The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-10
Half loaf is enough for the loafer.

1nsanitary vessels are a potent
! cause of bad butter.
Service in the field depends upon
the comfort of the horse.
No alfalfa for the orchard. 1t takes
too much moisture out Of the ground.
1t is poor economy TO try to save
money by having the horse imperfect
ly shod.
The incubator giving the least trou-
BILE is the one kept in the best work
ing condition.
In southern New Jersey the weekly
shipment of squads to market is said
to be more than 1000
If the pullets have not commenced
to make comb they should be espe-
cially fed so as to hasten maturity.
1t is much easier to prevent the
growth OF horns on the heifer calves
han it is to dehorn a grown animal.
The dry weather early in the season
was just right for turkeys and there
viii be a larger crop this fall than
usual
When covering the strawberries.
see that there is little or no grain in
the straw, else you will have trou-
bic in the spring.
Plant diseases and insects can be
kept in check by keeping the ground
free of fallen fruit, after the orchard
crops have been harvested
An inexperienced man with pair
of sharp shears will do more harm
in an orchard in one day than all the
insects combined could do in a year
The millions Of bacteria in the de-
composing manure 90 to work at once
on the grass roots, strengthening
their growth and increasing the hui
mus in the soil.
When manure is applied to grass
lana it should be spread thinly and
evenly. and there is no way the work
can be done as satisfactorily as with
manure sprinkler.
The hog population of Ireland, as
reported by the Irish Farming World,
numbers about one TO every four in
habitants, that of Denmark about one
to every two inhabitants.
Cabbage, beetS, etc. can we'll be left
in the ground until November, or at
least until the latter part of the
month, as they do much better in the
ground than in storage, and make
considerable growth.
To some city dwellers the farm Is
the final haven to which they aspire.
To own a small farm of their own Is
the one dream of their life. And yet,
some farmers don't appreciate the
boon which they have in their hands.
A Montana fruit-grower writes that
he thins his 15-acre orchard of Mack
intosh Reds to one apple every six
inches and clips away the leaves
which shade the fruit. His apples
are superb in every way and there
are no culls.
Railways have made great prepara-
tionS to move grain this fall All old
freight cars that were worth 1t have
been repaired and thousands of new
ones have been built, so that the rail
way companies feel confident they can
handle the business without delay.
Plow the corn stalks under A disk
seems the best implement to cut the
stalks and ii makes good surface
mulch to retain the moisture before
the ground is plowed, and it mellows
the ground Besides, the disked
ground lessons the pull upon the
horses in plowing.
1t is a poor way to plow the soil and
let it lie without working before plant
ing, so that it dries out and cannot be
got into good condition. If the ground
is plowed in the fall we should begin
upon it as early as possible in the
spring and cultivate or disk 1t several
times. so as to start and kill several
crops of weeds, and this will also put
the soil in good condition.
By the end of that time the land is
exhausted the yields are low and the
farmers are poor. The change to a di.
versified system of farming should
never be deferred until the land is
run out. In most of the regions men,
toned above, characterized by single
crop systems of farming, the change
to more diversified and more conserv-
ative types of farming-that is, types
more conservative of soil fertility
has been more or less completely
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