Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-04

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hats the old style straw hats may be read
lily fashioned to fit the horse. As the
crowns are shaped somewhat different
from the bought hats a sponge would not
stay In position but in It's place q number
OF large leaves, leaves from a grape vine
would do, moistened with water would as
sist In keeping the head OF the horse cool.
This appliance could be readily attached
to the bride with tapes. The illustration
shows how at ordinary straw hat may
be fashioned for the horse.
Cleaning Old Poultry Houses.
1t is hard to say 1t but 1t liz true that
only about one house in ten owned by
farmers In which poultry is kept Ia
cleaned more frequently than twice a
year. Midsummer IL a favorite time for
the semi-annual cleaning and II this work
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done thoroughly. Select a day or two
when 1t ID likely to be dry and turn all
the fowls onto the range. Next, clean the
the floors thoroughly. seeing that every
bit of filth Is removed: take out all nest
boxes and burn them, with their contents.
Then the house ia ready for a thorough
coat OF whitewash in which has been
mixed some carb0lic acid. Brush every
part of the house heavily with the white-
wash. using a sprayer to throw the white
wash into the corners. Let the house
stand for q few hours then 60 over II
again with the whitewash. Next see that
the roosts are covered well with kerosene
oil. being sure to get into the space where
the roose IL attached to the wall. Put In
new nest boxes. WITHDRAWING them inside
and out as a precaution, put q heavy
coating OF clean dry sand over tho floor
and the house u ready for the birds. II
one would do the work thoroughly catch
and examine each fowl or chicken and
sprinkle insect powder through its feath-
ere. and also sprinkle a liberal supply Of
insect powder In each nest. While It
may seem K unnecessary work, this
same task ought really to be lone once in
every two months al longest for perfect
health.
Corn Meal for Cows With Cali.
An item u going the rounds Of the press
that scours In calves n some other
troubles the calf IL likely to have were
due to the feeding Of corr meal to the
pregnant COW. This II absurd. unless, of
course. the corn meal constituted the en-
tire ration when 1t would likely injure
the calf provided the COW lived to bear
the calf. As q matter of fact there IL a
lot OF nonsense written about the use Of
corn In its various forms. Admittedly 1t
10 abused In the feeding Of farm stock
but - long az It II the easiest Of all God
crops to grow over . large area Of u
country 70 long must 1t form a major
portion Of the ration. II mistakes are
made In feeding corn It 10 because 1t
% not fed with sufficient variety or too
much OF Il 10 fed. We believe that corn
may be 10 mingled with other grains that
II may safely constitute at least one-half
the ration n cows and most other farm
0ay. cracked corn the next, whole corn
tho next n corn on the ear the next, 10
not variety by any means. Use the other
grains In proper mixture with corn using
also plenty Of succulent feed and It will
BE- Q long time before the animals will
refuse the corn or cease to be benefited
~ II.
Exhibiting We'll drown Crops.
Any farmer who will religtously follow
bic county fairs from year to year will
o6oeeve the opportunities there 70 make
. reputation u he can grow M particular
crop better than another. A. everyone
knows one coll worker 10 an expert potato
groWos. another raises prise swine, an
other understands corn better thar other
crops. and 20 on. Let each one take .
specimen Of that which he can grow best
70 the county fair and exhibit. Possibly
he may not win . prise but he will w
. chance to zee what others are doing
and thus ASCERTAIN his Nj o~hoft.cominRe.
Again. his exhibit may attract the atten.