The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-21

Corn is the best finishing food for
hogs.
The freshest eggs always hatch the
best.
Plan for a big lot of roots for the
sheep this year.
Easier to hatch a fine lot Of chicks
than it is to raise them.
Keep a good brood SOY as long as
she will produce satisfactory filters.
Be sure that the heifer is we'll de-
veloped before allowing her to be
bred.
It is better to give G COW six to eight
weeks rest between periods Of lacta-
ton.
The disadvantage about June chicks
Is that they will not mature for laying
in the fall.
Young chicks sometimes occupy
nests that have been so long used that
they are alive with vermin.
Neglect to keep ones obligations to
furnish eggs has been the ruination OF
a great many poultry farmers.
Some poultrymen feed cut bone the
year around, and records show an in
crease in their laying capacity.
A two-weeks' diet of cornmeal and
skimmilk will mean an extra profit on
any culled out birds to be marketed.
The best calves should be selected
from each years crop. This Is the
only way TO keep the herd in good
shape.
Never misrepresent the age OF an
egg. You cant afford to sci! your
soul for the sake of selling a few
eggs.
The sleeps meridian of life is six
years. After that the downhill side
comes at a pretty good jog. 1t pays to
remember this.
IF the young chicks have gapes, you
may be sure that the soil is contami-
mated by cape worms, somewhere near
the poultry yard.
According to Prof. x. c. Davis OF
the new Jersey agricultural expert
ment station, alfalfa is as easily
grown as any hay crop.
Be sure there are no narrow doors
for the ewes to crowd through. One
jam may cause the loss of a lamb,
or both eve and lamb.
1t is much easier to start with stock
that is a proven success than 1t is to
breed up. The latter is a costly as
well as tireeome experiment.
According to those who have eggs
for Matching there will be many new
fanciers. These breeders are report
ing large numbers of small sales.
A small investment will fix up al
most any stable. With a few more
windows and some v~entilating fues
the result will be thoroughly valuable.
The best weaver you can put on the
calf is v to allow it to suck the
COW after the first few days, the first
milk (colostrum) being necessary for
the calf.
It is commonly supposed that the
feeding of hogs in summer is cheap
er than in winter, because in winter
much Of the food is used to supply
animal heat.
Many farmers who make poultry
culture a side issue are apt TO get it
too much on the side. Make it a
branch Of the farm work, and give 1t
good business attention.
Beginning now, a succession OF
patches planted to sweet corn, cane.
cowpeas, ETC., will come in handy for
COW feed when pastures get short
about three months hence.
Make sure that the calf does not
get to the cow again, once IT. Is sep
arated from her and put on the skim
milk diet, as 1t will not only tend to
spoil the calf, but will cause the COW
to worry after her calf and reduce
her milk flow.
Market or otherwise remove the
males from the flock al soon as no
more eggs for Matching are wanted.
They have no influence on the number
of eggs %prOduced. and fnfertile eggs