The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-06

Sanitary milk strainers are best.
Neglected fruit trees are worthless,
Dryness is the main requirement In
q sheep shed.
There 10 little likelihood of saving
too much seed corn.
You cannot keep the milk pail full
unless you feed the COW.
II IL often q good plan to turn
weanling lambs into the cornneld.
All tender shrubbery In the fruit
garden should be given winter protec
ton.
Water cisterns and tanks should be
covered and banked before freezing
weather.
The mich cows and young stock
should be put into their stables every
cold night.
All root crops should be harvested
end put into winter storage before
they freeze.
Seed corn Of high productive quail.
tiles should not be allowed to freeze
at any time.
Keep the salt In sheltered box in
every sheep pasture. Spasmodic salt.
ing is very dangerous.
Roots are used to quite an extent
in parts of Canada and in England In
the fattening OF steers.
Begin now to assure next years
harvest-plow deep. save the mois-
ture. scatter the manure.
The capacity OF the silo must be
Judged according 10 the number OF
animals which we have In our herd.
OF maturity. when carefully cured.
makes excellent strong growing seed.
The big tree is doubtful shelter
for the farm implements, even X the
implement dealer says II is all
right.
Do not despise well-bred poultry.
No territory has ever been noted for
It's poultry products unless well.bred
fowls were the rule.
About the best remedy for "scaly
legs" which is the work OF miniature
parasites. is an application OF sulphur
and melted lard once a week.
A close study OF the breed Is not
only interesting but profitable. Get
acquainted with your fowls and let
them get acquainted with you.
The loss Incurred from plant dis.
eases is often underestimate by the
farmer. passes unrecognized or Is re-
garded as natural and inevitable.
Always keep the very best ewes In
the flock for breeding. II you persist
in selling the best you will soon sell
the flock right out from under you.
OIL meal Is laxative and helps to
prevent the feverish condition which
often appears at narrowing time and
which is occasionally responsible for
pig eating.
In order TO get the greatest profit
from the pigs on the farm. II Is nee
essary to encourage them to consume
as much OF the cheap feeds as possible
early In life.
Provide a good open shed for the
young turkeys to rcyst in and don't
allow them TO wander of. Their val
ne is too great to allow them to take
up with the neighbor's flock.
Variety OF feed always brings the
best results, and IL the hens are not
doing what they should toward fill
ing the egg basket a change OF food
will remind them Of their duty.
One OF the common mistakes begin
ners make in feeding brood sows Ia
feeding too much corn. Corn Is a
splendid food for hogs, but 1t must
not be fed in too large quantities to
brood sows or pigs.
A good muzzle for self sucking
COW may be made OF an old boot top.
Slit the top open, rivet 1t onto the
nose piece OF halter and. put II on
the COW. The leather will not pre-
vent her eating or drinking.
At the high price OF grain the man
who has to buy all Of his feed must
figure very closely and make the most
of every pound OF 1t in feeding his
poultry else he Will come out at the
little end OF the horn In the spring.
Il Is not stretching the truth to
aay that II farmers marketed their