The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-04

so. Stalk fields, or ..roughing" II will
not bring the colts through the winter
IN good condition. They will need
good stabling and nutritious food all
winter.
Now Is the crowd1ng time for the
fattening hogs. II troughs are kept
clean and the hogs are not rushed on
70 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 arc many more old sows being
sent to market this year than last.
mis- 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 u 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 can eat undis-
turbed by the older animals. I saw a
nice loostng bunch of lambs and calves
In q com field the other day. They
seem to be thriving and contented. and
they were not hurting the corn
Now is a good time to cut off tho
corn around the sides Of the fe DIS next
TO the fences. It. is a quick Job to
throw the stalks over into the pas
rod or two wide will give ample turn
ing room.
You can hardly expect the hens to
keep right on laying unless they arc
gtVen suitable food. and have warm
good time to feed some fattenlng food
to the fowls which are to be sold
around Thanksgiving. Try barley, oats
and buckwheat, all ground together, az
a fattaning ration.
VIA Is the use Of trying something
new every year. A more suitable course
IS 70 stick to those crops which have
proved most profitable I'm vo"r see.'~n
and let the experiment, station carry
on the Investigations with nvw Thee.
by writing to your state station you
can ma out which new crop IL really
worth giving a field trial.
A correspondent says this has beer
the worst season for weeds and cut
ting up of pastures tina he hos eyer
known. The weeds have aroused farm.
. - q ltatiofa! menace; ana. prompt
measures should be taken to prevent
fields from washing out gullies. Save
tne best SOIL. and keep it from wash
Ing down into thu. highway or into
your n%eishbors' fields.
A farmers club in northern ulinoi,
has been formed for the sole purnose
Of looking after the roadways In ths
district. 1t has been proposed hat
clover or alfalfa be sown. each farm
er seeding the strip adjacent to his
own n and then each one is bound
to Keep his strip clear Of weeds.
A datryman asks whether swat
clover VIII make good hay. No. Bnf
II our correspondent lives where sweet
clover thrives, why not try alfalfa. Ths
best alfalfa fields I have seen this yea,
were near by a rank growth OF sweef
clover. ""S"'
Cane which mas been sown broad.
cast can be handled best il it is cut
with the mower and put up in small
shocks. Some prefer to cut II with a
harvester and bind it. II that is done
the cutting nus be done early. fos
the stalks soon get too large for q bin.
der to handle; and then the STUFF i,
difhcuit to dry out. when 1t is bound
up in bundles.
The amount OF alfalfa seed TO row
per acre depends upon the quality OF
the seed. With e5 per cent. pure feed
fifteen pounds per acre is ample. nm
thing to do Is to find ON, how much "a