The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-08-01


Never excite a dairy COW.
Furnish homes for the birds.
Comfort is cheaper than corn.
The colt needs good attention.
The charge of mixers is, as a rule.
detrimental.
Clip the horse. 1t will help to keep
him healthy.
Irregular times of milking are al
ways damaging.
Plenty of shade for yarded poultry
hocks now is required.
1t is not a good plan to mix warm
milk with that already cooled.
Keep the chicks growing. They will
appreciate any tender green feed.
For the fence flying habit, try clip
ping the larger feathers of n wing.
Corn stalks are good fertilizer and
should be left on the field after cut
ting.
Exercise is better laying stimulaut
for the hens thar heat-producing con
diments.
Eggs deteriorate rapidly in the pan
try or kitchen these days. Keep them
in a cool place.
Establish. if possible, a brand Of
eggs which will in itself be guaran-
tee of good quality.
A small box to sit upon is a great
back saver in the garden. Try one
when picking the currants.
Overlooking of green cut bone is
apt to cause leg troubles, diarrhoea.
bowel complaints and worms
ing a herd by tuberculosis as a poor
ly lighted and lily ventilated stable.
Every heifer calf should have an
inheritance that will make it possible
for her to make a better COW than her
dam.
The COW with the biggest appetite,
other things being equal. is the one
which will give the most milk and
butterfat.
If you wish that young heifer to
develop into a wild cow, turn her in
an o~ut-of-the-way pasture where you
seldom see her.
The lower the temperature at churn-
ing time the smaller will be the loss
butter requires.
Oftentimes the one who has dairy
butter for sale must take his pay in
trade, while those who sell cream get
nothing but cash.
A good way to strain milk is to put
several thicknesses of cheese cloth
over the can and hold the cloths in
place with clothes pins.
A large digestive tract should be
developed in the heifer SO she will be
able to handle large quantities of fooc
when she reaches milking age.
Manure does not improve the taste
or quality Of the milk. See hat thu
cows are clean before milking, espe
cially about the thighs and TANKS.
Young turnip, cabbage and bee
plants make the best of greens. 1t i:
but a small job to plant these at diff
ferent times, and they can be had al
summer
Lack of ARE in feeding is far ant
away the most fruitful cause Of trou
BILE, and the man whose horse is trou
bled with indigestion has usually only
himself to blame.
If you haven't a silo, a small patel
of roots will make succulence TO
your COWS next winter. Mangels yiel,
heavily per acre. Only a small amour
need to be planted.
According to the New York expert
ment station, the cos Of food, pc
chick. to weigh one pound, on groun'
grain, is three cents; on whole grain
three and seven-tenths cents.
II celery rots quickly in your celia
1t may be retained in the garde,
through the early winter by bankin
up we'll and covering with boards an
straw. There is a fresher flavor whe
it is kept near the soil than whe
grown in the cellar.
After the vegetables are mature
there is a tendency to let the weed
take care of themselves and they do