The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-05-30
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XIII out the peach borers.
Don't overteed the little chicks.
Alfalfa makes an excsllent rough.

DonI ovefIeeu the Ittte cnlck6.
Alfalfa makes an excsllsnt rough.
age.
The rent In the clothes Win not pay
the rent on the farm.
The Babcock test is just as accu-
rate as the man who uses It.
Don't keep eggs for Matching longer
than ten days or two weeks at most.
Milk at 80 degrees IL about the TEN
perature at which It separates best.
II rabbits have gnawed only the.
outer bark, wrap the wound with.
cloth.
Barley and oats. as well as wheat,
are usually improved in quality on
fax land.
Working the soil when It is wet
will make it coarse and lumpy the
whole season.
AS soon as your lettuce! is large
enough, feed It to those chickens you
are fattening..
There is no better way by which
the III crop can DO used than
through the silo.
You can not make as good .silagee
from dry cornstalks az you can from
mature green corn.
Plant a row Of the large, tame sun
flowers along the fence for hen feed at,
moulting time next fall.
The strawberry Is one OF the small
fruits which apparently thrive better
in acid than in alkaline soils.
The fleece Of the ram should be,
dense, even in quality, and Of strong,
clear, white fiber throughout.
A pure-bred bull L. often a poor
bred bull. Pedigree and performance
are not interchangeable words.
It is to the poultryman's interest to.
keep his stock to the best type,
healthy and vigorous all the time.
A half days work in the orchard
with the spreader will show
up when apples are ripe next sum-
mer.
No profit in keeping old ewes that.
have lost their teeth. Better fatten
them the best you can and get rid
Of them quickly.
You should know the working quail
ties of your sows; watch them from
the time they farrow and see how they
treat the little fellows.
The average COW ought to have four
to six weeks rest each year.-A good
thine to dry them OFF is just as they be-
gin to make an udder.
Coal oil will soften the old paint
brushes used last year. Place them
in a can Of the oil and wash them
we'll in warm s%oapsuds.
Feather pulling may be checked by
dissolving powdered aloes in water
and washing the feathers Of the birds,
that have been plucked.
To keep up a heavy milk flow a COW
must have all the water she can drink
for every 100 pounds Of her milk con-
tains 81 pounds of water.
Every garden for the home should
have grapes and many market gar
dens could be made more profitable
by growing this splendid fruit.
Many people have the idea that
brown shelled eggs are the richer but
the difference between white and
brown eggs is only In the color.
The best milking pail is the one So
constructed that 1t will reduce to a
minimum the amount Of dirt falling.
into the milk during the process Of
milking.
One Of the most general methods
adopted for cooling milk is to place
the cans in a vat containing water
which reaches a point slightly above
surface Of milk.
Cleanliness in handling, In straining
and in separating the milk is a thing
that cannot be too religiously adhered
to, for prevention is the key word to-
quality in all dairy work.
The COW is a fertilizer factory, a
butter factory and a skim milk fac
tory; yet many farmers feed her as
little grain as they dare in the winter
and none at all in the summer.
Plan to have a good. big patch OF
strawberries for home use, and Sc
cure your plants early in the season.
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