The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-24
Hens need green food.
ventilate the hen house.
Fruit n splendid medicine.
Dogs and chickens don't mix.
Half-bred cows give half-pails q
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The easiest way to eradicate weeds
on the farm 10 to prevent their going
to seed.
A shed OF crotches and poles. COW
cred with straw. 10 cheap. warm and
businesslike.
Don't feed the brood SOW heavy 10
tons OF corr when within q month
Of narrowing.
Keep dust and stun out OF your
! milk. You can't strain II out. Re-
member that.
The ability to produce profit is Q
standard by which all farm stock
must be measured.
Silage made " corn and soy beans
Is more digestible than that made
from orr silage alone.
You can weaken the constitution OF
your horse by making them carry a
burden OF useless Hesn.
Whole bats placed on a dry. raised
platform are a most profitable feeds
for young and growing pigs.
To be OF much good for feeding.
corn ought to have pretty good ears
on It. These are what count.
Dat straw Is a pretty good substi-
tute and makes very good roughage
when fed with plenty OF grafns.
The AYRSHIRE and Guernsey type
OF dairy cattle are increasing In IA
vor In the middle western states,
Individual excellence Is the only
safe guide to be depended upon In
selecting cows to build up good
herd.
Some day we are going to find hat
as good a way as any TO use the sur
plus sour milk is to give IL to the
hens.
One good dairy cow OF the right con.
formation Ia more OF an adjunct
than several beefy animals with poor
udders.
Has the kitchen garden a raspberry
patch? They are hardy, excellent
bearers. and certainly one Of the most
delicious fruits.
The cow that m fresh In the
fall Is really fresh twice during the
year. the second time when grass
comes In spring.
III corn Is TO be the main grain ra-
ton for the cows, some bran or alfalfa
hay will balance II nicely. But 1t ID
not necessary to feed both.
The mangel grows well. both north
and south, and on good soil will pay
az well as any other feeding crop In
It's proper place In the ration.
The wise dairy farmer has provided
himself with a bunch Of shoats and
will make 9 or 10 cent pork out OF
cheap skim milk this winter.
At all times keep plenty OF oyster
shells. coarse gravel. fresh water. and
milk before the chickens. In cold
weather give them warm water and
milk.
1t is wrong TO expect the COW 10
yield a large profit simply because
she is well bred. She must have feed
and care or the breeding will amount
to nothing.
Snap beans. lima beans and navy
beans are tap-rooted plants and re-
qulre deep. mellow soil. Break the
soil deeply and pulverize 1t we'll be-
fore you plant beans.
Experimenters say II takes about
ten bushels Of corn to make 100
pounds Of pork. but when the corn In
fed with skimmilk. eve bushels will
make the same weight.
The successful dairy farmer must
provide winter feed OF a s%ucculent ma
ture. The silo In the best answer and
next to this IL roots. These are be-
coming more popular every year.
Don't imagine that the profits OF the
dairy business depend entirely upon
the creamery. and not upon the farm
or farmer. The dairy must be right
before the creamery car bring the
money.
II you haven't . respectable sized
orchard on the place. don't stand In
your own light any longer but set q
out. The preserves Sans. marina
ladies', etc. that yoS eujoy 20 much
through the tsll ana winter should
remind you Of the necessity Of hav-
inr q 6rst-cIass and xood-oiged oR