The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-08-29
EARN FACTS.

hs. FARM FACTS.
Don't use big, heavy pads on the
collars of the work teams. If the coll
lars are kept clean and shoulders
washed in cold water every evening.
there really will be no need Of pads OF
any kind.
Sucking colts are worth as much this
summer as a mature horse was three
years ago. Many are trying to meet
this demand for good horses. and a
fine crop OF colts is coming on. Good
care and good feed, with a well-bred
colt TO start with. will soon work into
good money.
1t takes q man or boy with a steady
temper to handle the young horses. Pa
thence and good judgment are both es-
sentiaIs. Don't overload; don't leave q
good colt where ii is apt to run away;
don't work It too long at stretch;
don't get 1t tangled up in the machine
or harrow In short. keep 1t steady,
and keep 1t out OF scrapes. In little
while It will get down to business and
will be ready for any service.
How about those sheds In the pas
| lures? A few poles covered over will
give shade and be better than nothing.
| Why not get some shade trees started2
| These really supply all the summer
| shelter needed. Stock cannot do well
standing out In the hot sun lighting
| flies.
There has been short crop OF lambs
/ this season. 1t looks now as IL sheep
men who are fortunate enough in hav-
| ing good fiocks for feeding would make
| all kinds of money. Bad weather has
| cut Off the lamb crop in some Of our ex-
| port countries, and this will help boost
prices.
| Now IS n good time to look over the
| pigs and select out the young sows
! that will be wanted for breeders next
| spring When selecting at this time
4 we have In mind the best mothers, and
1 pigs from these should be first choice.
i The growthy, alert ones usually pan
4 out best.
Early pigs will be all right to go into
| the feed lots along about the holidays,
but ii is a mistake to compel these pigs
| to live exclusively on the droppingS OF
| cattle. Give them some whole corn al
night Some feeders clean out the feed
ing hunks in the morning. When this
| is done the hogs usually get all they
j want to eat, and will not hustle for
4 droppings. Let the hogs take care OF
the early morning droppings, and feed
the whole corn at evening.
! I notice, in an exchange, that an Iowa
| cattle feeder recommends changing fat
tening cattle from one feed to another
on alternate days. Don't do II. Ever
the most quiet cattle do not like to be
disturbed. They become accustomed tc
the hunks and sheds; and, nothing
should be done to worry a fattenine
animal.
/ A reader asks, what makes clover hay
turn dark in the stack, and when II
that condition, whether IL Is fit for feed
ing. It was put UP too green. Cattle
will eat 1t readily and do well. have
seen clover hay come out OF stacks II
great flakes, having that burnt colo
and a decided scorched odor. and cattl'
liked 1t better than timothy.
Scarcely any two farmers In a neigh
borhood put UP hay In the same way
So long as we get nice. green sweet
i Favored article, / do not know tha
il matters much how II Is put up.
notice that many handle their Glove
pretty fast They start moving as sool
as the dew is off, and after couple o
hours, II the hay Is heavy. the tedde
i Is started Right after dinner the.
start hauling, and keep at It until th
4 dew begins to fall IN the evening.
A correspondent wants to knoN
whether 1t will pay to grind fed 70
fattening cattle, when hogs are TO fol
low. No, hogs do not do very well afte
meal fed cattle: but ear corn fed {
cattle, with two good shoats followin
each steer, rolls into money pretty fasi
There is good money In bpyin
thrifty feeders at 1915 to s4.00 per hun
dred pounds, and selling on 5-cen
market. A big Indiana stocixfeede
tells me he can realize rs cents pc
bushel for his Nrn. when he has
margin OF 81 per hundred to work OF
and plenty Of young hogs to follow hi