The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-09-29

DOGS It pay to use MANURE at the
rate Of 45 or so tons per acre? This
depends largely on the cost Of ma
nure. In many instances the cost of
hauling far exceeds the first cost Of
the manure. Much of the anu used
near the large cities is had for the
hauling, while it is the exception,
rather than the rule, that it costs more
than so cents a ton. At this price or
less a grower can well afford to make
rather long hauls and to use the ma
nure freely, especially for such crops
as lettuce, celery, onions and other
crops grown by intensive methods.
A man who is content with a COW
giving 5000 pounds of milk is a man
who does not understand the first
principles of the economics of dairy
work; and. until the dairymen of this
country wake up to the fact that it is
possible to get COWS giving, 5000, 5000,
10000 and $4,000 pounds of milk in a
year, they cannot hope to compete
with the dairymen Of Denmark and
other countries.
Dried milk powder has been fed to
mich COWS with some success at the
Kansas experiment station. The milk
powder is a %byproduct in the manufac-
ture of milk sugar and contains a very
high per cent. of protein. One hun
dred pounds of skimmilk makes nine
to ten pounds Of the milk powder.
This preparation has also been used
with c as a poultry feed.
A considerable amount of the nutri>
ment In the corn fodder is lost each
year because it is allowed to become
too ripe before it is harvested. Good
fodder, cut at the right stage, and
we'll cured makes one of the best
feeds for winter, but its value may be
easily greatly lessened by improper
management.
AS most people are not familiar
with sheep breeding and feeding, their
first question when their. interest has
been awakened is, What is the best
breed? This cannot be answered off.
hand as it will depend upon the farm.
er's likes and dislikes, his locality,
his market and the available feed
supply.
Corn fodder and sorghum fodder
have about the same amount Of car.
bohydrates, but the corn fodder con.
tains 81 per cent. protein while sorg.
hum fodder contains only 1.5 per cent.
Sorghum, however, is a very good
feed, is easily grown, resists drought
and is relished by all farm animals.
The queen Is simply the mothel
bee. The authority is in the work.
ers. Their cooperation is perfect.
Their aim is the perpetuity of the
race. To this end, If a queen be.
comes inefficient through age, they
drag their mother out and kill her,
and raise a new queen.
There is more profit in one hen
that lays eggs in November and De.
cember than in one dozen that lay
their best in April and May and none
in the fall. Push your early pullets
for all that is out, so as to get them
to laying this fall.
Granulation improves the appear
ance of any quality of honey and
never fails to give it a lighter shade.
It also has a tendency to drive from
it any wild taste and make it a purer
sweet. In this condition 1t is in the
best possible shape for keeping any
length of time.
A great many people set peach trees
too deeply. The ground should be
plowed very deep, but the holes for
the trees should only be deep enough
to cover the roots well.
There is a growing tendency in ia
vor of large hives for the production
of both comb and extracted honey,
and there Is no gainsaying the fact
that these large hives do hinder the
swarming impulse.
P%ear-blight very often affects apple
trees; and whenever it is discovered
every particle of the diseased parts
should be cut out, or If very bad, the
entire tree should be burned.
Many farmers imagine that they
are saving money when they breed
to a seven or eight dollar horse, but
the truth is they are losing five or
six times that amount.
It is not wise to be all the time
doping stock with medicines the ma.
ture Of which we do not any of US IN
derstand very well. Nature Is the
best doctor.
It always pays to keep waxed ends
and other articles of repairs about
the barn. for "a stitch in time saves
nine" with a harness just as well as
in other places.
Sheepmen of the west figure that
the wool pays the entire cost Of han.
ding a flock or hand. and p1ves pood