The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-02-07

| another, and his profits are measured
by his judgment I'm picking out the
\ real good animals. Some feeders nj
ways have nice even bunShes- OF fat
tcning stock. and they seldom lose on
/ their operations. Others Will pick up
most anything and try. by heavy feed
Ing. to turn them into fat animals.
They are apt to bose out. There ksith!s,
difference in animals. some win Yftte1
easily. some viii make big, rayefrarnfs
but never get fat Every man, ,whg
raises his own feeding stock should
study these characteristics and select
breeding stock which viii likely. pro-
duce the easy feeding. well propog2pked
! animCL
! Farrowing time will soon be along
| now, ana. "A little forethought In getting
the sows accustomed To having some
/ on. near them may save "A nice litter
OF pigs. one should know pretty near
the time when each SOW will farrow.
| She should be separated for at least
two weeks and put into quiet roomy
pen. or In "A small field with a rousny
/ individual house. When sows are kept
| IN adjacent pens. they are apt TO be
I nervous, and II this plan must be fol-
lowed, handle the sows gently and get
them on good terms. A nervous. III
tempered Sow never makes "A good
mother.
Many farmers grow special crops for
seed purposes. There Is considerable
profit In the work providing the details
! are looked after. In the first place one
should establish u reputation for fair
| dealing and honest representation OF
hts goods. one should send out nothing
/ for seed. but really first class stun
Many farmers sell their entire crops for
! seed purposes. but they grow new
varieties. and guarantee the quality OF
| their seeds. IL never pays to send out
| poor stun and make excuses FOR the
| poor quality.
| \ handy Arrangement on all farms
may be made from three two by skies
or poles about sixteen feet long rugged
/ like well diggers tripod and windasi.
! or "A pulley. or pair OF them may be
used TO do the hosting. This may -
used for butchering and for many othey
/ Jobs. A rops and pair OF pulleys are
very convenient farm tools and those
\ having them would not do without
We cannot have all the handy things
We would like. some OF us. but there 10
such thing az doing with too few.
recent experiment. I'm Wisconsin Is
interesting in showing the value OF DIFF
! ferent grains fed to young sows six
| youn gsows were fed OF equal parts OF
wheat mIddlings and ground barley
mixed with skim milk. They made "a
| total gain OF 643 pounds I'm fifteen
weeks. An equal number OF sows fed
OF wheat middlings. skim milk and
| corn meal gained 100 pounds. The
amount OF food consumed by each lot
was practically the same.
Did you take an invoice OF your stock
on hand AT the FIRST OF the year? II
not do you think the merchant that
would manage his business WITHOUT
such a record would succeed? Then
why should the farmer? The man who
does not know what he has WIZ, not
likely know what he buys or seIfs and
the chances are that he will not knory
whether he IL ahead at the end Of the
year. Start now To know your bus
mess.
Some swine raisers ind 10 profitable
10 sell their pigs when about six weeks
old. Feeders are willing TO pay 50 TO
81 each for these thrifty pigF,. and COWS
which viii raise sixsdr' eight'good pigs
are surely good invrstpents. one big
advantage or this system Is the rick OF
disease Is practically nothing. fo& tf -
ease seldom develops while pigs are
sucking. uy
Now IL the time 10 test the seed IiorIr.'
Most any OF the methods OF testing Will
be all right. II seed IL I'm fair condition .
Hut II a low percentage IN obtained or
the termination IL weak. better make
sure and test every ear 10 be used for
seed. Corn that is dry now. and will
test % per cent. or above. may safely
be planted, II properly cared for TIL
planting time.
Feeders are selling high. one day
last week an Ohio farmer paid N.i5 per
hundred weight, FOR a load or LOO
pound shorthorns. These viii be short
fed and sent back To- market In March
ON account OF prevailing high prices
many are coming into the feeder mar
ket the second time this season. Six
cent, cattle and 30 cent corn looks good
\ LaSalle county Illinois. farmer
says he Is getting from sixty To seventy
bushels OF corn, while his neighbors get \
about forty bushels per acre. ThcrS
II no profit IN growing forty buglrNs
per acre. that just about pIyy,fH !.
growing the crop. There Is more profit
In growing uu" acre OF seventy, buslels
than ten of forty bushels each, ,
Rotation or crops without some,
thought Us To the condition in which
each crop leaves the ground. and the F.
requirements or the crop which is 10 /
follow, Is all guess work. aud you are
just as liable to guess wronESts right.
Each crop should supplement-: tho .anq .
following. the entire rotation tending !
to build up the soil. 30 :. .
ono who knows says never ALLOW the \
calf to suck. The sooner you Cyn teach .
II that Il must drink or st1ryc. ths
better IL VIII be for both yourself all I
calf. \ hot headed man or boy has |
no business teaching calves. Thcs ia .
IL about the stubboruest thing you eyer
tried TO make look into pail: FdSnt
force H. coax H. -.
The sappy corn this season. is making
lots OF trouble in feed lots. Many cattle .
feeders report more trouble Ihls season /
than ever before, and the unsUuul con- /
dltion OF corr IS given as'thc cause
Hog cholera is rampant iu many COuu- /
ties in Horthcfn IOWA. largely due. no /
doubt. To excessive feeding OF sour corn /
II you want to- start the hens layi,-
feed some green cut bone. During .fha
summer season wlhn hens Lo their best I
work they have tfp. range a,uI com 4