The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-23

Every farm should have a silo.
A silo built of concrete will pre-
serve silage well.
Milk and corn meal makes a fine
Orcing feed for friers.
A good time to Gull out inferior
birds is when the market is up.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetables, both in quantity and quail
ity.
Feed the soil If you would have the
soil feed you, applies forcibly to worm
,ut lands.
Grape vines require frequent shall
low cultivation throughout the en-
tire season.
In setting an orchard stick to the
proven varieties. Let some one else
do the experimenting.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly in the dairy during the
summer as during the winter.
At this time Of the year care should
be exercised in housing the pullets
that are to be the winter layers.
In breaking a colt, remember that
1t is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing him to balk.
Bran is a very good feed for cows.
It is light. palatable and rich in min
eral matter, especially phosphorus.
With fruiting orchards, mineral fer
ti.fZerS are often great assistance. but
an excess of nitrogen should be avoid
ed.
Annual flowers can be hurried along
by watering them with a tablespoon
ful of nitrate Of soda to a pailful Of
water.
Heroic pruning measures are needed
ed to bring many old trees into bear
ing; but it need not all be done the
first year.
The theory that one can overfeed
the growing pullets has been exploded,
and many a flock has been retarded by
under feeding.
The earlier in the season after the
June crop" that thinning can be done,
the better it will be for the tree and
apples.
The most humane method OF 6e-
horning a COW is to do the work with
a little caustic potash when the horns
are just starting on the calf.
When the strawberries are of the
remove the mulch and cultivate
thoroughly to kill off the weeds and
put the soil in fine condition.
Some folks have their houses so
they can open them up all around
he foundation walls when it is hot,
and let the air circulate everywhere.
From early spring until August SOW
few rows of summer lettuce every
two weeks or SO, and thus try to pro-
vide a continuous supply of good
heads.
Throw open the windows every
night, but tack some wide-meshed
of some kind over them to keep
)ut things that have no business in
house.
Alsike clover is a perennial and can
grown on ground that is too low
and moist for the medium red or
but it is grown equally
we'll on high ground.
Men who are inexperienced in al
'alfa growing should have forced on
heir attention the important lesson
hat it pays we'll to put a little labor
IN the surface after removing each
crop.
In selecting eggs for Matching much
are should be used. Select only nice
brown, well-formed and good.sized
Eggs from healthy stock. Keep them
iust cool and incubate them as soon
Is possible.
When buying pedigreed stock the
wise buyer will study the pedigree of
he man who bred the animal as care
ully as the animal itself. A good rep
Is a valuable asset when SELL |
NC registered animals.
From 10 to Is pounds OF hay should
20 given a horse during the day. This
s equivalent to five or six pounds to
meal. But it is not we'll to give so
much at moo or morning. as they
not the time to eat it, and going
work right away prevents proper
for digestion.