The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-01

Both oats and barley are good feeds
for young pigs.
See that the coops and henhouse is
free from lice and mites.
Well cured ensilage corresponds
with the nature of the COW.
The chief characteristics Of the road
ster are speed and stamina.
Horses that have light hay diet
are soldem affected with heaves.
Cleanliness and fresh air will usu-
ally prevent epidemics of any kind.
Testing is the only method by which
we can cut out the robbers in the
herd.
The brown leghorn or the houdan
feather quickly and soon reach ma.
turity.
| The colts and unused horses should
spend most of each pleasant day in the
paddock.
| Have no hesitation in disposing OF
the improbable COWS. They are a
mistake.
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what little they drink must be abso-
lutely clean.
Corn fodder that Is shredded or
split, and ground fine, makes a very
satisfactory feed.
Have an orchard book and keep a
record of the trees planted and also
the variety of fruit.
Free range for hogs does not mean
that they should be allowed to run
over our neighbors farm
The late Matching eggs from some Of
the small quick-growing breeds can
be raised at the least cost.
Do not sell all the best. II anyone
Is entitled to the best fruit produced
on the farm, it is the family.
Pumpkins are a valuable succulence
for cows. holding much the same place
in the ration as silage and roots.
II you think Of setting out an or
chard and have had no experience
better hire a good man to show you
how.
The practice of turning the cows
OIL rye and winter barley that is sown
for early spring feed is not good
practice.
The cream should always be strain
ed into the churn through a fine wire
sieve or a dipper, with a perforated
tin bottom.
Well-bred heifer calves may often
be purchased cheaply Of people who
live in town and keep but one COW
for family use.
Ensilage Is not considered good for
sheep, and If it is fed at all it should
be fed very sparingly and at intervals
Of two or three days.
Each cows udder should be thor
oughly cleansed before milking and
the hands of the mixer should be
absolutely clean and dry.
Clean sound oats make an excellent
ration for the pigs. If this is fed to
them regularly during the fattening
| period the pork will be superior.
| Stone fruits, such as peaches, april
| cots, plums and nectarines, should be
| planted the latter part Of March, be-
fore the buds commence to swell.
Farmers who undertake to grow In
any section of the country what nature
does not intend them to grow soon
find 1t out, and usually by hard expert.
ence.
It pays to have the farm fenced hog
tight and cross fenced into small
fields and to have plenty Of yards to
keep hogs Of different sizes and ages
separated.
II a yearling ram is used watch him
when first admitted to the flock. Some
times they are not breeders. 1t is well
to look after the old ones too. They
sometimes quit
The horse population Of the world
is estimated at more than III, 900, 900,
Of which about 100000 are in Eu-
rope, 2S,000000 in North America and
100000 in Asia.
Plow up your old, worn-out orchard
this fall and put some manure, COM
post, ashes and bones in the trenches.
You'll be surprised next year at the
quick response Of your trees.
A daily record should be kept of
each COW In the stable. In a years