Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18


MISUNDERSTANDING
The fly is a nuisance.
Work for a reputation.
Look out for the %curculio.
Gather eggs at least once daily.
The Keiffer pear is the standby of
the masses.
The farmer is known by the amount
of clover seed he sows.
A bran mash and a day in the pas
ture-for the horse off his feed.
Outdoor subjects animals to sun
shine and compels them to exercise.
Be sure the mares and colts in
pdSIuIo nave SuellcT lIOu Ih0 Aos
sun.
Charred corn fed to the fowls occa
sionally will prove an aid to diges.
ton.
Egg growing rests not solely with
the hen, much depends on the man
in charge.
We cannot grow pigs proitably
without feed enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
After the crop expert has prescribed
for you sick soil, introduce him to
the boarder COWS.
In setting out strawberries, pinch
off most of the leaves and the plants
will lake hold better.
Cornmeal and skim milk make the
best of feed to hurry chicks along to
the fry and broiler stage.
The calf should be cleaned immedi-
deS'y ditSi Wy SoiSiuAy DoAA
It with a dry cloth or straw.
Give the hens a chopped onion oc-
~casionally in the mash. 1t is excel
lent as a disease preventative.
Red cedar, Colorado blue spruce
and Black Hill spruce are excellent
~evergreens for the yard or windbreak.
Since the first reaper was invented
and put on the market the silo is the
greatest boon that has come to the
farmer.
If your asparagus turns yellow it is
a sign of rust. Every affected plant
should be at once cut out and burned
or well sprayed.
When setting any of the bush fruits
the top should be pruned to CORE
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets in transplanting.
A good many farm gardens are too
large. A small patch we'll cared for
will prove more satisfactory all
around than a field of weeds
After the third day a mixture of
broken grains is good for the chicks.
Before that they are better off for hav
ing nothing but grit and water.
There is no danger of having an
oversupply Of good country butter. In
the metropolitan centers it has be.
| come almost an unknown quantity.
A wide range in summer feeding
may be used at the start Of the feed.
ing period with profit, but it must get
narrow az the feeding period ad-
vances
If everybody would begin feeding
new oats carefully, horses would not
have so much trouble with collie. Be
gin very light, gradually increasing
the amount.
Bee-keepers who do not keep queens
for more than two years clip the right
wing Of queen in eve years and the
left in the odd years. The age OF
queen can thus be told.
Dc o use poison on any of the
trees or plants while in bloom, as do
ing SO may result in the death Of
many trees, which are of great neces
sity in the garden and the orchard
Hens forced for egg production by
high feeding and stimulants may give
the desired number of eggs, but the
future generations VIII show the eff.
feet in weak constitutions.
Forcing a COW for a short periot
cannot always be accepted as the legi
innate of the capacity of any
breed, no matter how we'll authenti
Gated any great performance may be
When pigs are once afflicted with
"bullnose" there is no cure. The dis
ease may be arrested by smoking will
camphor gum. This is done by con
ining the animals in a tightly covered
box and placing a little camphor gun
on a red hot stove lid. They will in
hale the fumes. The trouble is nc
doubt infectious.
Those who scott at the value O.
pedigree have but to look at the hu
man family to see a REPETITION of the
same traits from generation to gener
alton. Is it not Just as plausible to be