The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-01-12

OdlI 10 cosSulltl lOI SOW6s
Give young pigs comfortable quar-
ters.
One breed is always better than a
hodgepodge.
1t is not always the largest hen
that is the best layer.
If not moldy sorghum is an excellent
root forage for all stock.
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
Poorly fed sheep will not produce
very good wool, MOI good mutton.
Equal parts Of corn and oats are
hard to excel as a grain feed for
sheep.
During an extra cold spell Of wealth
err, add a little corn to the sow's grain
ration.
Do not attempt to winter o
sheep than can be done without
crowding.
BY the right kind of selection ever
the commonest dairy herd can be
greatly improved.
Growing pigs should not be crowd
ed into close, filthy quarters, exposed
to vermin and disease.
The driver more than the horse is
always more to blame for the animals
being vicious-if he ever is.
Leave a horse united when hooked
be gone when you return for him.
You will appreciate the difference
between low-headed and high-headed
trees when you are picking the crop.
Decaying vegetables in storage un-
der the living rooms in the cellar are
apt to promote i'll health in the house
hold.
Keep both eyes opcn when near the
gentle bull just the same as IL he
were ugly, or he may take you un-
awares.
The best dairy cow is the one that
will convert the forage raised OF the
farm into the greatest amount Of
butter fat.
A dairy thermometer comes into
good play any time of year, but is
especially valuable to have around for
winter churning.
The supply of vegetable matter is
most easily maintained in the soil by
the growing Of green crops and by the
application of manure.
Change in the conditions Of dairy
ing is driving many men out of the
work because they would rather quit
than improve their methods.
Horse breeding requires more cap
ital, is more profitable if successful,
and involves larger losses if not, than
any other kind of stock breeding.
Moles in a garden prove an intoler-
able nuisance. While they may be
trapped, the only sure way is to in
ject bisulphate Of carbon into their
runs.
Give the old sows, and those that
have been pulled down by late filters,
extra care and feed, so they will go
through the winter in profitable con
dition.
A half te%aspoonful Of Paris green
added to heavily sweetened water or
molasses will kill the cut worms, but
ARE should be taken that the fowls
cannot get at it.
An old horseman says that the
chief cause of collie in horses, or the
cause of the largest per cent. Of these
cases, is brought through long absti-
INT from water.
Alfalfa meal is becoming a popular
feed, but in Kansas, where they raise
a lot of that kind Of hay, farmers
claim that the COW can do the grinding
cheaper than 1t can be done at the
mill.
When a man tells you that he has
COWS that he could milk all the year
round II he would, g IL you cannot
gobble onto some Of his stock. Cows
that hold out are worth their weight
In gold.
Farmers all know that reaL1 Is q
perishable product, but some do not
realize the importance Of cooling
from the separator, and failure to
properly cool cream Immediately
after it comes from the separator Is