The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-03-29
Every farmer needs a silo.

To improve the dairy herd, keep the
best, and sell the rest.
Glover should be young to make
pigs thrive at top notch.
Judge not a hen by her beauty, but
by the way she does her duty.
Trap nests eliminate drones with
accuracy from any flock of hens.
Food plays an important part in the
| growth and development of the colt.
Many young boars are ruined by be-
ing allowed to run in lots near the
SOws.
If you intend sowing clover or alfal-
ia this spring get your seed right
away.
Glover is the greatest pasture for
ho~gs-provided it is not allowed to
mature.
The successful feeding of poultry
is among the most difficult of feeding
problems.
Most farmers have learned before
this that it is expensive t haul green
corn fodder.
Rape seed is cheap, it terminates
strongly and furnishes plenty Of pala-
table forage.
If a hog seems to be ailing, separate
it from the herd at once and give
watchful care.
One advantage in feeding steers on
the farm is the maintenance Of the
soil fertility.
Deal gently with the COW of nervous
temperament. She usually is one of
the best in your herd.
II you get an incubator, assign the
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him have sole charge.
A chill brought on by the udder
coming in contact with frosty ground
is apt to ruin your best COW.
Clean, dry bedding spread about
thickly will make cold, hard floors
more endurable these cold nights.
S~unfiowers are just the thing to
raise next season for the fowls but
don't grow them for, the sparrows.
The good dairy COW usually is wide
In the forehead, the face dished be.
tween the eyes with a strong under
jaw.
Never salt the horses feed in the
box. Place a big lump where he can
reach it, and he will take it when he
needs it.
The three essentials for a success
full dairy cow are vigor, capacity for
food and we~ll-developed organs for
milk production.
Goslings will thrive II fed on grass
alone, but will not make such rapid
growth, of course, as when they are
given a little grain.
The COW must have a good breath
ing apparatus, indicated by a large
~nostril, wide breast and good width
across the floor Of the chest.
Never jump from the wagon when
the horse is running away. More
lives and limbs are lost in that way
than by remaining in the wagon.
Until We raise all the hay We need
for our stock, and have all the stock
and all the manure we need, it will
pay us to save the whole of the corn
crop.
Feeding cattle gives not only q
profit on the feed produced on the
farm, but it supplies the farm with
manure which is greatly desired in
progressive farming.
Calves should not be turned out to
pasture unless they have had a little
green feed before, as it is liable to
cause scours Give all the fresh, clean
water the calf will drink.
A daily record should be kept OF
each COW in the stable. In a years
time a dairyman will know by prac-
teal demonstration what COWS are
paying him and those that are not.
4 few sweet apples or Jumps of SUI
gar is likely to prove much more eff
| fective than a whip in securing
obedience from an intelligent, spirited
highly bred colt, or ever a mature ami
nal of the horse kind.
Preventive measures in warding of
sheen roubleS not ONLY eliminate