Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02

prune the vineyard at once If you
have o already dom so.
Sheep will feed together better and
fatten more evenly If they are uni
form in character.
You need grit and so do h hens.
The right kind of grit in you will
| make it certain that the right kind OF
grit gets INTO the hens.
Do something worth doing and DO
1t we'll and then feel proud of your
achievement. but don't get chesty and
| big headed over the big things you
| propose to do.
The increase in the average yield or
! corn per acre last year amounted to
| only thrce-tenths of n bushcl per acre.
but in the ag%r"g;t" it meant an IN
crease Of hundreds OF thousands OF dol
lars to the farmers.
The story is told that once a certain
assessor taxed a goat at S.. and. When
charged by the angry owner to JUSTIFY
the high rating, the assessor directed
him to a rule which read t" the effect
that property a-butting on a certain
| street should be taxed So Il foot.
We meet with some rather paradox
cal conditions in life. For instance
| the blacksmith shoes his own horS" the
poorest. and the carpenter lives in the
plainest house; likewise. the farmer de
prives himself Of the meat of the prime
bullock and the sweetest favored APP
pies.
Franking a few tonS of garden seeds
| through the mails and then rowling
| about the postal deficit has Il very hui
morous side if it wcr" not 50 serious.
If even a small fraction OF the seeds
were planted there might be an excuse
for his waste, but as the matter stands
the free distribution Of seeds Is fool
ish.
Some supporters of the dairy indus
try say that it's only a matter of time
before we will all be dairying and The
beef COW will be a thing of the past.
On the other hand. the supporters OF
the beef industry say that the strongest
| nations are bcef-eaters and in the end
beef growing will o~vershadow all other
farm industries. The difference Of opin-
ion kind Of makes one doubt the cor
rectness of either assertion,
We must depend more on the silo
and ~proteinaceous forage crops and less
upon the heterogeneous b~y-products. The
results that have been attained by feed
ing tender pasture grasses show that
the animals need succulence during the
| long winter months, and this should
convince us that the silo is a most val
ua Bile means Of preserving the cows
winter rations. The cost Of dairy feed
can be very much reduced by a change
in the ordinary methods Of feeding. We
must grow more feed or the farm.
By killing in%sect-eating birds Amer
leans are robbing posterity and per-
| hitting an annual crop loss of $780,
oOO,O 600. according to William butcher,
president Of the National Association
of Audubon Societies. If we permit
the heritage Of wild birds that still
exist to be further wasted and destroy
ed, we are robbing u children, de
clared Mr.. butcher. The people, as
| trustees, are In honor bound to pre-
serve these wild birds for those that
follow US. We do not wish our chill
dren to feel about US as we do about
our fathers, who permitted the Wanton
| and useless extinction Of the bison and
| the wild pigeon. In the matter Of bird
legislation there is no resting place !;
the only price Of satisfactory bird pro-
| lection is eternal watching of legis-
latures. for in an ~unguarded moment
an amendment may be passed that will
undo the work of years.
The LeEhOrns.
As a farm fowl. Leghorns are one
| Of tho best cf breeds; but to have
| them at their best, and doing their
best, give them unlimited range. Many
| farm wives are SO situated that to
make eggs their farm stock in trades
Is much easier than to market fowls.
Under right conditions-and farm life
is one Of the best of right conditions"
for Ieghorns-eggs will always be in
abundance. For ones WI satisfaction
If nothing more, it will be wise to Gull
ont the inferior looking Specimens When