Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-09-28
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A rain In the ground is worth two
on the hay in the windrow.
Do not stuff your chicks IN your
endeavors to make them grow. They
will do more harm than good.
Kill the head lice of the chicks with
Naseline. Grease their heads slightly
and see hat none gets in the eyes.
Repeat the dose in ten days.
Bad roads are Improbable. They
put a farmer out Of business and make
nothing for any man. Who IS respon-
sible for q bad condition Of the roads:
There Is always more profit In rails
Ing one good colt and IN raising 1t right
than in raising half 4 dozen mongrels
and not raising them as they should be
raised.
The man who goes to his stable, Wa
ters his horses and gives them a light
feed the last thing every night before
he ~retircs. always has round, sleek,
go~ol-looking animals.
Low-headed trees are growing in
favor, not only because they are likely
to suffer less from the wind, but be-
cause they protect the bodies from sun
scald. Early prunings should be mad"
to produce these low heads.
Provide shade for the fowls and
chicks. In the absence Of natural
shade, build some frames six or eight
feet square and cover the top with old
boards, leaving all four sides open SO
that the air Will have free circulation.
The up-to-date farmer is not a miner
Of the soil, digging out wealth, after
wards abandoning his farm, but he is
a manufacturer. The miner always
leaves a location as soon as it is work
ed out. Not so with a farmer who is
onto his job.
A half-dozen good roots Of rhubarb
should be set out very early and heav-
lily manured, spadlng the manure in the
soil before setting out the roots. If
we'll cared for, a few usings may be
made the first year, but it IS best to
wait until the second.
II 1.-The head Of the house" cannot
see the benefit Of cultivation in an or
chard, or thinks he must use the Or
chard for pasture or meadow, see what
can be done by pruning the trees for
wv or three years. Try pruning OH
the near approach Of the growing sea
SON.
Milk as a food for pigs has a feed
Ing value far beyond its actual food ele-
ments If given in the proper combina-
ton with other rations, but 1t is a
great waste to raise pigs exclusively
upon 1t, no matter how plentiful it
may be. Middlings and grass should
be fed with it, and so double the num-
tier Of pigs kept with the same amount
milk.
A successful fruit grower says: II
plow my orchard every year. By plow-
ing it I get a good growth or the young
wees, and get rid Of a great many pests
I Nat would otherwise hinder their
g with. I find that orchards not
plo we'd have small apples, and the trees
are stunted in their growth. 1t Is a
good plan to trim out all broken-down
limbs, for insects will hide in the
splinters.
Eight gallons Of water a day Is the
average quantity required for a COW,
and the milk given IS about 81 per
cent water. In some pastures there Is
water, the COWS being supplied night
and morning, which forces the COW to
drink four gallons at a time in order
to be supplied. AS the COW does not
know that she must drink four gallons,
she may use less, and she will reduce
her milk supply accordingly.
When hay has been put In the barn
In a damp condition nine out Of ten
persons will leave the doors of the NOW
so 1t will cool off. The opposite
Is the correct thing to do. Hay that
Is heating is safer and better by nav
Ing the NOW closed up tight, with open
If any, at the op. The moisture
In the hay will rise as vapor and will
make Its exit at the top, as the roof
Is kept hot, but in the other case it
condense at the top Of the hay
BY the cooler air admitted through the
Lime for Insects.
Dry hydrate Of lime formed by slak-
Ing fresh lime with just water enough
to crumble it into a fine powder is used
as an insecticide. 1t is still very caus-
tic and fatal to the larvae Of aspara-
gus beetles, slugs or currant, pear,
plum, ETC., and other larvae having a
surface, says an exchange. APP
plications are best made in the morn
while plants and insects are yet a
damp.
Bully Food for Hogs.
The function Of bulk in the feed Is
more than the mere furnishing Of nu-
triment, for in a mechanical way it
aids digestion. Pigs require less bulky
feed than other domestic animals, but
experiments show that to a GER
tain extent hay feeding is very valua-
Bile in pork production. Where herbiv-
animals have been maintained
for an extended period on feed which
was exclusively Of a concentrated ma
ture, arrangement of digestion has re