The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-10-04
Give the turkeys grit.

"h'o shc tufhcyo BIit.
Rotation OF crops Is simple.
Feed green forage sparingly.
yentilate all coops and buildings.
Don't overwork the mare; Il won't
pay.
Make plenty Of new nests for the
hens this winter.
Every farmer should make a deter
mined war on weeds.
Get the binder in good shape before
you start harvesting.
You can't be too particular In pick
Ing sires for your herds.
Well-bred, w~ell-selected pigs, make
more profit on the food eaten.
More lime and more tile TO nail
alfalfa TO a rough. hard soil.
A hen always likes a nice new nest
In some dark. secluded corner.
II pays best { o have a horse well
broken when he Is offered for sale.
A scar from a barbed wire cut re-
duces the value OF a young horse i'm
ICensely.
The close. sultry nights demand
proper ventilation OF all the coops and
buildings.
Corn silage has been shown to be
cheaper than hay or corn stover for
fattening steers.
Fruit for local market should get
about all its growth and its best color
before It is picked.
Flies breed in manure and other
filth. So keep II cleaned UP and
spread on the fields.
Among fruits the apple, pear, peach,
plum and cherry usually do best
where lime is abundant.
Milk souring before the cream rises
will mean a poor quality of butter.
and considerable cream lost.
When d~airying Is made a business
on a farm. instead of a chore, you can
look for that farm to prosper.
AS a single ration, alfalfa comes
nearest TO filling all the requirements
Of a hog that is trying to get fat.
The medium sized pig is the most
profitable to raise, because he can be
both thrifty and possess good quail.
ity.
Give the cows a cool place screened
from the flies. where they can chew
their cuds and get ready for milking
time.
A good cow never dies in debt 10
her owner, but without the Babcock
tester she may never get credit for her
performance.
With reasonably good seed and q
fairly well prepared seed bed about
twenty pounds OF alfalfa seed are re-
ouired per acre.
A recommended cure for a found.
cred COW Is to let her have all the
water she wants, but feed lightly un-
I'll she RECEIVERS.
II cream is hung close to the water
In a well that produces a real cold
drink 1t will in most cases be in just
she right shape for c~hurning.
Consider the c~lovers. II often means
the difference between failure and
success The clovers are almost In.
d~ispensable in the farm scheme.
Darkened stables or milking late
seem to be the only ways of getting
around the fly problem. II you know
Of any other good way, what is IL?
For several years we have bought
farm butter from the same farmer at
2 cents above retail market price ev-
cry month In the year and glad 20
get II.
Milk fever Is often caused by T..
ing out the cow clean too soon 'ar
calving. An authority recomm ..ds
letting the calf do the milking for
the first "a or 80 hours.
One valuable lesson the manure
spreader has taught IL the use OF
small quantities applied frequently. II
makes possible what can be. but II eel.
dom done-iight application.
An old meadow 10 the worst place
fcr strawberries-too many white
grubs. II may take three years Of
Thorough culture to get rid n the
grubs. a drove u active pigs win DO