The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-09-18


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pour eggs for your
One OF the great secrets OF hog rails
ing II to give the pigs a good start
1t II better to pay $50 for two first
class sows than 500 for six scrubs.
Reduce the corn ration for the horses
about one-third or a trife more during
the winter months.
A little fertilizer well placed win
bring better returns than an unlimited
quantity carelessly applied.
When a farmer sells all the grain and
hay from his farm instead Of feeding 1t.
he Is cutting the underpinnlng from
under himself.
Once a week, from January to Janu-
airy. saturate the roosts and nest boxes,
and once a month spray the entire In
1 ~ NAG Ouliulb& with hSipSthE+
The draft horse is the one for the
farmer to raise, because 1t can be done
In harmony with the other interests
OF the farm and with the greatest
profit
tuberculosis In cattle and scab In
sheep Is spread from the stock yards
Of the large cities by the feeders who
purchase animals from the pens with
out proper investigation.
Rye sowed In a cornfield will afford
good winter pasture for the lambs dur
ing the fall and early winter months
and again when other grasses are back
ward about starting In the spring.
1 Every sheep grower should have n
hospital flock upon which he will be-
stow more time and to which he will
odd from time to time all of those that
are dropping or are pushed aside from
their feed by the more hardy ones.
The calf from the moment Of Its
birth should be kept In a thrifty, grow
Ing condition. Letting an animal down
Is a great and permanent loss. 1t Is
something lost forever, that no amount
Of after care or feeding can regain.
Some idea of the scarcity of timber
may be had from the fact that when
an Illinois farmer cut nineteen-iAch
boards out Of cottonwood trees en- his
farm the feet was heralded throughout
the state as something quite remark
able.
There Is no middle course or stand
still period to calf raising. Each day
the calf is not gaining 1t is losing. At
the end Of two years proper care and
feeding we will be rewarded with an
animal with a healthy appearance, with
well-developed frame and an abund-
lnce of flesh and fat
Prevent the soil washing on your
farm. Many fine fields In some of the
western states have been ruined by
poil washing. Some are washed 30
badly that they can no longer be
worked with modern farm machinery.
Soils that have a good supply Of hui
mus are not subject to washing, as
they have a greater water-holding ca
pacity.
An enterprising merchant in a west
ern town has fitted up a rest room for
the wives of farmers who drive to
town and who sometimes have tedious
waits for the husband to finish his
business and his st~reet-corner gossip.
Furnished as 1t Ia with rockers and
tables on which are magazines, fash
ion books, etc, 1t is growing In popu-
|larity. and is good advertising for the
merchant. Here is a hint for mer-
chants In other towns.
In 1000 pounds Of cotton-seed cake
there are 80 pounds Of dry matter,
which contains G6 pounds Of nitrogen,
10 pounds Of potash ana 81 pounds OF
Iphosphoric acid. Corn (1.0OO pounds)
contains $50 pounds of dry matter. In
|cluding Is pounds of nitrogen, 3E
pounds Of potash and 6 pounds Of phos-
|phoric acid. A ton Of manure from
COWS fed on linseeA or cotton-seed meal
IL not emily more valuable than q ton
produced from corn, but there is also a
saving Of labor in hauling and spread
ting.
In1igestfon In Calves.
This may be due to costtveness, q toe
liberal supply OF milk, too rich milk