The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-02
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Plant tomatoes four feet apart each
way.
Don't forget to spray the grape.
vines.
The Homer pigeon 10 the best bird
for squad raising.
Sometimes litter gets 20 filthy that
1t II worse than none.
Leave 1t to the old hen TO pick out
the best nest to lay in.
To improve live stock requires in.
telligence and thought.
Among all dwarf-growing trees the
japanese naples stand first.
II possible grow potatoes on clover
sod; this saves buying fertilizers.
Oats 10 the standard grain for he
healthy development of young mi.
mails.
In the fattening pen give the pigs
all they will readily clean up but no
more
Many farmers use q boar of dkser-
ent breed Of that Of their sows to pro-
duce q cross.
Sound, healthy cows can only be
had by good stabling, careful feeding
and good water.
When the chicks can get away from
it at will, plenty Of heat under the
hover is a good thing.
After the calf has learned to drink.
q little fine hay should be tied up In
the pen for the calf to nibble.
Almost all flower seeds terminate
more quickly If soaked in warn
water fer few hours before planting.
Do not plant trees with bunch Of
spreading roots. Trim them off to
within four or five inches of the root
stock.
Don't forget to give the little ducks
plenty of drinking water, and after
one week old they want 1t to swim
in, too.
Horses that are clipped dry OFF
fast at night. This is better than
having them stand around in a heavy
wet coat.
A once lively faith in the existence
and possibilities of strains of hens
which would produce 300 eggs year
has decayed.
Il At the end Of five to eight days re-
move the calf to roomy. clean box
stall and give clean dry bed o.
wheat or oat straw.
! The feeding and management of the
young calves should be in the hands
Of a competent hand and not left to
the boys or careless help.
! Many man has been surprised q,
the effect Of one load Of barnyard ma
nure scattered about under tree
It gives new life and fruitfulnees.
Il The only way to make profit with
poultry is to attend closely to bust
ness and not leave the feeding and
management Of the flock to hired
help.
: Extreme care must be taken of the
tiny seedlings, for IL allowed to gel
J dry they will almost surely die and
II kept too moist they incline to
damp or"
| The great secret in successful ROOT
culture is clean, mellow deep soil
liberal fertilizing, early sowing and
early culture as soon as the plants
can be distinctly seen.
e A light sandy soil will be rather
3 USASAlSV Wy WOIhIuS IL WQe0 moist
3 as such will have tendency to make
. it more compact and consequently
more retentive of moisture.
Rhubarb is of easy cultivation, and
when once planted, the ground kept
clean, mellow and heavily MANFRED
will furnish generous supply of juicy
/ stalks for eight to ten years withou,
removal.
: The horse can be made to masticate
} his food by putting finely cut hay with
: the grain. A ration of half prairie
grass hay and half alfalfa will give
! almost as good gains as a ration oi
alfalfa alone.
II A Virginia man writes that 70,
. years no has sown small patch Of
buckwheat for his hens and he saws
], he is quite certain that they thrive
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