The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-12

ground oats.
Milking with wet hands is one OF
the most undesirable habits that q
man can form.
Turkeys often get ppy and die
when several weeks old. from no 9th.
er cause than lice
The longer calf Is allowed to suck
the COW the harder It will be to make
II drink from bucket.
II never pays 10 keep more cattle
than one can be sure TO furnish with
ample feed the year round.
By using a little patience a calf can
be taught TO drink quickly by letting
It suck the finger held IN the milk.
There are many reliable breeders OF
Holstein cattle whose entire herds av-
erage 10000 pounds OF milk per year.
II thin SOW has more pigs than
she can suckle to advantage. take
part OF them away and raise them on
a bottle.
Anybody can raise an ordinary horse
and sell 1t for an ordinary price. II
takes blood and feed and care to beat
the average.
The main points 10 make sure about
In buying a separator are durability,
clean skimming, easy washing, and
easy running.
Almost any feed that Is high in pro-
tein, such as milk or middlings. and
the like. is good for sows, pigs and
growing hogs.
Don't let the young turks out until
dew Is of the grass In the morning
II you want turkeys to sell next
Thanksgiving.
Why not a concrete vat IN the milk
house this spring? They are reason.
ably cheap. eternally durable, and
highly sanitary.
Geese, after they get their feathers.
are rarely, II ever. attacked by In
sects, but this will not hold good in
regard to goslings.
Put a bell on some OF the cows II
| they run in the woods or a brush
pasture. II will save time and steps
IN looking for them.
A heifer that has q long milking
period with her first calf is very apt
to establish the habit Of long periods
II she is well handled
See that the harness, and especially
the inside OF the collars where they
come in contact with living flesh and
blood, are smooth and clean.
In the push OF farm work the truck
patches should not be neglected, for
in these little things lie the farmers
living and his success as a farmer.
On every dairy farm there should be
tvs pasture fields, by feeding of first
one and then the other the cows have
a succession of rich tender grass and
clover.
| Mix half a bushel OF dry ashes with
a pint of carbolic acid, a pint of coal
oil, and pint OF sulphur. Put some
in the nests and the hens will net be
bothered with lice.
Good quality OF wheat straw which
Is neither moldy nor dusty, will make
fair roughage for horses, and when
fed In moderate amounts should not
prove injurious In any way.
Barb wire fences are bad for horses,
but there should be barb wire strung
along the top OF the woven fence or
the horses will ride II down. The barb
wire placed there will do no harm.
| ue octltI Vi euCNcsblul bdIueullk
Is high manuring and fertilizing. q
deep. finely prepared soil, thorough
and clean culture, choice vegetables
put up in attractive form and honest
measure.
| II, within the last year or so, you
have had case Of blackleg among
your cattle II will be a good plan to
give the pastures thorough burning
over before grass WARTS. Fire is q
great destroyer Of disease germs.
Fruits may be used with equal sat.
isfaction and add much to the va,
riety Of diet. What we need II to
think Of fruits not merely because we
like them and find them healthful
They have a great food value which
we should learn and consider N thei,
selection