The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-11
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Coar.e Hone Meai for Poultry.

N. r. Rural. ~
As our fowls are necessarily confined
in small yards, we are Gbligedsto sup
ply them with all the essential kinds
OF fond that they would eat it cumming
81 large But prey Gus to the past siS
months d fnl1 supply of shell-formEngy
food has always beentat times neglect.
ed and .ssoft-shelled'' eggs or eggs
without any shells, 4 vefoflowed from
the neglect. About six months ago we
began to feed n fowls bones broken
up tosthe average size of wheat kernels
and we have. never seen a soft shelled
egg since. The fowls arc excessively
fond ofsthss food in small quantities,
apdYa very small quantity suilices to
satisfy them and to insure sufficient
eggg.shell material. This quantity we
have found to be q full handful given
three times q week for every six hens.
Pure broken bones, ready for use, are
sold by all chemical fertilizer firms at
$3 per bag of 200 pounds. and it VIII
be seen thata bag will go Il long way.
Practical stock breeding.
canadian Rnral
"a scrub heifer bred to a thorough
bred bull for her first calf, and then
repeatedly bred to the same bull, will
improve in her breeding SO that each
succeeding calf will be better than the
preceding n ard this to a greater
extent than if she had been bred to
different bulls, though allequally good
and Of the same blood. This rule
holds good withhorses and sheep as
well sas. cattle, Stick a pin right here.
II you + breeding cattle. get a good
bull and keep him. If you calculate
TO breed Durhams, do so; if Holsteins
or any other breed, do SO; but don't
breed to q Durham bull one year and
a Holstem the next. You must stick
to one thing IL you expect to breed
good grades of either; and moro than
this. y cOw that has once been bred to
9 scrub bull, il bred promiscuously to
different bulls, even OF the SAKE breed,
w'u never produce q good calves as
she would II bred several times in sue
cession tothe same individual bull.
: Eating Lemons.
"a good deal has been said through
sstte papers about the healthfuIness Of
lemons. The latest advice as to how to
use them SO they will do the most good.
Is as follows: Most people know the
benefit oflcmonode beforebreakfast. but
few know that it is more than doubled
BY taking another at night also. The
way to get the better OF the bilious
system without blue pills or auinine is
to takesthe juice Of one, two or three
lemons, as Hppet...s Graves, in as much
Ice water as makes it aleasant to drink
without sugar. before going 10 bed.
In the morning. on rising, at least a
half hour before breakfast, take the
juice OF a lemon in goblet of wa.
ter. This will clear the system of hui
NOR and bile with efficiency. without
any Of the weakening effects Of caIo-
mel or congress water. People should
notirritate the stomach BY eating lem
n clear; the powerful acid Of the
juice. which is always most corrosive,
invariably produces inflammation af-
ter q while, but, properly di-
1uted SO that it does not burn or draw
the throat, it does its medical work
without harm, and, when the stomach
a. clear Of food, has abundant oppor-
tnnity to work over the system thor
5nIlghiy. says . medical authority:
Preserving Eggs.
M exchange has the following u Q
gslatsonsto offer win regard to preserY-
ing egge; Farmers who have large
auAntities.o eggsto preserve, store
keepers who take eggs sin trade and
al others who handle large quantities
II eggs, depend upon lime water as a
preservatiye. Casks OF various kinds
are used TO hold the eggs. and some