The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-05-03
Plan to have sOms rape.
Pigs must have good pasture.
Hens require q variety Of feed.

Be careful with chemical fertilizers.
Spare some Of the skim milk for the
hens.
Market your grain and forage prod
ucts on the hoof.
Get a nose ring for the young bull
while you think of it.
First class eggs should weigh about
IN pounds to the dozen.
Straw is much too valuable to be
allowed to rot in the stack.
An occasional feed Of oats will be
valuable for the brood SOW.
The ewes that are sucking lambs
should be fed very literally.
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
A variety In feeding is one way OF
keeping the flock in good condition.
Stinting in feeding is repaid by stint
ing in milk flow and per cent. Of fat.
Buying pure-bred stock by mail is
coming to be more and more
You can get no mor power from
your horse than you give him in his
food.
1t should be remembered that q
horse can do more than his feet will
stand.
Your horse may intend to please
you but does not understand your
wishes.
Good feed will put life into a horse
a hundred times better than an g.
foot whip.
A runaway horse is only safe in the
stable with a good halter and the
stable door latched.
Growing pigs should not be crowded
into close, filthy quarters, exposed to
vermin and disease.
Many a man blames the Lord for a
poor crop, which was really the result
Of his own poor blowing.
Always water first, then a little
hay, and follow with grain; this gives
the animal a chance to digest.
A good spray to disinfect coops and
brooders is a mixture of " pint car
bolic acid in 2 gallons of water.
Lack of moisture in the incubator is
one Of the common causes Of chicks
falling to break out Of the she'll.
Don't be tempted to sell your best
birds unless you have some better
in view to take their places.
Nothing worse than damp brooder
floor to start chick ills. Cover them
with a little dry earth or old carpet.
Fresh poultry manure is said to
have about twice the fertilizing value
Of cattle manure, pound for pound.
Another argument for the silo-it Is
a weed killer. No weed seed that
goes into a silo ever comes out alive.
A yearling tree is preferred by
many to older trees. They are thought
to be safer to transplant than two-year
trees.
A cement feeding floor for the hogs
can be built for close around six cents
a square foot. ]. is worth the invest
ment.
Cultivation is a moisture c~onserva-
TOR, but II the ground Is dry don't run
the c%ultivator teeth deep; keep the
top soil stirred only.
Truck crops suffer least from fungi
In seasons that open with a cool spring
and end with a very hot summer, with
rainfall below the average.
Often the only difference between
a gentle cow and a kicker is that the
first had a little handling while q
and the other didn't.
Ground limestone or hydrated lime
may be applied 70 a meadow with
soil that is acid. Lime may be ap-
piled to the meadow ut any time, US
ing from n to three tons per acre.
Chilled eggs are responsible for .
good deal of bad luck" with incuba.
tors, but as a general thing eggs IN
the process Of Matching will stand
more cooling than many people think.
A sandy soil can be cultivated much