The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-09-20

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Keep after the mites.
Chickens relish cracked corn.
silage Is the cheapest feed.
The incubator IL always on the job.
Thorough milking tends to develop
} cows udder.
The silo makes the best crib on
,arth for soft corn.
Better get ut that new silo right
way after harvest.
Water should be supplied In the
pasture these hot days.
Don't make the mistake OF pastur.
lnG the clover meadow too close.
II is q pretty safe rule to select
breeding pigs from the largest filters.
Where apple trees blight, remove
khe affected limbs at once and burn
them.
The practice OF keeping the cows In
HI yard at night with no feed, Is most
Nasteful.
The work horses appreciate an 90
r%asional chance to roll and get a
|blte OF grass.
II is best to make haste slowly
while blowing corn, especially the
frsr time through.
A wet soil causes corn roots to
grow nearer the surface. while a dry
Sol sends them deeper.
Silage must be put into the feeding
rrogram OF every beef producer who
wants TO fit steers for market.
A nationwide movement for the pre-
yen'lon Of waste would do more than
q iajion.wide revival Of industry.
When each cultivator shank col.
lects a handful OF corn roots In once
across the field something is wrong.
Giving cows a good dry feed before
turning them on n rank growing for,
az crop does away with danger OF
b'cat
II YOUR hogs have to get their drink
ing water out OF q muddy pond, don't
comIlain II they are wormy and un.
thrifty.
Tho Uniform excellence OF q bunch
az i"'lors from a poor side address
much 10 the profit OF raising and
feeding pigs.
During the first years of an orchard.
EfroTcr pruning is one of the impor-
'aht items that means much In the
years 10 follow.
cement floors slightly roughened are
.he best for the cow stable. easy to
keep dry and clean IL plenty of sun
isht is let in on them.
oats and peas should be cut for
nay "hen the oats are In the milk
"se ana the advance pea pods con-
aih reasonably good sized peas.
a Shadeless pasture Is but little
"e'''r than n prison for the COW
w'S" hot. srltry days. II there are
no shade trees, nm open shed will do
quite we'll.
HOT Yes. But when we see how
me sunlight makes vegetable life
no" II r~evivi6es. purines and sustains
m' We do not wonder that there
"o' sun worshippers.
n'aH is n very satisfactory feed
''e dairy cow, since II gives bulk
ration. is slightly laxative and
GUIDES protein and phosphorus so
"''ssary In milk production.
Hoout this time OF the year the
Ml"ea will do well to look UP a prom.
"pns candidate from his barnyard or
r~s'ure' or from his grain field. to
.n 'or the first prize ut the county
and state fairs.
MI more chickens will be Matched
ar year; why keep not needed roost.
NJ, around another day? n you can
moi, Sa' or sell them, let some needy
'snoor have them. You wifi make
~O"e' by doing so.
70 ,r' ume to stop churning hos much
.eo with making good butter. To
Inv On until the butter II IN big
,lr,Ip makes II waxy and greasy. The
shov, 10 stop Is when the grains are
the size Of wheat kernels.
|par market quotations the term AS
NJ. 1sus chickens" IL often used and
e. urderstood. n raser, a. chicrens