The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-13


Eradicate the quack grass.
Stubble will catch the snow.
Paint beauties the farm house.
Paint puts the profit making touch
onto the buildings.
Cabbage which Is to be stored
should be handled with care.
II there were fewer whips In the
world there would be fewer ugly
horses.
II is just as necessary to 1t col
lar to a horse as It is TO fit shoe to
the foot.
The young calf should be trained
70 lead. This habit will be decidedly
appreciated in later years.
man cannot work on boiled tur-
nips alone neither can a horse work
on diet OF straw and fodder.
Alfalfa is injured by pasturing, and
can not be recommended IL the fields
are to be kept for meadow purposes.
II is entirely possible that you may
be able TO double the income from
your cows by selling half the cows.
well-managed poultry is preferable
TO farm crops. in that poultry will
produce an income at all times or the
year.
II costs a good deal OF money TO buy
a satisfactory team. In most cases
this can be avoided by the farmer
raising his own.
When a bird becomes Ill, separate IL
from the rest OF the flock BY doing
90 the spread Of an infectious disease
may be averted.
Always tie your team or put them
In a barn when you go to town. II
Is much cheaper than having to buy
q new harness and wagon.
The horse that Is all the time being
tapped with the whip never knows
what his master means by II, and
comes to think he means Just nothing.
Indigestion is the cause OF more
than half the diseases of the horse.
and largely caused by improper food
and working horses on a full stomach.
II is more profitable TO have the
hens In laying condition for the period
when prices are high than IL Is TO at.
tempt TO preserve" eggs until that
time.
All implements that are not needed
further this summer should be taken
20 the Toulouse and protected from
the sun. a dollar saved is equal 10
b dollar made.
BY raising standardized poultry
one will be able TO sell stock and eggs
for breeding purposes and get much
better prices than when selling eggs
and fowls for food only.
The San Jose scale Is not capable
OF living and thriving on all kinds OF
that the grower should know which
ones are most liable to attack
The COW gets up on her hind feet
first. her head down. For this reason
the manager should be low and the
COW allowed enough freedom In her
stall SO that she can rise with ease.
Men who are inexperienced in al
Ifalfa growing should have forced on
their attention the important lesson
that II pays we'll to put little labor
on the surface after removing each
crop.
Present indications are that hog
prices will make another flight with
in the next Ave or six months. This
ought to be a good time to get a
bunch Of shoats together and feed
them skim-milk.
Keep a sharp lookout for footrot,
and at the very first signs OF lame
ness cut out all the affected parts OF
the hoof and force the entire flock
10 walk through shallow trough con.
tanning disinfectant.
The manure spreader should be the
generally used tool on the farm. but
this Is no reason why II should be
left unprotected In the storms and
wintered in the snow bank. A shed
for the spreader would be best econ
Dmy.
To produce milk economically we
should use the roughage Of our
farms wherever It Is possible. for by |
% doing we not only save the labor |
Of hauling bulky material. but II will
also build up the fertility Of our |