The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-08-22


Salt the butter by weight, not by
guess.
Warm milk is best for the calf. no
matter how old 1t is.
Never think of milking a COW until
the udder has been brushed.
The merits of the scratching shed
are shown during bad weather.
The careful poulterer avoids large
families and keeps his birds busy.
Deliver the cream to the creamery
or cream station early in the morn
ing.
1t is the crowded, idle birds that
are ever ready to get into some mis-
chief.
1t is the practice in sections where
corr cannot be raised but alfalfa can,
to ensile alfalfa.
Silage made of corn and soy beans
is more ~digestible than that made
from corr alone.
Cleanliness in all its details Is one
of the important things to be borne In
mind by the dairyman.
The quality of the dan is as I'M
portant as that of the sire in the pro-
duction of good horses.
Don't wean the pigs too early. Try
letting the SOW do that and there will
be no set back at that time.
If the milk sours before the cream
rises you will make a poor quality OF
butter besides losing much cream.
II you get tired hearing us talk
about silos, throw the paper in the
cob basket and go out and build one.
Ild yOu wv nm tA'N
sheep by the wool makes a sore place
on their bodies? 1t surely does; don't
do it.
Frequent stirring of ripening cream
will make better favored butter, as
It causes the cream to ripen more
evenly.
There is very little profit In hold
ing over a lot of brakes and ducks
destined for market after they are
ready to go.
The farm that is equipped with a
small gasoline engine has the very
best elbow grease" necessary to turn
the grindstone.
Keep salt where the COWS may al
Ways get TO it. They will not con-
sumo too much if allowed to use their
own Judgment"
It is not too early to select future
dairy cows from among this springs
heifer calves. Good dairy stock show
their possibilities early.
Train the tomatoes on trellis or
on a pole like Lima beans. This
treatment keeps the fruit off the
ground and brings it earlier.
Don't cut the asparagus after the
middle Of June. Give the beds a good
c%ultivating, and keep the weeds out
of 1t for the rest Of the season.
Golden self-blanching celery is espe-
cially desirable for planting late in the
season, because 1t requires much less
time to mature than the green sorts.
1t is cheaper to keep the herd up all
the time than to neglect it for awhile
and try later to bring it back to con-
dition. The COW won't make up for
lost time.
Many items on the farm, such as
cull-fruit, small potatoes, wastes from
III hllClCH, wv OliiC thihSS IN
will not sell, find a good market
through the hog.
The ideal place for hogs In summer
is in a wood-lot through which passes
a little brook. IL such a place hogs
will grow remarkably fast, even with
out large quantities Of grain.
Keep the COWS as quiet as you can
till the time ONE for turning them
out to pasture. They are not just
easy these warm days. They are SO
anxious TO get a bite of grass! Bet
ter to keep the bars up a few days
longer, though.
In the big cities many heartless con-
tractors work their teams all day and
hire them out for the night work, Civ
ing them only two or 'saree hours rest
in the twenty-four. These are the
horses hat are often sold to farmers
as bargains when they are worn ont