The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-11

Plenty of good loose dirt should be
allowed the Noting hens.
The tanner OF the horse usually
reveal the temper OF his
Turkeys need q vide range They
do not do we'll confined 10 Yards,
Every day you keep the lambs after
they are big enough TO go is a loss.
C%aponizing is another job the farm
err neglects-and thereby loses money.
Water the horse before you give him
hay. Hay before grain, concentrates
last.
Good feed will put life into a horse
a hundred times better than a Sfoot
whip.
Pasture and exercise develops 4
strong frame in all kinds of young
stock.
Rye may be sown in the fall and
used AS a late fall and early spring
pasture.
Stubble that cannot be- stirred this
fail should be disked 10 conserve tho
moisture.
Don't be in any hurry about wean.
ing the helfers YOU will add to the
dairy herd.
II Is we'll 10 remember that ducks
need plenty OF cool shade during he
hot months.
Live stock furnishes manure and
converts forage crops into market.
able products.
The green straw pile is not infre-
quently the sign of a green hand man.
aging the separator.
Keep up the supply Of oyster shell
The lime in IL is an essential article
in the production OF eggs.
II pays TO grade melons, and ii pays
to market them in the large baskets
now growing in popularity.
No land Is so rich that its owner
can afford 10 waste the manure that
is made by his farm stock.
In this hunt for the profit dollar,
keep an eye on the combination OF en-.
silage and clover or alfalfa hay.
The foundation for n silo made or
concrete and properly reinforced need
not be more than twelve inches thick.
A %half-blood Holstein COW bred to
a registered Holstein bull will pro-
duce a ~three-quarters Holstein ami
nal.
Sheep must play an important part
in the restoration of fertility TO the
wo=nou grain-raising areas OF the
country.
Rotation OF crops Is one of the sim.
lie, practical methods OF increasing
the p, oductivity Of the farm ard dis
tribatIng labor.
Illinois milk producers found they
had to organize to get living prices
Co.. thntr nrnI,ct Thfc iu nnadQd In
all lines OF farming.
The most profitable way OF market.
ing grain and fodder is through stock.
They produce manure which Is very
necessary TO the sci.
AS a rule. sons of great producing
COWS are more liable TO beget large
producing daughters than are great
producing COWS themselves.
The COW that comes In fresh next
month Is just about the most profit
able one OF the whole year and dairy.
men are beginning to find II out.
A common eIIOI vi tht tApcIf
enced feeder is failure to provide
good shelter. Lambs car not make
good gains with wet feet, or soggy
fieeces.
It Is advisable 10 place a box of grit
or coarse sand where the turkeys can
And Il, as not all farms have sufficient
quantity for the purpose OF good d.
gestion.
The failures In poultry culture are
no more common than any other com
mercial activities. and are usually
traceable to q want OF proper knowl.
edge of It's requirements.
Be sure that the roosting quarters
are we'll ventilated ut this time of the
year. Pure air II free and inex-
pensive and will enter every nook
and corner Of the poultry house. II It
In rsrmitted. II IL ono Of the very