The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-12-27

About the most profitable animal on
the farm now Is the sheep. At present
prices. and even n little lower, they
are the easiest and best money. yet do
not put all the eggs In the one basket.
The COWS stomach Is not a complete
strainer that separates all good Q
all bad; and all kinds Of food cannot
be given to a COW with full expectancy
that she can from it give an absolute
~ pure milk.
The soil Is the stomach OF plants. In
the soil the food IL received and di-
gestcd. On the quantity and quality
of food put In the plants stomach de-
ponds Its welfare. just as much as you
depend upon the food In your stomach.
The advantage OF using me separ~~
tor over the old plan Of settling the
milk consists In the uniformity and
certainty OF the results, the saving OF
labor, time and storage room, ease Of
management and - a result OF these
economy.
Men who handle purc-bred stock and
who use printed stationery ought to
have printed directions, telling where
the farm IL located and its direction
from TIE nearest railroad station. This
might bring many a buyer who would
not otherwise visit the farm.
On the tract Of $50 acres purchased
81 the State, near Madison, Ind, FOR
the Southern Hospital for Insan peop-
pie. Is a fine flfty-acre orchard OF Wine
sap, Grimes, Transparent and other
COED apples. and the crop was bought
BY a Lafayette dealer for $1,000.
Ordinarily there Is no advantage In
high roosts and the fowls will do bet
ter and keep healthier II the perches
are not more than three feet above the
floor. OF course all the Stats should
be on a level. as this avoids crowding
and fighting for the highest positions.
II you are not using a low-down
wagon you are doing a whole lot Of
unnecessary lifting. For hauling fod-
der or corn for the silo, the low-down
wagon Ats exactly. 1t is good, too.
for hauling out manure. n you do not
have a spreader.
According to an exchange. a towns
woman who recently visited In the
country tainted dead away twice In her
hostess kitchen. Once when she saw
her put at least a pound OF butter on
mnsEed potatoes and once when she
saw her using real cream In making
Z chicken gravy.
A farmers club In northern Illinois
Inns been formed for the sole purpose
of looking after the roadways In the
district It has been proposed that
clover or alfalfa be sown, each farmer
seeding the strip adjacent to bis own
land. and then each one r. bound to
keep his strip clear Of weeds.
When oats ana other grain having a
liberal percentage Of protein are
scarce and high. horses doing hard
work will do well on corr II fed In
connection with a liberal proportion or
clover or alfalfa hay. In fact. some
horses doing regular work have been
and are fed on clover or alfalfa hay
with no grain and do well.
II one wants to have green cc-n ~
the table long after frost, let hsra plant
come sugar corn very late In he sea-
con 50 It will be In the milk just about
frost Before frost falls pull up the
stalks by the roots. with dirt on them
ana store them In a cellar. where II II
pretty damp. 1t will keep this way
for weeks. AZ far south as ST. Louis
II Is possible To have green corn In this
way well INFO November.
Mink 81 swfss Goat.
The Swiss goats milk In considered
very fine In flavor and nutrition, CON
tanning about twice az much butter fat
~ that Of the best cows milk. Goats
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