The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-25


Sheep deserve good care.
Asparagus Ia q hardy plant.
Onions stand considerable cold.
A kerosene bath for roosts IL urged.
The dairy COW ehould essentially be
q large and rich mixer.
There 10 more or less risk In feeding
ordinary silage to lambs or sheep.
II Is a welLknown fact that alfalfa
does not DO well upon an impervious
subsoil.
In feeding dairy COWS give them all
they will clean up at each feed but
no more.
Range-bred lambs are far superior
to ~native-bred lambs for breeding
purposes.
Goslings must be kept out OF damp
ness and fed only grass. water and
coarse sand.
Don't fail to divide the buttermilk
between biddy and the pigs. She rel.
lshes II as much as they.
The grape root worm has commit
ted extensive depredations among the
vineyards OF Pennsylvania.
A toothbrush and a little naphtha
Will clean your velvet coat collars and
make them look new again.
Select n dairy breed and stick to
1t. Don't mix up the breeds or you
will spoil the sale Of your stock.
All fowls, chicks. ducks and duck
hngs that are kept In yards should
have plenty OF green feed every day,
II the frost kills the vines OF the
sweet potatoes cut them of as soon as
possible or the potatoes may turn
black.
The spring colt should be pretty
well broken by this time; II not, this
Is a good month to get acquainted
with him.
Clean the stock tank, and keep II
free from moss. Then fill II with
fresh cool water. The stock will ap
preciate II.
The manager Of the dairy farm
must supply the brain. The success
OF the undertaking will depend large,
ly upon him.
Early Six Weeks is a good potato
for a short time. but 1t soon loses
quality. A few rows in the garden
come In handy.
Let the cows sleep out In the
pastures until the very chilly nights
come on. Better for them than to
lie In q stufy barn.
II pastures are failing feed a little
fodder each day to the stock. II
makes them nor contented and less
inclined to. try the fences.
Farmers and feeders will this year
welcome full corn cribs. II is risky
business at best making meat on rs
CEN corn and we will all welcome
cheaper grain.
Farm orchards eel smaller and
worse neglected than they were ter
years Ago.. Perhaps the reason lies
In the fact that small lots OF fruit,
hardly ever sell proftably.
II the sheep are compelled to dig II
short pastures for their living they
will eat the roots of the grass. Bet
ter divide the pasture and feed one
part while the other Is catching up.
The number OF silos in Kansas has
nearly II not quite doubled In the las,
year. II they were not profitable dc
you think they would be built? We
are not working for the fun OF II any
longer.
After the pigs have been put into
the ~fattening pen In the fall the,
should be fed all that they will eat
with a relish, for. al q rule. the
shorter the fattening period the
larger the profits.
A duckling does not know how "a
get out Of danger. Instead It vi
become panic stricken and remain
easy prey for the enemy. On the
contrary a chicken Is always on the
alert. scampering on to some hiding
place the moment It hears some
strange noise.
Never fasten fencing wire directly
70 growing trees. II you do. In q few
years the wire will have become I'm,
bedded In the tree and do Il permanent
injury. When 3ou wish to use q tree
tor this purpose, spike q strip Of sound