The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-09


Grain raising robs the soil.
Never overfeed an idle horse.
Filthy houses encourage vermin.
Keep the old and young pigs sepa-
rate.
Kerosene Is an excellent remedy
for scaly leg.
The silo Is the cheapest farm build
ing We can erect.
Better too much working OF butter
than not enough.
1t requires q keen sight to detect
signs Of failing pasture.
II is absolutely necessary to keep
your fertility on your farm.
Wheat and oats make one of the
best general diets for fowls.
In mixed farming the income from
the dairy is the most reliable.
Comfortable shelter goes a long
way towards making dairying pay.
Cultivate vegetables and flowers
u.han 4ha u-nathn~ tz hot onI 4ha coil
dry.
II Is not uncommon for a Bermuda
lily grower to plant Is, 900 bulbs at one
time.
An old bootleg makes an effective
device for keeping BOTTLES of horses
noses.
The horse cannot rest while fight.
Ing files. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
For aphis on sweet peas. use insect
powder or tobacco dust, applying with
a small bellows.
To secure a good brood COW, an
even development is required from pig
brood to full maturity.
Hay stacked in the open loses 20
per cent. OF its value by spelling on
the sides and bottom.
Five or six pounds OF corn are usual
ly required to produce a pound OF
pork in dry-lot feeding.
As soon as the corn Is up. or even
before. go over the field with a weed
er or smoothing harrow.
Some gardeners make the mistake
OF laying.by such crops as early po
tatoes and tomatoes too soon.
Celery delights in a low, rich. heavy
moist soil and is usually grown upon
the same land year after year.
II does not pay to devote high
priced land. for long periods. to pas
turage and the production Of hay.
Time to get the mower In shape FOL
the having season which is so rapidly
approaching. Sharpen up the knives
Don't push the fat horse on hot
days either In the fields or on road
Once overheated he loses half his
value.
Prime fat lambs cannot be produced
by alternate grass and grain. They
must be pushed to lay on fat from
|, start to finish.
The little chicks do best on corr
bread made Of sour milk, soda and
cracked corn. They should be fed OF
something clean.
Unlike other poultry, the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated
but has remained practically a wild
bird In its REQUIREMENTS.
Fence posts Of wood that lasts only
four or five years can be made to last
20 years by standing two hours in a
tank OF boiling creosote.
The large tomato worms can be de-
stroyed quickest by hand picking.
They a be easily killed by throw
Ing with force to the ground.
Insect pests that destroy or injure
the fruit crop may be controlled in a
large measure with timely applica-
lions OF the various spray mixtures,
There Is many q dairy farmer who
is working hard to feed 20 cows when
10 OF them would give him Just as
much milk and possibly more profit.
The testing association Is the index
that paints to prosperity along this
line.
Goslings are very little trouble n
given plenty Of range. plenty OF water
and green feed. The little birds viii
mako rapid growth on water. grass
and . little CRACKED corn. For the