The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-29

The best cows are never cheap.
Get the COWS started right for win,
Ter
4 bUshel Of seed corn will plant
six to eight acres Of land
A hog cannot sleep comfortably IN
draft or wind; he catches cold very
easily.
IN proportion to his size. a hog
needs twice the air space that a COW
or horse does.
Frozen alfalfa will kill n hog as
quickly as 1t does a COW or a horse.
1t is usually indigestible
A bunch Of ripe grapes will hang in
a hive of bees until it dries up and
the bees will not touch it,
Corn meal. meat and potatoes are
of the fattening bill of fare.
There Is only one way Of positively
diagnosing hog cholera. and that is b.
a post mortem examination.
After pigs are weaned, one Of the
most common causes Of runts is the
feeding Of a straight corn diet.
There are many troubles of swine
that are called hog chC'era and yet
they have very little resemblance to
that disease.
The capons when mature will aver
age to weigh between and II pounds.
depending. OF course, on the variety OF
fowls caponiZed
II hog misses a feed. watch him:
II he misses the second feed, remove
him from the herd and thoroughly dis
infect where he has been.
Prepare warm, dry, but ventilated
quarters for the brood sows, and do
it now. Cold storms will be here be-
fore we are ready for them.
Breeding stock should never be
saved from the litter OF vicious old
brood SOW, which is always restless
and chasing about the pasture.
Composted or well-decayed ma
nures serve their best purpose when
and thoroughly dsked into the soil.
Fowls in confinement must have
light feed and plenty of grit, oyster
shell and little bone cut green
little chopped onion is fine about
once a day
Corn silage is an excellent feed
for steers on account of its succu-
lence and palatability, and because
of it's comparative richness in carbo-
hydrates and fat.
Baby beef is a term applied to
steers or heifers from fifteen to TWEEN
ty-two months Of age that show sutIi-
cient thickness Of flesh and quality to
be used as block beef
Eastern farmers owning rough pas
turo lands valued at SIS to $40 per
acre, are stocking them with sheep
and the mutton industry in that sec
ticn is being rapidly revived.
Hogs that are allowed considerable
amount Of room for exercise. given
plenty of water and good sleeping
quarters in well-drained area are
not very liable to develop disease
Besides keeping more and better
animals, more attention should be
paid by farmers to such crops as
restore the fertility of the soil The
chief among these are clover and
alfalfa.
Lice are frequent causes Of un-
with fall pigs. Whenever
nits or lice are seen the pigs should |
be dipped at ten-day intervals or else
given one coating Of crude oil applied |
with a broom.
Oats is one Of the best dairy feeds |
which we have. Bran is also a very |
good dairy feet. Cottonseed meal is |
also high in protein. Glover hay, |
which we can raise directly on our !
farm, is very good.
No time should be lost in fattening I
the light shearers and disposing of
them to the best advantage. The
longer a sheep is kept that will not /
clip a quantity Of clean bright wool
above the average the poorer the
owner will Re.
Some farmers seem to imagine thqt
Just because a sheep has a fleece 10
protect II that shelter from cold ard
storms Is not necessary. but ther
should know that sheep are more 81
ceptible to cold and dampness ina
any other animal on the farm !