The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-11-14

Pillow a fire guard around the stacks
in the field.
A h%alf-broken animal is dangerous.
Never can tell just what he will do.
Feed for growth, and then be care
full that you do not get the animals
too fat.
Underdrain the wet land, as it will
pay you, especially if you want to SOW
fall wheat.
Early apples rot quickly when left
on the ground. No profit in that.
Keep them picked up.
To have the COWS freshen in the
fall or early winter means a larger
profit for the farmer, that is if he sells
his milk.
If more of the milk of human kind
ness al taken by the milkman his
customers would get more of the un-
adulterated milk Of the cow.
If you could Just go back over the
present season how many things you
would do differently. Better make
note of them now lest you forget ere
another season rolls round.
AS one drives along the highways
at this season Of the year it is easy
to Judge by the weeds as to the lack
Of public spirit and pride of the farm.
ers living in the community.
Many young chickens catch cold
these nights by crowding in brood
coops and getting overheated and then
going out in the chill morning air.
The chicks should be gotten on to the
roost as soon as possible.
Raised any sunf1owers for seed for
the chicks this year? If so, lookout
that the birds do not harvest the
crop for you. They love the seeds
and will get the start Of you unless
you bag the large heads while they
ripen.
It is true Of trees and plants as we'll
as Of animals that the better nourish-
ed they are the better will they resist
disease. Properly nourished orchard
trees cam endure fungus diseases bet
ter than those trees which are in an
impoverished condition.
A safe general rule to follow in
the breeding of heifers is to delay
such condition until the animal has
reached the size of a normal 10
months old heifer, or until it shows
v1gor and health which will make it
equal to the duties of maternity.
Not a bad idea to have a stack yard
in which to place the straw when the
grain is threshed. This will make a
good place for the cattle on winter
days. The stacks will shelter from
the cold winds and the cattle will
be tempted to many a bite.
Moving the weeds along the road
side pays in more ways than one. It
improves the appearances of the COM
munity through which the road runs
and 1t prevents a harvest of weed
seeds being caught by the winds and
scattered broadcast over the fields on
either side.
See that your poultry house is fit
ted with some kind Of ve%ntilating fue
which will give the fowls fresh air
without draft. If the poultry house is
close and unventilated, in the winter
the air and walls will become damp
on account Of the moisture thrown off
from the lungs and bodies of the birds.
1t was Edward Everett Hale who
said:. Never bear more than one
kind of trouble at a time. Some peo-
pie bear three-all they have had, all
they have now, and all they expect to
have. Certain it is that the farmer
is prone to bear two troubles at a
time. Those of the present and the
worry about the future of the crops
If the young hogs do not appear to
grow fast, perhaps they are troubled
with worms. There are several kinds
to be found infesting the alimentary
canal, but perhaps the one most com
monty found is a large white worm,
varying in length from five to ten
inches. This parasite is usually found
in the small intestine. Other com
mon parasites Of the intestine include
the thorn-headed worm Of the small
intestine, the pin worm of the rectum
and the thread worm of the large in.
testine.
Pasture the cattle in the stubble
fields. You may not realize it but the
scattered grain which the reaper
misses amounts to a good deal and