The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-03-21
Never buy a sick hog.
Pillow the garden deeply.
Teach the calf to eat grain.

Hogs can stand cold, dry wealth.,
without injury. h
Do not tie your cattle up hv ~. h
neck to feed them. "
No eve should be bred until Oh. B
has reached maturity.
A poorly nourished, stunted 2.vo,,
old filly should not be bred.
There are many reasons why farm,
ers should keep more sheep.
Each season a grass-lot shouldh
held in reserve for the dairy COWS
In some sections farmers are recou
mending sowing alsike with timothv /
On every farm poultry should mt
only have a place, but a prominent |
place.
Replowing fall plowed land again in
the spring seems useless expense and
bother. |
1t is a common but onin.
ion that beets are especially hard on
the land.
Let the colt have shelter from /
storm, but let him have access to mas. |
ture also.
1t is as an egg producer that the
Indian Runner duck has gained the
most fame.
When rape is pastured down, it will
often spring up again after being
given a rest. ..s.
An economical use of ro1ghageh
about the farm is greatly in favor Of
winter dairying.
Feeding all of the cows in the same
way is treating them unfairly and
cheating yourself.
The best time to dehorn an animal
is when it is only a few days old, by
using caustic potash.
1t is we'll worth while to exert ev.
cry energy possible to keep your pres.
ent supply of live stock.
In breaking the colt, remember that
it is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing him to balk.
One of the secrets In raising any
kind of live stock is to keep the
young animal growing from the start.
The time to change the calf from
Whole milk to skimmilk will depend
largely upon the development of the
calf.
You may feed all the food your hens
can possibly use, but if you are short
of grit, the results will no be salts.
n "" .-r- r. .FG
factory.
Bacteria do not thrive in the cold
but in heat only. If you keep you
milk below 40 degrees the bacteria
will have small chance.
In cas- some cockerels need to be
eaten or sold On a fancy market, it
pays to put them in a crate and fat
ten them for two. weeks. -..
Be ure to have. some d%isinfectant
to use on the young colts naval when
he arrives. A half minute at this
time may save the colt later. 4
August Matched ipullets kept ovel
for breeding until the. second spring
make splendid breeding birds If they
have been we'll fed and not stunted.
If other cures for caked udder or
similar tnfammatory troubles nave
failed, try letting the calf u with
'uS SOW .lOi d Wull0 next 1FeSueuihS
time.
For fattening chickens buttermilk has
a feeding value Of above 80 cents a
hundred pounds. This is consider
ably in advance of it's value for feed
Ing hogs.
Cows should never be fed more
roughage, especially when it is of good
quality, than they will consume with
relish and come, to the next fodder
ing with keen appetites.
The boar 1a4S should be separated
from the SOW pigs as soon as they are
weaned, and it is usually an easy mat.
Ter to arrange your lots Of hogs 81
that the young boars will not be near
the sows.
Glover or alfalfa as a roughage for
swine will furnish bulk to the ration
as we'll as will corn.silage and, further
more, will furnish considerable pro-
TEN, consequently are better than the
cOrn-silage.