The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-20
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The good idea is worth sticking to.
but be sure it is good one befol =
risking too much upon it.
The crop of flies on the farm can be
reduced considerably if the manure is
kept cleaned up.
Better for the horses to be out in
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 and
ashes is god for the hogs and should
be placed where they can have access
to it 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 plow and cultivate.
If there is no pasture for the ram
provide paddock in which he can ex-
ercise. 1t is a shortsighted policy
which would keep him shut in the
barn these days.
The rainy days are godsends 70 the
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 in
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 profit? you cannot know
unless you have tested the milk and
keep a record of the yield. Use the
scales and the BabcOck tester. 1t is
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 a 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
coming on. This will make the soil
open and ready to receive the seed,
thus making more probable a 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 a regular ration of mOlasses ev-
cry day, and find that they thrive on
it, 1t makes their flesh fat and their
skins glossy 1t gives zest to their
appetities and helps their digestion
1t increases the quality and improves
the quality of their milk, for it puts
the COW in good humOr, and a good
humored COW is the best mixer
Wheat and Oat straw have a 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
tramped down, keeping the
middle full. When the grain is
.hreshed 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 off and wired down,
will shed rain perfectly.
Paralysis in swine most often fol-
ows overfeeding of rich nitrogenous
foods to animals that are closely con-
fined. Pigs do best when allowed a
range and not fed too
highly. AS this affection involves the
spinal cord, it is not only liable to
prove fatal, but is not, as a rule. sat
sfactorily treated. First, remove the
cause. Cut down feed and allow plenty
If range, and if not fed too literally
hey will forage about and get exer-
Use. Young pigs only partially para
yzed will often come right treated as
above advised. Old animals will not
often respond to any form of treat.
nent
Farmyard manure is weak in both
acid and potash, and these
elements are supplied in fertilizers.
While they may be used alone. it is
customary to use them in connection
With farm manure, which will prac-
icallV mean crOD ipcuropoo o.l ~,