The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-05-24
Pigs relish potatoes
Pigs relish potatoes.
Cut back climbing roses.
Care for the narrowing COW.
Treat the young heiters gently.

Old and many young trees are IN
tested with the woolly aphis.
Keeping the fngernails cut may
save both milk and modification.
Kerosene emulsion will kill plant
lice more effectively than hellebore.
There IL I big difference between
3 butterfly and q fiy in the butter.
Be sure the little pigs have a nice
dry place 10 stretch out in the warm
sun.
Mix fever might often be prevented
By little attention 10 the COW before
Remember that your orchard. espe-
eial!y The young trees. needs good
The three important elements OF
plant food are nitrogen. phosphorus
and potassium.
Alfalfa is the most wonderful Of all
cultivated plants, and the Oldest one
known 10 history.
There is no germ slayer better than
an ounce OF carbolic acid added 10 q
pail OF whitewash.
One OF the chief advantages Of feed
ing live stock on the farm is the
Of soil fertility.
II will take good farming TO keep
up and increase soil fertility without
feed grown outside
Teach the children 10 respect the
dragon sy This friend OF ours kills
flies and many other obnoxious in
sects.
II dusty hay is fed, sprinkle with
water. and II will save the horse
much annoyance; but better not feed
II at all
A box OF ashes under a clunp OF
shrubbery will be greatly appreciated
by the hens in warm weather.
II Is as impossible TO estimate the
and value o! a COW as
II is 10 guess the exact number of
bushels Of corn a certain field will
yield.
The right kind OF a farm garden
will keep the family during garden
season with the help OF the hens. II
won't take many hens for this help,
either.
A good crop for the orchard would
Re cowpeas-wide strips sown between
the rows Of trees. This would make
good early hay and is also good for
the soil.
While sheep will eat grain and any
kind OF grass and some kinds of
weeds, they are. after all. dainty
feeders. and the feed must be ALSO
lutely clean.
II you intend to raise sheep for wool
buy rams and ewes that are bred
for wool, and do not make the mis-
take OF mixing mutton types with
wool types.
The young pigs often become crook
ed in the legs, IL kept on the hard
floor too long, and this means that
the pig. IL a good breed, loses much
OF its value.
Weighing milk at stated intervals
not only tells the owner which are
his profitable cows. and which are
robbers. but II stimulates rivalry be
tween the mixers.
Alfalfa grows best on a deep, sandy
loan underlaid by loose and per
meable subsoil. II will not grow II
there is an excess of water in the
soil. The land must be well drained.
English farmers do not hesitate &c
pay as high as 800 for a pure bred
sire ram. DO you imagine they would
do this II they could get just as good
results from a scrub at one-tenth the
price?
The high producing dairy COW Is an
animal that follows In the wake OF
civilization. She never goes ahead.
Conditions must be suitable be
fore she can be of any value to the
farmer.
II strawberry plants are dried out
when received by express do not water
them, for water on the foliage will
quickly cause the crown to rot. Dip
the roots in tepid water and lay them
In q cool cellar for q few hours.
Four ounces Of sulphate OF potas.
SUM to q gallon Of water makes q
good solution for killing lice on horses.
Benzine is also beneficial. Both ap-
plications should be rubbed In twice,
q week apart, IN order to do the work