The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-27

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II IL not an easy task to break q
COW from the habit Of sucking her
self
Farmers at the present time can
own no better stock than healthy grow
ing pigs.
| No animal that gets only food
enough to support life can make Q
gain or profit.
Any man who will strike q horse
In the head should never be allowed
to touch one again.
Treat q calf mean and all the feed
you give him never can make any.
thing but a runt of him.
Poultry netting tackled on the inside
Of windows in the hen house win save
the cost OF many a glass.
Well bred stock and good feeding
are requisite 10 obtaining the great
est benefit in stock raising.
Pneumonia kills many pigs before
they get used TO sleeping In damp
pens. drafts or snow banks.
A solid concrete foundation for the
separator insures II against vibration,
which is hard on the machine.
Don't forget that II the sheep are
not KEEP. constantly in good condition
the quality OF the wool is affected
Silage may be fed 10 young stock
twice a day and II is a very good feed
Tor all kinds OF young dairy animals,
Remember the limited capacity OF
the hogs digestive apparatus and
form his concentrated rations accord
ingly.
II Is claimed by those who have
tried II, that a cross OF Moscow drake
on Pekin ducks will produce sterile
progeny.
A eve in good flesh almost invaria.
bly, Is a good breeder and good suck.
Ter. sometime: that thin ewes cannot
very we'll do.
Bruises. Gus and small sores WAY
develop into srious wounds, II not
properly lootsi after and protected
from the fiie..
In purchasing boar II ia we'll to
bear In mine chat one with heavy
bones is mors 10 be desired than one
OF the slight sadld.
Regular cayssul milking permanent
~ improves Ise animal as milk
producer, asias from directly in
creasing the elk flow.
One way or seeping dirt, flies, etc,
from dropping into the pail while
milking Is TO as.yer the pail with clean
cheesecloth all: milk through IT,
The small fx,mer can keep a vari-
ETY. OF live sto,x sufficient to produce
something to s<s1 and bring in a bit OF
ready cash evs.y month in the year.
Did you kno1S that you can get the
confidence OF :he horse! He is OF
ten a better adge OF human nature
than many a M.kn Is OF horse nature.
Build the silc. sext TO the cattle barn
where the fees can be taken right
from the silo n1o the barn. A feed
carrier makes Ight work ip, such a
case.
Charcoal and grit should be kept
where the fowls can have access TO
them at all tinss. They are a pre-
tentative as vel: as q cure for indi.
gestion.
Dampness and contaminated ground
are fruitful causes Of poultry diseases.
The quarters shssid be as dry as a
chip, and the gresnd In the runs per-
fectly pure.
Do you know that feeding rye
straw to pregnant swes IL Q bad prac
tice? The straw contains q consider.
able amount Of eSeot. which Ii likely
to produce abortion.
Lambs should BE- docked when they
are from eight to ten days old. ne
cording to the advice Of the Minnesota
experiment station. At that time the
young animal receives practically no
setback.
Every farm boy and girl who n in
terested in poultry should be given q
Sock and a house 70 keep II In. and
chance to make all the profit on Il
he can. Many boys and girls have
earned enough keeping poultry 10 pay
their way through coliAgA