Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-08
FARM

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another. and his profits are measured
by his judgment In picking out the
real good animals. Son feeders al
ways have nice, even punches Of fat
tening 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 lose out. There Is this
difference I'm animals. some will fatten
easily, some will make big. raw frames.
but never get fat. Every nan who
raises his own feeding stock should
study these characteristics n select
breeding stock which will likely pro-
duce the easy feeding. well proportioned
animal.
narrowing time will soon be alons
now, and a little forethought in getting
the sows accustomed to having some
n near them may saw 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 a quiet roomy
pen, or In a small field with a roomy
individual house. When sows are kept
In adjacent pens, they are apt to be
nervous, and If this plan must be fol-
lowed, handle the sows gently and get
them on good terms. A nervous. i'll
tempered SOW never makes a good
mother.
seed purposes. There is considerable
profit In the work, providing the details
are looked after. In the first place one,
u establish q reputation for fair
dealing and honest representation of
his goods. One should e out nothing
for seed. but really first class stuff.
Many farmers sell their entire crops for
cad ha,t h~x AxV
varieties. n guarantee the quality of
their seeds. 1t never pays to send out
poor stuff and make excuses for the
poor quality.
A handy arrangement on all farms
may be made from three two by SKIES
or poles about sixteen feet long rugged
like a we'll digger's tripod and windlass,
or a pulley, or pair Of them may be
used to do the hosting. This may be
used for butchering n for many other
jobs. A rops n 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 is
such a thing as doing with too few.
A recent experiment In Wisconsin is
interesting In showing the value of diff
ferent grains fed to young sows. Six
youn gsows were fed on equal parts or
wheat middlings and ground barley,
mixed with skim milk. They made a
total gain of CAB pounds In fifteen
weeks. An equal number Of sows fed
on wheat middlings, skim milk and
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? If
not do o 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 will not
likely know what he buys or sells and
the chances are that he will not know
whether he is ahead at the end of the
year. Start now to know your bus
mess.
Some swine raisers find it profitable
to sell their pigs when about six weeks
old. Feeders are willing to pay SO to
81 each for these thrifty pigs, n sows
which will raise six or eight good pigs
are surely good Investments. One big
advantage of this system Is the risk Of
disease is practically nothing, for dis
ease seldom develops while pigs are
sucking.
Now is the time to test the seed corn
Most any of the methods of testing will
be all right, If seed is in fair condition.
But if a low percentage is obtained or
the termination is weak, better make
sure and test every ear to be used for
seed. Corn that is dry now, and will
test 95 per cent. or above. may safely
be planted, If properly cared for till
planting time.
Feeders are selling high. One day
last week an Ohio farmer paid s4.75 per
hundred weight, for a load Of LOO
pound shorthorns. These Will be short
fed and sent back to market in March.
On ccoun Of prevailing high prices
many are coming into the feeder mar
ket the second time this season. Six
cent. cattle and 35 cent corn looks good.
A LaSalle county, Illinois, farmer
says he is getting from sixty to seventy
bushels of corn. while his neighbors get
about forty bushels per acre. There
is no profit in growing forty bushels
per acre. that just about a y for
growing the crop. There is more profit
In growing one acre of seventy bushels
than ten of forty bushels each.
Rotation Of crops without some
tnOuSHt dS W Tic COllultlOH III WHICH
Zach crop leaves the ground, and the
requirements Of the crop which is to
follow, is all guess work, and you are
just as liable to guess wrong as right.
Each crop should supplement the one
following, the entire rotation tending
to build up the soil.
One h knows says never allow the
calf to suck. The sooner you can teach
1t that 1t must drink or starve, the
better it will be for both yourself and
calf. A hot headed mar or boy has
no business teaching calves. The calf
is about the stubbornest thing you ever
tried to make look into a pail; don't
force Ii, coax ii.
The sappy corn this season is making
lots of trouble in feed lots. Many cattle
feeders report more trouble this season
than ever before. and the unsound con-
dition of corn is given as the cause.
Hog cholera is rampant In many coun-
ties in northern Iowa, largely due, no
doubt, to excessive feeding Of sour corn.
If you want to start the hens laying
feed some green cut bone. During the
summer season when hens do their best
work, they W. the range, and can
pick up bugs and insects to their
hearts content. Do your best to pro-
vide some food to take the place of the
bugs.