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

turkey are always in demand.
II desired. "in'er
Not COW barn In a hundred has
windows enough.
"nen you begin to handle tho colt.
keep 1t up every day.
me noss squeal. find out why.
comfortable hogs never soueaI
hog that is kept growing "a al
ways finished for market most easily
haDcock tester tells definitely
anu uoes not guess the cows worth
III daify.made butter the individual,
piled. y" 'up'
TWO weeks of milk and corn meal
ieeding will add to the proats q, m.n
ket stock.
Feed is an important factor in suc.
cessful dairy work but It is not the
only thing.
Cows, sheep. goats and hogs are
iona OF pumpkins, and, incidentally,
man as well.
RAJ the feeding OF the brood sows
IN such a 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 10 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,
f 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.
ditlon nj the start, two months OF
good feeding will properly fatten for
market.
December is n good month to cut
scions 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
go 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
match the better the crop will be. A
rich soil also makes asparagus start
earlier in spring,
An account should be kept with
every COW. The way to 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 t~ailless horses in our parks
and city driveways.
A coat of cheap paint will do much
10 improve the appearance or the
wire fence and also to increase its
period OF usefulness.
Nh use TO plant bush fruit In poor
ground. II should be plowed deeply.
thoroughly worked up with good
s,oh,e manure before the bushes are
set out
Pork making ought TO be a profitable
lido line for tho dairyman this winter.
Forty.cent corn. cheap skim milk ana
: cood hog market Is a money making
combination.
pick a sire with a good disposition.
Novar raise a colt from a naturally
y,c,ous tempered mare. Peculiari-
tics ~ disposition are almost inva
r,,b,y transmitted.
r.. vices OF feather-pulling ana
Eating are always more common
- ovcrcrowded fiocks than IN guar
.s where there Is plenty OF space
FOR the fowls TO exercise
nv keeping a variety of stock on
.,,.rm a larger number may De
, inc, and the best use can be made
A.p III food by giving what Is pest
VI -. ,IacQ nj HntOlHlS.