Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-12-03


use on a light one-horse wagon. The il
lustraticn needs little description. the main
points being to nave the pole made of
tough lumber and about two inches square
1T the small end and three aud one-half
inches square at the other end. The cicle
should be made of two-inch wagon fell
loes. Bolt the shaft couplings to the cir
Gle, the double tree resting on the tongue
where the circle is bolted to the tongue.
This wagon pole is quickly attached and
Is very light. hence not a burden on the
horses. and the expense for making it is
small.
Storing Seed Potatoes.
In many sections of the country it is not
possible to keep seed potatoes through the
winter in good shape; then in other places
farmers do not have the proper sheds or
cellars for such work, hence. in either
rasc, it is best to buy the seed tubcrs in
the spring. OF course this is Il heavy cH-
pense and, in the opinion of many ought
not to be advocated. but surely it is more
profitable to buy good seed and have Il
good crop than to plant seed tina is in
ferior because 1t has not been properly
stored. In the central states and in the
northern south a good way to save the
| seed tubers is to bury them out of doors:
this Is done by keeping them in the cellar
until there is danger of them freezing
there. when they are removed to a pro-
tected place out of doors. placed in long
piles about three feet wide, covered with
straw Il foot deep over which is thrown a
few inches deep of dry sand. AS the
weather gets colder more straw and more
sand is added, the quantity, or rather the
depth. depending upon the severity of the
weather. The idea is to keep them just
nlCNn tho frcyinc mint In an11n,- on chad
storage the tubers should be thoroughly
dry when stored and should be placed in
barrels or crates and these set on timbers
several inches off the ground SO that there
will be a free circulation of air. The tenn
perature of the place of storage should be
er care the seed potatoes can be kept in
excellent condition by either of the plans
named.
Water for Farm Animals.
1t is admitted that water is essential to
the we'll being of humans and if this is so
why should anyone presume to think that
animals can get along with little or no
water? Yet that is the plan on which
many farmers work. The cows and horses
are. perhaps. properly watered but the
other farm animals are given little water.
In a series of experiments carried on by
the writer n number of years ago it was
found that sheep. swine and poultry gave
us nearly twenty per cent. better returns
when regularly and carefully watercd than
when the water was given but occasional
~. That is. the egg supply was large
from the hens, and the sheep and hogs
kept to the desired weight. More than
this We found there was less trouble with
diseases. particularly those that had the
stomach for their base of attack. 1t is
now Il regular practice TO give all animals
on the farm regular supplies of clean wa
ter. In watering the sheep and swine
troughs are provided and kept for the
purpose. After the animals have drunk
the troughs are removed so that there is
no chance of them being defiled. 1t will
pay every time to water all farm animals
regularly and with clean water.
Feeding Green Cut Bone.
Mention has been made in this depart
ment about the value of green cut bones
for laying hens. The term means the
bones that are fresh mot those that have
tain around until they nave become dry),
ground in a bone mill until like meal. In
beginning 10 feed green cut bone to the
hens, and the feeding of it should begin
as soon as the hens are put in winter
quarters, give 1t to them at the rate of
about one-half ounce per head twice each
week for some six weeks, then gradually
increase the quantity until at Christmas
dIiO u liiClt VII luCy u IidNiI IL I'LL
tie more than an ounce per hen three times
n week. In feeding 1t Il good plan is to
mix 1t with one of the grain feeds for the
day and try and scatter this grain so
that each hen is likely to get her share of
the green bone. Another good way is to
scatter the allowance through the chat
in the scratching shed, together with a
scant supply of wheat at the midday meal
and let the hens gather it by scratching for
it. If too much of it is used, and particu-
larry If corn is n part of the grain RAJ
ton, 1T causes fat and thus makes trou-
BILE with the egg production. Just here a
word about green cut clover for laying
hens. If one has a supply of clover hay
cut a portion of it up into inch lengths
and after wetting 1t thoroughly feed IL
several times a week. If no clover is or
hand buy some of the cut kinds that are
put up especially for poultry. Feeding cui
clover will add wonderfully to the egg
supply.
Comfortable Quarters for Stock.
Most farmers. except the shiitless ones
are quite willing to make their stock COM
Portable during the winter, but say they
are unable to do so because they cannot
afford to buy this. that or the other. In
some cases 1t is necessary to buy more
or less material, but on most farms tbs
question of comfort for animals is simply
- N''st'SH VI d hNtic iliStiuity III tue puTl
Of their owner. For example: there gre
many cracks between the boards In the
stable and one cannot afford to buy the
necessary lumber for repairs. Go to the
nearest town where a newspaper is pub
lished and you can buy enough old copies
for 80 cents TO close all the cracks in every
out building you own; 81 cents for tacks
and % cents for third grade laths will com.
pletc the fund necessary to spend. Their
the out buildings may be set on posts al
each corner with open spaces between
Get a lot of the old lumber around the
arm. put It In position and bank soil W