The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-12-09
WATCH Hi BULLETS.

WATCH THE PULLETS.
Many a first class flock of layers has
been built up by the owner watching
She little things. Very soon now the
spring Matched pullets will begin to lay
end it is worth considerable to keep
crack of the ones who lay first among
those of the same age. If the early
layers are good birds In other respects
they should be marked In some way so
that their eggs may be used for hatch
ing at the proper season and thu lay
the foundation for a strain of early Lay-
ing fowls. Conversely, the pullets of
the same age which are the last to be-
gin laying should also be Unidentified
so that the g 6 will not be used for
Matching and also that some record
may be kept of the number of eggs
lain by such a pullet during the year,
so as to determine whether she should
be carried through a second winter or
man who intelligently studies his young
stock will learn a surprising lot about
poultry in a yea even though he
thought he knew it all before; he will
also find a number OF ways by which
9e can increase the value Of the flock.
If raising poultry for the money return
is Worth doing at all 1t is worth doing
thoroughly and If it is thoroughly done
1t surely will be profitable.
RAINY DAY FARM WORK.
There is nothing in this item that
every reader of it Toes not already
know as we'll as the writer, u an &C.
%casional reminder OF a duty to be per-
formed is often as effectual as a bit
of new knowledge, hence this creed:
Think over the tools that have given
You more or less trouble the past sum
mer. make a list Of them. together with
the particular annoyance they caused
you. then when a stormy day comes
get these tools down one by one and re-
pair them. Then look up every tool
or vehicle on the place from the Wheel
barrow to the double farm wagon and
treat it to two heavy coats of paint.
After you have done these things YOU
Will think of a dozen other things
which can be done and the doing Of
which will make your work easier at
take hold of these Jobs until after
everything necessary has been done to
make all of the animals and the poultry
comfortable. This is the first duty,
whether one has few or many.
NANCE IN CATTLE.
Mango in cattle is similar to that on
dogs and has the same effect as to the
sores on the Skin and the loss Of hair.
In farm animals 1t is generally due to
impaired digestion and after local
treatment, can be eradicated from the
system by prope feeding and a moder-
ate course of treatment. The farm ami
NAL suffering from mango should be
scrubbed frequently using the 1850 coal
oil dip advertised in all farm papers
or generally obtainable from dealers in
farm supplies. After this scrubbing.
flour of sulphur should be rubbed all
over the affected places. Oftentimes it
is desirable to make a radical change
IN the feed giving, as a rule, less grain
than before the attack and feeding
IN rpaIN nf CI1Nr1YInyf, %,,n II, ,~~% 1900
II the COW is not pregnant. ~half-ounce
doses of Fowler's solution of arsenic
night and morning for a time will help
TO clear the system of poison as we'll as
tone 1t up. 1t is needless to say that
the water given the animal should be
clean and pure.
PREPARING FOR. STRAWBERRIES.
One of my neighbors who is an ex-
pert grower of Strawberries, has a way
OF preparing new ground which is nov
Ell. but he always gets good results.
Inc ground is plowed as late in fall
as possible, just before it is likely tod
freeze hard, and allowed to lie in
rough ridges. After the ground has
frozen so that the horses do not sink
INTO IT manure is brought from the
barn yard and spread thickly all over
the ground and allowed to lay there
untll early spring, when it is plowed
under, more fertilizer being then added
and afterwards the whole field plowed
again, narrowed and made ready for
planting. Tho idea is thai the DAVIS of
cold weather Immediately following the
fall blowing will kill the grubs or other
insects In the soil. the manure will fer
tllize 1t and 1t will be in good condition
to work in the spring. This is a par
ticularly good plan to work on soil that
is somewhat heavy and which could
not be worked very early in the spring.
SAN JOSE SCALE NOT PREVENT.
ABLE.
Those who are familiar with the San
Jose scale know that the disease cannot |
be prevented. speaking in the usual
sense OF the word. It is true If one
could place an orchard, free from tho
pest. several miles away from any other
orchard In that way the trouble might
be prevented. When the statement 10
made. as 1t is being made constant,v
that n certain remedy will prevent
the scale. 1t is wrong. There are sew
eral remedies for the destruction az the !
scale and to keep it In subsection and
all OF them are more or less valuahle |
IN some cases n works better than
With the writer the lime and !,
sulphur remedy has proved the most
Desirable, but to make 1t effective ana
not injurious. IT must be thorovehiS