The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-09-20

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He who feeds his land well will be
Ted.
Provide plenty Of wood ashes and
ealt for your piga
II by bad management you now get
behind with your work, 1t win crowd
you all summer.
Much and thorough cufimation will
often make up to some extent lack of
Fertility In the soil.
10 find the number Of cords there are
h pile Of wood multiply the length
BY the width and height and divide by
k22
The character OF the feed determines
the character OF the meat and the
wholesome meat Is only made by
wholesome food.
When you hear the farmer say, "Just
my luck" in nine cases out OF ten IL he
were truthful he would exclaim, lust
my laziness,' or '.just my inattention."
Sheep can not be kept on Damp loca-
lions without being liable to foot rot
Their quarters should be dry, and they
Will thrive In an open shed that faces
the south.
Healthy animals require no medi-
cine: conditions in them may be estab-
lished and maintained by tntelligentiy
applied alterations in the quantity
and quality Of their food and labor.
Training will develop many good
qualities In the horse which would
otherwise be dormant and subdues
many vicious habits and faults which
would render the horse worthless II
allowed to go unchecked.
The claim that salt should be applied
to asparagus beds Is not supported by
experiments. 1t destroys number Of
weeds ana performs mechanical serv-
ice in the soil, but It is not a necessary
fertilizer.
The FIRST year OF the colts lffe is I'M
portant. Keep him growing the FIRST
rear, keep him growing the second year,
keep himtgrosving the third year and
] IL he is to be marketed have him fat,
for fat will often cover up a multitude
OF defects.
Every farmer should have few
grapevines. They serve as arbors or
shade and can be grown where they
will not take up much space. All poul-
try yards will be improved II grape
vines are grown along the fences. and
fowls will ind shade under the over
hanging branches In summer.
How many windows has your barn? |
There should be a window for every |
two stalls at least and one for each |
stall Is not too many. Sunlight Is the |
cheapest purifier we have and IN |
many ways the most effective No
part Of your stable should be so dark
that one could not read q newspaper |
readily at any time during the day.
Nebraska farmers complain that a
great trust controls the creameries In
that State. 1t Is asserted that the
trust fixes the price of cream, dictates
the territory for each creamery, and
when an Independent butter factory
starts up the trust raises the price of
cream and drives It out Of business
In addition to this 1t Is claimed that
the railroads have given the trust spe-
cial rates and that the small creamery
man stands no show. The trust 10. re-
ported as making an annual profit OF
from 100 to 200 per cent The attor-
ney general has been commissioned to
squelch the trust.
Ground Corn for Hogs.
The Wisconsin experiment station
has for many years been testing feed
Ing hogs on whole corn and meal with
middlinga The average Of all these ,
tests with lit head Of hogs fed dry /,
sheiled corn and wheat middlings,
made an average gain Of cas- pounds
zach, while an equal number fed corn
meal and wheat middlings gained 400
pound d gain In the two cases being |
,ounr Of gain In The two cases being
5.19 pounds and ASS pounds The saw. /
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