The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-13

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lesp Il moist
sowa cover cr'op ii ths & orchard
after the Int nltiyation 4
Dry and clean stalls should be pro 1
v:ded for the calves. Ess
Grain ration every day for the grow.
Ing lambs. That means early market.
ing day and cheap mutton. 's Il y
The good idea IL worth sticking t.
but be sure It is a good one before
riskfng too much upon It. q:
The crop Of flies on the farm can b.
reduced considerably II the manure 10
kept cleaned up.
Better for the horsessto be out III
the pasture at night than IN the hot
stable.
Manure put on the soil in big chunks
Is not readily Incorporated with the
soil and may do more harm than
good.
A mixture Of salt, copperas, lime ano
ashes lis god for the hogs and should
be placed where they can have access
to 1t at all times.
One way Of ,cultivating the orchard
is to fence them and then turn in the
hogs. and after they have cleaned
things up pillow and cultivate.
If there is no pasture for the ran.
provide paddock in which he can ex.
ercise. It is. a shortsighted poNcy
which would keep him shut in the
barn these days
The rainy days are godsends to thu
farmer not only because of the grow.
ing crops but because it affords him
time for repairs and inside work which
he would otherwise neglect.
With other food stuffs increasing IL.
price why should not milk go up also?
There is not enough margin of profit
for the farmer under the present scale
of prices.
Does every COW in your herd re.
turn you a profit? you cannot know
unless you have tested the milk and
keep a record of the yield. Use the
loo ha Dol to
the only way.
If by careless handling a piece OF
farm machinery lasts you only five
years when it might have been made
to do good service for eight years or
perhaps ten years, see what q loss
your carelessness has cost you.
On the bare places in the
meadow scatter liberal sup.
ply of timothy and perhaps
a sprinkling of clover on the top
of the ground. A good time to do this
is when the earth is moist after a
storm or when a storm seems to be
coming on. This will make the soil
open and ready to receive the seed,
thus making more probable good
catch.
In discussing the feeding of COWS.
Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin declares
that when the American farmers wife,
a few years hence, hands her husband
the shopping list there will appear the
following: Chocolates for daughter
Susan, taffy for little Bill, and a gal
Ion of molasses for the cow! Cows
like sweets he said. feed my
herd regular ration of molasses ev-
cry day, and find that they thrive on
it. 1t makes their flesh fat and their
skins glossy. It gives zest to their
appetities and helps their digestion.
It increases the quality and improves
the quality of their milk, for it puts
the cow in a good humor, and good.
humored cow is the best mixer"
Wheat and oat straw have value
of about six dollars per ton for feed
and four dollars a ton for bedding If
handled right. Much straw is wasted
from careless ricking. If possible put
all the straw in one large rick close
to the barn. The straw should be
thoroughly tramped down, keeping the
middle full. When the grain is
threshed by large steampower there
should be three men at least on the
rick to properly place the straw as it
comes from the carrier. A large, high
rick, we'll put up. and after it settles
nicely topped of and wired down,
will shed rain perfectly.
Paralysis in swine most often FOL.
lows overlooking Of rich heterogeneous
foods to animals that are closely con.
fined. Pigs doebest when sallowed a
considerable range and not fed too
highly. AS this affection involves the
spinal cord, 1t Is not only liable to
prove fatal, but is not, as rule. sat.
Iisfactorily treated. First, remove the
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