Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-06
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Geese and pigeons pair. but ducks
turkeys and chickens do not.
A little oilmeal in the stable will
assist the curry comb, but it viii! no
take It's place.
Now, honor bright, Is there any gooG
reason why a farmer should not grow
plenty Of Strawberries for home use?
Keep fresh lime scattered around hog
pens, feeding ems and troughs. 1t is
one of the best and cheapest disinfect
ants.
The man who is most benefited by
what he has heard and earned at farm
ers' Institutes is the one who puts them
In practice.
Pork is what we make it. There Is
as much in the feed as in the breed,
doubtless. when it comes to producing
wholesome and good-favored meat.
Borrowing money ard borrowing
trouble are two different things in the
beginning, but they are very similar
when it comes to paying. Then it usu-
ally amounts to the same thing.
"Any old place. never was a good
place for a garden. More gardens are
located there than anywhere else.
Should this be the selection the yield
ought to be any old kind of a yield
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The present outlook seems to prom
ise a practical milking machine. Two
different machines are being given a
thorough test and the reports are very
promising. None of these machines are
at present on the market.
The mortgage is going-to stay or be
removed, according to the efforts put
forth. 1t Is going to stay when robber
cows, loafer hens, untlr.fty hogs, dis
eased sheep and poor seed are kept. The
question is what will be done with the
; mortgage?
! Hogs can be kept in better trim If
they have a little charcoal to aid their
digestion. \ thoroughly charrel log
thrown in their pen Or yard will an
swer the purpose. 1t is better than
wood ashes, and the danger of choking
is reduced.
A train boy sold an cd farmer some
bananas. They did not suit his taste
and he threw them away. When the
| boy returned the old farmer asked him
If he had any Ben Davis apples. He
wanted to eat a few to take the taste
out of his mouth.
For starting early tomato and other
plants in house or hotbed, use sod cut
in three-inch cubes OF old tin cans, with
solder melted off, or little paper boxes,
which have only to be wet when placed
in the ground. Transplanting can then
be done easily without checking the
growth.
Nothing IS more amusing than to see
a maa backing out Of an individual hog
house with an Infatuated SOW as the.
assailant. There is a sort of deXterity
that is unusual to say the least. The
doors of such pens should be made so
n can enter easily and get out sud
denly in case Of an attack. With some
sows it is a good plan to carry with Il
a hand hurdle.
1t Is the general opinion among hen
men that the hen that hides her nest
is more successful than the hen that
does not Should a hen hide her nest
and come off with a large brood Of
chicks she is held up as being all right,
but nothing is said of the thousands of
hens that hide away and are. never
found again. This probably gives rise
to the saying that the hen that hides
her nest is always successful.
The inside of the barn door may be n
good place to keep accounts and rec
ords, but it is not the best place.
Notches in sticks have their significance
for the time being, but they lack per-
manency and it requires more or less
memory to keep accounts in this man
ner. The best way to keep accounts is
to obtain a book and keep account of
all thing that are liable to slip the
memory.
The price Of clover seed has been
known to influence the area sown. Some
times a failure to get a stand is attrib-
utable to the price when ranging from
IS to $40 per bushel. No failure to get
q stand ought to attach to s5imatic con-
ditions so long as there is a tendency
to economic in the amount of seed used
because of dear seed. One ought to be
honest enough with himself to point
out why be made a failure.
Fellows must be reckoned with by
the peach grower as one Of the troubles
he will have to fight. Its cause Is not
yet known, and no cure for 4 true case
of yeIlows has yet been found. Grow
ers who have not studied the symptoms
OF this trouble often class all trees with
q yellow foliage as "yellows' trees, and
say that with proper treatment a
large number of yellows trees will re-
cover. Yellow foliage is only u symp-
time of the disease, and the one least
dependable.
Where possible to do so. the prepara-
ton of the potato ground should begin
two or three years previous to the year
Of growing the crop. It consists in
keeping the soil clean SO there will be
few weeds to contend with In potato
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