The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-10-20

crops.
A small fat sheep will pay better
than a large poor one
Legumes should be included in
every we'll planned rotation.
Sometimes the best live stock in
the bunch are none too good.
When two years old the mule
should be used at light work.
Remember that a blow in the eye
is very liable to blind the horse.
Corn fodder, either shredded or
| whole is splendid feed for horses.
The corn shredder is quite as valu-
able as the corn binder for the stock
men.
Storing cauliflowers Is not feasible,
for growers at least, except in cold
weather.
Second-crop alfalfa is fine for the
pigs, but if pastured too closely it will
soon run out
The time Of watering celery. with
any kind of a sprinklng device. is an
important matter.
New corn should be fed carefully,
as fed in large quantities, it is apt
to scour the birds.
Government whitewash will pre-
serve the wood of old buildings more
cheaply than paint
According to conservative reports
the Onion Set crop is much shorter
this year than last year
The foal will soon learn TO drink
from a pail, if allowed to suck the at
tendant's fingers at first.
If farm manure is used judiciously
it will effect a permanent improve
ment in the yield of wheat.
Onions should be stored in dry,
cool, building where the air will cir
culate freely amongst them.
If the foreign demand is as great
this year for apples as last the bet
ter grades will bring as much.
Cutting corn at SO much per shock
is nearly thing of the past, since
the advent of the corn binder.
The cost Of harvesting an acre Of
corn will vary with the locality and
amount of help that must be hired.
The farmer who so manages that
he has something to sell the year
around is never a complaining farmer.
Cleanliness should be the motto OF
every feeder. Sheep, above all other
animals. detest filth and unsanitary
yards.
If there isn't a good bull in your
neignborhood, why not unite with
few good neighbors for the purchase
of one?
Sheep quarters should be dry, clean
and we'll kept. Also supplied with
straw and litter and changed fire.
quently.
Do you know of anything on the
farm that will run into money faster
than hogs when around or cents
per pound?
Save the timothy fieiIs for a seed
crop next year and increase them in
size and number while present prices
are maintained
If your eve aborts, take her at
once from the lambing shed, burn lit
ter, bedding, etc. and thoroughly dis.
infect the premises.
HC pCot clCNh I'D tic SUCK ludI is
never permitted to stop growing.
Feed the calves so that their develop
ment will be natural from birth to
maturity.
A capon is a castrated male bird.
After being caponZed the bird be-
comes more quiet, is more readily fat.
tened. and the plumage becomes
heavy and glossy.
Whenever any farm animal shows a
disposition to eat WOOD. earth and 9th.
er unnatural things. a change in feed
is necessary. In most cases too much
corn is being fed.
When to pick the peaches is an i'm
portant question. You must not wait
until the fruit is soft and you must
not pick the peaches until they are
nearly ripe or we'll coIored.
II is important that the ewes be
got in good thrifty condition before