The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-13

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Sheep help rid farms of weeds.
Brooder lamps should be cleaned
every day.
Chicks should not be fed until they
are sc hours old.
Every home should have an abund
ance Of strawberries.
Powder the chicks occasionally dur
ing the first eight weeks.
Experience is Of more value than
capital in poultry raising.
The specialist succeeds in any line
of business, while others are failing.
Flowing is at best the hardest
WORK our farm horses have to per
form.
An orchard, If you have one, is the
very best place in which you can raise
chicks.
Cornstalks are valuable as a fer
tilizer and should be left on the field
after cutting.
A field Of corn after it is a few
feet high makes an ideal place to
raise chicks in.
A few strips Of tile will often turn
& mud hole into the most productive
spot on the farm.
An egg may be fertile and hatch
and still the chick will not live be-
cause Of lack of vitality.
In cold weather place from ten to
thirteen eggs under the hen; in warm
weather from thirteen to fifteen.
The coop for hen and chicks should
be well ventilated. easy to clean, and
of sufficient proportions to insure COM
fort.
Eggs from hens hat have made a
fair showing in laying this winter will
be more fertile than those hat did
heavy laying.
1t may not pay to keep any very
great surplus of corn in the cribs, yet
it is sometimes mighty comforting to
know that it is there.
Scarcity of stock cattle Of all kinds
and high prices asked and offered is
a common local condition reported
from the corn belt states.
When moss creeps into the mead
ows and pastures they need TO be
broken up and the soil exposed to
the sun and air before reseeding.
Raspberries produce good crops in
the same soil for year, while straw
berries produce their best crops he
frst year they come into full bearing.
AS a rule, the cause of a flock being
Improbable lies largely with the
keeper and the care they receive
rather than a superiority of one breed
over another.
BY raising standard-br poultry
onn will no ah1o RI soil CfOnk and
eggs for breeding purposes, and get
much better prices than when selling
eggs and fowls for food only.
Busy hens are not only the best
egg producers. but their eggs show
them engaged at work strew the fosr
Of the pen with hay or straw and
scatter the grain In this.
One of the safe things to tie 20
on the farm is a good brood SOW
pure-bred. In a few years she and
her offspring, IL properly cared for,
will put many dollars into the peck
cts Of the farmers of the country.
Hens prefer the morning sun to the
afternoon sun when they cannot have
both. Therefore, arrange 10 pen a
window in the east end of the hen
house when bad weather does not per
nit of the entire south side being
brown open.
The last United States census shows
that there are 307, 706 women farmers
in this country. The numbers has
gained since the census was taken and
promises to increase. Many women
have homesteaded claims in all of the
western states and have made sue
cesses Of farming.
If your supply of Is limited
and il is fine in texture better make
application after blowing rather han
before. 1t may pay TO use part of the
MANURE in the hills, especially for
sncn plants as elephants, tomatoes.
cucumbers, melons, muskmelons and
lima beans. Manure used in hills
should always be fairly well decayed.