The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-28

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lower clapboard of the house just over the
window and to this is fastened a board
that is wide enough so that its lower edge
Will fit closely TO the ground. II desired
this board may be hinged to the scantling
so that it may be raised and the Window
opened. The illustration shows how this
plan works and shows the comparatively
small openings that are left at the sides
when the board is in position. This board
should be about two feet longer than the
window so hat it will extend beyond the
window a foot on either side when it Is
placed in position. To make this protec-
ton even bettec line the inside of the
board with tar paper or even with old
newspapers doubled.
Giving Green Food to Poultry.
All who have raised poultry successfully
for winter egg production admit that it
is necessary to give them green food, but
all do not know how to use 1t to the best
advantage. If fed on the floor much OF IT
is soiled and wasted, although it ought to
be given that way occasionally by way Of
variety. The best way of feeding it, how
ever, is to mix in the proportion of about
one-third to two-thirdS Of the bran and
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vegetables like carrots, potatoes and tur-
| nips are fed cut VI fine and mix raw with
the mash one time and the next time cook
them before mixing. Cabbage should al
ways be fed raw and may be mixed with
the mash after chopping fine or hung up
so that the fowls may pick at it when so
Inclined. While most feeders claim the
best results come from feeding the green
food, in small quantities, daily. others
prefer to feed it only two or three times
a week; the frequency of feeding depends
upon the results obtained from the par
ticular flock, the main thing being to
feed it often enough and in some form ali
the time the fowls are in confinement.
Dyspepsia in Horses.
At this season of the year it is advisable
to again refer to the trouble many horses
have with their stoHluchs, due to too
heavy feeding or to improper food. Like
humans, the animals are uneasy and ir-
ritable when they have dyspepsia or even
slight indigestion. SO the quicker they are
relieved the better for both animal and
owner. If not relieved the trouble is apt 10
| become chronic and difficult to cure. Va
riety in the feed with more or less green
food in the form Of ensiiage. if they will
eat it, or carrots and other root crops. will
do much toward keeping the stomach in
proper condition. The water should NOT
be too cold during the winter and it should
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least twice a day. In feeding roots. mix
them with the grain or feed Just before
the grain is given as Il sort of appetizer,
cutting them in sizes SO that there Will be
no danger of choking the animal. AS a
remedy for dyspepsia the following is one
| of the best: Mix two ounces of subnitrate
OF bismuth, four ounces of powdered will
| low charcoal, three ounces of Jamaica
| ginger and two ounces of caraway seeds.
| The dose is a tablespoonful in eac grain
| feed for a week or ten days. II not much
improved at the end of that time repeat
doses for a week longer. During the time
the medicine is being given let the green
| food be OF chopped carrots. giving three
or four Of medium size just before each
feed of grain.
Small Orchards Not Profitable.
| There are locations where it is more
profitable to grow general farm crops than
to engage in fruit growing, and under
such circumstances the size of the orchard
\ may we'll be limited to the supply of
fruit needed Tor family use. If, however.
| fruit is grown for commercial purposes 1t
is a mistake to have q small orchard. I'm
der modern methods of care the expense
tending a small orchard is much greater
in proportion to the number of trees than
for a large rchard. OF course the intel
| ligent man will investigate market condi-
lions before setting large orchards and
| will know pretty well wha may be eXa
pected from his soil, but when these things
are well understood and seem favorable
then the profitable orchard will be the
large one. Once set then the care must
be all required or the large orchard will
be a greater loss than the small one
would have been.
Shading the Pastures.
Every one who has live stock realizes
fully the value of shade when the animals
are at pasture and those who have been
sensible and left a portion of the wood lot
for shade can readily see the advantages
to the COWS. 1t would be unfair to attempt
any statement as to the gain in milk
when cows ilave shade in the pasture, but
1T is undoubtedly considerable. 1t is a
! good time now to look into this question.
IL one is located near a woods Of conRid-
cradle size enough seedlings may be found
to form q small grove and the cost will
he the labor Of digging them and trans
planting them. There are a number of
nurserymen in the country who supply
seedlings of various native trees at q price
30 low that a few dollars will set q large
area; true, these seedlings must be cared
for properly Tor time, but In q few
years they will make good trees and fur
nish all abundance Of shade. D the other
hand,Ssnppose one lis able to invest $50
in shade trees OF good size: this amount
would buy forty orsnloreI trees which, in
three or four years. would furnish an
abundance OF shade for a herd OF cows
and Increase III value as they grow thus
making q profit FOR The plSnter III sWo
Ing In tho Spring.
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