Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-12-01

poultry house for winter occupancy the
main thing Is to have it dry and more
time should be spent on this than any
other portion of the work. To make the
house warm and free from draughts
is easily accomplished With the liberal
use of newspapers. Have the floor dry,
arrange the house 50 that the fowls have
light and you have done much for their
comfort. Feed and water them prop
erly and they'll do the rest.
GRAIN AND ROOTS FOR cows.
\ number of experiments have DEM
onstrated that the best results come
from feeding the grain 10 dairy cow
after 1t IL ground and there is also
considerable advantage III feeding a
number of grains either mixed or ny
themselves In the matter of root crops
feeding mainly carrots and mangels
u best results have come from slicing
he roots so that the COW may begin
10 masticate at once without waiting to
bite the root to a proper size. While
there may be some doubt abou the
wisdom of feeding dairy cows heavily
IN roughage, 1t il Il good plan to give
them enough so that they will have 1t
before them to a k when they please.
We find il. a good plan to furnish this
%roughage In small quantities so that
after the grain is eaten the COW can
make Il few cuds: then, in the middle
of the morning and afternoon other
small quantities are given her. In this
way she not likely to over eat OF bulky
food and be unable to eat properly of
the grain ration. This sort of feeding
combined with the sunny stable, warm
and clean with plenty of fresh clean
water will fill the milk pail.
WATCH THE OLD HENS.
So long as the two or three year cl,
hon lays Il fair number of eggs she is
profitable to keep. put The week there 10
a decided break in her Iayiig and she
shows no indication of resuming then she
should be put in rather small quarters IL
fattened for he carcass market. ]. is
hard sometimes to thus dispose of a hen
who has turned considerable money into
the treasury, but when her usefulness as
a layer is over She will quickly turn profit
into loss by eating much more than the
value of the eggs she lays. If she is one
of the larger breds like Plymouth Rock,
| Wyandotte or Brahma the carcass will
bring q good price in the market and 1t
will not take n great deal of corn to put
her in good condition. BY the way, In fat
tening fowls for market do not make the
mistake of feeding corn wholly. Let the
corn ration be a little more than was
given her when laying increasing 1t slight
ly each day until just before marketing
the corn is about two-thirds of the ration.
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bird does not have.
HOW ARE THE HORSES?
Farm horses that have had a busy sea.
son are not likely to be in the best condi-
ton at this season Of the year. Generally
the trouble is Indigestion due in a meas
ure to impaired condition generally and
sometimes they are trouble with worms.
Here is an ideal formula for horses in the
! condition described. II is used nv MANY
horsemen and Is To all intents and mr.
poses. the same as "A famous condition.
remedy sold In large quantities to horse
owners. Have mixed at the drug store
five drains Of eme,ic tartar IN five ounces
If pran,,lated sugar. divide in five now
ders and give ono in wheat bran brasil,
every morning before The regular food.
which should be given an hour later. Aft
er the last powder has becn taken whit
an hour and then give the horses a nil
composed of an ounce of Rarbadoes a1oes
and q ouartor o,,nce of pinpc, This treat,
ment will bring out the worms II there are
any rorn lie tho .ri.r trn,,,no,, ,,.htnt
vii, act as n tonic Tata y, 1891 ~
ground flax seed and mix with 4, fonr
ounces of powdered sulnhatc az iron Ave
ounces powdered eentIan root. one ounce
powdered nux vomica, four ounces pow
dered nitrate OF potash. two ounces of
powered charcoal ana Two ounces OF
po"dered anlse SEED. MIX thoroughly and
sur IL wen. me dose Is a tablespoonful
'lls mixture three tines a day In the
gram ted the hors". by the time the
luan.i'y mixed Is taken the horse Will be
VA nv co'ui.'oh'
THE CLEAN POULTRY HOUSE.
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