The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-03-13

Start slowly with poultry.
The horse must have fresh air.
The goose lays a score or We Of
eggs III a ear.
Earliness is one of the main items
IN raising broilers.
There is q large opportunity for
improvement in horses.
Beware Of the oily-voiced tree agent.
Buy of firms of known integrity.
II is the wise poultryman who
studies the comfort of his fowls.
a weed cut uafore seeding means
hundreds less for the ground to be
feeding.
A little ground charcoal mixed with
the chicks feed will help keep away
digestive troubles.
Common salts will prove a reliable
laxative where a physic is needed in
the treatment Of swine.
Onions, beets, spinach. radishes and
lettuce may be sown as soon as the
ground can be worked easily.
Eggs cannot be produced without
heterogeneous food in some shape.
Bones are absolutely essential.
Hardness in poultry is not indicat-
I'd by color or plume. Hardness de-
ponds upon the care of the fowl.
Any man who has ever had corns or
Sunions can sympathize with a horse
that has tender feet from any cause.
The successful business man stud
ies the requirements of the market
method.
Go over all garden tools and see
that they are repaired or replaced
with new ones before next seasons
work begins.
Plant a quart or two of onion sets
as soon as the ground can be worked,
White or yellow sets of the smallest
size are best.
A boar Of heavy zone is more to
be desired than one Of slight build.
Fneness as a quality is more desir-
able in the sow.
Every farmer should try to have a
good garden every year, as it goes a
great way in supplying the table with
pure, healthfuI food.
The average farm hen produces
about six dozen eggs yearly, which is
just about enough to pay her expenses
and leave a little profit.
The period Of CESSATION with the SOW
IS 112 days, or 16 weeks, and seldom
varies to a great extent. Keep your
service record accordingly.
A small plot, even If 1t is not more
than a rod square, on which new
seeds can be tried out is interesting
and quite often of real value.
The hog raiser is getting started
right when he buys a few we'll bred
sows or a pure bred boar. Let every
farmer aim to produce better hogs.
Our hogs fail to maintain their
size, first. because they do not get
enough feed, and second. because
they do O get the right kinds OF
feeds.
Too much care cannot be taken In
buying nursery stock. It's heartbreak.
ing to care for trees for four or five
years only to discover that they are
worthless.
Most hen houses are not sufficiently
well ventilated, particularly at night
Pure air SupplleQ without causing q
draft is necessary to he health and
productiveness Of the fowls.
With turkeys 1t is we'll to avoid
;%nbreeding, but it is better to keep
the same male W years and mate
20 his own offspring than to select a
rio of chicks year after year with
out introducing fresh blood.
Black feathers In white varieties
are a disqualification. but such feath'
ers unless too frequent are very often
,ound in the whitish birds and are us
.uallv removed by expert exhibitor:
before the fowls are shown.
charcoal is one OF the most essen
ria, articles in the food in successful
poultr farming. Place ears of corr
on cob in over until charred. and ther
shell of corn and feed to chickens
An immediats change will be noticed
IN the condition. Of fowls and egg pro