Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-06-08

1t takes more brain than muscle 10 sue
ceed. in the poultry business.
Keep the mother hen cooped in the
garden and the chicks will benefit you
greatly by ~devouring the insects and do
no harm to the growing crops.
An egg is composed of all the elements
that sustain life, and unless the hens are
supplied with these elements they can no
more furnish eggs than a COW can furnish
a large supply of milk on insufficient
food. Not only is the carbonaceous ma
terial required for the yolk, but the
heterogeneous matter composing the white
Of the egg is essential. Wheat and oats
come nearer furnishing a perfect food
than any other grains because lhey not
not only furnish the elements named, but
also the mineral elements whic,i mus 81
also be supplied.
A constant watch for lice is necessary
remember there are two or three kinds
| one the large body lice which remain or
the fowls all the time, and another, &
smaller kind, which infest every crack
and crevice in the poultry hou~se-besides
the red mites which can be found on the
| under eide Of the perches and where the
perches Its'.
Mixed breeds may be perfectly salts
factory SO far as the income at market
values is concerned, but they are not
nearly SO attractive and inter esting; con.
sequently will not be likely to receive the
same loving care which always brings
such satisfactory returns in many ways
When the little chicks become droopy
and have sy mptoms Of cholera give them
a mixed feed Of meal and homemade
soap. If they can't eat put a pill of it
down their thro6ts. Such q feed for two
or three days will revive them wonder.
fully.
In the poultry districts of France the
food consists Of milk, buttermiik, bar
ley, oatmeal and rice, And the French,
perhaps, understand the fattening of
fowls more thoroughly than any other
people. They ship millions Of them to
English and French markets.
The proper time to water horses is just
| before they eat, not afterward. Water.
ing after eating is the cause Of more
| deaths of horses by collie than any othel
| cause. Use good common horse sense in
feeding and watering and care for your
stock.
/ will tell the children a secret by
! which they may scoop many others in
| the matter of raising fine chickens for the
show; yes, and fine breeders, too. just
| feed them plenty Of oatmeal, especially
while they are growing.
Little chicks can be fed hard crushed
feed as soon as they are old enough to eat
| gravel. but the grain will be better for
them if boiling water is poured upon il
| and allowed to stand until cool.
BY using the best seed the more vigor.
Gus and healthy plants are secured. and
then by giving good cultivation a growth
is made, and in this way large crops are
secured.
If it is your wish as a farmer to bt
highly successful, don't spread out over
| too much area. In other words, Don
| bite off more than you can chew"
Few root crops are more profitable thar
| carrots. They are an excellent food 70,
! horses and colts, and they stimulate thu
flow Of milk in cows.
The lee side of the barn is no better
! roost for the bob sleds during the srriur
rims than it WAS for the wagon duripl
the winter SHOWS.
Keep the young cattle growing steadily
Best authorities agree that feed goe,
further with the young animal than witt
the old.
The farther you are from market TIA,
greater is your need Of condensipg pro
ducts by feeding grain and slower to you
animals.
There is O comfort in a good, stron.
harness than there is in an accident i'm
! surance policy, sometimes,