The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-12-29

inch thick and 4 inches wide, at right
angles. After DluCking the fowls lay the
carcass IN this trough with the head hang
ing down. the legs alongside the breast
and the. breast downward. BY gentle pres
sure force the carcass down into the
angle of the trough. Cover each carcass
with oiled paper; then have an inch board
6 inches wide to lay on the carcasscs ana
weight this board down with a brick or
heavy stone at either end. As the car
casS OF the bird is slipped under the board
move the lower brick or stone to obtain
the weight. The CarcaSseS should be kept
in his position for six or seven hours
and they will then be shaped and ready
for packing in crates. The illustration
shows the construction of this shaper in
detail and, AS will be seen, any handy man
can construct it readily.
ADULTERATiNG STOCK FOODS.
There is no reason to doubt but what
/ there are plenty of manufacturers OF stock
foods who are not over careful about their
mixtures, to put it mildly, but in states
where the authorities are having samples
analyZcd, using samples bought in the
open market. the manufacturers are some
what careful what they send. Some OF the
state experiment stations are taking hold
of these things and making public what
they find. The New York state expert
mont station il a recent report makes the
following comments which are worth the
serious consideration of those who are
in the habit of buying stock foods: "Ihc
inspection reveals the fact that the sam
nlcs representing quite n number OF
brands contained considerably less protein
than called for by the guarantees. In all
at least tiftv-twO samples showed
a larger deficit imam would be regarded as
reasonable" A list Of twenty-scven brands
is given. concerning which is said, NAMED
for special consideration either because
thny are H2. what their name would IN
dicatc or because they are compounds
W the use in part of inferior materials
. oat hulls being the undesirable ingr"dlcn
In nearly all cases." We would adViSt
every reader who has stock food to buy t
send for this report. Policy makes 1t uA
desirable to give Il list Of the brands re
ported on in this Department., nut me
are given prominence in the report re
= fcrred to. Non-residcDts of New IorI
state would better send, say J
cents, for the bulletin, TO residents o
New York state it IS free for the asking
Write the New York state oNperimel!
station. Geneva. \. y, and ask for DuI
q letin No. go.
y FOR FATTENlNG FOWLS.
In fattcning poultry for market be sur
and produce as nearly as is poSEiplo u
=. color Of flesh desired. If the market &c
mandS fowls with white flesh freu QuFli'
the fattening period a mixture compose
:, Of two pounds of ground oats. Two pouhH
Of ground buckwhcat and one pound {
r. corn. Use skim milk for mixing ana max
c. 10 the consistency of thin porridge. IL
yellow flesh is wanted feed Ta;iollS Oh |"
mounds of ground corn. one pound
ground oats and one pound OF Srohi
II buckwhCat. In either ration 4 small qua!
u titv of salt should be added 10 give tlaVo
- " $500, zF ,l-i,>l milk for 1IlNlNG II
II ration use water, but include with Eroul
y food a little meat and Il few finely choppc
vegetables. No matter what the breed
= fowl to be fattcned care should De USE
not 10 feed too much corn, Tor IL VIII II
be possible for the birds to relish II ION
hence they Will not eat grccdily enough
fattcn them quickly and proiltahIE.
WINTER CARE OF COWS.
The best time to give the COW eXerci
ont of doors during the winter Is duFll
mat portion Of the day when the sun
hr;chtCst, about noon. Il may not he
convenient as some other hour l'erhaI
INF if will do the animal the most GOO
some dairym2n maxi" 1t Il practice TO W
the cows out of the barn for their nal
exercise while the stables are pen
cleaned; there is no objection to TINS Wh
the stables are not cleaned very early
I fho morning and the COWS turned out To-
70 hafcrc sunrise. We like the plan OF tur
ing the COWS into n shed with a Ut
In ~roughage to mouth over, while the STAB
ma. are being cleaned, then turning them II
cs, the opcn air about noon, and putting the
&c. back in the barn i'll one or two hours an
.mo according to the weather. we also Il
~ no nl,p ~ having q wOClcn milton ma
so it will slip over the hand easily a
with his cleaning off the udder ana te&
,aS before milking. In case they are bat
soilcd they are washed with tcpid wa
and then dried with n large wooden clio
TTbc cows like this and give down III
III milk more freely as a result.
~ HOW TO GET EGGS IN WINTER
= A successful poultry raiser was or
asked how TO successfully get eggs q
- ing the winter season and his replay W
sa "hntch winter chickens from winter i
a eggs" While this Is by no means
4 only thing 10 do. 1t Is, beyond question:,
1 founda tion of the whole matter. II Is
IS2 noasible TO have pullets that Will lag "a