Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-07-13

When hay is put into stacks see that
"a good JOB OF stacking is done. II the
middle is kept well tramped and fun
the sides will be looser and consequent
ly will settle more. The stack should
be built so that the water runs out, not
into the stack Top out carefully and
rake down the sides of the stack.
On almost every farm there is some
low ground that grows marsh hay This
Is just the stuff for topping out the
grain or hay stacks. See that the caps
are well laid or fastened down. When
careless work is done the first heavy
wind blows off the tops and exposes the
whole stack to rain. While you are al
IL put the tops on for keeps.
Whenever it is possible. the mares
with young colts should have a rest of
TWO or three months and be allowed TO
run II, the pastures When mares are
kept at hard work il takes good care to
keep them IN condition. and also il is
more difficult to keep the colts thriv-
ing, Get the youngsters to eating just
as soon as possible. The colt should
never be allowed to suck while the
mare is very warm.
Farmers are asking about all kinds
OF late crops. The trouble now is to
get seed. SOW some rape. Sow 1t with
oats, or SOW it among the corn at the
time OF the last cultivst:aN. Ii makes
line feed for hogs, sheep or cattle and
conditions this season are favorable TO
its growth.
Don't wait until it gets too warm be-
fore castrating the pigs The lob
should be done while the pigs are still
sucking and If the work is done right,
and the pigs are kept in clean quarters.
there is not much danger of any loss.
DO this work on a cool day. and don't
run the pigs all over the yards Shut
them up III close quarters several hours
before you begin the work.
Give the turkeys all the room they
want. They are great foragers and
they like to roam about the fields. II
may be necessary 10 see that they come
home 10 roost. but during daytime let
them go. One Of the most successful
raiSers Of turkeys tells us she can raise
them in this way "a a cost of % cents
each, and she seldom loses one by theft
or disease.
The owner OF 6fO-acre Illinois farm
leases il for "a fveyear term one of
the conditions OF his lease is that the
tenant must SOW 100 acres to oats ana
clover each year tie owner paying for
the clover seed
Have you dTa gged your road? IL you
live where road taxes are worked out,
ask permission OF the road supervisors
70 work out your taxes by dragging
That viii be the best Kind of work
you can do for the whole community
fhis has been m ideal spring for max
ms good roads. Go over few times
after each rain and the job is done.
If calf is worth raising il is worth
raising We'll Good care does not mean
atuiiing the calf one day and starving
1t the next. As much injury may be
done by underfceding as feeding too
much. But when done sensibly feeding
Is seldom overdoue, Don't starve the
caif. Keep is humping.
We would like to hear from farmers
who plowed In their clover seed last
spring. Some claim that this is a
surcr way TO get stand than seed
ing with the oats. That is. the clover
seed is sown Just before the corn
stalk ground is disked or plowed This
turns the seed under pretty deep, but
II gets through after a while, and some
are reporting good stands.