The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-01
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Chickens enjoy free range.
Keep all sleeping places dry.
Mulch the rhubarb with manure.
Clipping horses legs is not good
practice.
II is time now to prepare the ewes
for the next mating season.
II Is bad policy to wean young pigs
suddenly and put them on cows skim
milk.
Sheep ought 10 be kept because OF
the influence which they exert upon
fertility.
Try 10 arrange to give each horse
on the farm a three weeks vacation
on grass
The time spent In company OF the
sheep will pay and success VIII
crown your labors.
II winter dairying is to be the most
profitable it must be planned for def
nitely in advance.
The young pig wants to be got out
into the sunshine and on to the dirt
as early in life as possible.
Sheep at six years OF age lose their
teeth; hence they should be fattened
and sold before this period.
This is a good time to put square
OF tar paper in the bottom OF each
nest boE for the benefit OF lice.
Do not neglect TO provide clean
water for the poultry Dirty water Is
dirty at any season OF the year.
II the Strawberries have been picked
two seasons, spade up the beds and
SOW the land for some late-planted
crop.
Know whether a plant requires
situation dry or moist, hot or cool.
sunny or shady to know where to put
that plant.
The lady-bugs or lady.birds are
small turtle-shaped beetles which feed
upon plant life in both the larval and
adult stages.
Some plants cannot be thoroughly
weeded with the hoe. In these cases
every weed should be carefully
plucksd by hand.
Plant a cover crop in the orchard
Rye. barley, wheat and oats are good
non-leguminous plants, but the le-
gumes are better
The farmers and fruit growers OF
this country are losing over one bill
lion dollars annually by reason Of the
ravages OF insects.
A dense fleece is valuable not alone
for the increase In quantity OF wool.
but for the protection that II affords
the animal from the elements.
Corn and alfalfa usually can DE at
tended to when the wheat needs no
care, thus distributing the labor more
equitably throughout the season.
II lice and mites fail to pay enough
attention to other treatments, try
burning them out with a torch. But
don't burn down the house In order
TO get the vermin.
A a rule, II will not pay to hold
less they are being held. While
few feeders win out In playing the
market game. many more lose.
Mushrooms. on account OF the
amount OF nitrogen they contain. ap-
lproach nearer to animal food than any
other vegetable product An analysis
made by Prof. Atwood shows that
mushrooms contain 3.5 per cent pro-
teids.
Anything that will destroy weeds Is
worthy Of the farmers attention; any.
thing that will maintain the fertility
OF the land demands his attention.
Sheep will do both. and are therefore
entitled to the attention OF every
farmer.
The dishonest poultryman may
lpalul dozen bad eggs on on the
lady OF the house, but the cook will
expose the dishonest practice. Bet
tier keep on the right side of the
cook by marketing none but strictly
fresh eggs, besides incidentally aid
ling some to your reputation.
II has been demonstrated to be an
almost universal fact that topping
cotton does not do the work Il IN In
hended-to check the growth OF the
1eafy upper portion of the plant. In
stead. in most cases. II has q tendency
no cause the renewal OF this growth