Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-09-22

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have it on the pasture. This plan will
not only keep up the green food supply
but will remove n temptation the
animals may AVE to jump the fence
into the fields of forage. Then there
is the horse who has served you faith
fully during spring and summer. When
work is slack turn him into the pasture
and select Il portion of it that Is We'll
shaded so that he may get the most
out Of his vacation. He'll be all the
better for this little attention and win
ter in better shape thai he oul on
grain alone.
Hens Eating Eggs.
Egg-eating hens are a nuisance ana
after many years of experience in
poultry raising the writer feels that
when his hens are discovered at the
( trick the best way of stopping it is to
kill the hen. If our birds We're not well
supplied with limy substances such as
oyster shells and the like and all the
grl: they desire we would furnish these
before killing the hen. AS a rule the
habit is merely II habit and is not due
TO any lack of food element except that
OF lime. Usually the egg-eating, hen
gets into the habit by eating an egg
that has become accidentally broken;
liking the taste she acquires the habit
and once acquired it is almost impos-
sible to break it. We have found it the
better plan to have both srit and the
iiitt Iilatte!itl SO pldceU mat tle ieilS
ma help themselves at will. Some
hens require more of these than do
other hens. so it is hard to dole it out
properly. 1t is best to let them decide
as TO their needs whenever possible.
Fitting Poultry for Winter Quarters.
For the period which elapses before
the fowls are housed for the winter one
can find plenty to do. One of the es-
%sential things after thoroughly prepar-
ing the house for the birds is to prepare
the birds for the house. If the house is
free from lice see that the birds are
also before they make it their perma-
nent home. 1t is an excellent plan to
iIIid out the spots where the hens dus
outdoors and sprinkle a quantity of
good insect powder in these places to
assist in getting rid of the vermin.
Then look them over for scaly legs.
This may not cause them much trou-
bic during the summer while they have
had plenty of exercise. but will make
them very uncomfortable during the
winter. Kerosene oil is good for this
trouble but crude petroleum is better.
lake an Die tooth brush, saturate it
in the crude petroleum and brush the
scaly legs thoroughly. hen saturate
a cloth with the liquid and n it
around the legs. The fowls will not
like this but the cloth will stay on a
day or two and do them much good.
~AAeSi ! COIIICS Oll UIuSQ Tie IGES again
and the trouble will likely disappear.
See that the floor of the houses. no
matter of what material they are COM
posed. are dry and kept SO. Then. re-
m~embering that while on the range the
w had plenty or seeds to gamer,
during the winter and scatter what
grain is given them through this chaff.
Horticultural Education at the Worlds
Fair.
September q is apple day at the
worlds fair. now in progress at st.
Louis. and on that day every person
attending the fair will be presented
with two or more apples, each wrapped
in paper on which will be printed the
variety name of h apple and the place
of its birth. There is an idea in this
that fruit growers should adopt, that
of indicating in some way the variety
name of the first-clasS fruit which they
sell; then go farther and combine this
name with the name of the grower and
you have put out an advertisement
which will bring good returns for a
long time. One good way of doing this
is to pack in h bottom of each basket
IN envelope sealed and bearing this
line. This envelope contains the va
riety name of the fruit in the basket"
In the envelope v a card reading
after this manner. THE variety name
Va SiiC aPPAO Ol0 IL SllS OtlShS Ii Iodlu.
win. They were grown by John Smith,
Smithville. N. Y" This plan of placing
the advertisement in a sealed envelope
prevents any INSCRIPTIONS person
placing your card In a basket contain
ing inferior fruit. But says the
reader. this costs too much.' Let us
see. One thousand envelopes can be
bought for 81. so at most. strong en-
velopcs of MANILA. The same number
of cards will cost about So. and say the
printing of both cost, at a high price,
S.. a total Of $751; o for placing your adj
vertisement In the hands of 1000 peo-
pie. each n of whom will read it and
remember it.
II you grow fruit that is worth adver-
Using you will find it extremely profit
able to try this plan. If your fruit is
only ordinary 1t is not worth advertis-
ing.
Stable seraper and Fork.
Most OF the labor saving tools about
farm buildings could be readily fash
Toned at home II one 1 handy with
tools and a the inclination to put
ideas into effect. One Of the best Of