The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-23
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Tram the frult trees to low heads
BY proper pruning.
Profits of the dairy are dependent
largely upon the comfort of the stock
A good rule in feeding all stock is
to feed only what they will eat up
clean.
Surprising what a difference hand
full of grain will make in the ewes and
1amhs if fed daily.
The National Orchard congress will
htsad its second annual exposition at
Council Bluffs, Ia, November Is to 90.
Look on the bright side of the
weather and the crops. They both
generally turn out better than it is
feared they WILL
The drinking water in the summer
as ssn important matter with the stock,
especially with the dairy herd. Re-
nsssRber that foul water is sure to
Areesi disease.
sometimes a stick becomes lodged
HI Tue nostrils Of the COW. There
Viii he indications of lsbored breath
lug. Always investigate, and remove
the cause OF the difficulty.
Good fencing is required with sheer
''nd IT'S cost deters many farmers from
keeping q small flock. 1t should be
remembered, however, that the sheep
will pay for the extra fencing neces.
cary If given an opportunity.
Are you particular to see that the
horses are watered in the field as
5oa are yourself. You take water
With yoa. why not FOR the horse.
which is doing far harder work, and
asse.ls the water much worse than do
TIu.
The poorly lighted. poorly ventila.-
I'd barn is a poor place to keep any
7aEn animals, especially the cows
Pure milk cannot be produced from
zach surroundings. During the sun,
xacr time while the COWS are, out most
os The time anyway and the barn lit
til, used, plan to make improvements
which will improve the conditions
aasi make your barn more sanitary.
tut IN more windows and put in some
Stad of a ventilat:ng system.
at the Wisconsin experiment sta
dnn the five poorest COWS in the herd
ate $40 worth OF feed and returned
SlaS. The five best COWS ate s2Dl
&Grth of feed and returned $685..
There is a chance to do some think
SAG ga that showing. Thousands upon
thousands OF farmers have herds do.
Ing the same kind of work as those
sise poorest COWS and they do not
get know about it.
The following dip is good for sheep
sAdering from scab. 1t is said il
viii not stain the wool: Tobacco, iG
pounds: oil of tar, three riats; soda
ASH. 20 pounds; soft soap, four
pounds. Boil the tobacco and dis.
solve the other ingredients in a few
gallons of boiling water and add
enough water to make 80 gallons Din
the sheep in it while lukeWarn. This
mixture should dip 80 sheep, if each
when taken out is laid On a drain
board and his wool we'll squeezed. |:
vii! be necessary to dip seoon;. OF
even Il third time in persistent cases
Cultivation may be stopped in the
scc!iard late in the season and a cror
can then be sown upon the land. Thi:
Esop may serve as cover Or piotec
hon to the soil and as a green ma
nnre. A green manure improves the
sosi by adding fiber to it and by in
csrasing its fertility. 1t catches the
nifratcs which. earlier in the season
are used by the tree-roots. Vegetable
ts,er in the soil increases it's pcwer q
holding both moisture and plant food
The crops we'll adapted to this lat;
oOWAh6 arc lSW FGtCu is HrODIOlj
the best which has been well tester
in the state. But everything point:
TO crimson clover as the ideal orchard
cover and green manure.
VIVA. does it cost you to produc,
your eggs? Do you know? Prof. Ora
A2m of the Storrs (Conn) experiment
station says: 81 have been very nue.
surprised at the data received fro,
several Of the experiment stations re
Earding the cost of egg production
In some cases find eggs have cos
rs high as IS cents dozen and som
AZ low as s cents q dozen, includin
labor. I find that. speaking generall,
The. larger the range the less foe
was required; in fact. where bird
had free range the cost was anywher
from 8 to 10 cents, and in cases ,wher
She birds were, on limited range tn
eost was under twelve cents. TIL:
IN forced me TO the conclusion tina
4 - very hard work for NAH {
- IN intensive poultry plant an
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