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

Build . silo.
Keep the calves dry.
Hens are mortgage lifters.
Good ground 10 needed for apples.
The well-drained garden 10 an early
one.
Farm tests are worth more than
oil the theories.
Sugar beets are n most valuable ad,
dltion to the pig ration.
The back-to-the-land movement Is
bound to attract many failures to the
farm.
A h%opperful Of bran. handy at all
times, helps to balance the winter
ration.
Cream "a to % per cent. richness
Yields about 8 pounds OF butter to
the gallon.
The first time Che ground Is frozen
hard enough. cover the berry patch
with straw.
When any other income on the farm
has stopped. you can still depend on
the cream check.
Other things being equal. the larg.
est yields OF milk usually represent
the largest profits.
Better make two churnings than
have the churn too full. Half full
should be the limit.
Don't put the manure spreader In
the shed This il just the kind OF
weather when Il works best.
II is possible for the hens TO lay
when shedding their feathers, but
not when growing the new crop.
II pays to take plenty OF time to In.
vestigate the standing of nurseries be.
fore placing orders for seed or trees.
Raspberry tips. from young, vlgor.
Gus plants. should always be selected
IN preference to those Of any other
kind.
No plant or tree Is 1T for setting
out unless 1t has made a normal.
healthy growth. Neither extreme is
desirable.
GOOD looking fruit on top OF the bas-
ket VIII get you new customers, but
only honest quality lower down will
keep them.
In the commercial orchard OF 200
trees II Is better to have 40 trees,
each OF five varieties. than Ave trees
OF 40 varieties.
Trees and small fruits generally like
applications OF ashes and bone dust.
hy fertilizing literally. good crops
may be assured.
One OF the best ways Of managing
faspberries Ia to set In rows six
feet apart, and the plants two feet
apart In the rows.
A COW that will give milk right up
10 he time Of coming fresh again,
and not dry up ON her own accord, is
a persistent mixer.
Entirely destroy those old rusty
cans and pals or else use them for
some other purpose than holding
sweet milk and cream.
IN grading up a dairy herd remem.
Der that the characteristics Of the sire
and his dam are very apt to be repro
oHced In the female offspring.
1t seems a pity to feed high-priced
corn to scrub hogs these days. when
d prime full-bred animal will take on
ohefourth more flesh at the same
cost
IL the young orchard contains
efass or weeds you may be sure hat
tne mice will cause great damage un-
iess the trunks Of the trees are well
Protected.
Good timber IL still I'm good demand.
~ spite Of the largely increased use OF
S'eel and cement In building and the
"uthorities are urging people every
"here to plant more trees.
The repulsive looking scaly legs III
'n'ckens can be improved In appear
ahce a whole lot by rubbing them NJ
intervals Of q few days with a save
made OF equal parts Of lard, sulphur
and kerosene.
II is o pleasant to be kept awake
On cold nights by the Tapping OF ioose
boards or doors on the outbuildinss.
a pound OF nails and . couple OF dozen
screws and q half days time WI"
make everything snug and usn, ~, ~
sne winter-just the kind OF q 'o'