The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-12-17

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and eight inches vide. The plank selected
should be two feet longer than the trough
when finished, this two foot length be-
Ing cut off the end Of each plank to be
used for the end pieces as described. The
two long pieces are spiked together edge
wise and form the body of the trough.
Take a piece of plank ten inches square,
saw in two diagonally and nail in either
end of the trough, then cut two pieces,
one for each end OF the trough. like that
shown in figure l of the illustration.
These rests are three feet long and cut
from 2x6 material, notches three inches
deep being cut in the center in which the
trough rests. This not only gives strength
to the trough but prevents it's spreading
apart and leaking. To give additional
strength and also weight, cut two other
pieces Of board the same size and shape
as the rests, but without the notch, and
nail across the end Of the trough as
shown. To the top of the frame bolt a
TWO by four strip of board the length Of
the trough to prevent tho animals from
stepping into 1t. OF course it is under.
stood that both ends of the trough are
alike and like the end Illustrated.
Curing Collie in Horses.
1t would not be fair to say that the fol-
lowing remedy would always cure collie
In horses for there are several kinds of
troubles coming under the name of colo
and arising from different causes. The or
binary collie or spasmodic collie as 1T Is
known to veterinarians may be usually
corrected by the following remedy. Take
four ounces each of essence of pepper
mint, tlacture of opium, %tincture Of ginger,
sulphuric ether and spirits of nitre; mix
well. Put two tab!espoonfuls Of this mix
ture in a pint of warm water and give to
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minutes. II relief does not follow give
half doses every half hour until the pain
Is less severe. In case the bowels do not
move freely give the horse a pint dose of
pure raw linseed oil. This remedy for
collie should be kept on every farm, for
while some cases Of collie may occur which
are beyond the reach Of the remedy 1t
will be found to effect a cure, or at least
give relief, in the majority Of cases.
Eggs and Breeding Stock.
II one keeps fowls for egg production it
is reasonable to expect that they will be
stimulated as much as possible in order to
obtain the eggs, but when this is done
one ought not tc expect that the eggs
laid by these hens will hatch well. 1t Is
asking too much from hen nature. 1t Is
not meant to convey the idea that the hens
which furnish the eggs for market cannot
be expected to furnish eggs which will
hatch. but only that one should not ex-
pect the percentage of returns at the
Matching period that might fairly be ex-.
pected from hens that had not been pushed
SO hard during the winter. The best way.
of keeping up the flock from the eggs
raised on&the farm is to select the best
hens from the breeders and, during the
three months before their eggs are needed
for Matching, feed them rations which will
give them strength and vitality without
melting them to egg production. If any
great quantity Of eggs was required for
Matching 1t would not, Of course, be pos
sible to do this and still obtain the eggs
needed for market. In such q n event it
would be best to buy eggs for Matching
from some reliable breeder. 1t Is not an
easy task to properly handle the flock so
as to have eggs for market and also eggs
for Matching, and this Is where many of
the failures come in which discourage
farmers In poultry raising. AS one gains
experience one also gains discrimination
and then the work Of obtaining the COM
5ination Is easier.
Using Insecticides on Orchards.
One of the readers of this department
Objects to the space given to advocating
the usesof Bordeaux mixture and other In
secticides on orchards Because farmers
have not the time to give to this work.
The only reply one can make to this OBJ
lection is that the farmer who cannot find
the time to properly care for his trees
would better cut them down and use the
land they occupy for crops which he can
find time to cultivate. In objections SINH
lar to that given lies the cause forsnla1y
Of the failures In farming and fruit grow
Ing. The best orchardists In the country,
those that feed and cultivate the soil iii
which their trees are standing, recognize
the fact thatseven this good care will not
ward of the attacks of Insects, and they
<tseythe spraS as q part of the requisite.
culture The man;who cannot :and time to
no all of his farm work properly would
find 1t a good plan to cut off portions Of
1t until the work is well within his: capabil-.
ities,4for he will make more profit than by
his present method OF working IT Is the
men who cannot find time whose fowls
roost in the trees and feed around the
kitchen door and who complain that
+ poultry keeping ~ does not pay. s III
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on the majority OF farms considerable
Il time is spent In the bltrns during the win
ter. and vet there lis scarcely one barn In
ten that contains any Of the little con-
veniences wnieh will enable one to work
to advantage. Two days, labor and a;
bundle ofsoid newspapers and d few tacks
are all that's necessary to fill In or cover
the cracks so that wind would not
slblow In and chill the animals. Then a
few boards laid over tho cracks In the hay
loft would prevent thu dust from coming
down on the horses d COWS and save so
much al eaning. A eNtSdaVS 0f lahor and