The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-03
Water ID Sec h. Winter.

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As q rule II is not the horses and co=e
that suffer from lack OF water. but the
smaller farm animals and especially he
swine and the poultry. For sonze unac-
eountable reason it seems 70 ansgse farm
ers to talk Of watering hogs am yet there
is not a herd Of swine anywhere bGt wtz.
would consume double the quantity Of -
ter they have and add materially to raeir
growth in consequence. Il Is, Of course.
understood that water aiGs digestion and
certainly most hogs are much 3n-2eesi of
all the assistance that can be gtvel? them
IN this respect. 1t is safe to gay that II
fresh, clean water was gMsa hogs 6aElY
there would be less sEonrgch and bowel
trouble among them than at present. That
poultry need water lii abundance any one
who has watched them drink VII testify
and this water is quite as essential IN wiz
ter as n summer. Do not follow TIE usual
plan of pouring a lot Of water In 4 dirt-
vessel in The morning and making the
birds use this all day. Give them water
IN a clean vessel three times a day and
treat swine and sheep in the same manner.
Overfeeding Swine.
Inc impression seems to be general thar
swine will eat any quantity of food Djacs5
before them and be benefited thereby.
There is no doubt about their ability 70
consume the food. but the good ii dseg
them is another thing. Here Is what ouc
o! the forenost authorities In the country
says about feeding swine after claiming
that the najoriy OF swine in he couaLsy
are over fed: AN excess OF food leads 70
disease OF blood, liver and bowels. Only 2
certain amount of food can be utilized by
an animal and all over actual requirement
Hes In the intestinal canal to putrefy ard
evolve deleterious gases which being alb
sorbed produce a serious effect upon the
blood, IN addition to that caused ny the
excess OF pabuium already in the tissues.
The undigested food causes diarrhoea or
other intestinal irritation and possibly 9TH
er serious conditions This is good com
mon sense as any one will agree. Az has
been said in this department before. n
swine raisers would feed hogs witt, the
same intelligence that they feed other
farm stock there should be little trouble in
raising sound healthy animals and that 10
at a minimum of cost. hin Of the eff
sect on the manure as well as on the hog
in the plan of feeding which s!rapIy has
for Its base quantity without regard 10
quality. This may be a new way Of look
ing at II, but surely in this age one must
figure on the manure in many cases as the
only profit in the growing of hogs.
Using Stock Foods.
A numher of correspondents have asked
for regarding the several
stock foods now on tL.c market. The writ
;er has investigated many of these foods,
and thinks he has tried all OF them. Aft
er a number of years of experimenting we
found that most of them are TO be
relied upon and will accomplish much
when given witt intelligence. 1t must be
remembered that none OF them is intend
ed tic take the place of the usual grain
foods, indeed, II is now generally congid-
cred that the main aiu of the stock
foods is In supplying a relish and a variety
Al the same time. To & certain extent
these stock foods are condiments. but of
course have a food value. Stock that are
generally well grained may have this soos
TO advantage by undertaking the quantity
recommended by the manufacturers CIV
ing still less Ii 1t seems advisable ard in
creasing IL necessary. The best way to
start it Is to feea moderately and gradu-