The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-29
Go easy with the colt in spring.

DraughtS and ventilation are Two
different things.
A milk producing ration is neces-
sary for the brood SOW.
Vegetable manure (muck, rotten
turf. wood soil. ashes. etc. is the best.
Nutritious roughage rich in protein
is valuable for the SOW before far
rowing.
Pumpkins. corn meal and bran
make a fairly good combination in
the fall.
Incubator and brooder are abso-
lutely essential TO profitable early
chick raising.
It's not enough to know that a COW
is profitable. You must know how
profitable she is.
Experience and good judgment must
guide the practical dairyman in his
daily work OF feeding
Many a field of corn has been
husked by the hogs this year. It's a
good plan when you can afford it.
DO you think the oleo makers would
coll hair prnd,,ct for urhat = 10 ~ thnu
could make the people believe it was
butter?
Poultry yards should have shade
for chickens during the summe If
your hens do not have shade plant
trees for this purpose.
Early chickens to sell as brOilers
usually meet a good demand and bring
a paying price, as they have to be fed
only for a comparatively short time.
Many boys and girls leave the farm
simply because they have nc money to
spend. Start them in the poultry bust
R'' hit W 81 lhCil
money.
Sweet cor should not be planted
too early. II requires a warm soil:
it seldom terminates well when plant
ed too early. Plant about the time
field cOrn Is planted.
There is little need of a meat boy
colt, if your farm furnishes plenty of
fresh fruits and vegetables. Inci
dentally. a few pigs might be raised
to furnish YOU meat.
Money invested in sheep will nearly
double itself in one year, since the
fleece will pay for the feed and are
OF the sheep, and the lambs. often
two per eve. are the profit.
You may not think it, but being
regular in milking is the mean OF
making at least ID per cent. more
from your cows. Cows MIXED at any
time dry up much quicker.
1t costs less to put a pound OF
weight on a young growing animal
than on one older. and the amount OF
necessary to produce a given in
crease of weight gradually increases.
Onions. lettuce, radishes and spin
ach may be sOwn as early as the soil
be worked into a good filth. 1t
is of no advantage to SOW seed Of any
kind when the soil is too wet to work
into a good condition
If forest and shade trees have not
been planted. this should not be neg
lected any longer The trees should
have time to secure a hold in the
soil before the dry season makes
heavy demand upon the moisture in
the soil.
To cure MARBLES in cattle. take a
glass syringe of the smallest size and
sweet oil with 40 drops of car
bOlic acid to the pint. into the hole at
the apex of the little mounds on the
cows back. This will bring them
away without injury to the COW
With the exception of a few of the
very best of the pullets it is nearly
best to sell all of the early
chickens as soon as they
reach "A marketable size. In nearly all
cases a better price and certainly a
better profit will be realized than by
keeping and feeding them until fall
Geese should be given free range
summer and winter. Even when the
ground is covered with snow. the
birds will find plenty OF grass along
a small stream of water. Glover hay
is excellent for them to pick al dur
Ing the winter months. and If they
have a good supply they will need but
a very small amoun of grain
Early corn should be planted TO
supply the work animals with sue.
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