The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-10-01
Begin the education Of the colt 1t an

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The half broken horse II 4 menace
q himself and those who would drive
him
II has often been said there Is more
guess work In dairying than in any
othsr department Of farm work
Don't fondle and pet the young colt.
Tpeat him kindly but firmly. and have
him come to look for some little tit.bit
whsn you call him.
The farm without = good orchard Is
lacking in one OF the most important
conditions for the comfort or the fam
ny and the profit OF the farmer.
A stubborn man II apt 70 make
stubborn horse. No man eve ought to
try % break Q colt who II not master
q himself. It requires patience to do
The trick. bat It pays In the end.
Keep the stalls clean. Horses a
not rest on corn cobs and other rub
bish any more than could you. Give
clean straw or sawdust and be sure
there ars 70 hard Jumps underneath.
Why not gst ! pair Of scales. . Bah
cock tester and . score sheet and keep
track q what each COW n doing In
the w Of milk yield? II h the only
way you win ever be able - weed
put the Improbable cows
Do not fosgst - aelxAs chickens
green food durinea1A inter. Any
thing IN the eUots II good.
Try . turniD naID6d 70 = board. or a
beet or carSoe hung from the ceiling
and far enough from the loor to give
The hens . little exercise In pecking
q the swinging vegetable.
Ground corr with the cob makes the
best feed for stock. for pure corr meal
= TOO heavy. but the ground cob gives
+ ~ right bulk 70 overcome this.
Deol6os feeders have learned not to
grind = fns - they used TO-. Crack
Ing tho kernel from nve to seven times
= the standard rule. which mushes the
cob - saough to make It palatAble.
Sometimes when one sends away
nor eggs for setting some Of them
may become cracked. DO o throw
them away for II not too badly
cracked they may be incubated by
cumming q thin strip OF tough paper
to the shell. In case of an egg
cracked during incubation the results
would depend to some extent on the
crack being patched over soon after
the break occurred.
The government had ON exhibition
ct the Omaha corn show q still for
tho making Of dsnatured alcohol out
OF corn waste and potatoes. 1t was
in charge Of DR.. H. T. Sawyer OF the
bureau Of chemistry and proved Of
great interest to the farmers. who 1t
II fair to assume win one Of these
days BE- running their ~ engines, au-
tomobiles and the kitchen ranges with
the stun that used to be practically
thrown away.
The soy bean II coming into general
ue where ito value II known and ap-
preciated a. Z supplement to corr In
producing market hogs. In q previous
bulletin the results show that the
gains much more rapid and
cheaper. and that the profits were also
greater where . ration of corn and
soy bean meal was used In COMPARE
SON with one Of corn and tankage un-
der conditions prevailing at that time.
The reports from other stations which
have used them have been very favor
able.
Thinning fruit on trees II an excel
lent practice. It ID . w~ell-known fact
that the fruit tres will set more fruit
than It II capable Of supporting and
bringing to perfection. To aid nature
IN Ito work, growers should take away
the extra fruit. The vitality Of the tree
n used up BY the number Of seeds It
It permitted to npen. not BY the size
of the fruit Il II readily seer that
BY removing soma OF the fruit We con-
servo the fertility OF the land. - we'll
- aid the tree to properly mature the
remaining fruit A tree that has thus
been thinned will bring forth moro
fruit per bushel than other trees. and
beside this. the fruit from thinned
trees u superior In color. size and
quality. Such thinning should not be
done. however. until the natural drop
OF the fruit II over.
Extra care 10 needed 1t the time the
pfgs are weaned. Before taking away
from the mother they should be taught
eat . variety Of feeds and be sup
piled with them daily. 50 that their
digestive organs will be In . position
utilize feeds independent OF the
row. Where skim milk II to be had
this should b. fed three or four weeks