The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-06
III FARM
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Clover is good orchard crop.
Cut out the old cane from the rasp-
berry bushes and burn.
. Lambs need plenty of clean cool wa
ter. See that they get it.
The fence corners often tell what
kind of farmer is running the farm.
Well-bred and well-kept are two i'm
portant considerations when consider
ting horse.
Treat the surplus runners on the
strawberry vines as weeds. Don't for
get to cultivate.
Good tillage not only increases the
available supply of food of the soil,
but it conserves the moisture.
Look after the young trees you set
out this spring. Keep them growing
right. Care now will prevent troubles
later.
Pasture the COWS at night and
keep in the barn during the heat of
the day. Needless to say the barn
should be screened.
The profitable orchard must be the
wellkept orchard. for nothing is apt
to prove profitable on the farm if it
is not properly managed.
The garden is now yielding its daily
things taste! My. aren't you glad you
took the time to get it started?
Feed the young chickens we'll. AL
most impossible to overfeed. How
ever, do not waste the feed by CIV
ing more than they will eat up clean.
Sheep return more fertility. to the
soil than any other animal, and when
you consider that they distribute the
fertilizer without additional cost you
can give the sheep an extra credit
mark.
Make it a point to leave the farm
machines under cover after finishing
the days work. A storm may come
up and a few days of exposure TO bad
weather cuts short their days of USE
fulness.
Rape sown in the cornf1eld at its
last cultivation, using about four
pounds of seed per acre, will provide
an immense amount of good sheep for.
age in a normal season and until No.
vember or later.
Provide a shelter for the sheep
where they can take refuge from the
rain, or bring them to the barn and
feed them there. In this way you
will prevent colds which cause diar-
rohea and consumption, and cause
loss to the farmer.
When we were at the state fair
last year an auto did the lively stunt
of dragging the race course before ev-
This re- "a
setting the autos to work on the coun-
try roads and letting them pull the
log drags. They can do the work
quicker and better than q team.
Might be a good idea to penalize some
of these speeders by making them
drag stretch of road instead of pay
ing fine.
To keep butter in good condition
while driving to market take crock
of sufficient size to hold the butter.
Place the crock in a box deep enough
to come up quite to the top of the
crock and big enough to leave sew
eral inches of space between the
crock and the sides Of the box. Pack
wet sand in this space and after plac-
ing your butter in the crock place
over the top a wet cloth and cover
with another cloth wet or dry. The
heat will not bother your butter then,
aid 1t will be in good condition when
delivered to your customers.
In feeding the calves cleanliness is
essential to thrifty growth. Together
with a proper supply of skim milk
and little grain the growing calf
should have access to good grass
plot, one that provides in plenty a
variety of grasses and clovers If pos.
sible. II two or more pastures can
be used. so much the better, for then
the growing grass can be kept in
the thriftiest and most palatable con.
dition for the youngster. Shade OF
some kind should always be handy
for the calf. He will not do well ii
obliged to endure the tortures Of the