The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-09-23

not only keep up the green food supply
hut will remove any temptation the
animals may have to jump the fence
into the fields of forage. Then there
is the horse who has served you faith
fully during spring and summer. When
work is slack turn him into the pasture
and select a portion of it that is We'll
shaded SO that he may get the most
out of his vacation. He'll be all the
better for his little attention and WIN
ter in better shape than he would on
grain alone.
Hens Eating Eggs.
Egg-eating hens are a nuisance ana
after many years of experience in
poultry raising the writer feels that
when his hens are discovered at the
trick the best way of stopping 1T is to
kill the hen. If our birds We're not welt
supplied with limy substances such as
oyster shells and the like and all the
gris they desire we would furnish these
before killing the hen. AS Il rule the
habit is merely a habit and is not due
to any lack of food element except that
of lime. Usually the ~eeg-eating hen
gets into the habit by eating an egg
that has become accidentally broken:
liking the taste she acquires the habit
once acquired it is almost impos-
sible TO break it. We ave found it the
better plan to have both grit and the
lime material SO placed that the hens
may help themselves at Will. Some
mems require more of these than do
other hens, so it is hard to dole it out
properly. 1t is best to let them decide
as to their needs whenever possible.
Fitting Poultry for Winter Quarters.
For the period which elapses before
the fowls are housed for the winter one
sential things after thoroughly prepar-
ing the house for the birds is to prepare
the birds for The house. If the house is
free from lice see that the birds are
also before they make it their perma-
nent home. 1t is an excellent plan to
find out the spots where the hens dust
outdoors and sprinkle a quantity of
good insect powder in these places to
assist in getting rid of the vermin.
Then look them over for scaly legs.
This may not cause them much trou-
BILE during the summer while they have
had plenty of exercise. but will make
them very uncomfortable during the
winter. Kerosene oil is good for this
trouble but crude petroleum is better.
Take al old tooth brush, saturate 1T
in the crude petroleum n brush the
scaly legs thoroughly. Then saturate
Il cloth with the liquid and bind it
around the legs. The fowls will not
like this u the cloth will stay on a
day or two and do them much good.
l <AlIS1 i Al - LIZ AiAS ASSo -
and the trouble will likely disappear.
See that the loor of the houses, no
matter of what material they are COM
posed, are dry and kept so. Then, re-
Numbering that while on the range the
fowls had plenty of seeds to gather,
keep the floor well covered with chair
ddring the winter and scatter what
grain is given them through this chaff.
horticultural Education at the Worlds
~ -
September q is apple day at the
worlds fair. now in progres at st
Louis. and on that day every person
attending the fair will be presented
with two or more apples, each wrapped
in paper on which will be printed the
variety name of the apple and the place
of it's birth. There is an idea in thi:
that fruit growers should adopt, tina
OF Indicating in some way the variet.
name of the first-class fruit which the.
sell; then go farther and combin thii
name with the name of the grower ant
you have put out an advertisement
which will bring good returns for
: long time. One good way of doing thi
is to pack in the bottom of each baske
an envelope sealed and bearing thi
1 line, This envelope contains the va
riety name of the fruit in the basket.
In the envelope have a card readini
G after his ann The variety nam
of the apple sold in this basket is Bald
win. They We're grown by John Smith
: Smithville. N. Y" This plan of placin
G the advertisement in 4 sealed envelop
prevents any INSCRIPTIONS perso
T placing your caro- in a basket contain
7 ing inferior fruit. But" says tn
t reader, this costs too much" Let U
I see. One thousand envelopes a b
0 bought for 81. so at most. strong Ell
$ velopes of MANILA. The same numbe
of cards will cost about 50. and say tt
y printing of both cost, at a high pric
n IS, a total of $3.50 for placing your az
y vertisement in the hands of 1000 pc
, y pie, each one of whom will read it an
= remember it.
: II you grow fruit that is worth adve
gG Using you will ind it extremely prof
- able to try this plan. II your fruit
-, - only ordinary it is not worth advert
=, inn.