The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-08-19

Retentive soils should be drained.
Send to market all old hens right
now.
A poor mixer, man or maid, is an
abomination in a dairy.
The shorter the fattening period the
greater the profit from the pen.
If there are any bare places on the
lawn now they should be reseeded or
resodded.
The disk is better implement than
the pillow for breaking up sod in the
orchard.
There is a distinct difference be-
tween weeds and corn. There should
also be an extinct difference.
An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable for be-
ing we'll cultivated and enriched.
Perhaps the first important factor
to consider in dairying is the stable
wherein the cattle are to be housed.
Strawberries should be cultivated,
the weeds eradicated and the mois-
ture conserved for late summer
drouth.
When the incubator is to be started
For late matches set things in order
and run it two days before intrusting
the eggs to it.
The scientific, thoughtful farmer
works with his head. He knows every
COW, her yield, her condition and her
profit producing capacity.
Allow the calf to run with the
mother for day or SO Immediately
after birth. The new milk is neces-
sary to promote a proper digestion.
Aside from the commercial value of
the products from the poultry yard
the value Of fresh eggs and fine poul:
try for the table should not be under
estimated.
No sane and active poultry keeper
will tolerate lice in the nest. Place
water, feed and dust bath where the
hen can easily get at them when she
daily leaves the nest.
Unless you secure the guinea eggs
and have the young ones Matched I'M
der the hens, along with the chicks,
they are almost certain to become
wild and unmanageable.
Beware of "red rust" in blackberry
or blackcap bushes. When seen,
promptly dig up and burn infected
plant, being careful not to scatter the
fungous dust over healthy bushes.
Those who have large apple or
chards are fortunate if t. they have
evaporators for drying windfall ap-
pies. This is good way to utilize
unstable fruit and thus add to the
profits of the orchard.
Keep your eyes open for better hens.
You will often see some advertised
for sale. But steer clear of old worn
put stock. None over one or at the
outside two years old should be
bought or kept on the farm.
For grape-rot and mildew, begin
early and spray the vines with Bor-
deaux mixture at intervals of about
two weeks. Newly-set grape vines
should be allowed to grow only one
main shoot which should be tied up.
When we understand that it re-
quires twenty tons Of moisture to pro-
duce bushel Of corn we will study
70 make its evaporation as slow as
possible, as crops suffer more from
lack Of moisture than from any other
single thing.
It is quite q temptation sometimes
10 have dealer offer you a big price
Tor the best sheep and lambs. If you
need them in your own herd, however,
you cannot AFFORD to take any price
offered. Keep the best and make that
best better another year.
j Il 80 4 y /. .
Cottonseed meal fed to excess will
njure the flavor of butter Just as
linseed meal in excess will injure
he grain and flavor. While both OF
:hese can be fed to an advantage to
larry COWS the best results are pos
,ible only when they are used IN con-
aection with other materials.
Do not neglect to examine the eur
ant and gooseberry- bushes and look
or the white egzs Of the currant-
worms. and the larva OF the currant,
'awny. Is you ind any, dust the
caves. ton ana under sides. with hne.
Il powdered hsllsbore when tho
,oliage n VI. az put 4 heaping tahie.giy