Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04

HOW are the COILS OOlilS N u1iACuTe
Of ground oats and bran will be fine
to feed them during the next month or
so" Stalk fields, or ''roughing" it will
not bring the colts through, the winter
in good condition. They will need
good stabling and nutritious food all
Winte.".
Now is the %crowding time for the
fattening hogs. If troughs are Kept
clean and the hogs are not rushed on
to new corn, there will not be much
danger from disease. But filthy troughs
and floors green feed will quickly
throw the hogs out of sorts.
There are many more old sows being
sent to market this year than last.
This 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 a 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 looking bunch of lambs and calves
I'm a corn 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 the
corn around the sides of the fields next
TO the fences. 1t Is a quick job to
throw the stalks over into the pas
ture for the stock; and, cutting off a
rod or two wild will give ample turn
ing o
You can hardly expect the hens to
keep right OF laying unless they are
given suitable food. and have warm
roosting places. Also right now Is a
good time to feed some fattening food
to the fowls which are to be sold
around Thanksgiving. Try barley. oats
and buckwheat. all ground together, as
a fattening ration.
What is the use Of trying something
new every year. A more suitable course
is to stick to those crops which have
proved most profitable IN ""'" = i,r.
and let the experiment: station carry
on the Investigations wltu uIn 80. -.
BY writing to your state station you
can find out which new crop is really
worth giving a field trial.
A correspondent says this has been
the worst season for weeds n cut
ting up of pastures that ho h~- ~er
known. The weeds have aroused farm
ers 10 a national menace anu, ..anipt
measures should be taken to prevent
neids from washing out gullies. Save
the best soil, and keep 1t from wash
ing dow into the highway or into
your neighbors' fields.
A farmers club In northern Illinois
has 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 farm
er seeding the strip adjacent to his
own land. and then each one Is bound
to keep his strip clear Of weeds.
A dairyman asks whether sweet
clover will max good hay. No. But
II our correspondent lives where sweet
clover thrives, why not try alfalfa. The
best alfalfa fields l nave seen this year
were near by a rank growth OF sweet
clover.
Cane which mas been sown broad
cast can be handled best If It Is cut
with the mower n put up in small!
shocks. some prefer to cut Ii with a
harvester and bind 1t. If that is done
the cutting must be lone early, foe
the stalks soon get too large for a bin
der to handle; and then the stuff IL
difficult TO dry out. when 1t Is bound
up TN bundles.
The amount of alfalfa seed to SOW
per acre depends upon the quality OF
fifteen pounds per acre Is ample. The
thing to do Ia to find out how much al
your seed will grow.