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

harness has touched. Wipe off the mols-
ture with a dry rag and before bedtime go
over the animal with the brush and curry,
cleaning it thoroughly. The horse will
sleep better for being clean and its owner
will also sleep better because of a duty
to a helpless beast well performed. See
that the bedding is clean and dry and, il
the r;sht promises to be cold, have the
ordsa, ,Gndupt. y horse groomed and
bed, "a8e ,scrlbed is not likely to have
mango. :.. of the experiment stations
claims taal a . per cent. solution of chloro-
naphtholeum applied twice a week will
cure the mango on horses. 1t is we'll worth
trying. but try the cleaning plan as q
preventive and there may be no need for
the drug remedy.
Dipping Sheep for Ticks.
1t seems as if it ought not to be nee
essary to advise sheep ra.sers TO olp 'he
sheep before they go into winter quar-
tiers in the fall, but the many complaints
received each winter of sheep doing poor
" owing to the presence of the ticks, is
evidence that the advice to dip is not
needed. This work ought to have been
lone before. but if the weather IS sun
warm and pleasant it should by all means
be done at once. DO the work gust as IL
is done in the spring, using any DIP that
has been found satisfactory. Even IN the
weather turns a triilc cold after the Dip
ping has been lone no harm will be done
if one is careful to properly protect the
sheep from chilling draughts OF ar ana
keep them in a closed shed or stable thaI
is quite warm until they are thoroughly
dry. 1t is worth some trouble to nave the
sheep free from this pest, which reduces
its vitality and prevents 1t from Setllls
the most from its food.
Roots for Hog Cholera.
hi claim has been made that if hog
are fed regular rations of root crops such
feeding Will prevent cholera. The state
ment is too broad, for, while it Is admit
ted thai roots will do much to keep the
hos in good condition, preserving the ami
malls vitality and enabling it to fight Off
disease, such rations would be of no avail
if the animals were surrounded by ev-
erything conducive to the dread disease
such as a filthy pen and a more filthy
yard, damaged grain for food and impure
drinking water. After an experience or
more than a quarter of a century in swine
raising I believe that cholera is due Whoi-
ly to filthy quarters and the other con
ditions just mentioned. True, the dis
ease is contagious or, more property, in
fectious. but even then few hogs will be
afflicted if they have been properly fed
and housed. The feeding of roots is adj
visable and by all means practice 1t, but
do not consider it a cure for cholera or
wen a preventive.
Complaints or lalnCcd EG9Ss
In many sections farmers who have
large fiocks of poultry could make con-
siderable money by selling eggs to deal
ers who make large shipments to the city
If they were more careful in feeding the
fowls and in gathering the eggs. Eggs
are quickly tainted by the food eaten by
the hen and they also absorb odors read
lily, hence it follows that care must be
used in feeding and also in selecting a
,1,ao Fe, tln a,ryc n 1Nn liant lIr1ti il .t1au
are to be sold. Spoiled meat, offal, dam
aged grain or grain that is nlusty will
give an odor to the egg that makes it IN
salable. If one is located so that it is
not profitable to carry eggs to market Il
good trade can be secured by getting in
communication With the dealers referred
TO, men who gather eggs for shipment to
the cities. Such men are found in all
large towns and they will find a way of
calling for your supply of eggs If they
can be assured hat they are fresh and
untainted. Not only this, but they will
pay a fair price for such eggs and enable
the raiser to give his time to caring for
the hens who produce them. The demand
for fresh eggs always exceeds the sup
ply and though the price may seem low in
some sections, if one can get a reputation
for furnishing first class eggs the price
obtained will make the work profitable.
Feeding Roots to Stock.
Admitting that the bulk of all root
crops suitable for feeding animals Is
waste, it is still claimed that they are
valuable foods provided no material re-
duction Is made in the quantity of the
more concentrated foods and the rough
age. We know from experience that root
croops Slightly increase the flow of. milk
in cows, but leaving this out of the ques-
ton, if at the small cost Of a few bushels
of roots fed ar animal during the winter
months, we increase its vitality, improve
its digestion and keep it in perfect health,
is it not a profitable proposition? This is
precisely what root crops will do for farm
animals all the way from the horse to
the poultry. Keep this not only as a re-
minder to feed root crops this winter, but
to grow a good supply next summer and
reduce the small cost Of feeding them
to merely a nominal sun.
Making a Handy Gate.
The average farm gate is hard to man.
age and is usually breaking down. The
illustration shows a way of fastening
such a gate in a simple manner. Take
a horse shoe and fasten it to the gate