The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-05
Horses are even grazers.
Green corn makes excellen, oilare.

All pure.bred sires are not possessed
OF equal merit.
Nothing looks nicer than n display
OF nice. fresh eggs
Constipation is the cause of many
troubles with hogs.
Ashes and salt should be given &c
the hogs twice week
Cowpeas and barley are not com
mon crops TO grow together.
Some grains are the favorite food OF
chickens, while others are not.
Undesirable milk in many cases can
be traced TO unclean milk utensils.
Sheep should be kept on the aver.
age farm 20 aid in keeping down weed
life.
Proper feeding and exercise will
produce style along with the colts
growth.
Work stock will require more pro
tein than can be obtained frcm grain
and hay.
Sweet potatoes fed 10 poultry are
fattening, but give a yellow tinge &c
the flesh.
The Importance OF the hay crop has
never come TO be fully appreciated IN
this country.
Scientists say II takes ut least four
pounds of feed TO make one pound OF
gain In fowls.
Keeping dairy on any farm should
mean that the fertility OF that farm Is
being increased.
Hay that Is free from weeds Is al
ways much more valuable than hay
that Is weedy.
Many breeders overlook the impor
lance Of supplying variety In the feed
fer the brood SOW.
A good horse is valuable animal
and deserves and should have the best
of care and good feed
Young calves are necessarily rath
er filthy In their habits and never dc
we'll in damp. dirty pens.
Incubators and breeders may l..
used for Matching geese, although moi
much employed for that purpose.
Great care should be taken In So
lecting laying hens, since they exert
Sc great an influence on the progeny
Onion seed should be tested for
termination before being purchased
because II soon loses its vitality with
age.
A good way of sowing some hardy
pasture grasses is 10 scatter the seed
on the snow just before II melts in
the spring.
The buyer discounts n thin horse
more than his condition deserves, and
Just as often credits the fat horse
above his real deserts.
AZ general thing II IS the best
plan 10 feed hay and other roughaGe
that may stir up dust after the milk
Is taken out OF the barn.
Cold milk never separates as com
pletely as warm milk. Thus 1t is good
economy To have the separator bowl
warm before the milk is put in.
EQUAL parts of wheat chan and fine.
cut clover hay, mixed with wheat
bran and wheat millfeed may be fed
10 the horses in place of corn and hay.
Sudden changes In the food OF
sheep should be avoided. Change
only one portion OF the ration at
once and make that change gradu'
ally.
II Is n mistaken idea to think that
YOU are saving feed by cutting down
the cows ration. The best way is &c
make her eat all that she can eat
profitably.
Turnips may flavor the eggs.
They are not as palatable as mangeis;
I'm fact. some birds will not eat them
at all but at the same time they have
food value.
lust after meaning, the calf should
not be fed more than ten pounds oil
milk per day, divided into three feed
ings: this should be given ut blood
temperature, about 100 degrees.
Rock phosphate. muriate OF potash.
nitrate Of soda and other chemicals
may be used successfully in the grow
ing OF lettuce under grass, but they
must be employed with care and In