The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19

1t never pays to hurry a colt at first.
Never feed q horse when II IL very
warm.
Move the brood coops 40 often as
possible.
You cannot begin to feed and train
colt too early.
Lice will find a sitting hen II moth
ing is done to prevent II.
The aim should be to make each
heifer better than her dam.
A thermometer for churning time
earns its way summer and winter.
IN the early potatoes before you spray.
Scours are brought on by feeding
cold milk and In keeping In dirty. wet
pens.
II takes pretty good grit to let some
Did hens go. and yet 1t is a wise thing
20 do.
The Silver Campine Is not a new
breed. but one not generally known In
this country.
The eve has been found as econom.
ical as the cow In turning hay and
grain into milk.
Work done for your cows. sheep and
hogs now will show itself next fall in
the returns you get
The SOW that Is so clumsy or nerv.
Gus that she always kills half her
pigs had better go TO market.
A large udder is not always a sure
sign of good mixer, but more often
than not it is a good indication.
II you take the young colt with the
mother when at work put a halter
on 1t and hitch II TO the side OF the
mare.
When the lambs are ten days old
there Is no danger in docking them
after that dock them just as soon as
possible.
The printer and butter spade
should be soaked first in hot water
and then in cold water for some time
before they are used.
The horses stomach Is in no condi.
ton 10 receive food Immediately after
severe labor, hence the necessity of a
short period Of rest first.
The calf should be taken from the
cow very soon after birth. II learns
TO drink much more easily than II
left several days with the COW.
Unless 1t runs smoothly and does
not vibrate. a separator will not do
its best work. A solid foundation
means long life for the machine.
Dairy farmers wonder how they
ever got along without cream separa-
tors. Five years from now they will
wonder how they ever got along with.
out silos.
Stations and mares having small
heart girthssor light tanks are objec-
tionable from the breeders standpoint.
A horse needs lots Of room for heart
and lungs.
Rape is a cool weather plant and
does best in northern ATTITUDES. Drill
in IL to 2 pounds to the acre as
early in the spring as the danger from
hard freezing IL past.
The value OF silage 10 sheep has
been well enough established for us
10 know that In the future IL is going
TO play an important part in the pro-
duction of mutton and wool
II the hogs are lousy get some crude
oil and just as soon as warm weather
comes pour a gallon or so OF the oil
on the holes where they wallow.
Grease Of any kind is death to lice.
Tar paint nor any other application
OF that kind will kill the peach tree
borers already in the tree. The sharp
wire is the only remedy then and the
closest inspection is necessary to find
his lair.
Save pooling" beans whenever pos
sible by planting along the garden
fence or in corn. Sunfowers, too.
make good supports for beans. but II
10 preferable that the rows be planted
north and south, SO that the beans
may get plenty Of sun.
The value of stable manure or 9th.
or fertilizer In the orchard depends
upon the conditions of soil and eli
mate. Some soils grow excellent fruit
without any fertilixer while others
must be fed. Simply case Of sci-
sncs and good Judgment