The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-20
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Iake care Of your surplus sardeD
crops.
A small fat sheep viii pay better
than large poor ono.
Legumes should be included in
every well 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 sprinkling 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 pail. if allowed to suck the at.
tendant's fingers at first.
Ii farm manure is used judiciously
It will effect a permanent improve
ment In the yield of wheat.
Onions should be stored in a 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 complaining farmer.
Cleanliness should be the motto of
every feeder. Sheep. above all other
| animals. detest filth and unsanttary
yards.
II there isn't good bull in your
neighborhood, why not unite with a
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 z cents
per pound?
Save the timothy fields for a seed
crop next year and increase them IL
size and number while present prices
are maintained.
II your eve aborts. take her at
once from the lambing shed, burn lit.
ter. bedding. etc., and thoroughly dis
infect the premises.
The best stock is the stock that 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 caponized 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, 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
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