The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-05

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Concentrated foods should always be
fed with these more bulky.
Tie better food ron feed the more
careful you should be OF the manure.
animal than In fattening one already
grown
A black soil Ii not necessarily 4 rich
ooal. II may be almost devoid Of nitro
gen. and - stand In need OF some fer.
ulixer.
For humble foot In poultry. paint the
corn literally with tincture OF iodine
daily fer a week. II this II done In
the early stages the corn can be spread
Good bacon Is great food. II always
tastes like more. Quantity compared,
4 man can turn more acres with fewer
hog troughsr ON 1t than on any other
neat
Most men make the mistake of
spreading the u too thickly. In
most cases II will be better to cover
q larger area with the same amount
The spreader solves the whole did
Guilty.
The Missouri State Board Of Agri.
culture has asked Ernest kellerstrass,
the poultry fancaer Of Missouri. for a
portrait a the famous hen Peg which
he recently refused to sell to Pader-
ewski for 5000.
The proprietor OF the Green Hill
dairy, near Burlington. n. j., sold his
immense herd Of Jerseys and Alder
neys and restocked the farm entirely
with H~olsteAns He believes that the
latter are less liable to have tuber-
culosis.
BY the Investment OF SIS or 800 IN a
good writing desk that a be put un-
der lock and key. some men can save
q hundred dollars worth Of fuss,
worry, mental discontinue and house
hold rumpuss hat arise from having
no place for business headquarters In
the house.
Science rs getting o~bstrcpervus. II
has butted into the making Of butter.
The golden product il DOW as conven-
tional as the blue bboyerall. There
II no chance for originality. The rich
II favored, delicately aromatic product
Of the old shallow cream pans and
dash churn IL no more. That's what
we pay for being scientific.
It Is quite common to hear persons
say that our butter at the present time
Is not as good quality az butter was
ten or twelve years ago. This does not
look reasonable, as dairy and creamery
methods have improved 20 as to make
dairytng almost q new industry. A
more reasonable conclusion Ia that the
standard Of excellence In butter 10 high
Or now than then.
There are two or three things that
ought to be remembered in making the
hotbed. or cold frame, as It Is perhaps
mor properly called First, use fresh
horse manure that will heat. Soak II
down and let 1t warm up considerably
before putting In the earth, and don't
pack the earth down 20 tight as to pre-
vent the heating process Three or
four inches OF soil. depending some
what upon its texture. ought to be suf-
1cient. Let the earth warm thorough
~ before planting the seeds. Water
frequently and raise the sash on warm
days, and BE- sure to have horse blan-
kets ready when the Thermometer goes
down to sero
The person who sets out an orchard
Tor the nrst time usually makes the
mistake Of selecting too many varie-
ties. It ID far better and more salts
factory to select two or three hardy
standard varieties. fall or winter, az
the case may be. and pass up the Job
OF using several acres AZ an expert
mental plot for thirty or forty varie~
ties that the nurseryman may urge
upon you. Perhaps the wisdom OF
having but two or three varieties IL
not fully realized until the trees come
into bearing AMI n has the market.
Ing OF the fruit TO attend to. With
many varieties and m mary seasons
OF ripening there IL much delay and
putter work In picking and disposing
OF the fruit. while the prices one can
get for little dabs are not % satisfac-
tory AZ for good sized cousignments az
bat two r three varieties
Cold Storage Eggs.
The eggs stored In this countrY last
year amounted I 1881. $40 dozen. Of
which 33.750.0OO dozen were stored In
Chicago. These storage { sold 1t
m avcrnN a ~ fEA N~rt~ -n