The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-31
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Don't overcrowd the young stock
Study the individual COWS and do
not feed all alike.
Clean food and clean stables are
good preventive of disease.
Let the young calves have access to
good, clean hay at all times.
Take care of the pigs or you will
have no hogs to take care of.
A barn for sheep without floor is
preferable if it can be kept dry
Coal oil applied to the roosts in
small quantities will kill parasites
Cow stables should have no cellar
under them nor storage place above
The flesh of birds differs in quality,
according to the food on which they
feed.
Poultry droppings, treated with
land-plaster, is one of the high grade
fertilizing agents.
The hog is preeminently the most
corn and grain-cOndensing animal on
the American farm.
BY careful attention to proper
methods of combining feed the cost
can be greatly reduced.
One of the shrewdest bankers in the
country rates his customers largely by
their ability to raise hogs
The breeding ewes should be fed
and gotten into good condition in the
fall after the lambs are weaned.
Eliminate the hogs part in the eco
nomy of farm feeding operations and
many cases.
If milk weeds are of any use to the
dairyman it might be a good plan to
save the rag weeds to make the trav-
cling junk dealer happy
The hog will make from twelve to
fifteen pounds of pork, live weight,
from a bushel of corn; the sheep from
five to eight the steer from four to
five
ers not only use smudges to keep off
the frosts but to protect the vines
from the suns hot rays the morning
after the freeze.
Profit in the orchard depends upon
the perfection of the fruits raised and
the quantity. And the trees cannot
produce their full capacity unless they
are we'll cared for.
The Oregon experiment station has
decided that the scab on the prunes
which is more or less troublesome to
them is caused by the weather and
not by fungus growth.
In homes where the children al
ways like to spend their spare time
elsewhere, the parents should take a
day off to think and see if they can
tell why There is reason"
1t is surprising how the value of
horses keeps up in face of the fact
that there has been an enormous in
crease in the number of automobiles I
used in towns and cities, as we'll as in |
the country
BY getting the shock corn in early
the field can be used for late fall pas
ture. The corn ground may be clean
but the grass along the fence rows is /
worth q considerable amount The |
more often the pasture can be changed |
the better it is for both stock and
pasture.
The cattle should be fattened as /
quickly as possible. 1t never pays to /
prolOng the feeding even though a |
man may think he will strike a better |
market later. While heavy feeding is |
not so good at the start, the amount
of grain should be increased from time |
to time until the cattle are on a full |
feed Plenty of roughness should al |
ways be provided, and the herd should |
have free access to pure water and
good salt
Unquestioned experiments show
that there is 10 20 20 peT cent. more Z,
value in grain fed a hog on good pas
ture than fed in a pen or yard. The
pig will do very we'll on clover pas
ture alone, but little grain will give
enough better pig to pay for the ad
ditional cost several times. a good
supply Of milk with very little grain
on alfalfa pasture makes excellent |