The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-03-25
Give the pigeons fresh water.

movable hog houses have come 70
stay. !.
Shelled corn is better for calves
than cornmeal.
Corn may be given to calves when
they are three weeks old.
The calf should be taught to drink
its mothers milk at once.
Start right by getting better hens:
end right by keeping them better.
II you intend to raise chickens for
meat, do not invest in the egg breeds.
The cost of the product is lessened
by pushing the pigs for early matur-
ity.
The best thing for any dairying To-
cality is the organization of cow test
associations.
Get tanning mill and resolve
through its use to have good seed for
spring sowing.
How about your incubator? See
that 1t is In perfect condition, for It
is time to get it started.
The animal that pays the best is
bound to be in evidence as dairymen
become better Informed.
If the poultry house is overcrowded,
kill off some of the older birds. Keep
stocked up with young thrifty layers.
Do not overlook the Importance of
making the pigs food palatable from
the beginning to the end of the sea.
son.
A chickens stomach is not made
OF iron, and the same diet day after
day harms them as much as it does
human.
Crows destroy as many chicks as do
hawks, but they are more cunning and
very few know they do any harm in
this manner.
The loss of condition at weaving
time may be greatly reduced if the
pigs have been accustomed to supple
mentary foods.
We don't all like incubators, and
those of us who still use hens must
use intelligence in setting them, in Or
der to keep in the game.
There is more profit, considering the
investment and time and feed re-
quired, in flock of sheep, than any
other animals raised on farm.
Dip the sheep Immediately after
shearing and again in about three
weeks to destroy eggs and all ticks
that may have escaped at the first
dipping.
With calves, colts, pigs or any AMI
mails raised by hand, other feeds than
milk will be eaten in small amounts
when the animals are from 20 to 30
days old.
AS a rule, the wisest way of han.
ding bull that is inclined to be vi.
cious is to hand him over to the
butcher, as an animal of this class is
never safe to trust.
Renew the pan of charcoal in the
hog lot. And while you are there
nail some extra boards around the
bottom Of the pen. A drafty bed for
the pigs means trouble.
A good pasture for hogs is ono
which is tender and nutritious. Blue
grass makes a good pasture during
the spring and late fall. Rye and blue
grass make a little winter pasture.
1t has always been mystery how
any intelligent dairyman could see
profit in looping off $40 a year income
from special bred dairy cow in or
der to secure a scrub beef calf
The wise shepherd does no wait
until his whole flock Of sheep is af-
fected before he begins to attempt q
cure, but takes every precaution to
prevent the disease from getting q
foothold.
The great aim of every farmer
should be to grow such crops as food
for stock as impoverish the soil the
least and make the richest manure.
Haphazard feeding never increases
the bank roll.
Next to keeping the land rich tho
main point is to get enough grass
seed in it to fill up every available
space, and such a variety of grasses
as will furnish fresh bloom over az
much of the year as possible.
Corn is SO high in the corn belt that