The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-19
Cherries require very little pruning

Cherries require very little pruning
The COW and the SOW mako good
farm team.
Drive a colt the first time with .
fast walking horse.
The hens will relish . feed OF scald.
ed oats at any time.
Pull radishes Just a. soon as the,
are big enough to bite.
study to be quiet" IL q fine thing
In handling a team anywhere.
Chan from the hay NOW floor
makes the best litter for chicks.
Too sudden a change OF diet for the
young calf 10 bound to start trouble.
Covered cream or milk cans on the
way TO town bespeak q careful dairy
mar.
There Is every indication that grass
Fat beef will bring a good price this
summer.
When the calf 10 two weeks old
some skim.miik may be added to the
usual feeding.
A horse that IL watered two or
three times a day In apt to drink too
much at one time.
Fine corn meal for the skim.milk
calf is good substitute for the more
expensive oilmeal
Clean the mud from the horses
limbs during seeding operations, and
prevent scratches and fever.
Quality in vegetables Is the result
OF quick. unchecked growth. and this
means plenty Of water ut all times.
II is not difficult proposition to
raise calves when the feeder uses
some precaution In their management.
After turkey chicks are six weeks
old they must be allowed TO range
else they will be sadly stunted in
growth.
II is a mistake TO try TO fatten the
brood SOW. She should not be kept
with the hogs that are being prepared
for market.
While II requires one sort OF edu.
cation to make a good riding or drlv.
ing horse. II requires another 10 make
n cart horse.
Hens that roost In a damp, close
house are apt 10 give out In the leg
joints with a trouble somewhat akin
to rheumatism.
II is easy to notice the effect Of
grass on the milk. but, with the COWS
that have silage, the change will be
less perceptible.
Fruit trees planted In the hog pas.
ture will supply shade and abundance
OF food in the fall when the trees
come into bearing.
Better dairying should be the aim
Of every dairy farmer. II Is only as
he strives for better things that he
can approach bis ideal.
The man who makes success al
dairying or any other line OF work
starts with the right aim and never
changes or loses sight of It,
Tests at experiment stations have
shown that 20 per cent of the cream
Is saved by the use of separator as
compared with hand Swimming.
There is no problem that Is OF
greater importance today than con.
servation OF soil fertility. The dairy
cow, the hog and the hen help solve II.
Good care consists In doing every.
thing from milking and caring for the
COWS to marketing 4he butter or cream
as II your whole life success depended
upon It,
Mix plaster OF Paris and turpentine.
mould in the shape of eggs. and put
one in each nest to kill lice and
mites. Do not use with eggs that ara
Matching.
There are 90 silos within a short
distance OF this farm. Many farmers
have been closely pressed in order to
find feed for their stock but none OF
the silo owners were.
A city chicken man has found q
good way to break broody hen. He
puts an alarm clock In the nest and
when the clock goes of that hen goes
OF too--and never comes back.
The cost OF hauling over our coun-
try roads is now about % cents per
ton per mile. In European countries
the cost Is below 10 cents. Our bad
roads are an expensive proposition.