The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-04-05

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Take good care OF the brood sows
from now on.
Most men have their favorite va.
rietios OF stock.
The brood sows should have some
roots. IL possible.
The boars should be isolated from
the rest OF the herd.
Chickens need decent housing,
proper feed. and some care.
The feed for young guineas may be
the same rs tor young turkeys.
Cold weather has prepared the soil
for bounteous crop next summer
Oats without bulls Is one of the
most valuable OF all grains for porl-
try.
Kafiir meal Ia the best grain 10
offset the laxative effects OF skim
milk.
If farmer desires to improve his
flock. let him begin with pure bred
males.
In feeding n milk COW n corn ra-
ton reduce the ration at first indiCa.
ton OF fattening.
Standard utility fowls must be Sc
lected for the greatest egg production
and quick maturity.
Don't forget that your cattle. hogs,
horses, and sheep all need salt; not
spasmodically but regularly.
No farmstead is complete without
n generous space devoted TO a garden
for small fruits and vegetables.
During the winter the dairy farmer
has more time TO figure out his plans
for improving his system OF farming.
Tho breeding OF high-class hackney
stations TO high-class trotting mares
has passed beyond the experimental
stage.
You may feed all the food your
hens can possibly use. but II you are
short on grit the result will not be
satisfactory.
The Embden. perhaps. makes n lit
tie better market bird than the Tou.
louise, but the latter lays more eggs.
often forty in n season.
Don't burn up any kind OF coarse
litter that accumulates around the
iced yards, but save II TO mulch dit.
tercnt plants in the garden.
In shoeing, the foot should only
have SO much hoof removed from Il
at each shoeing as is necessary for
the proper fitting of the shoe.
Turkeys more than any other poul.
try seem to require fresh air. They
VIII roost In trees during snow
storm and not seem TO mind II bit
mixture OF barley. cornmeal.
wheat bran and roots will put flesh
on horses fast. With this, OF course.
small quantity OF hay should be
given.
One hears n great deal about the
cost OF feed this winter. but this cost
Is not so important as Is the size OF
profits realized in feeding this high
priced feed.
No branch OF husbandry now pur-
sued offers better opportunities for
profits for the amount Of money In
vested and the time expended than
tho production of hogs.
Good quality wheat straw. which is
neither moldy nor dusty. will make a
fair roughage for horses. and when
fed In moderate amounts should not
prove injurious In any way.
The men who suffer least during
the dry season are the dairy farmers.
They always have an income. for
there Is always some crop that can
be fed profitably to the cows.
The skimmilk calf becomes accus-
toned tc eating grain and hay early
In life, consequently. when It Is wean-
cd. the change OF feed Is not so no.
ticeable as II Is with the whole milk
calf. and u does not suffer n setback
ut this time.
When ordering harness for tho
spring work have the collars made to
order. Take the horses to the har-
ness maker and get him to make col
lars that will fit. There Is nothing
more annoying than sore shoulders In
the midst OF harvest.