The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-31

III uaify-made butter the individual
tastes OF each customer can no sun-
piled. eup
Two weeks OF milk and corn meal
will add to the profits OF mar
ket stock.
reed Is an important factor in suc.
dairy work but 1t is not the
only thing.
lows. sheep, goats and hogs are
iond of pumpkins, and, incidentally,
man as well.
Plan the feeding OF the brood sows
IN such n way that they must walk to
get their feed.
symmetry OF outline, or balancing
OF parts, Is a very important point in
selecting steers.
When two horses become accustom.
ed TO working together keep them
working that way.
Every grocer will tell you that there
10 a demand for good dairy butter far
beyond the supply.
~ vegetables are whitening in the
cellar pick out the best and pack in
slightly moist sand.
In handling the milk at home the
conditions and equipment must be Of
the best and up TO date.
The production OF green ducks Is
coming TO be n large business, espe-
Cially in the eastern states.
The feeding value OF the skim.milk
and buttermilk will alone pay for the
extra work OF making butter at home.
II sheep are in a good, thrifty con.
dition al the start, two months OF
good feeding will properly fatten for
market.
December is a good month to cut
for grating. Bury in we'll
drained soil on the north side OF a
building.
Good breeding and good feeding
are so closely related that they must
20 together: one is useless without
the other.
Another abbreviated blessing adopt
ed by farmers. along with the horse
less wagon and pillow, Is the barbless
fence wire.
The richer the soil In the asparagus
patch the better the crop will be. A
rich soil also makes asparagus start
In spring.
An account should be kept with
every COW. The way 10 determine
her value Is by using the scales and
the Babcock test.
With the advent OF horseless car
riages there is noted an almost entire
absence OF tailless horses In our parks
and city driveways.
A coat OF cheap paint will do much
70 improve the appearance or h
wire fence and also to increase Its
OF usefulness.
M use to plant bush fruit In poor
It should be plowed deeply.
thoroughly worked up with good
stable manure before the bushes are
set out.
Pork making ought to be a profitable
lido line for the dairyman this winter.
.Forty.cent corn. cheap skim milk and
/, good hog market is a money making
combination.
pick a sire with a good disposition.
Never raise a colt from a naturally
,,c,ous tempered mare. Peculiari-
lies OF disposition are almost inva-
riably transmitted.
rho vices OF feather-pulling and
eating are always more common
e ovorcrowded focks than In quar-
&c where there Is plenty OF space
or Tho fowls to exercise.
Nv keeping a variety OF STOCK on
,,rm a larger number may De
and the best use car be made
III GOD by giving what Is pest
d IN each class OF animals.
>, .,ss,b,e plan for dry box stalls
ART floors In which to winter
'sa wiz colts. II this is impossible keep
tails we'll bedded and clean 70
. Invent accidents from slipping
-, orchard OF young apple trees
An saoI like an endowment life In
. soou rolicy. For a term OF years
ran m be nothing but paying out,
the rewards are Almost ~
poma.