The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-08-18
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R%etentive soils should be drained.
Send to market all old hens right
how.
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 a 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-
Ting well cultivated and enriched.
Perhaps the first important factor
Ito 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 i%ntrusting
the eggs to 1t.
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 a 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 hce 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 one Matched I'm
der the hens, along with the chicks
they are almost certain to become
wild and unmanageable. IF
Beware of 'red rust" in blackberr,
or blackcap bushes. When seen
promptly dig up and burn infected
plant, being careful not to scatter thu
fungous dust over healthy bushes.
Those who have large apple or
chards are fortunate If they have
e~vaporators for drying windfall ap
pies. This is a good way to utilize
unstable fruit and thus add to tn
profits of the orchard.
Keep your eyes open for better hens
You will often e some advertised
for sale. But steer clear Of old worn
out stock. None owe one or at thu
outside two years old should b
bought or kept on the farm.
For grape-rot and mildew, begi1
early and spray the vines with Dor
deaux mixture at intervals Of abou
two weeks. Newly-set grape vine
should be allowed to grow only on
main shoot which should be tied up.
When we understand that it re
quires twenty tons of moisture to pro
duce a bushel Of corn w will stud.
to make its evaporation as slow Al
possible, as crops suffer more. from
lack of moisture than from any othe
single thing.
1t is quite a temptation sometimes
to have a dealer offer you a big price
for the best sheep and lambs. If 20,
need them in your own herd, however
you cannot afford to take any price
offered. Keep the best and make tina
best better another year.
Cottonseed meal fed to excess vii
injure the flavor of butter just al
linseed meal in excess will injur'
the grain and flavor. While both o
these can be fed to an advantage tt
dairy COWS the best results are pos
sible only when they r used in con
nection with other materials.
Do not neglect to examine the cur