The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-08-01
Feed sheep regularly.

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Give the hens q dust bath.
The bean can be grown anywhere
Give the COWS all the roughness
they will eat.
Crop rotation Is the best way to
get rid of the corn root worm.
We can palm OF stale eggs to our
customers once, but only once.
Many a COW that is almost a failure
can be made good by proper feeding.
Do not forget that good water should
be within reach of the calves at all
times.
Dynamiting is coming into favor
rapidly for tree planting and stump
ing new land.
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ter than fruit of extra quality, but
not SO snowy.
Silage made Of corn and soy beans
is more digestible than that made
from corn alone.
In hot weather, renew the water for
poultry two or three times a day and
keep it in shade.
Onions make a good tonic for poul-
try Of all ages. Cut them up in the
mash occasionally.
Cows have peculiarities that should
be studied, and met as nearly as pos
sible by the feeder.
If the geese are hiding their eggs,
watch them early in the forenoon, the
time Of day they lay.
Be careful with the mares in foal.
and don't let them slip down nor hold
heavy loads down hill.
Wire strainers get only part of the
dirt out of milk. Several t~hicknesses
of cheesecloth are better.
The number OF chicks brought to
the frying stage is what really counts
not the number Matched.
Don't keep unsightly or crippled
chickens, even though they have been
valuable birds in their day.
The Ayrshire and Guernsey types
of dairy cattle are increasing in favor
in the middle western states.
Dry mash. charcoal and grit can be
fed in a box covered with half-inch
poultry netting, without waste.
Use insect powder freely IN the sit
ting hen and her nest. Nothing wor-
ries a sitting hen more than lice.
Cream should have a uniform con
~sistency as we'll as being of uniform
r~ipeness when it goes into the churn.
AS soon as it can be had give the
hens some good fresh loan. If the
sods are with the earth so much the
better.
Properly conducted the poultry bust
ness will give a fair profit, steady
work and a good living for the aver
age man.
The silo today furnishes the most
economical, the safest and the best
means Of storing the corn crop for
feeding purposes.
Dust the hens with insect powder
before sitting, and twice more while
Matching, then chicks will not be full
of lice to begin with.
According to a report issued by the
United States agricultural department,
there are in the world more than 200
different kinds of cheese.
Keep the c%ultivator going in the
garden. 1t is easier TO get rid Of the
weeds when they are small than
when they are we'll established.
Begin picking the cucumbers as
soon as the pickles form. Every cube
one and one-half inches long should
be cut off with a knife or shears.
Not enough shade in some chicken
yards. Hens need a shaded loafing
place when they go around with their
mouths wide open painting for breath.
II may be thought clever TO de-
ceive a man in a horse trade, but if
YOU want to secure a permanent
customer it IS mighty poor business to
do so.
Keep a sharp lookout for new
weeds. They appear in all places and
at all times. Some Of them may prove
hard to get rid OF if they once gain a
footing.