The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-10-29
Give the colts plenty of room TO run

about in.
Chilly nights makes one think OF
the winters supply of fuel.
Be regular in cleaning the hen house
and you will not be troubled with
vermin.
Working capital for the successful
farmer: Money, % per cent; brains,
rs per cent.
Sheep are exceedingly fond of tur-
nips. Harvest the largest and leave
the remainder for the sheep.
A general observance of care in
gathering eggs, resulting in fewer rots
and spots, will raise the average price.
When getting machinery for the
dairy, get the best appliances you can,
but remember that it requires gump-
ton to work it.
After you have worn out horse
by hard work do not sell him for a
mere song. His faithfulness should
not go unrewarded.
flock of noted layers strengthens the
blood, if the newcomers are close de.
scendants of a strain of prolific layers
The old Madonna lily or ST JOS
ephs lily Qilium candidum) is still
one Of the most noble and stately of
our garden lilies, and this is its plant.
ing season.
DaffOdils are perhaps the first
choice, with crOcus, snOwdrOps and
grape hyacinths for variety, and in
shady places lilies of the valley and
some others.
Hay farming with chemicals as com.
monty practiced no doubt removes
more fertility than it restores, but the
process is very slow and no doubt
highly profitable under right cOndi
tiOns.
Rhubarb needs plenty of rich fertil
izer. Equal parts of hen and horse
manure with autumn leaves to cover
the crowns during the severe winter
months will keep the plants for early
spring sprouting.
If the hen has to battle with the
strain of growing new feathers with a
short supply of nourishing feeds, her
| flesh will be used up for making
feathers and she will grow poor and
weak under the strain.
With most Of the tuberOus and bul
| bOuS plants it is imperative to reset In
the fall in order to secure a new root
| growth before the dormant season Oi
midwinter, so that early growth and
| blossoming will take place.
The Dutch bulbs, sO-called tulips
hyacinths and crocuses-have a dis
tinctive charm in their whole form
color and manner of growth, which
gives them very secure place OF
their own in the floral census of the
year.
Rhubarb roots should be re-planted
occasionally. If the stools remain un
disturbed for several years they ofen
commence to decay in the center and
after awhile the whole root becomes
diseased. Do not allow the seed stock
to ripen.
Straw manure makes an excellent
flller for the washy places in the
fields. 1t will fill the holes and
catch all the soil that washes into
them. The manure contained in the
straw will help to make the ground
more productive when it is again cul
tivated
The results from more than 100 CO
operative experiments in growing al
falfa. located in over one-half of the
counties of New York State, indicate
that where neither lime nor inocula
ton is applied the chance of a success
full crop is not more than 20 per
cent, or one chance in five.
With the high price of both wool
and lambs, it is important that We
should give the sheep and lambs ex
ira attention during the most trying
seasons of the year. One of these
trying seasons is during the latter part
of the hot months when the weather
is excessively warm and pastures
short
Much improvement can be made by
the weaving of the lambs in the sum.
mertime: by doing this the ewes are
given chance to recuperate before
the next breeding season. These lambs
if put on fresh green pasture will also
fatten and be in better market condi.
tion than if let run with the ewes un.
til late fall
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