The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-23

Select large sheep for breeding
ewes, for size tells in the offspring.
Skim milk and clover pasturage
will make profitable pork out Of your
pigs.
Corn should be cut out of the ra
tons for the chickens during the hot
weather.
Turn the horse that is not given
regular work loose in the paddock fol
part of each day.
If you have never tried field OF
alfalfa, get the ground in shape and
plan to make the start next year.
Make the trees of the orchard send
their roots deep into the soil by hav
ing the soil well.drained, and by deep
| blowing.
for the orchard, for it is drier in wet
spells and moister in dry spells than
other lands.
Nitrogen promotes growth and for
! this reason should be used with eau
ton in the orchard where fruit rather
than wood is desired.
How are the roads in your section
Set a good example and put them in
s,ood condition alongside your place
1t will encourage others to like ser.
vice
Don't try to make the weather, just
keep busy trying to fit your work into
the weather an all wise providence
provides and all viii come out right in
; the end.
In the warm weather it is a good
plan TO churn every day. This avoids
the necessity of mixing the different
! DAYS cream and insures better fla
vored butter.
Look out for the farmer whose
| chickens scatter and run every time
he passes through the barnyard. He's
ii!--empered and is pretty good man
to leave alone.
During the hot days of the summer
be particular about the barn and
barnyard. Keep both scrupulously
! clean. Make the breeding places fol
| flies as scarce as possible
Sod-bound orchards cannot be eX
pccted to be productive. Break up
the ground and give covering of ma
lure. You will be surprised at the new
! vigor which your trees will display
another season.
Sod is sometimes allowable in ap
| PIE and standard pear orchards, but
never in other fruit plantations; but
even then it should be pastured close
| ly with sheep or hogs. If the stock
/ is fed at the same time, the land will
! fare better.
Clean quarters for the chickens pay
Never allow droprings to accumulate;
change the bedding on the floor and
| in the nests often; go among the birds
| carefully, not soaring them by quick
movements. Look at things from thei,
standpoint; it pays to sympathize
even with a hen if you want to make
her pay
Join the boosters club and give
| your neighbor good boost every
| chance you get. You will be sur
| rrised how many boosts you will get
! in return for the favors you bestow
| upon others. That is a poor motive
for extending the helping hand, but
nevertheless such service always
| brings its rewards.
Late cultivation in the orchard is
apt to be injurious foT the reason tina,
it induces late growth. At all events
! it can be OF small utility when the
! tree begins to mature and rains be
| come frequent. This season Ut res
, pite gives the grower the opportunity
OF raising green manure, and OF add
ing fertility to his land at trifiing ex
pense and with no harm to his trees
Fall blowing may be advisable fol
farm crops, but it should generally
be discouraged in orchards. The lant
in orchards should be left compact il
the fall, and it is advisable TO cove
it with some close heritage.
The San Jose scale is distinguish
able from other scale by the small siz.
of the scales, which measure com
monty about one-sixteenth of an incl
in diameter, though rarely specimen
are found nearly an eighth OF an incl
across. The scales are circular ant
somewhat elevated in the middle
which bears small black or yellow
ish pointed process. In badly infeste,
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