The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-12-11

assaasssS%@
Blood viii tell. and 30 viii the feed
trough.
Read what people who know from
experience say about ~sacnbators-
Large boned but smoothly bull, mares
bred to a good sized Jack OF good blood
Will produce the best mules
The farmer who does not sell Oft the
fertility of his land through the mich
COW seldom signs a note at the bank.
There Is one advantage In teaching
a horse TO walk wet, aud that Is he
is not injured In the leaSt IN any way
for any other gait.
To the shambles with the cow that
cannot produce enough to pay for her
keep. Keeping this Kind OF an animal
Is like pouring water into a rat hole.
The anonymous letter writer and the
dog poisoner belong TO the same cow
ardly company. both engaging In enter
rrises for which they do not care to
assume responsibility.
The silo has certainly come 10 stay,
No better proof Of tails assertion IN the
fact that In the older dairy districts of
New England many new siios have been
constructed this past season.
Poultry that is confined should be
provided with an abundance OF char.
coal, oyster shell and grit. When run
Mtg loose the fowls will get these ele-
ments or their equivalents OF their own
accord
United States Secretary OF Agrtcul-
ture Wilson charges the farmers of this
country with being soil robbers. The
charge Is rather sweeping, but IL placed
on trial a good many OF them w1uld
have to plead guilty.
A New Jersey man who WIS twelve
White Leghorn hens, all over FIVE years
OF age. says they laid an average Of
ten eggs per day during April. lie
thinks 1t Is a mistake 10 kill hens
under three years old.
Massachusetts has a new law which
makes a uniform milk standard Of
1876 per cent total solids and 30 per
cent Of which must be butter fat. This
reduces the butter fat for sumIne
slightly and Increases the winter stand
ard By a fraction.
One beauty about a good system Of
thing is the fact that. while 1t makes
the land through which 1t runs arabic
ia a wet season. Il does not dry It ont
too much In d dry season. rs a mellow
condition of soil prevails that tends II
prevent 4 baking Of the surface.
The children IN the home enjoy 4
balanced ration as well as 90 the anil
mails IN the feed LOT or stable. Such a
ration Is pork and beans. boiled pota
toes and brown bread. poachod egg on
toast, good graham bread and Jersey
milk roast pork. dressing and baked
potatoes and apple sauce; roast beef.
mashed potatoes and pie.
Where n understands the proper
recipes for making the different kinds
Of cement for the various farm uses
any enterprislng farmer or farmers
boy can manufacture his wv cement
blocks, make water trough. hogpen
floor or construct the walks about tne
house provided only that a supply OF
sand and gravel Is AZ hand.
a farmer who FOR a number OF years
past has made a specially OF some Que
Product each year last year had fifty
acres planted to cabhages. When he
had marketed the last carload Of the
vegetable, be found that he had cleared
In the neighborhood Of $40 per acre.
The raising of the crop meant to start
will, a rich soil, clean cultivation aua
lots of hard work both IA the care and
marketing of the crop.
The listing Of corn-the planting O.
II f. the bottom of q deep farrow md
the covering OF IL deeper as II germt-
mates and grows lis praetleed In SEE
eral transmisslsslppi states and Is
Made necessary IN order to make up
for q defcien, rainfall. Planted In this
way the roots OF the corn 20 deep and
receive moisture from the subso,l. In
otl.er States In the eastern portion OF
the corr belt the effort of the tiller OF
the soil Is quite often to overcome the
aandicap Of a surplus Of moisture.
Feeding Horsrs.
There are no iron-clad rules that can
be given In regard to feeding the farm
teams. II all horses we're alike In re-
gard to their appetite, their capabilities
Of assimilating nourishment from their
food. their disposition In regard TO
worrying. or fretting. as It II called.
and wasting their energy. then one