The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-01-03
Ventilate the dairy.

Feed the fowls a variety.
Sorghum hay makes good roughage.
Many poultry ills could be traced to
lack of grit
A neglected cold makes it easy for
roup TO get a start.
The average farm flock has too
many rOosters In It at this season.
A pound of oats is not nearly as
good for fattening hogs as pound of
corn.
Experiment has shown that oats are
not satisfactory feed for fattening
hogs.
Make lime water by adding two or
three pounds Of lime to a barrel Of
V2tCr
Careful dressing Of fowls for the
market has a good deal to DO in get
ting top notch prices.
One of the qualities of the soy bean
that commends it to the stock feeder
is its protein richness.
Much Of the feeding value of the
clover depends upon how the crop is
managed after it is cut
Five feet apart is about the right
! distance for the currant and goose
| berry bushes. Do not crowd.
Breeding stock can be purchased to
better advantage in fall and early
winter than to walt until spring.
If the hens are stacking up in lay
! ing try giving them little green cut
bone every day and watch results.
Where hens are forced to use part
of their food as fuel to keep warm
there is bound to be a falling off in
eggs.
The greatest ten-year yield OF corn.
since 1t became CT national impor-
tance in the United States, occurred
between 1S70-1SS0.
Corn is no doubt the best feed there
is for hogs, but its full value can only
be realized when it is used in con-
! junction with other feeds.
Quiet, gentle handling of the ewes
| during the winter makes it much
easier work to care for the flock
during the lambing period
Don't let any fruit remain on the
trees during the winter Rotten ap-
pies are good places for insects to
hibernate in during the winter.
The sum Of money that is lost every
year on the farms OF this country Big
the dairy COWS that are not bred es-
pecially for dairy work is stupendous.
People are realizing the great com
fort and advantages of few good
fruit trees and ornamental shrubs
more than ever. Start them growing.
All dairy utensils should be period-
cally placed in the sun, but wooden
vessels should be removed before the
heat is sufficient to crack or warp
them.
Fruit is the best medicine that we
know anything about. Money invest
| ed in apples and Strawberries is much
and molasses."
The next time the COW gives bloody
| milk give her dose of epson salts,
hathe her udder with warm water and
rub with camphorated lard. This will
often cure the trouble.
The time to dehorn is in the spring
| or fall. Fall is considered best, be
! cause the cattle usually are shut up
and any i'll effects OF the operation
can easily be prevented
Clover is as much an egg producer
as 1t is a producer of milk 1t is rich
in nitrogen and mineral matter Hav-
ing high nutritive ratio, it is equal
to barley, and almost as high as wheat
Don't turn young horses out where
| the fences are low or easily pushed
over. They will be sure to get out
Either they will jump over or they
will run the fence over and step out
Good fences make good. orderly
| horses.
The value of farm land can only be
arrived at by It's earning capacity. n
/ il is worth any price il will pay good
interest on the investment in the reg
uiar farming process. We can adj 10
it's value by adding TO its capacity 10
grow things and grow them a little
better than any other farm in the
aefghborhood.