The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-04-07

swine they show quickly when horses are
Kept too closely on a corn ration. True,
the farm may not grow as good oats as
corn, but the cash value of the difference
Is plainly lost In the inability of the corn
led horse TO do the work required OF 1t.
Inc advice cannot be too strongly urged
to grow and feed more oats and to change
the ration from two-thirds corn TO one
third corn and two-thirds oats with more
or less oil meal and succulent foods
worked in weekly In addition to the rough
age. The corn fed horse may be plump
and smooth, but it hasn't the staying
powers of the animal who has a ration
OF considerable variety In which oats and
good hay predominant. Those who nave
fed their horses largely on corn the win
ter just going will probably agree with
this statement when they come to put the
animal down to the hard spring work.
Poultry Raising for Farmers.
The farmer who Is a successful grain
raiser or who is conducting 4 dairy with
profit or one who is making a comfortable
living and something over in any other
branch Of farming, need not feel that this
article is for him. But, the man who is
farming with his nose close to the grind
stone and who sticks up that nose, when
he can get it away from the grindstone
for a minute, at the idea Of poultry rails
Ing will find something in this item worth
his serious consideration. The writer espe-
cially desires to appeal to the farmer with
a dozen cows who thinks he is making
money when he averages say $40 a year
profit from each COW. 1t is fair to as
sumo that he considers these COWS worth,
say, $500 for the twelve. This, then, rep
resents the capital invested in stock.
Now let US look at the poultry side of the
business. AT the cost of 81 each, buying
the lot at one time, one can get 25o pretty
good fowls, birds that will easily make
for their owner a profit of a dollar each
per year, SO hat on the basis of this
figuring one has half the money invest
ment in the hens that he has in the cows
and yet makes the same profit. Not only
this, but he will make it as less cost of
time, labor and acres used in raising the
feed and, If the cost of building to house
tho respective stock is considered, there
is another saving. There Is only o hint
in this short item. but 1t ought to lead
one to go deeper into the matter.
Pruning Blooming Shrubs.
An who nave shrubs on their grounds
do not understand that the pruning SHOULD
be done according to the season Of bloom
of the shrub. For example, the spring
and early summer blooming shrubs grow
their blooming shoots during the late sum-
mer and fall, hence when such shrubs
are severely pruned In the winter and
early spring the blooming shoots are cut
off. The fall blooming shrubs bear their
blooming shoots during the summer of
the same season In which they bloom.
This being plain 1t is evident that the
early spring and early summer blooming
shrubs should be pruned just after the
last blossoms have gone and the late sum
mer and fall blooming shrubs should be
pruned during the winter or early spring.
To q rarfotr, aytapt This ca anna rn1a an
plies to vines except such, like the Honey
suckles, as bloom at intervals throughout
the summer and which may be trimmed in
the early spring, with the result that
while the first bloom may not be SO pro-
fuse, the midsummer and fall bloom Will
be abundant, a
Heaves in Horses.
Doubtless the skilled veterinarian who
said there was no real cure for heaves in
horses was right, but the trouble may be
greatly relieved If the owner of the horse
Is willing to go to some trouble. It Is
always a good plan to change the ration
of the afflicted animal no matter hat the
ration may be, and in the change care
should be used to keep 1t as nearly ball
anced as possible and to include in 1t
more or less succulent food. Hay must
be moistened and 1t is best given after
being cut fine and steamed after being
mixed Win CUIlltiiGii SI -nLdIi. IL "a laDiC-
spoonful Of Fowler's solution of arsenic
is put In the water used to mix the feed
it will usually relieve the Iabored breath
ing Of the animal, but 1t Is better to omit
this IL 1t is possible. At all times care
should b. used to have the stable and
the stall as fr$e from dust as possible,
which will tend to relieve the trouble
somewhat.
Roup Among the Poultry.
The usual spring batch of complaints
are coming to the editor Of this depart
ment about colds among the fowls fol-
lowed by an alarming number of deaths.
This is one of the roubles where preven-
ton is worth all the cures known for once
roup gets into a flock it creates havoc
and even though the fowls are saved they
do not amount to much for a long time.
The first thing to do is to make the quar-
ters occupied by the fowls dry and do 1t
in any way which will bring the desired
results. For treatment, IL the fowls ere
not too sick, in which case kill them and
burn the bodies, take ten drops of forna-
lin, %obtainable at any drug store, mix it
in two tablespoonfuls Of warm water and,
with q feather, swab the threats of the
fowls. It's a nasty job and you will not
need to do 1t IL you will make 1t a point
to have dry quarters for the poultry.
The Cow Can't Jump.
In response to a request for a cure for
fence-jumping cows the device illustrated
is guaranteed a cure. "A pole ten feet
long should have a rope tied around 1t a
little above the middle, after hrst cutting