The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-30

Every farm should have a silo.
A silo built Of concrete will pre-
serve silage we'll.
Milk and corr meal makes a ine
forcing feed for friers.
A good time to GALL 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 II you would have the
soil feed you, applies forcibly to worm
out 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
It is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing him TO balk.
Bran is a very good feed for cows.
u Is light. palatable and rich in min
eral matter, especially phosphorus.
With fruiting orchards. mineral fer.
filters 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
FIJI of nitrate of soda to a pailful Of
water.
Heroic pruning measures are needed
ed to bring many old trees into bear
ing; but 1t 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 1t will be for the tree and
remaining apples. .
The most humane method OF de-
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
vines remove the mulch and cultivate
thoroughly 10 kill of the weeds and
put the soil in fine condition.
Some folks have their houses so
that they can open them up all around
the foundation walls when 1t Is hot,
and let the air circulate everywhere.
From early spring until August SOW
n 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
cloth of some kind over them to keep
out things that have no business In
the house.
Alsike clover Is a perennial and can
be grown on ground that Ia too low
and moist for the medium red or
mammoth. but 1t Is grown equally
we'll on high ground.
Men who are inexperienced In al
falfa growing should have forced on
their attention the important lesson
that II pays well to put a little labor
on the surface after removing each
crop.
In selecting eggs for Matching much
care should be used. Select only nice
brown, well-formed and good-sized
eggs from healthy stock. Keep them
just cool and incubate them as soon
as possible.
When buying pedigreed stock the
wise buyer will study the pedigree OF
the man who bred the animal as care
fully as the animal itself. A good rep
utation is a valuable asset when sell
Ing registered animals.
From Is to Is pounds of hay should
be given a horse during the day. This
Is equivalent to five or six pounds 10
a meal. But It Is not well to give 80
much at noon or morning. as they
have not the time 20 eat 1t. and going
"a work right away prevents proper
time for digestion.