The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-09
Hire what men you need early.


Land intended for spring crops
should be plowed in the fall.
Have the holes for the trees to DO
removed dug wide and deep.
SQUAD raising seems to be ia
vorite occupation with suburban PEG.
pie.
Large trees should be taken up
when the earth is frozen around the
roots.
A farmer can tell the value of corn
slower without making any serious
mistake.
Land intended for roots should be
plowed as soon as the ground is dry
enough to work.
Mix poultry droppings with an equal
quantity of fine earth, and put one
handful to the hill.
AS soon as the calf learns to eat
hay, place one handful of whole oats
in the feed box once a day.
A beautiful hedge is made by using
zinnias in the back row. then calliop-
sis with white phlox as border.
Mangles and sugar beets are the
best roots to grow for cattle, sheep
and pigs, and Belgian carrots for
horses.
| Asters can be planted in rows of
white and lavender. with very pleasing
results, provided the same kind is
used in each row.
| Young turkeys usually have black
feet, which after two years turn gray
and dull, and become paler and more
sickly as age advances.
Surplus suckers in blackberry or
red raspberry patches should be treat
ed just like weeds; don't let the rows
get too wide nor too thick.
Hens in good health having access
to the dust bath will usually keep
free from lice. The house should be
swept clean every morning.
In most all branches of business
competition is generally recognized az
great stimulant, but in the creamery
business it has been overdone.
The storekeeper. who keeps eggs II
his cellar from week to a month
needs to be looked after. Eggs should
be shipped along as fast az possible
Let the calk suck the COW a few
days; this milk is not At for human
feed and is what the calf needs tC
cleanse the bowels and tone up the
system. w..
It Is said that naval oranges
sprung from a single tree that wat
found growing on the northern shore
of the Mediterranean sea, nearly 35(
years ago.
In dipping pigs great care must By
exercised to cover every part Of hi
body from tail to snout. II a patch al
big as a thumb nail is left untouched
It may contain the nuclus of a new
crop.
Look we'll after the water. Keep i
always before the fowls, pure and
clean, and renew it frequently d.
not allow them to eat snow. Do no
let them drink water grown tepid IL
the sun.
More insects will be killed in /,
greenhouse if fumigating apparatus
be placed near the roof so that thu
fumes will descend, rising vapor
leaving the lower part of house par
TALLY fumigated.
In careful tests made at the severa
stations it is found that there is little
or no difference in the feeding value
of the dry matter Of roots and ensi
lage and the general opinion is IL
favor Of the silage.
| Honey is the purest and the leas
harmful of sweets. The honey crol
is mostly gain, for no flowers nee,
necessarily be raised to pasture tn
bees. They aid in the fertilization o
fruit trees and the smaller clovers.
Hog cholera is estimated to havl
been the cause Of losses Of over 81,
100000 to farmers Of Illinois, but IL
the future this loss will be greatly low
cred, it is firmly believed, now tina
serum is being manufactured and use{
extensively. says tho Swine Breeder
BY far the best way to use manur'
for grain is to spread and mix It Will
the soil before drilling; the best Va!
i to top-dress the grain early In tn,