The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-12-28

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an 4 liyin' clos. to my
a most torazy about hsns. No
n syou commence talkin' to
Ii kner OF later he'll git yu
back ~ .--, an then he'll go on at 9
grate rate, braggin' about them dumb
chickens Of hisn, till you'd think tibet
all a man he'd III do tn win everlastin'
glory in this world an git rich. is tn git
some Of his breed OF hens an sail In.
Now, this Teller takes a lot Of stock
in yer paper. an blows about yer havin'
more sence than any n he eve hear
tell on.
He was a tellin' me the other day
about how he was o goin' to fix up a hen
house, like a piece he seen in your pa
per, with adoor In, an glass windows in
the front an all SIGH nonsense. Now,
Mr.. Editor, them things is all rite fur
sity, WHARF the folks think they've got
tu put on stile, but what in time do yu
think us farmers want Of ouch fancy rig
gins for q few pesky hens. an tn put in
the barn yard? tole him rite there,
SEE I:
I've lived in this kentry ever since
,S3 Il moved here in the fall of g. whan
Jim was little an Samathy was jest q
gittin' over the ineezles) an I've got hens.
alters keep hens, an l tell yer they git
jest Y good care CT they need, without
eny of yer fancy houses to live in with
ready made nests and chiny eggs ter sit
IN. Is'posc you'll be q givin' 'em balls
an dinners-feed EN- three times a day,
mebby, an make EN- think they've got
he T ightto vote. ehf'
Yer see I like to redicule such things.
/ believe you kin XIII a thing quicker
by ridikulin' ii than by talkin' all day
ez If yu ment 1t.
know ez much about farmin' ez
eny sity editer. II l didn't I'd sell
out.
I started out tn tell wv about fixln' up
fur winter. It's no trouble. eff u body
knows how to go at it. The trouble is,
folks thet reed these farm papers, made
by sity folks that don't kno no moro
aboutthe kentry thap tho man in the
moon, gifts it into their skulls that they We
need lots OF munney TODD things in stile.
But I'll tell yer how !, Zekel Zanzibar,
does things-and I'm an II an out
farmer, one thet knows what he's dom.
I'll begin with the hens. seein' I've
commenced about them. I generally
kill of all my hogs in the fall Cceptin'
two or three sows that l keep ovcr) SC
there's tbs old hog pen to keep the
chickens in. All you've got to do is to
pile straw around the sides and on TOP
sos't will be warm snuff. then put some
boards acrost on tho inside for the hen:
to ruste "a. Then, after you've got
some straw on the floor two or three
inches deep, it's all ready for the hen.
and don't cost . dollar. The hens dom
need no nests they wont lay until warn
wether. SC that's all they need to max,
ena1comfortabel.
Ifecdmyhs65regula every morning
when Idon't forget 1t, and give 'em 1
pan of water every day er SO. They &c
good keer; my worst enemy can't shy
that I don't take keer of my hens. Still
/ don't belieye in maxim a CRATE tusl
over EN- an lo,tin' other things go half
hitch. | alters try to make things equal
I alters fix my hen house like I've bee,
tellin' you. an they alters kun out al
right in the spring. Las winter onl,
three or forr died, an some got nippec
. little with the frost. One hen got he;
fest friz of. but the old fool would ri
out ofdoors every time ! went to feet
them, SO one day I let her stay on
awhile. 1 forgot all about tibet dumb hel
till the mex day. I tno't sure she'e
kick the bucket. but l gave her to IN,
little Johnny an he took such gooe
keer Of her that she FINELY got well.
Now the hogs that I keep over dom
need a regular pen to stay IN thro' tn
the winter. / keep EN- shct up in tn
SUMMED coz sary-that's my wife-don'
like to hey EN- runnin' t1ro' the tate
patch. I hev my grain thrashed clos
to the barn, and then in cold weather
turn hogs inter the straw stack. The,
dig In enuf to keep warm an stay ther
all winter. They are in some danger Q
sufferkatin' but not much. hogs-
both huRin an otherwise-generall
know how TO take keer of themsslvc!
! see I kant rite everything to onet 8
I'LL rite the rest in the x paper. sar
says I'm a nine days wonder (shs refer
to my ritin erbiiities.) But it haint fe
me tn say.
Next time I'll menshun my frien
Kalimaty Jones Chiefs his nik-name
He knows lots an he's reel willin t
give advise.
Zekel Zanzibar
Gee Zekel,s request his letter is pul
lished without the usual corrections-E,
Keep still.