The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-08-18
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Sell of all the roosters except the
prime ones for breeding.
The breed of white hogs is rapidly
disappearing from this country.
The good roads movement increases
the pleasure of moving over the
roads.
Some men never discover where q
fence is weak until they attempt to
climb over it.
Even a city man can come to the
front with a small flock of poultry in
his back yard.
No COW which averages less than
one and one-half gallons Of milk per
day can be kept at a profit.
Take the chill off the water for the
mare, and feed her carefully and keep
her quiet for a number of days.
The man who said that the best
poultrymen on most farms are the
women" knew what he was talking
about.
1t is more difficult to secure the
seeds of forest trees than any other
kinds of seeds, since there is so lit
tie market for them.
Beets may be canned or picked and
saved for winter use When vegeta-
bles are scarce they will be greatly
enjoyed if saved in this way.
In Japan there are 1872 people fol
every 40 acres Of land and 256 COWS
256 donkeys, and 512 swine for every
square mile of land in the kingdom.
1t is not fair calculation to take the
average of the herd as the basis Of
computing annual profit from the
dairy. Let each individual stand or
her merits.
The sitting hen should be given
new, clean box for a nest, filled will
the cleanest of material. Place her OF
the new nest and give her the egg.
in the evening. =
No animals are bred that are capa
BILE Of supplying the largest amount o
rich milk and storing away the larges
amount of flesh and fairness in thei,
bodies at one, and the same time.
Most people find that the yearlinl
hens, but some chicken raisers CLAIM
that the old hens eggs are better TO
Matching, because they are NOR
strongly fertilized.
Good. food never creates the chal
makes of her a good dairy ANNA:
any more than 1t never makes a goo
COW out of q small mixer; it Is use
less to make the effort
Water or moisture Is always on tn
move. When it rains 1t soaks tn
ground, and as Don as it stops rainin'
it starts its upward movement by capt.
larry attraction. It travels from on
soil particle to the next and so on unit
the soil becomes what we call dry.
r. ro,,c* ha orror0rf n 1r,0ru =,
prejudiced thinking man that If tn
dairy farmer wishes to obtain tn
greatest profit in his dairy he mus
grade up his herd by one of the pure
bred bulls of one of the four grea
dairy breds, Ayrshire, Guernsey, Ho
stein or Jersey.
: All stock will be healthier and wi
thrive better If salt is kept wher
they can help themselves daily rathe
than at intervals. Medicated salts ar
now put up and SOLD That are bette
in every way for the stock than tn
common salt usually used besides be
ing a better conditioner. .
The soil has wonderful absorptiv
!, power to hold on to it's moisture, fo
If we place some soil in the oven an
drive off the moisture by heat an
then examine these soil particles III
der a powerful microscope we will fin
each soil particle coated with a thi
film of what is termed microscopic W;
ter,
Shade and water are important ma
tiers in connection with grazing cattle
: and the more nearly natural the cond
lions can be made, the better. In
pasture which contains no trees,
sometimes pays to put up a board roc
to protect cattle from the hot sun
: July and August, but summer feedin
on a large scale is not generally az
visable at all where there is nc n;
, tural shade in the field.
Unless the cockerels are to be RI
tanned for breeding purposes, it is az
!, vicoh1o RI Till fhom off aS aOon a