The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
'0n out tho ROSTERS.
"n''e"ash the stables.
hA'ance the hens ration.
'ouns pigs like vegetables.

'ouns pigs like vegetables
,, me warm and busy hen I, N. 49,,
winter layer. me oess
use Few words with n 49,.
nave them understood. ~ o"
na. . as easy to teach a colt yoo~
""uers as faulty ones.
,, Ds'aaoie eggs are said to we,vs
q ounces to the dozen.
bah,, S develop the feather pull,n.
n"''' send them TO market a, once
Dsirying Is cash business tn.
day. 'oaru eVerJ
Alfalfa will grow on nearly all mn.
men,uraihed soils, but best on rich
sandy loan. AZ"
Inc hrst big need Of the majority n
the older corn belt soils is limeston,
and legumes.
s better and more profitable ts
nave herd OF FIVE good cows than
| Ten that are inferior.
Inc green food problem In white,
Ism | much OF a problem II thate is any
alfalfa hay on the place.
MUDDY and unclean stable yards arr
Always sources OF loss because I'd
their insanitary condition.
Ihere are but few horses that can
not be made gentle and quiet by the
! proper kind OF treatment.
The kind Of feed which the COW,
eat OFTEN has an effect upon the IN
vor OF milk and its products.
The farmer who makes an effort q
NIL the corn crib and smokehousa
each year generally succeeds.
Swedish turnips grow we'll In tbs
northern states and provide a larg
amount OF feed for the winter.
The best stock pea for grazing is
the field Is the black Everlasting
Red and Red Ripper are also good.
The farmer who Is not raising L.
gumes has his eyes closed to some oil
the biggest opportunities In farming
Fruit growing and poultry raising
60 well together Anyone following
either will do we'll TO consider the
other.
The sand vetch is smaller and mort
recumbent than the common vetca
and has been tested but little in this
country.
Hens. when they cease laying. fat
ten very easily and fat hen is a
thrifty candidate for all kinds OF pouE
try diseases.
penning chickens 10 the best way
10 get fine flock, for II means that
you are getting eggs from the best
hens you have.
A hog fed on corn alone from the
time It is weaned from the SOW un'
I'll butchered at Is months old. seldom
pays for his keep.
The cows like the silage in the win
ter just as well rs they do the grass
in the summer and IT Is good at any
season OF the year.
Stout livable chicks are obtained
only from sturdy parents. and puilets
that have been forced for winter eggs
are hardly in that class.
Don't blame anyone but yourself
II your farm won't grow legumes
They will grow for the man who
knows how to make them.
II Ia poor economy TO feed spoiled
food 10 the poultry. They may con-
tract disease or become poisoned
Burn all decomposed food stun at
once.
The day has forever passed when
the progressive dairyman allows MS
cows 10 be brought, running ot ex-
cited. into the barn. by dog Ga boy
with whip.
sheen in the summer are gross
feeders. rapidly cleaning the land OF
hrush and weeds, but in the barn and
IN the feed lot they are extremely
dainty In their eating.
The best family horses. as rule,
are raised and trained on the farm.
Their dispositions are then thor
ourbly understood, and 1t Is known
how far they can be trusted.
II NAYS to whitewash, ventilate and
,r,nerIy light the stables; to brush
md curry COWS: to use clean ana
Uncovered utensils. to cool milk
,uickly and to have n cool place for