The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

Intensive methods are needed ia the
Dairy m well as IN olher lines - farm
In.
High-prieesl feeds wl.} reti.rn g prof
1t IL put into n good eoA, r", a poor
one. M Kind x f.eiias pays Ia The
case of the Icoc eslw.
DE farmer who started with "a 90
NEXT trough for his pigs has vsfeudf7f
the use Of cement "a tfe building ~ a
silo, barn. and the neat thing Willie
a cement house.
Look carefully after the COWS that
are 10 calye this spring. Don't lei ths
bright warm days that We get occa~
sionally delude you into thinking that
there IL no longer need u shelter and
care.
Before sheep are admitted 80 the
f~attening pen they should t@ carefully
examined by an experienced person.
and II ans evidence of skin disease or
vermln il found they should h@ DIP
ped thoroughly.
Just one bare fact ought 10 be nst'eS-
sary to prove TO the person OF open
mind that it pays 10 keep the hens
nests clean and In good order. Watch
a hen cluck nice things when she be
holds a freshly strawed nest.
The best dairy barns are long, with
low ceilings. Ventilation Is enltaucei
II the ceilings are low. To keep the
stable free from flies al milking time
burlap curtains should he hung IN the
windows and the windows should be
plentiful.
Some time ago Ohio established a
local agricultural school aS al expert
ment In a certain section " the state
II has proved a splendid success Ohio
farmers are all stirred up over II, and
Il is said that fifteen counties have
made applications for such schools
A writer recently gave the follow
Ing method Of getting rid of quaeS-
grass: pillow the ground la the tatl
and SOW rye: the rye and q~uack-grass
will come up together and look nearly
alike; then sell the land This sounds
like the advice formerly sold al 81
per.
Some people said when the phone
was introduced that n~eighborhoosi
gatherings Of two or three families or
more would be discouraged This re
suit has not been alarming. On the
! other hand dates" for such gatherings
can be so conveniently and shortly ar
ranged that "at homes are more com
mon than ever.
n o II hired man happens 70 ask for
A raise in a don't srub him OF
By telling him that be ought 10 be
mighty well satisfied To get what he i
getting and that II he were working In
Italy. for example. he would have 70
be satisfied with So or 81 a month, per
haps. That is just the Kind u logic
| that makes good men tired Of working
| out.
The German rroverb that the ma
| nure pile il the farmers bank, lie.
| Ponds for its truth q good deal upon
the way the banking is done such
banks don't nay interest II every rain
Is allowed to wash away the best part
| OF the anure The snrast way TO 70
| full value FOR All the manure made
on the farm l. 10 20 II ont on he
land as soon as possible.
This idea OF figuring ana figuring q
| fnd how many bushels Of corn SOU car
! raise to the acre II you can get eacl
hill 20 yield so many ears Is foolish he
you'd description. Gist your seed IN
right care. give In the right prepare
ton. plant properly, anil when the tir~
comes 10 harvest the crop q can <
out and count he number Of ears Il
the biz ard save all tl' figuring
The moldhoartl ploW mu~t he recon
nended as able - Do ias. hes work d
al places whore the moisture ceesis
lions are favorable. Iu urarIy all i-ri
gated and humid sections, AMI often II
dry farming sections. this tyre Of fIop
Is much better thar ihe disk. Tn,
disk plow Is capable II handlia.
ground that has ts~naalc 100 dry ats
hard for the maidtoaroi plow. Il j. .
somewhat lighter draft. does no; r.
gnire sharpening s., often. cuts ttiruusl
trash better aud do-~s not cog s.
easily.
Weed seed ia Manure
Prof. Oswald. ~ the Maryland sta
ton has undertaken 10 obtain nor
cefinite information ou the vitality q
Weed See. In manure by studying ia
effect Of the fermentation Of manus
handled In different ways and or pas,
liz through the dig siivc systems Q
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