The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-11-27

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portion of a barrel hoop so tina when the
stool is in use the pail used will rest on
the floor and have but little space be-
tween its circumference near the top and
the hoop. The legs are placed at the an
gle shown and Il hole is cut in the back
end of the board SO that the device may
be hung up out of the way when not in
use. Anyone with a few tools and a lit
tie lumber can make several of these milk
ing stools in a day SO that each mixer
will have his own. BY the use of such a
stool the mixer is comfortable and there
is no danger Of the pail slipping from be-
tween the knees as it often does in the
old way of milking.
Balins Shredded Corn Slower.
Since it has been demonstrated that corn
stover is economically shredded much of
this work is being done and it has been
noticed that considerable Of this shredded
stoVer is being put on to the market in
sections where considerable feed has to
be bought. OF course this baling is done
by men who are familiar with baling hay,
but there is no reason why the farmer
canno do it himself if he is located near
a market where there is likely to be a
demand for the stover put up in such a
manner; where there is a shortage of the
hay crop or of crops used by stock as
roughage there is likely to be a market
for the baled corn slower. Care must be
use, however, to have it properly cured be-
fore it is baled. 1t should be cured in the
shock as much as possible and then fin
ished in the barn. After the slower is
Cht.nIlnH II will 11Sl1n1lI, Gyunn Cnnoa and
when this Is over it is fit to bale. 1t is
advised that one look into the conditions
near at home ami see what the opportuni-
ties are for a market for baled corn
Stover.
lmpaction of the Stomach.
One can hardly estimate the damage done
to stock by the many improper methods
of feeding. A skilled veterinarian told
the writer recently that full one-half of
his cases were due to improper feeding
and the main sickness he had to cure was
Indigestion in the usual forms or impac-
ton of the stomach which resulted from
chronic Indigestion. Impaction of the
stomach is due entirely to feeding too
much coarse and dry food and is easily
prevented by feeding a fair amount of
soft and succulent food with each days
rations. If it were not for the fact that
the majority of COW have a chance to re-
cuperatc during the summer by being on
pasture, the loss of COWS from impaction
of the tomac would be SO great that it
would be considered an epidemic. Several
fortunes have been made III this country
by as many men with remedies for indi-
gestion in animals, all of which trouble
might have been avoided if the owners of
the animals had properly fed them.
Horses fare better in this respect than
COWS and mainly Because they get more
water. If a horse is driven on the road he
is allowed to drink several times a day,
while the poor COW must be satisfied with
two or at most three times daily at the
water. Work some root crops and some
bran maslles into the daily ration of the
never mind if you don't think these
things make much milk, they will, at least,
keep the stomach in good condition. The
! usual remedy for ~compaction of the stom-
ach is a purge made of one pound of epson
salts, one ounce Of ground ginger root,
| one-half ounce powdered gamboge and q
cupful of, molasses, all in two quarts of
warm water. After giving this dose give
a mixture consisting of two ounces Of
whisky and a half drachm of fluid extract
of nux vomica in a pint Of warm faxseed
tea every five hours until the bowels move
freely.
Light Feeding of Horses.
The writer has been taken to task be-
cause he insists that the majority of farm
heavy r. &c understood maj this annlies
to the horses that are expected to dc
heavy farm work only, although many of
~ +t,o 800 n.orl basidas c+,tistios shor,
No. I,orsas IN cities ara ,nI1oh hattar faa
49, .bnsa on tha farm FarH ,nnIa ~
average road horse in the city, the cab
nb ~ 49, ua;abt are fad fo,ra o' 70 80, -
~, no,,ds n9 oa+s ana tan - .waino
: ~ 10 doiI,,. ,r ~ - go ."et,e
- mas 80 ronarana 10 " - ~,
49, - :. af 49, : y ~ us : "D ~
NEE pouius ~ 80 Isn pou W. VI oa.s
~ eeS pou 49, a'loh
LOT ne = 10y ~, & m, no WIZ Is Nearer
one-half more than the figures civen for
the horses doing lighter work. Compare
these rations with those fed by the aver
age farmer? How many farmers feed
oats as a part of the regular ration? How
MANY of them feed hav? In TOO many
cases the ration is corn for grain and corr