The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16

ends OF the wool hang over and carry
the rain off the sleeps back, whereas
by clipping the back wool short the
rain goes straight to the skin. What
ever pccuniary advantage it may bring
to the seller is certainly at the buyers
expense, except. of course, when tho
sheep are sold for slaughtering. and
ever IN the latter case there is a dam
aged fleece.
Shelter III Pastures.
In some sections of the country,
says The Gernsamtown Telegraph, pas
lures are supplied with shade trees
that serve as a shelter from the rays
OF a s%corching sun and a partial shell
ter from the pelting of a merciless
storm. When this natural provision
does not exist some sort of shelter
should be provided temporarily. This
may be accomplished by erecting one
or two sheds without any sldlng-a
simple roof that while atfording shell
ter also admits a free circulation of air.
This OF curse for early spring or late
fall shelter, when storms prevail,
would not be as suitable as an inclosd
structure. Where pastures are so sit
uated as to have no open connection
with the barnyard or farm buildings
to which the cattle can go for shelter
from storms it would be well to erect
q shed with large doors that may be
thrown open in hot weather or kept
closed for stormy weather. A struct.
ure of this kind need not be expensive
nor so elaborate in construction but
that any farmer of average capacity
could erect it alone. The roof might
be made OF boards and replaced when
worn or too badly warped. All the
lumber that need be required would be
two stills the length of tho building,
six by SIX inches, two of u
length to correspond with the width
of the structure; four or six posts OF
the same dimensions, six feet long Gas
the shelter need not be high), two
plates and two cross-beams Tor three
if the length requires that the middle
be tied) o Il by six inches; a ridge.
pole of the length of the building: two
pieces four by tour inches to serve rs
purlin-plates with which to form the
root OF boards putting them up and
down, and some short pieces to use rs
braces and 10 support ridge-pole and
purlins, and studding for the doors.
The siils may be halved together. also
the plates and cross-beams, and the
posts cut square and spiked. Such a
structure twelve by twenty feet would
require about six hundred feet of tim
Der and one thousand feet OF boards
and a few pounds of nails. Is there a
farmer unwilling to do so little for the
comfort of his animalsp
Honey from Red Clover.
Mr.. w. M. Chapel, of Kingston,
Wis, writes to Tie Bee Journal: NV
bees are partly black and partly
hybrid Italians. l began the season
with twenty-five colonies in box hives,
and increased them to tifty-two. |
have secured only one hundred pounds
of surplus comb honey. The season
has been very poor in this vicinity, and
bees have not done much. 1t will be
difficult for some of them to gather
enough honey to winter on. l have
heard a great deal said about bees
working on red clover, but l thought
IT to be mostly advertising material.
The other day l was crossing Il field of
red clover (second crop in full bloom,
and to my surprise l found my bees
working on it by the Thousands. Lex.
amined more closely and found about
t~hree-fourths of them gathering honey,
and the balance pollen. The honey
%gatherers would run their heads into
the petal and crowd it down until they
split the blossom and secured the nee
tar. l went TO my apiary and found
my bee falling like snowflakes in front
of every hive, while underneath this
falling mass there shot out from every
hive Il stream ut lightning speed. More
than two-thirds of those returning
laden with the sweets of the field would
fail on the alighting. board and on the
ground. | watched the bees in their
flight, and | found them coming and
going like an ocean tide to and from
the southeast, which is in the direc-
tion of the red clover. / Immediately
repaired to the b~uckwheat lot (about
three acres), to the northeast thirty
or forty rods, and found only Il few
scattering bees lurking on the bios
sons. 1t was about noon. and this
was continued through the afternoon.
l then and there concluded that +. rs
well rs other folks, had bees that
would work on red clover.
Tho Open Air silo.
M. Houles, of France, the discovcrer
of the plan of preserving green forage
IN the open air, continues to record his
uniform success. The whole secret of
his open air silo consists in uniform
and uninterrupted pressure, so as to
ecu the the expulsion of the air, and
thus prevent the decomposition of the
mass. The soiling ought to be carted
to the place for stacking, as soon after
being cut as possible. There is no
necessity to wait for its being dried;
humidity is not at all au obstacle; nor
is rain. ave when it interferes serious
ly with work. Spread the forage uni
formly, keep the stack from leaning,
pile up slowly, so as to allow the mass
to settle down Il little, and the fermen-
tatlon to commence, thus securing
tenderness in the forage. Select
planks sixteen inches wide and one
incl thick; allow them to project a
few inches over the side of the stack.
Cover the planks with earth, firewood,
stones, ETC., at the rate of twenty-three
quarts per square yard. 10 open the
stack FOR use, it could be constructed
on the principal of a series of parallel
walls, and S % obvlate all difficulty.
The drawback Of the open air silo lies
in not being able to count upon keep
ing the erection of the stack perpen-
dicular.
A Reminder OF a Running Brook.
"When l go to the city," said Far.
mer Furrow to Deacon Dewgood, II
always like to drink out of a narrow
mouthed Jug"
"Does tho liquor taste any better
than when it's in a glassp'