The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-03-08
Prune correctly.

Feed your clover hay and most OF
your corn.
When sod land is plowed for corn,
1t should be lined.
The ground for soiling crops should
be located near the stables.
That fresh COW is the most profit.
able animal on the farm Just now.
There is more danger in letting the
incubator get too hot than too cold.
Horses are most economically fat.
tened if they are not exercised at all
In spite of the dry season the coun
try seems to have plenty OF rough
feed.
Cut the ice for use next summer be.
fore it gets too thick-16 inches is
enough.
Where is that surplus of dairy pro
ducts some folks said we were TO have
this year?
II the fruit is stored in the cellar,
it must be we'll ventilated and per.
fectly dry.
A COW that is a small eater will bear
watching. She is pretty sure to be s
small producer.
The ration should be balanced tt
meet the needs Of the COW at al
stages Of lactatiOn.
Pruning done correctly will increase
the size and improve the quality Of
most common fruits.
One thing that can be given the
fowls, and which they lack very often
is pure drinking water.
You can tell a laying hen as far as
you can see her. Her comb is always
bright and healthy looking.
Cooking will improve turnips fol-
%fattening hogs because it takes out
considerable Of the water.
The coolest weather does not kill
the insects. Therefore spraying is the
safest method of killing them.
For seed production cowpeas should
be planted in rows so that an oppor.
tunity is given for cultivation.
Sell wheat, cloverseed and timothy
but feed all the rough forage and use
your straw for feed and bedding.
Contrary to popular belief more
chickens die from June until Septem
Der than in all the rest Of the year.
The man who can raise good live
stock and does not do it is piling uI
a lot of profitless work for himself.
Just the right time to clean VI
around the lots. It is surprising how
much litter can accumulate during the
year.
Excellence is always relative. IT'S
relative degrees can only be gaugec
with accuracy when accurate records
are kept.
Both oil meal and cottonseed mea
may be used in the fattening horse
ration in amounts as high as three
pounds daily.
Two pounds of mixed shorts anc
bran per cow per day is not sufficient
for COWS that are expected to give lib
eral flows of milk.
The best place for the incubator is
the one where the temperature is most
nearly uniform from day to day, un
der natural conditions.
Unlike other poultry the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated
but has remained practically a wilt
| bird in it's requirements.
A record should be kept when sows
are bred and they should be separ
ated from the other hogs a week OF
| two before due to farrow.
Swamp land, when drained and
| lined and worked in corn for a year
| or two, should be seeded to grass and
kept in permanent meadow.
After the chrysanthemums have
quit blooming, set the pots in the eel
lar. so the plants will stand dormant
| and be ready to set out next spring.
Selected COWS, feed crops that are
| grown on u farms, will yield fail
| profits to any man who likes the
dairy business and will stay with it
An ideal way of keeping feed, but
one which many western dairymer
cannot have, is to have a roof over il
all. This way no feed is spoiled anC
e1ol;o~ u no1I windy Weather l0cnC