The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-04


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Keep the poultry yards clean. Don't
have anything about that can breed
disease
logues and get in your order for trees
and plants now.
The breeder Of to-day who succeeds
must be a breeder, a feeder and an
all-around stock man
Provide a clean, dry bed and never
allow horse to lie on bare boards or
stand on wet manure.
Feed the brood SOW proteiR feeds as
much as possible. and avoid feeds rich
In fat-fOrming elements.
One cock to ten hens is sufficient,
and these should be separated until the
breeding season begins.
Never allow two or more cocks 70
remain in the same inclosure with the
hens during the winter.
Provide plank or cement feeding
floor for the hogs. Keep it clean; It's
the hogs table. you know.
Try shaving some young sweet corn.
or even field corn. for the young chicks
and see how they will 90 for IT,
Keep ground charcoal before the
poultry at all times. 1t Is good for
Indigestion and cOrrects sour crop
Don't feed good food TO poor lay
ers and then grumble because there
Is no profit in the poultry business.
If it is possible to make a good cow
from q poor calf the extra cost will be
more than the calf was worth at the
beginning.
he loss vi tOIulllOu ~ Wcdulu8
time may be greatly reduced If the
pigs have been accustomed to supple
mentary foods.
Most of the milk used in Siam Is
imported in condensed form, few OF
the natives keeping COWS or goats or
using their milk
Look the spray pump over. Get all
the parts in working order during the
winter so as to be ready for active
work early in the spring.
If you want lambs for fattening
early a thoroughbred sire Of one OF
the coarse wool breeds used on Merino
ewes will produce excellent ones
Pumpkins will keep fine In corner
Of the cellar near the furnace. II there
is no furnace in the cellar better
place for them Is a warm closet near
the fire.
Plant fruit trees on the unCultivated
spots along the fence lines and in the
fields. The investment is good adds
both to beauty of farm and to the
value of IT,
It is the poorest sort of economy to
milk COW up to within a short time
that she is due to calve Give her
60 days rest and she will more than
make up for lost time
The fight against mites and insect
pests must be kept up till the last one
has been driven out Your birds can
not do we'll so long as they are aff1ict-
ed with these enemies
If you keep guineas, turkeys and
chickens. build separate houses and
yards for them. If you confine all
three varieties in one yard during the
winter it will prove disastrous
Bees won't thrive in cellar where
there are mice or any disturbing in
huence II Is well to partition bees
off to themselves where II is quiet,
plenty Of ventilation and little light
One reason why hens do not do we'll
is because they are kept too long on
the same ground The very earth gets
foul and full Of insect pests. Change
about every two or three years. 1t
will pay.
The common method OF cleansing
wool produces great quantities of foul
liquors. containing valuable sub
stances that can be recovered profit
ably. Among these are wool grease
and crude petroleum.
Try and be one that has fed a com
bined ration Of roughage. grain and
roots with plenty OF water and you
will have no worry about the ewes.
The summers work and the feed Is
argely wasted II the ewes lamb poorly.
The United States Department. Of
Agriculture recommends the establish