The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-08

Pigs must have sunshine.
Burn the old nesting material
In producing wool and mutton there
10 no waste.
A foul dairy makes no producer Of
prize-winning butter.
Livestock is the basis of most farm
ers' success in farming.
Sharpen and repair the garden
tools for next seasons use.
Feed is cheaper and more plentiful
than It has been for years.
A cork soaked in oil makes q good
substitute for glass stopper.
All fruit should be graded and crat.
cd. especially for private marketing.
So far az can be done select the
largest, and best sows for breeders.
Corn viii dry out better II the
shocks are kept down to . reasonable
size.
Deep blowing and the gas tractor
are the Gold Dust Twins of the new
agriculture.
Wrap the young fruit trees early,'to
prevent the rabbits from gnawing and
killing them.
Many Of the troubles with both
young and old horses may be traced
to bad teeth.
Hogs will be high next year and it
will pay to give those fall pigs q good
start towards winter.
The first cold rains are hard on the
cows and they should be kept In the
barn In such weather.
A good pasture makes q brim-
ming milk pail and silo makes pos
sible good winter pasture.
A little clover or alfalfa mixed with
the silage when filling the silo will
prove a profitable mixture.
Bran Is worth more, pound for
pound. as a part Of a ration for Q
work horse than alfalfa meal.
The man who makes q business Of
COW keeping instead Of a chore 10 on
the right road to better profits.
In the development Of horses, a.
well es elsewhere, judgment must be
expressed as well as the muscles.
Just how long breeding sire
should be kept depends upon the az
cellence Of the animal In question.
The way to increase the appetite
Of horse, II such thing is neces-
sary. Is to change his diet frequently.
Twill soon be time to bind some
thing around those small fruit treeAr
to stop rabbits from feasting on Tho
bark.
Baling corn fodder IL a new idea,
a good deal OF hard and disagreeabla
work.
After all that may be said in favor
OF other pastures, clover stands az
the head when 1t comes to right thing
for pigs.
Mulching isn't to keep the straw
berries from freezing, but to keep
them from thawing after the ground
In frozen.
Extremes and sudden changes IN.
feeding. watering and sailing viii
cause acute indigestion In sheep that
IL usually fatal.
Bear In mind that corn fodder. or
fodder corn. must not be cut earlt
for 1t means a loss Of q large part at
Its feeding value.
Keep all the rotten fruit well
cleaned up around the orchard, az
these constitute the winter Quarters
Of numerous orchard pests.
Look over the young stock carefully
before disposing of 1t. A prize heife9
or an exceptional colt may slip awaS
and the credit and benefit 60 to SONS
other man.
In the rush and harry to keep up
with the fall work we must not forges
to provide plenty OF bedding for all
stock and see that 1t is dry. Wet heo
ding Is a disease producer.
Every sheep that nas lost one sin
gle tooth through old age is q cands
date for the meat market. Don't stand
In the way Of her getting there; she
may not weather another winter.
The most suitable time to apply
lime In rotation IL when preparing