The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-03

ment of the bowels, but, in most cases,
this is due to using them too freely. No
green food or root crop should be used at
the expense of grain or roughage except
in part, although they may be more free
ly used than they are, especially sugar
beets. They are especially desirable in
the early spring for sows that nave far
rowed and for new mich cows, greatly in
creasing the milk flow. All farm stock
is fond Of sugar beets and If they are on
the farm or can be bought at a fair price
they should form part Of the ration as
long as they may be had or until the
stock is turned out in the spring.
Egg-Eating Hens.
Fowls that are furnished a ration with
considerable variety containing consider
able meat and who have an abundance of
exercise are not likely to acquire the egg
eating habit, for egg-eating, like feather
pulling, Is acquired because the hens have
nothing to do but take on bad habits. A
busy fowl is not likely to get into mis-
chief.
There are several plans for breaking the
habi which are more or less effective.
One Of the best known methods is to keep
a few porcelain eggs on the floor and in
the nests all the time: another plan is
to furnish dark nests for the hens and
still another is to remove the contents
from several eggs and fill the shell with a
mixture Of flour, ground mustard and red
pepper, using just enough moisture to
make a thick paste. Place the prepared
eggs on the floor of the poultry house.
The egg-eating fowls will attack them
grecdily, but a mouthful or two will sat
isfy them. Water SHOULD be kept handy
so that some of the burn from the condi-
ments may lie removed by the hens
drinking. A few doses of this treatment
will frequently break up the habit. If
none of these plans work then the only
recourse is to the Ratchet.
Treatment Of Old Orchards.
The plan here suggested Is not a new
one by any means, but one which has been
forgotten by many in the scramble to
carry out modern ideas. Many an old and
apparently worthless orchard might be
made Of value by encouraging the growth
Of the young shoots. The writer las In
mind an orchard Of the kind described
which was supposed to be too old to be
worth anything. The large branches were
cut back freely and where a young shoot
with much vigor was found the cut was
made so that this shoot was not injured
and the flow of sap in the main branch re-
tarded. Grating was done in some of
the smaller branches and the trees bore
several good crops of fruit, more than
enough to pay for the work and the after
care of the soil. True, it was taking a
chance, but the labor was not great and
the trees were valueless unless treated
in some such manner. If one has a few
trees that seem to. be valueless this plan
Is worth trying.
SeasonabIe Poultry Hints.
Because it happens to be cold weather
it does not follow that the fowls do not
require water daily. True. they will not
drink nearly as much as in the summer
time, but clean, fresh water should be
given them two or three times daily. On
very cold days try the plan of giving the
poultry water as hot as you can swallow
without burning and it will be found they
will drink this when they turn away from
cold water.
A One-Man Saw. e
It is not an easy task for one man tc
handle a saw large enough and heavy
enough to do the work of saving logs
The suggestion shown in the illustration
is readily worked up and at very small
expense. To a convenient post, or to one
set for the purpose, attach a strip as
shown and brace it well. From this arm
hang, with a wooden pin, another striI
with a heavy spring fastened to the lower
end and to the post. Then attach one Of