Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-02-10
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Prune the trees as needed
Spraying fruit trees is science
Old SONS farrow heavier pigs than
young sows.
| Decreasing the cost of production
is increasing the profit.
The cow and the hen have kept
starvation from many a door.
Regularity is an important factor
in caring for the producing herd.
In putting up ice wait until the ice
and weather are right, then rush the
lob.
A small amount OF linsecd meal
added to the horse ration is invalp-
able.
Some animals are selected individ
ually but prove to be failures as
breeders.
Springs add to the life of the wag
on, also to the comfort Of the man
who uses it,
The sale OF go many thousands of
young calves annually is an alarm
ing feature OF the beef situation.
1t is the general average OF the herd
that decides the profit and not the
returns from one or two Of the bes.
COWS.
When cows get pretty well along in
the period of lactation the churning
does not come as readily as when they
are fresh.
Remember when you plow in the
orchard that the roots are very near
the surface. Three inches is plenty
deep enough.
More turkeys would mean more
spending money for many ii farmers
wife. The turkey crop is getting
smaller every year.
Do not guess that your seed is
all right: that is not enough You
ought to be sure that it is all right
before You. plant it.
When feeding new corn from the
field. husk only theend of the rowe. to
facilitate turning when the regular
corn husking season begins.
Bring in the corn horse after you
are through with it. Even wooden
horse will show the effects IL stabbed
out in the field a few months.
Rusty garden tools may be bright
IL hours, then brushed. 4 coat of
kerosene should then be applied.
There is probably no question that
the application Of lime to any soil that
shows an acid reaction when tested
with litmus paper would be profitable.
A mighty nice shelter for hogs and
cattle can be made of long poles and
posts that make a large room with g
ceiling about six and onc-half or seven
feet
BE sure to furnish the hens oyster
shells at all times. 1t is important
that this element be supplied. 1t will
improve the egg yield and the health
of the flock.
When killed by tho frost. NOV off
the asparagus tops and burn them,
then give the bed-and the rhubarb
plants. too-4a. thick winter coat Of
stable manure.
No one breed of hogs has a monop.
oily of all the good points in bacon
type. AS the saying goes: There are
good and had in all breeds, and bad
and worse in some
If little more attention to the food
supply we're given the fowls with a
view to induce better egg yield the
pullets would be laying early in the
fall and keep at i. all winter.
There are several reason, why the
dairy COW should appeal to the farm
err, but among the chief is that she
helps the soil and brings in regular
returns. Her product is sure crop
While potatoes can be successfully
grown for two or more years on the
same soil, and while q good crop
might DO expected the. second year
on new land. it is not wiee practise
to begin the cultivation Of new land
in this way.
The blowing under Of green crops,
like peas, cats, clover, alfalfa and
other grasses is. next TO a liberal use
of barnyard manure. the most ap.
proved method of renewing a depleted
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