The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-09-20
Weeds harbor flies.
Overhaul the corn crib.
kerosene kills onion magsots.
Inc unframed dog IL a nuisance

The unframed dog is a nuisance.
me use OF hooded pals means
Cleaner milk.
Inc horse should bs given food
nee from dust.
The Importance OF the sorghum. 4.
OFTEN overlooked.
Line fences well kept up help to
make good neighbors.
Alfalfa should ordinarily be cut
"nen II 10 coming into blossom.
There Is no grass that will stand
noodins Tor any considerable time.
"a crop or potatoes should be spray.
90 at least twice with Bordeaux mix.
Hogs should be fed az near as NOS.
sioie at the same hours, morning and
evening.
one OF the cheapest root crops N
gro" Tor stock Is turnips. Plant early
this month.
NO animal that gets only feed
enough TO support life can mako n
gain or profit.
sometimes a weeks chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back n
month In their growth.
IN selecting the brood SOW remem.
Der thai the size OF the litter Is an
important factor in her profit.
rather and the boys appreciate the
garden at meal time during the vege-
table season, II at no other time.
When building that dairy barn be
sure to make II large enough TO ac-
commodate the growth OF your bust.
ness.
II is the amount OF food over and
above the quantity required to sus.
tain the life OF the animal that counts
for profit.
II Is Just as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as that the man should wear
his " shoes.
Where young orchards are kept per
fectly clean by cultivation, there il
seldom much injury sustained from
mice during the winter.
Young hens should rot be SGT after
their first laying Of eggs. BY the time
they want to set the second time they
will make good mothers.
The greatest crop the farmers OF
the world have raised has been Lib
erty and Freedom. The oppressed Far.
mer is never a good farmer.
With n good cori crop almost ready
to crib and plenty OF other feed ev.
cry farmer should prepare to raise
and fatten a few hogs this year.
II you have had n crop fail for you
two or three times II will pay to look
Jac,n, ,b,, o,oro oIio,oti, oon1ittnno
Probably there are other causes which
you can remove.
I'm the shade OF the old apple tree"
Is a mighty good place TO spend q few
minutes at noon these hot days. A
little rest at noon gives speed to the
work OF the afternoon.
II costs Just as much In soil fertility
to raise n weed as TO raise a wheat or
oat stalk. Land Is not resting II II is
raising weeds. Even they ought to be
plowed down for fertility.
Now Is the time TO swat the mites,
and be sure that II Is a mighty swat
because the pesky mite is a mighty
mean mite OF an insect that Is the
bugaboo Of egg production.
A whole lot Of farmers would bet.
ter sell their COWS and buy their milk
and butter. II would be cheaper than
the price they are now paying, al
though they do not realize It.
Constant care Is n OF the secrets
Of success in the breeding or feeding
OF stock OF all kinds. II is only the
man who likes such work that viii
measure up to the greatest success.
Some crops have root systems which
90 much deeper than the soil Is
Moved or broken up. II takes strength
70 send down the roots which might
he used in sending up stalk. Deep
blowing pays.
Rect growing is beginning to be-
come a very profitable as well as a
nopuIar crop in many sections. The
general price is $500 per ton and the
General yield in many sections runs up
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