The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

How are the colts doing? A mixture
of ground oats and bran will be fine
so. Stalk fields, or 'troughing'' 1t will
not bring the colts through the winter
In good condition. They will need
good stabling and nutritious o all
winter.
Now is the crowding time for the
fattening hogs. If troughs are kept
clean and the hogs are not rushed on
to new corn, there will not be much
danger from disease. But filthy troughs
and floors and green feed will quickly
throw the hogs out Of sorts.
There are many more old sows being
sent to market this year than last.
This indicates that farmers are selling
off their big, heavy sows and keeping
young ones for coming breeders, or are,
reducing their breeding herds. What
ever else you do, save a good bunch
Of breeders. 1t is a mistake TO sell too
close, because OF high prices.
How are the lambs and calves show
ing up? Creeps may be made now so.
that these young things a eat undis-
turbed by the older animals. / saw a
nice looking bunch of lambs and calves
in a corn field the other day. They
seem to be thriving and contented. n
they were not hurting the corn.
Now is a good time to cut of the
corn around the sides OF the fields next
to the fences. 1t Is a quick job to
throw the stalks over into the pas
ture for the stock; and, cutting Off q
rod or two wide viii give ample turn
ing room.
You can hardly expect the hens to
keep right on laying unless they are
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roosting places. Also right now Is a
good time to feed some fattening food
to the fowls which are to be sold
around Thanksgiving. Try barley, oats
and buckwheat, all ground together. as
a fattening ration.
What is the use of trying something
new every year. A more suitable course
Is to stick to those crops which have
proved most profitable In vow section.
and let the experiment station carry
on the Investigations with new trl444ss.
BY writing to your state station You
can find out which new crop is really
worth giving a field trial.
A correspondent says this has been
the worst season for weeds and cut
ting up of pastures that he hos ever
known. The weeds a aroused farm
ers to a national menace; and, prompt
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fields from washing out gullies. Save
the best soil, and keep II from wash
ing down into the highway or into
your ~neighbors' fields.
A farmers club in northern Illinois
has been formed for the sole purpose
of looking after the roadways in the
district. 1t has been proposed that
clover or alfalfa be sown, each farm
er seeding the strip adjacent to his
own land, n then each is bound
to keep his strip clear of weeds. 4
A dairyman asks whether sweet
clover will make good hay. No. But
If our correspondent lives where sweet
clover thrives. why not try alfalfa. Theb
best alfalfa fields / have seen this yeaR
were near by a rank growth OF sweet
clover. y
Cane which has been sown broad
cast car be handled best If II Is cut
with the mower n put up in small
shocks. Some prefer to cut Il with q
harvester M bind It. II that is done
the cutting be done early, for
the stalks soon get too large for a bin
der to handle; and then the stuff Is
difficult to dry out, when 1t Is bound
up in bundles.
The amount OF alfalfa seed to SOW
per acre depends upon the quality OF
the seed. With 96 per cent. pure feed.
fifteen pounds per acre Is ample. The
thing to do Is to n out how much OF
your seed wiz grow.
HAN A