The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-04-14

49,
The hens ought to lay.
1t is the little things that count.
Delightful April days-and little
chicks.
Keep a sharp outlook for head lice
and get rid Of them.
Give all Of your fowls plenty OF
fresh air and sunshine.
Ewes should not be used for breed
ing before a year and a half old.
Don't feed the newly-hatched chicks
mtil they are about thirty-six hours
old.
Shorts mixed with corn meal and
moistened with skimmilk makes a fine
mash.
Although good ewes should be
kept, 1t is not necessary that they be
pure bred.
II doesn't take so much work to
care for sheep as for cows, and the
work is ~pleasanter.
A building IA by Is feet Is large
enough for 80 hens. Keep 1t free from
drafts, moderately warm, sunny.
No food nor nourishment about
charcoal-not a bit, but 1t is a correc-
tor that helps the chicks digestion.
Give the pigs exercise and sunshine
from birth, but do not allow them to
get damp nor to be exposed to the
wind.
Sunfower seed is a valuable winter
food for poultry, mixed with cracked
corn, wheat and oats. The seed Is
rich in oil.
The pullets should be brought to
maturity as soon as is consistent
with the normal development and
body growth.
Ten acres of timber, cared for, will
return a larger profit, ultimately, than
any other ten acres a western farmer
can cultivate.
Watch the breeding birds and make
sure that they are keeping In good
condition. Give them an outdoor
scratching place.
AS soon as a crop appears above
ground it needs cultivation, both to
kill the weeds and to admit the air to
the roots Of the plants.
A wide-spreading shade tree Is a
10y to sheep in the pasture field In
summer, and a real rest out of the sun
at noon does them good.
The COWS due to calve next month,
II there is no bran or 1axseed meal
on hand, should be given n peck OF
nubbin corn, divided into two feeds.
The main crop of onions is usually
grown from seed sown In the open
field in rows IL to Ia inches distant
and thinned to three inches In the
row..
There is a vast deal Of time wasted
on many farms In travelling from n
part to another, the waste being due
to the fact that the buildings are not
centrally located. +
Produce commission men state that
of late years there has sprung up q
great demand for late fall-hatched
chicks to be marketed In early spring
before broilers are ripe"
A young man who has had the ad-
vantage of a two-year course at a
good agricultural college is better pre-
pared for his work than the man that
has never had this advantage.
Give plenty of green food while the
ground is frozen. Cabbages, onions.
steamed clover, boiled potatoes n
turnips, with a warm meal mash, are
excellent for pullets and hens ready to
lay.
Roll the lawn as SOC as the repairs
have been made. to firm the soil abou
he grass roots. The heaving OF the
frost probably has loosened the top
soil. which will allow the ground to
dry out quicker.
AS the weather is still cold, not
more than IL eggs should be given a
hen. When a larger number Is al
lowed, the eggs r not sufficiently
covered, and those on the outer edges
of the clutch are likely to become
chilled.
II must be borne in mind that not
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