The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-06-13

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Use only dairy COWS.
Dock the lambs early.
Don't be slow about spraying.
Chickens devour many insects.
Use caution with cottonseed meal.
Move the brood coops every two or
three days.
It Is always best to have a system,
and stick to it.
Blood tells with sheep as well as
with everything else.
Persistency is one of the great
traits of the best dairy cow.
One Of the worst evils in the or
chard is the so-called pear blight"
A milk house aids very much in the
proper care of milk and milk utensils.
Be sure the hogs, old and young,
have plenty Of pure, fresh water to
drink.
The best kind of a garden club is
a wire net fence to keep out the
chickens.
For orchard spraying a three
in lengths of fifty feet.
The grape is one of the surest Of
crops, as after the third year a gen.
erous crop may be expected.
Ten acre fruit growers and egg
producers who adhere to modern
methods are making a uccess
1t will not be necessary for any
corn-belt farmer to go many miles to
see what a silo is like next winter.
Don't get the idea that you cannot
obtain satisfactory results from spray
ing just because your neighbor failed.
The hen house that is whitewashed
inside and has clean widows will be
more healthful and attractive for the
fowls.
The heifer calves from parents of
long dairy inheritance are almost sure
to equal or surpass their dams in pro-
d~uctiveness.
The sudden change from the warm
stable to the highland damp ground,
might prove serious with some of the
heavy mixers.
Successful dairying means that 1t is
vital to steer clear of dry cows and
Indifferent producers. High priced
feeds brings this home.
Many a case of chick disease might
be traced to the chilling they so often
get in transferring the hatch from
the incubator to brooder.
The chief value Of the manure
spreader lies in its ability to put a thin
coating over a large area, and thus
produce maximum results.
The building Of a silo is not a specu-
lation by means of which you can get
something out of nothing, but 1t is q
good, sound business proposition.
When done spraying each day, run
some clean water through the pump
to wash out the spray mixture and
avoid corrosion of the working parts.
Ducks do not like whole grain, but
prefer soft food. When winter ap.
proaches they may be fed twice a day,
at night adding animal meal or cooked
meat.
To get a good, select private egg
trade, make 1t a rule to put eggs ii
the package that are not only strictly
fresh but which were made from pure
sweet food.
The person who raises good stock
need have no fear about prices. First
class fowls always bring good prices
no matter how great the surplus o.
ordinary stock is.
If the dairymen could come into di
rect contact with the people who eat
their butter there would be less neec
Of discussing the subject of making 6
better grade of butter.
Test the spray hose several day,
before needed for spraying. Try i
with the highest pressure you viii
USE. II 1t burts easily or leaks, max,
the needed repairs in it, or get a new
hose. It will save delays at a crit
teal time.
Soaking cabbage seed in a solutio,
Of n ounce Of formalin to two an,
one-half gallons of water for twent,