The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-06-06
Spray for insect pests.

Never mix chicks of different ages.
The perches for fowls should be
low
The sire is the handspring in the
dairy works
You cannot afford to overlook the
health Of your fowls.
Early matches are nine times out of
ten more prohtably than late ones.
It's no longer possible to farm sue
work
The sheep is just as efficient ma
nure spreader as he is manure
maker.
Hens suffer from damp hen house,
so it is well to keep the floor covered
with litter
Grow your peach trees SO that
six-foot ladder will be long enough
for harvesting
If applying nitrate of soda sprinkle
around the plant and then stir or
rake into the soil
,,,ta 20 For hot n n.
ing set them in dry place where the
ventilation is good.
II you do not intend to use hens for
Matching break them up at once and
get them to laying again.
Remember all kinds Of stimulating
fertilizers should by no means be al
lowed to touch the leaves of plant.
Red raspberry rows should be about
six feet apart, plants spaced NO feet
apart in the row $3.50 to the acre).
Start the brooder day or two be-
fore putting in the chicks to see that
the heating apparatus is working prop
erly.
Heroic pruning measures are need
ed to bring many old trees into bear
ing; but it need not all be done the
first year.
In cool weather 10 to 13 chicks are
sufficient for one hen, while in warm
er weather 15 to 20 can be cared for
successfully.
A pound Of clover seed to the bushel
of small grain helps to give ones land
the clover habit. and prepares the way
for a good stand.
A 200 bushel yield of potatoes per
acre removes from the soil 46 pounds
of nitrogen, q pounds of phosphorlc
acid and "A pounds of potash.
An apple tree that has been prop
erly pruned from the time 1t is set
needs comparatively little attention
when it reaches bearing age.
The scratching hen will have bet
ter vitality, and a better laying rec
ord than the lazy hen that waits by
the gate for the next feed to be doled
out.
There Is this to say for incubator
Matching: Mites and other pests are
not waiting outside the shell ready %
pounce on the helpless chick as soon
as 1t emerges.
High fertility is exceedingly impor-
tant for cabbage. This crop must
have an abundance of quickly avail
able plant food. Application of nj
trate of soda usually pays.
A pig must not be allowed to stop
growing. III it does, the loss is not
confined only to the days of unthrift
but all the food consumed afterward
is likely to give less profit.
For a straight hog fence it has been
found that twentysix inches is not
high enough. If there are to be no
barb wires on top of the hog fence
should not be less than thirty inches
high.
Plants send their rootlets a surpris-
ing distance in search of food and wa
ter. and these rootlets show almost
human intelligence in travelling around
stones and other distractions to gain
their end
When plowing the land for parsnips
and other deep-growing root plants,
plow deep and keep the manure down
deep; otherwise you will have a lot of
surface roots instead of the long,
straight roots desired.
The silo will help you meet the feed
ing problem, enable you to save about
40 per cent. of the feeding value OF
the corn plant and make it possible
for the farm crop to maintain more
animals. The silo is a good invest
ment.
Fall plowing is to be preferred to