The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-09-13

Chickens relish cracked corn.
Silage is the cheapest feed.
The incubator is always on the job.
Thorough milking tends to develop
a cows udder.
The silo makes the best crib on
earth for soft corn.
Better get at that new silo right
away after harvest.
Water should be supplied in the
pasture these hot days.
Don't make the mistake Of pastur-
Ing the clover meadow too close.
It is a pretty safe rule to select
breeding pigs from the largest litters.
Where apple trees blight. remove
the affected limbs at once and burn
them.
The practice OF keeping the cows in
thu yard at night with no feed, is most
Wasteful.
The work horses appreciate an &C.
casional chance to roll and get a
bite of grass.
It is best to make haste slowly
while blowing corn, especially the
first time through.
A wet soil causes corn roots to
grow nearer the surface. while a dry
soil sends them deeper.
Silage must be put into the feeding
program of every beef producer who
wants to fit steers for market.
A nationwide movement for the pre-
vention OF waste would do more than
a nationwide revival OF industry.
When each cultivator shank col
lects a handful Of corn roots in once
across the field something Is wrong
Giving cows a good dry feed before
turning them on a rank growing for.
age crop Toes away with danger OF
bloat.
II your hogs have to get their drink.
ing water out of a muddy pond, don't
complain If they are wormy and I'm
thrifty.
The uniform excellence Of a bunch
Of feeders from a poor side address
much to the profit Of raising and
feeding pigs.
During the first years of an orchard.
proper pruning Is one of the impor.
tant items that means much In the
years to follow.
Cement floors slightly roughened are
the best for the COW stable, easy to
keep dry and clean If plenty of sun
light is let in on them.
Oats and peas should be cut for
hay when the oats are In the milk
tage and the advance pea pods con
tain reasonably good sized peas.
A shadeless pasture is but little
better than a prison for the cows
these hot, sultry days. If there are
no shade trees, an open shed will do
quite we'll.
Hot! Yes. But when we see how
the sunlight makes vegetable life
how II reviviies, purifies and sustains
life-we do not wonder that there
were sun worshippers.
Bran is a very satisfactory feed
for the dairy COW, since it gives bulk
to a ration. is slightly laxative and
provides protein and phosphorus sc
necessary in milk production.
About this time Of the year the
farmer will do we'll to look up a prom.
Using candidate from his barnyard or
pasture, or from his grain field. to
run for the first prize at the county
and state fairs.
No more chickens will be Matched
this year; why keep not needed roost
ers around another day? II you can
not eat or sell them, let some needy
neighbor have them. You will make
money by doing SO.
The time to stop churning has much
to do with making good butter. TIC
keep on until the butter is in big
Jumps makes 1t waxy and greasy. The
time to stop is when the grains are
about the size OF wheat kernels.
In market quotations the term "As.
paragus chickens is often used and
not understood. 1t refers to chickens
large enough to broil with early as.
paragus. They are usually Matched in