The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Hens need green food.
ventilate the hen house.
Fruit Ia splendid medicine.
Dogs and chickens don't mix.
Half-bred cows give half-pails q
milk.

milk.
A draft horse should have q large
chest and square shoulders.
Keep the stable clean and well ven
tlated. and free from draught.
Put not your faith In the gentle
bull nor than In the vicious one.
Wash your hands with clean water
before commencing. to milk each COW.
The most important factor In soil
Improvement 10 growing leguminous
crops.
The easiest way to eradicate weeds
on the farm 10 to prevent their going
to seed.
A shed Of crotches and poles. Gov.
cred with straw. 10 cheap, warm and
businesslike.
Don't feed the brood sow heavy 70
tons Of corn when within q month
Of narrowing.
Keep dust and stun out Of your
milk. You can't strain II out. Re-
member that.
The ability to produce profit is q
AZ ND I'd IN. u,hfrh an forn, afnnk
must be measured.
Silage made os corn and soy beans
Is more digestible than that made
from corn silage alone.
You can weaken the constitution OF
your horse by making them carry a
burden OF useless flesh.
Whole oats placed on a dry, raised
platform are a most profitable feeds
for young and growing pigs.
To be OF much good for feeding.
cor ought to have pretty good ears
on 1t. These are what count.
Dat straw IL a pretty good substi-
tute and makes very good roughage
when fed with plenty OF grafns.
OF dairy cattle are increasing In IA
vor In the middle western states.
Individual excellence Is the only
safe guide to be depended upon In
selecting cows to build up good
herd.
Some day we are going to find that
as good a way as any TO use the sur
plus SOUL milk Is to give II to the
hens.
One good dairy COW of the right con.
formation IL more OF an adjunct
than several beefy animals with poor
udders.
Has the kitchen garden a raspberry
patch? They are hardy, excellent
bearers, and certainly n OF the most
delicious fruits.
The COW that comes fresh in the
fall is really fresh twice during the
yea the second time when grass
comes In spring.
II corn is TO be the main grain ra-
ton for the cows, some bran or alfalfa
hay will balance II nicely. But 1t is
not necessary to feed both.
The mangel grows we'll. both north
and south, and on good soil will pay
az well as any other feeding crop In
It's proper place In the ration.
The wise dairy farmer has provided
himself with a bunch OF shoats n
will make 9 or 10 cent pork out OF
cheap skim milk th:s winter.
At all times keep rienty Of oyster
shells. coarse gravel. fresh water, and
milk before the chickens. In cold
weather give them warm water and
milk.
It Is wrong TO expect the COW to
yield a large profit simply because
she is we'll bred. She must have feed
and care or the breeding will amount
to nothing.
Snap beans, lima beans and navy
beans are tap-rooted plants and re-
quire deep. mellow soil. Break the
soil deeply and %pulverize It well be-
fore you plant beans.
Experimenters say II takes about
ten bushels Of corn to make 100
pounds of pork, but when the corn In
fed with skimmilk. seven bushels will
make the same weight.
The successful dairy farmer must
provide winter feed OF a succulent ma
ture. The silo IL the best answer and
next to this Ia roots. These are be-
more popular every year.
Don't imagine that the profits Of the
dairy business depend entirely upon
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