The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-11-02
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1t is claimed by Mumford that for
steer feeding grinding the cob with the
corn adds ~ cents a bushel. taking the
corn to be worth so cents a bushel.
AS hogs are usually fed on the farm
they should be marketed when they
lots OF skill TO feed up 40 the 3o0-pound
notch with profit.
During the fall, manure should be
distributed thinly and evenly, for it is
much better TO give u moderate coating
Frequently than a heavy dose every
three or four years.
The increase in the yield of corn
must be secured by getting IA better
stand. Big ears will not make a big
yield. but the nearer we come to get
ting a perfect stand, the larger will
be the crop.
Feed your own grain and buy more
of your neighbors if you need it. The
prices of live stock are relatively higher
than grain, hence it will pay to convert
every pound of grain into high priced
meat.
In the dairy where hired men do the
milking the profit ZONES in having your
men at work on COWS which mount
to something. 1t will never pay to
fool with poor COWS at any time, and
especially with high priced help, which
might better be employed at something
else.
Course manure and litter should not
be scattered on meadows which are to
be moved next year. Corn stalks and
other course stuff always make trou-
bic for the mower and some of it is
bound to be raked up and mixed with
the hay. This spoils the crop for bal
ing n selling.
Don't be in too big a hurry to pillow
up fields where only a partial stand of
Glove or alfalfa has been secured. If
the field Is covered pretty we'll in spots
let 1t stand, and try again on the bare
places. A few we'll established roots on
each square rod will help in getting the
ground we'll covered next season.
We were asked a few days ago what
we thought of the Wealthy apple. 1t
Is a splendid apple. and coming in right
after the Duchess it has a market of
Its own. Unfortunately it has a ten
dency to drop before we'll ripened and
~ 10 hOl a 6Ooo hCCPSl pul ny oil
means set out a few Wealthy trees in
the family orchard.
Poultry raising will never be over
done SO long as people enjoy good liv-
ing. On the majority of farms no at
tention is paid to the care of poultry.
1t is left to the women, who usually
make good by keeping up the family
table, besides getting her pin money
from the egg crop.
There is no reason why as good
butter cannot be made upon the farm
as In the creamery. Improved utensils
buttermaking easy. The simple thing
of knowing at what temperature to
churn cream will save time and help
make good butter. Then good feed and
good care must be given the COWS.
The Illinois experiment station has
found out that drilling seed oats gives
bigger yield than broadcasting and it
requires one bushel less seed per acre.
The drills We're run about eight inches
apart. The difference in yield between
the two methods of sowing, was six
bushels per acre.
The cattle feeder who makes the
most out of his operations should have
q thorough knowledge Of the different
grades of cattle, and the one question
which every feeder must decide before
he buys his feeding cattle is what
grade ear be fed this year with the
greatest profit. Unless one is posted
better rely pom some good commits
sion firm for advice.
Many fields of corn produced an I'M
usual number of suckers this season.
Suckers usually come with a rank
an, 1~-3 {l@ H. ~ ~
gen the greater the tendency of the
sucker. When growth is retarded early
In the season, followed by warm wealth.
er and rains. as was the case this sea-
son, corn will sucker badly. I believe
that favorable conditions will produce
suckers in spite of all we can do. I
do not think it car be bred out.-L.
c. B.
h is a year when it will pay to
do some figuring. For instance, a
dairyman told me not long ago that he
would never buy any more oats when
he could buy bran at the same price.
Generally speaking, a ton of pats is
worth for feeding as much as a ton
of bran. Compare your selling price
Of oats with price of good bran and you
will readily see which is most profitable
to feed.
~ SeeIllS lildl lIe producer ana COn-
sumner are getting farther apart. With
our fast fruit express lines and quick
methods of handling fruits. the city
consumer must still pay a fancy price.
Last week while travelling in northern
Illinois l saw hundreds of bushels of
apples going to waste in orchards,
while at Chicago, eighty miles away,
the retail price vas from 80 to so cents
a peck. The man who will devise some
way to get country products to the city
at a reasonable cost can get
almost anything he wants.
Alfalfa growers are learning more
about the crop, and consequently are
having greater success with it. Good
seed is as essential as a good seed bed.
The first cutting must be done at he
right stage of growth to insure good
second and third cuttings. The first
cutting should be made as soon as say
10 per cent. Of the blossoms are out,
for if left until in full bloom the plant
exhausts itself, with the result that
the next cutting will be very light. One
other very important thing: Don't
NOV too close; you are liable to injure
some of the crowns. The stubble
should be from one to two inches high.