The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-06-24
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N.Y. FARM
By NzlMs'~~ III

Give the chicks grit.
Little pigs like green feed.
The young horse has many things
TO learn.
Skim milk is good for the chickens
this time of year.
The root maggot of cabbage comes
from the egg of a fly.
The dwarf nasturtium makes an ex-
cellent border plant of medium size.
A very desirable and useful tool
which Is not found on all farms is a
level.
The finer the teeth of the cultivatOr
the finer and more satisfactory the
work.
IN the training of colts a blow
should never be struck, or a loud or
violent word used.
Stale drinking vessels breed disease.
A few cents worth of disinfectants
will soon save dollars worth of poul-
try.
1t pays to keep livestock on the
fnr,, r~r th, -. - -
the unmarketable feeds they can turn
INTO money.
A thorough investigation of the
methods Of feeding young turkeys
shows to what extent general rules
are followed.
Three borrowings of young corn
may be given, just before the corn
Is up. and one when the young plants
are several inches high.
There is a very laudable movement
now in progress among the shippers of
fresh fruits looking to the uniformity
of packing and the Standardization of
fruit.
The work team should have n little
exercise every day and not stand day
after day in the stable and then be
taken out and made to do a heavy
days work.
The beef raiser who aims at the
greatest possible profit from his bust
hess must use cattle especially adapt-
ed to the purpose and perfected to a
high degree.
Corn should be cut for the silo when
1t is fairly well matured, that is, when
the kernels are in what is known as
the dough stage" all or nearly all OF
the kernels being dented.
Clover and rape seeded for hog or
calf pasture make cheap feed. A small
patch of this will save the buying of
a good deal of bran and other concen-
trates. A dollar saved is two dollars
earned.
The best way to begin the poultry
business is in a small way. AS YOU
learn from experience, the best teach
err, you can increase your flock and
lind out the best markets for your
products.
Spring pigs can get along very
well without shelter. except from rain.
until fall, then If you are so shiftless
as to fail to provide shelter they are
better able TO stand the cold and rain
But they will not thrive.
Drones usually take their flight
during the middle part of the dav.
mostly from ten to three o'clock
during a warm, pleasant day. when
they can be seen flying in large num.
bers In front of the hives and over
the apiary.
Water In the soil is continually IN
the move, sometimes fast and al other
times slower. When it stops rainino
Vi lut SUI becomes
dry, then the moisture in the earth
begins to move upward, from one soil
particle to another. by capilarity.
There are many other and bette,
uses for flowers than to pile ON cof
fins at funerals. They are meant fo,
living folks. Then let us have some
In our front yard, yes, and the bach
yard too. and under the caves al this
side of the house and over by the gar
den fence. 1t is a thousand times bet
ter to grow flowers for your family &c
enjoy while they are alive than 70 bux
them at rs cents a dozen to pile or
their graves after they are dead.
Fine celery can be grown as easil,
-. as any garden vegetable. if one ha,
good plants. by heavy aaa.sA.ng be
tween the rows when the plants ar,
six to twelve inches high. and by pour
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