The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
the poultry business this summer ana
make a start In the winter or next snrlue.

make a start in the winter or next spring.
Again, What About Manure?
A reader of this department asks about
composing his manure this summer with
weeds and much of a questionable char
acter. The answe Is don't, and this re-
ply We consider a good one on the COM
posting subject in general where 1t Is in
tended to use a considerable amount Of
manure. The more one goes into the
question of saving manure the more one
is convinced that the best place to save
1T is on the field. We nave tried ALI sorts
of cellars, sheds and cement bottom places
and while the shed with a bottom of
cement Is preferable to any other place,
we still Insist that the place for the ma
nure Is on the land and that it should be
placed there as soon after 1T is made as
possible. Not placed in piles, but spread
Tut evenly SO that the SOL will absorb 1t
properly. If there is no other place to
put 1t why not give the grass lands the
benefit Of 1t? 1t will not be wasted there.
one may be assured and the next grass
crop Will prove the wisdom of carrying
out the suggestion. Don't nave manure
piles; get 1t onto the soil where it will
make money for you.
c%ottonseed Meal for Cows.
Dairymen find it difficult to carry the
COWS along properly during the droushty
days OF summer on pasture alone, and all
proper grains have been tried with vary
ing results. One of the best summer
grains is cottonseed meal, for while feed
ing 1t will not materially increase the
milk flow. 1t will keep it nearly to the
standard, and will keep up Its quality,
which is quite as important. The feeding
of 1t always makes better butter at all
times, and particularly during the sum
mer. While the quantity of feed varies ac-
cording to circumstances from two to four
pounds npr COW Iai1u je n11,,t "a Poi. 49,
ton. and will give results which will war
rant the expense at any season.
Shade for Swine on the Range.
Shade for swine is quite as necessary
as for other animals, and when one has a
tree or two In the pasture the question of
shade is readily settled. If there are no
trees plant three or four, and while they
are growing use portable houses for shade.
making them with a sill set on runners
and with a ring set in the front sill, so
that a horse may be attached and the
houses moved when necessary. These
houses may be made of any cheap mate
and the roof arranged SO that a
portion Of 1t may consist of three limbs
laid over boards set far apart. The cost
need not be great and the results will pay
for the time and labor spent.
Treating Heaves Properly.
Directions for treating heaves have been
given In this department before. but a
number of recent inquiries calls for the
information at this time. In all cases of
heaves 1t is desirable to change the ration (.
for a time, and all water given the horse
should be given before he eats. All food
should be wet with lime water, and IL con-
siderable hay is used this should be we'll
moistened before being fed. Use care in
Keeping the stall and manger free from
anything which will Great dust and have,
the stable well ventilated at ali times.
AS a medicine give the horse one-half
ounce doses OF Fowler's solution of ar
senic night and morning. An ordinary
case OF heaves will submit to this treat
ment, but In bad cases add to the treat
ment advised ounce doses OF giycerine.
given three times daily In the mouth, us
ing a syringe. If the combined treatment
does not complete the cure the case is
hopeless.
Summer Strawberry Planting.
Most fruit growers are familiar with
the pot-grown strawberry plants offered
by nurserymen for setting In the summer.
AS a rule such. plants are too expensive
to set In any considerable number, but his
Is an ideal way to obtain plants of new
sorts for testing; though much more
costly than the layer plants one will get
from them a crop, next summer. of suf-
f1cient size to determine the desirabiity
OF the variety. Then, too, 1t Is possible
to increase ones own plantation by taking
from the old beds the new plants ard set
ting them out In the new beds an. time
this month. To do this with cn4- .oe., Ye-
suits, cut the runner which conneel4 The
new plant with the parent, then q week
later, just after a rain, dig vi this yoans
plant with q liberal amount of soi! at
taciled to the roots and set it ~.tii tna
soil on the roots in the new bed. With
care not a plant will be lost in the trans
and these plants will Cite one "A
crop OF berries next summe equal to these
from year-old-set plants. The precaution
to be taken is to have the lump of soil
adhere to the roots SO that the growth
OF the young plant will not be materially
by the transplanting. Where
but a few hundred plants are to be reset
one can easily supply the water to the
soil necessary to make the soil stick to the
roots.
Handling Bags of Grain Easily.
In grain growing sections more or less
grain in bags has to be handled by man
power. and this becomes considerable Of
a burden after a time. A device for as
in this work may be easily con-
by any handy man. Set a heavy
post In the ground SO that it viii! stand
about two and one-half feet above the
surface. Then take a heavy board. the
wider the better, and about ten feet long.
Cut two pieces of board wedge shape and
fasten to the low9 edge of the board.
Cut these piecea s. .hat when thy rest
on the ground with lhe othe, g.. of the
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