The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-08-30

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81 oats the grain must NOT become hard |
nor the straw turn yellow. The green
condition Of the straw Ii important and
In order to secure It In the best condi-
don the field should be examined daily.
II threatened with drought. cut at all
events. and take on the crop before
It Is injured. Millet and Hungarian
grass are often allowed to form the
seedheads. This should be guarded
against, as the hay from these grasses
II very palatable II the crop Is cut
when the frst sign of heading appears,
but 1t is not 20 readily accepted by
stock II cut later. The time OF har-
vesting and the preparation Of The
green food Of live stock are the most
Important points to be observed
P0ints About Feeding.
There is An indescribable feeiins
when you touch high class feeding
steer that once recognized y never for
gotten.
It's. the young steer that puts on
more nesh at better profit than the
old ore.
Alfalfa meal. even 1t SIS and 80
per ton, y regarded a. economical By
many frst-class feeders.
A ration Of three-fourths corn and
onefotrth alfalfa will produce great
er gains than when one-haif alfalfa
is fed.
Commercial feeds WHEN honestly
made and compounded BY experts are
often the best Investments that fesders
can make.
The feeder who allows hts fattening
animals to stand still. for one single
day, makes q mistake They should
make progress all the time. from start
to finish. In order to produce the great
est profit.
The man who feeds By guess may
secure results that TO him seem nil
that could be desired. but the man who
feeds by rule aud according to silence
will beat him erery time.
A reasonable amount Of headwork
and the applications OF suggestions o.
tanned In the best farm papers Will
often saye feed and labor.
Potbeliied calves are nearly always
the result Of irregular and senseless
feeding.
Pare Breed sheep.
There ID too much desire on the part
OF farmers 70 change breeds. 70 cross
breeds. to hare q mixture Of breeds.
and thus hare nothing that II pure.
While such system h followed farm
ers can make but little advancement h
breeding nne stock. There win be no
incentive to have the best Of any breed.
Everything on tire Farm. 90 II seems
must be sold for what Il Il worth for
bed or pork or niatfon. The high
prices obtained b. the farmers Of soma
states. On account OF keeping breeds
pure. are not obtained where ouly the
common kinds are kept. A pure breed
can be kept more profltabiy than mix
ed one. Each breed has IT. peculiar
characteristics. and the farmer should
nrst determine what he wants In m
animal. or Of an animal. and then Eet
the breed that most nearly meets his
wants Then he should keep Il pure.
He can keep the breed pure. and keep
II Improving, too. II no uses cnre In hin
selection OF breeding auimais II be
has choice animals to sell. be can 81
~ god prices % he has had 10 pay.
He can sell his STOCK for three or four
times what II u worth for meat. II
costs him no more to raise II, and any
surplus stock he has he can convert in
to meat Just as well as with the mixed
breeds. II a certain quantity OF food
10 to be converted into MUTTON and wool
II will pay best to use tho pure breeds.
for the reason that with good stock.
better results are obtained In proper
ton to outlay than when the flock 10
not uniform. Quick growth and quai.
ity viii bring higher prices and make
sheep breeding dessrnble on all well.
reguiarsed faruA
OR Common He'd CIevef.
There n no forage plant In Nil ~
pects % useful 10 the American farm
er m red clover. and when II b In full
bloom II viii carry more swine to the
acre than any other tame grass except
Alfalfa. After II has been graxed 70
the earth a few days win cause 1t to
grow up again and furnish succuient
feed for the hogs.
Rod clover has two growing seasons
Il makes its most vigorous and rapid
growth from the middle Of April 10 the
middle u June. and after this n NOT