The pioneer express., 1910-06-03
Give spring pigs sood pasture.

your chicks.
Crude OIL is now being used II, KIN
the Texas fever tick.
The well-bred hen with good lay.
Ing record is cheap at any price.
For fruit spot on apples use bors
ieau the middle to last of June.
Every man who raises hogs should
provide good pasture for them.
With alfalfa hay the summer pas
ture conditions are most nearly reaY
lied.
Hogs should not be allowed access
70 stream where there is cholera on
arms above.
A road drag used occasionally after
rains on the farm roads will help I'd
keep them in good condition.
be gotten rid of once soil is infested
with them. but this Is not always true
Horses and mules are now barred
from crossing the state line of Kansas
until they have a certificate of good
health.
The middleman gets a Jolt in the
statement that American beef is now
selling in London cheaper than it II
In New York.
No sow can bring litter of thrifty.
we'll developed pigs unless she is fed
liberal quantities of the right kinds
Of food during pregnancy.
There are very few gardens in the
rural sections that are provided with
which is as easily grown as
weeds when once established.
Be sure to mulch the newly planted
trees. The hot, dry days will come
and these cost the lives of many young
fruit trees that are not so protected
Much Of the danger that comes to
the pigs at birth will be eliminated IL
the sows are kind and traotable, allow.
ing all necessary help at narrowing
time.
Colonies of so chicks do very well,
but colonies of Is will do better
still, for it does not pay to crowd
young chicks any more than 1t does
to crowt old fowls.
Every calf fed to eighteen or twenty
months Of age (of a beef bred) will
bring the farmer $50 to $50, and will
consume much feed that otherwise
would not be of much profit.
Different rams will cost varyins
prices, but the returns they each will
give are to be wholly the guide in
order that you will purchase the ram
which will give the largest net money
returns.
When the silo is filled thorough
wetting down and tramping of the top
will prevent the entrance of air, and
will save more of the top layer from
spelling than would be the case If this
is not done.
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that she doesn't have to scratch for.
Although exercise is necessary to
keep her in good health, she needs
time to rest and dust herself in the
middle of the day.
Lettuce can be put to good advan,
a large supply of quickly available
plant food. Its culture demands the
most liberal feeding to realize the best
results. The heads must be large as
we'll as early to secure the best
prices.
Chicken hawks, weasels, rats ano
other marauders often prey upon the
small chickens and all efforts to cap.
ture them in traps prove unavailing,
where good gun will often be Of
more assistance in Kidding the farm
of their depredations.
Where one has thoroughly weh
drained land and once gets good
catch of alfalfa it makes most ex.
cellent pasture, but it costs some
money in getting stand and also
large run, as alfalfa under the most
favorable circumstances will not ad.
NIT Of close pasturing.
The conditions, which man creates.
causing loss Of humus, are brought
about by continued cropping without
supplying anything to form humus
and by improper cultivation which
permits a rapid evaporation of the
soil moisture and an excessive aera.
ton Of the soil and oxidation Of the
vegetable matter found in it.
There is no stock raised on the