmilk and laxseed jelly is a
fairly good substitute for natural milk
IN fattening calves. Add one pint of
fiaXseed to three quarts of water and
boil twenty minutes, or until it becomes
jelly. For a very young calf use about
two ~tahlespoonfuls to each feed of
warm skimmilk, and gradually increase
Tie 4udlllly VI INC luIAluIc, hccIbluS
the proportion Of the jelly and milk
about the sama
Eight gallons Of was-r per day Is
the average quantity required for a
COW, and the milk given is about 81
per cent water. In some pastures there
Is no water, the COWS being supplied
night and morning, which forces each
COW to drink four gallons at a time in
order to be supplied. AS the COW does
not know that she must drink four gal
Ions, she may use less and she will re-
duce her milk supply accordingly.