The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-23

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Rotation In profitable.
Be gentle with the COW.
Be liberal with ny repellant.
A good SOW Is q valuable asset.
The common term "90-day corn" Is
q deceptive one
The weilventilated barn Is quite as
essential as the warm one
Hogs should have clean pastures.
beds and water and q variety OF food.
The best time to cut post timber Of
any kind Is when the trees are In full
leaf.
Lice are responsible for more loss
among little turkeys than any other
cause.
Avoid a rush by ordering crates.
boxes. barrels, etc., In ample time for
shipping.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places. the better the quality Of the
pork in all.
The greatest element In successful
turkey raising Is q long dry season
without any rain.
Turkeys are good for the fields. They
can be driven anywhere you wish from
one field to another.
In transplanting plants from pots to
the open, water them freely the day
before they are re-potted.
In making poultry pay much de-
ponds upon your ability. your expert
ence and your aptitude in the work.
A chickens stomach Is not made CT
iron, and the same diet day after daS
harms them as mudn as 1t does a hui
man.
Understood pullets are not profit
able. There will be some scrubs de-
veloped in the best OF strains. Get
rid OF them.
Poultry raisers can learn much by
attending the farmers institute meet.
ings held In their section Of the diff
ferent states.
A good grain mixture for chicks Is
made up Of two parts cracked corn.
two parts wheat, two parts Kaffir and
one part millet.
Keep track OF the chicks that
feather out early. The chances favor
the birds becoming the most profit
able ones to keep.
A tablespoonful Of baking soda plac-
ed in the drinking water two or three
times a week will prevent bowel trou-
BILE in the chickens.
1t is always a good plan to use plen-
ty of seed in planting cucumbers, can
t~aloupes. melons. etc. The hills may
be thinned out later.
Give the newborn calf q touch OF
Gy repellant on that spot on the back
where the hair parts. The flies like
to feast right there.
As the weather gets warmer be sure
that all brood coops are well ven
tilated at night. SO that the air will be
pure and cool within.
Poultry systems" requiring close
confinement Of the flock and a large
amount OF personal attention are out
Of place on a general farm.
To get the flock as q whole In lay
ing condition In the time required by
the breed or variety the fowls must be
properly grown from chickhood.
Twenty acres Of corn put into a silo
is said to be worth more than thirty
acres put In the crib. This is quite an
item, especially when feed Is so high.
Industrious hens are the kind to
keep. II matters not what the breed.
The lazy hen Is Improbable. 1t II
the industrious hen that lays the eggs.
II any fruits or vegetables are mar
ksted. sec that they are put up In
clean, neat and w~ell-graded packages.
They will sell quicker and at q better
price.
The pig that Ear b raised under
ordinary conditions and good care. and
made to weigh from $50 to 800 pounds
Quickest, II the most profitable sized
hog for the farmer to keep.
The man who wants White Leg.
horns has little trouble In buying baby
chicks in large quantities. for this spe-
cial branch Of poultry work. tho sell
ing Of day-old chicks. has been far
more highly developed with this breed