The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-11


open ends will be outward. On top
Of the box place another wide board
and brace it at the opposite n with
the first board. By arranging the box
es properly, there will be sufficient
space between the top board and the
window frame so that a strap may be
nailed against the wall and divided
SC that 1t will hold many of the small
tools n is constantly using. The cost
of such a work bench is very small
and the space provided can be used in
any way one desires. The Illustration
plainly shows how easily such a con-
venience may be constructed.
Nursing Grass Lands.
When one has a meadow that has
yielded good crops for a long time but
the Told is smaller with each passing
season, there should be some let up in
many of them will be the better for re-
seeding. many of them will respond
we'll to a top dressing of fertilizer and
less cropping; that is, not cutting too
close or gathering the second crop at
all. There is still time this fall to top
dress the meadow, using the summer
manure. This is all han can be done
now, but in the spring the ground can
be narrowed and sown to clover and
timothy, then If the cutting is sparingly
done and the top dressing again applied
next fall. the following summer will
show an excellent stand of grass. Man
ure cannot be used to better advantage
this fall than on the meadow.
The Calf in EARLY Winter.
There are several weeks, probably,
before h shutting down Of winter In
which the calves will TAX on consider
able growth If given a chance. Let
them run In the sun as much as pos
sible but have a shelter near by to
which they may go in case of storms.
AT night see that they are housed COM
fortably with good bedding and during
the fall and winter have their ration Of
oats. bran and roots for %roughage, give
them clover, bright straw and some
nay. They should nave plenty of clean,
fresh water daily and access to salt.
Handle them daily, groom them and as
the udde develops. handle it more or
less to get them used to it.
Feeding Milk to Poultry.
Farmers who have more or less skim
milk and q generous supply Of sour
milk can feed both profitabiy to LAYING
hens during he winter. Milk should
be given as other things are fed, with
q view to having as much variety as
possible. While the fowls rarely tire of
the milk 1t generally brings the best
results III the preparation of it is some
satA iiOAs NIOI CAdIIlplc. Nnon the
weather is cold give the birds a lot of
warm milk In the morning. putting it
in a trough. The next night feed them
q warm mash, but mix the bran with
milk Instead of water. This is an ex-
cellent way to use the sour milk or
milk that Is too thick to feed alone.
Another time cook a lot of small DO
tatoes, chop them fine and mix with
the sour milk. then feed warm-creamed
potatoes In a way. One has no idea
how laying hens enjoy such a variety
and what a decided difference it makes
In the egg production.
The Hogs for Next Season.
Hardly two men will agree in all re-
spects as to what constitutes the best
SOW FOR breeding purposes, although
the most successful hog raisers are
coming around to the belief that the
animals give the best returns
so that the Old idea that the brood SOW
should be of large size. it being aban-
doned. Size determined on, Their other
characteristics woul be sought. If
the SOW had one litter it is easy to
Know II she is fitted to continue the
work. ~ she was not a good mother;
II she did not have the proper amount
OF milk ~tprovided she was properly fed).
then she will not prove a profitable
mothe' for other reasons. When the |
SOW Is bred for the first time, then one
10 ldhlH6 SOME chances, but ii ought |
not to be hard after the first year. to
get together a fine lot of sows simply
by remembering how they acted in pre-
Yious years.
Meeting Business Depression.
In some lines of farming. prices for
crops ave been SO low that they are /!
discouraging and yet it is possible, Of
tentimes. to improve thessituation IL
one will. remember a few years ago
a certain section raised an enormous
crop Of potatoes; it seemdNas If there |
were enough potatoes raised in the
country to feed the population of the
entire st;-te for months. Wholesale
buyers got vino of the situation and
combined to get the prices down. In
turn. five of them went into the section
and told the farmers what an enormous
potato crop there was that year: "all
over the country, just such a crop as
you have in his country" By this
plan they were able to buy up almost
the entire lot for absurdly low prices.
BY chance n OF these growers hap
pened to mention the matter in q letter
w.Atten to his brother In an adjoining
state, his large potato crop and the i,
prospect for low prices. In replying.
brother wrote that the pofoto oron !