The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24

The busy hen lays best.
Keep the boar by himself.
Maintain regularity In all things.
Green bone Is very rich In phos-
phate Of lime.
Chickens will not stand crowding.
they are o warn blooded.
Nothing IL more desirable In horse
flesh than tractability and gentleness.
When the days are long. some peo-
pie have just that much more time to
kill.
II the market value OF feed Is un-
satisfactory. sell II to the cows and
shoats.
Sheep, II given half a chance. and
II OF good healthy stock are sure to
pay their way.
Keep of the surplus fat by feeding
muscle-producing foods and giving
plenty OF exercise.
Remember that the wood ashes are
the best kind of fertilizer for the or
chard. lawn or garden.
Skim milk from the right kind OF
separator has left in 1t only a half OF
] per cent. Of butter fat.
Beg, borrow or buy all the wood
ashes you can to use In the garden;
work II we'll into the soil.
Celery delights In a low. rich. heavy.
moist soil and is usually grown upon
the same land year after yea
Save every bit Of the hen manure
Keep II dry and put II on some crop
next spring. Worth Its weight In gold.
Keep a close watch over the suck
ling colts. A blemish or an injury
now may ruin the value OF the future
horse.
Cows will not give better milk han
the feed you place before them. They
can't. Give only the best and the pur-
est food.
Experienced onion growers dc not
advise or follow the practice OF plant
ing onions on raw or new land as a
FIRST crop.
The man who dubbed the hog a
mortgage litter" was posted, he
knew something Of the possibilities OF
the animal.
A small flock Of vigorous sheep on
the farm, II given good care, canno
help but yield good returns for the
money invested.
The land that was plowed in the
fall for next years garden will work
up better than that that must be
plowed in the spring.
A mixture OF corn and oats--two
parts oats to n OF corn-is a good
working ration. Cracked corn Is pre-
ferable to finely ground.
Breeding ewes and store sheep will
winter we'll on good. bright wheat
straw and stubble grasses and half
pound OF corn given to each daily.
~. 1890. xNxtt.,n 80 ka tba LAD
ing market animals. best on the farm,
best In the market and one OF the
prosperous live stock propositions for
1913.
A feeder may have his bin full OF
grain. but unless he has SUN Client
roughage to balance up the ration he
will be shy on his profit at the end Of
the season.
Frequent cultivation Of the garden
reduces the damage done by cut
worms. Cultivation exposes the
worms to the sun, which is often
fatal to them.
Keep over a few of the best ewes
of your own breeding each year. even
though they are not so good as you
might buy. It will make your flock
more uniform all the tine.
A successful way that turkeys can
be grown 10 to hatch them under
hens (chicken hens preferred) and
brood them with turkey hens that
are two or more years of age.
The cellar needs q little thought
these days. ventilate well at night
ana shat the doors and windows dur
ing the daytime. You can keep the
cool night air II and the warmer air
out.
The value Of skimmilk ~ q food
FOR young and growing pigs has long
been recognised and several expert
ment stations have made comparative
,esots with other fssds obtaining Quiss