The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-08

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The weed which II allowed % Is Is
Esssa means ) lot 4 extra tseubiss Isxt
| Jssdins experiments have proved
that silage y good 81 fattening oatalS
4 properly fed. '45 Z.
The root Of . hog IKE the root of :
Tree helps Il to grow. therefore rive
the hog . chance to root. ls.s
Clean water for the hens should be
the rule. Have the water dish 10 d.
ranged that the chickens cannot foul Il.
Gold fall rains never helped put
milk q. IN the udder Of the COW OF flesh
O the backs Of steers. Provide proper
shelter. '.- q W ..f
Keep the ground stirred and the
weeds out Of your strawberry patch.
You viii reap the rewards Of your ID.
Dor next season.
Even with the flock. which has
range It 10 we'll to provide a box Of
grits and charcoal 30 that they can
easily help themselves.
Keep the machinery on the farm up
to date, but don't 80 to the foolish ex.
treme Of thinking that every new ma
chine is better than the old and tried
one. p.
More dairymen are following the
practice Of keeping individual records
OF their cows and of also keeping Q
debit and credit account Of their en-;
tire business. e a a1A
Look over your fields carefully, CON
slider the varying conditions of your
soil and then consider II there is not
some other layout of fields and crops
which would improve the farm and
give greater profit.
An old dairyman declares that
farmers make . mistake By looking
too much at the creamery, the price
they are to receive for their milk, and
not enough at the farm end-what
their milk 10 to cost them to pro.
duce It.
That piece Of meadow which is get.
ting thin but which is hardly ready
for the pillow can be greatly improved
by a liberal scattering Of seed follow.
ed by light narrowing. II this ia done
just before q rain 80 much the better
will the results be.
Loco disease, which afiiicts stock In
some sections Of the west, has been
investigated by the bureau Of animal
industry and proved to result from
eating certain poisonous plants, known
as purple loco-weed and rattleweed,
which are common in q dozen plains
states. The best remedy is to destroy
the weeds and remove the stock from
access to them. Ordinarily the stock
will soon recover when so removed
and fed upon alfalfa and other nutri.
tiousi grasses. 's
The square Or oblong silo are OBJ.
jectionable because It Is difficult to
build the walls strong enough to
stand the pressure Acaused by the
great weight Of the sage, and the
amount Of silage lest in the corners
will amount, in Q few years. to q con.
siderable value. The best Shape ID
circular. A silo should be more than
twice as high as wide. Do not build
silo too large in diameter, a. the
amount Of silage spoiled from day to
day will more than pay the interest
on the cost Of an extra smaller one.
The main qualities Of sflo are that
the walls be strong enough to with.
stand the pressure and It shall be
alright. To get this the first step
is to build q good. solid foundation.
commenced below the frost line.
Hogging down corn saves the labor
Of harvesting. The hogs beeome the
'harvesters and turn the corn into pork
right on the field. At some Of the ex.
pertinent stations and on private
farms certain definite acreage q
corn has bean fenced OF and . num-.
Der Of hogs turned IN to eat the corn.
The hogs were weighed before they,
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