Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-08-25


has enough years before him to accom-
plish "A great deal; in the city. II the man
of 80 be an employc. he is in daily fear.
and Justly. that he will lose his position
and some youth get 1t. The writer KNOWS
whereof he speaks, for he has been the
city man and the farmer. Some DAY Some
Carnegie will find an outlet for ms lot
tune In buying large tracts OF lana III SET
tied farming communities. near Schools
churches and stores. cutting them up INTO
small farms of ten or twenty acres, puilo-
Ing a house on each, employing one vi
more experts as teachers in rural hnes
and Offering these homes to city men OIL
middle age who have saved a littie money
at a price and on terms that VIII cnanle
the man from the city to pay for ms nozzle
by his labor. He will he taught how ov
the experts employed by the rich man.
This is not charity. for the rich man VIII
find his philanthropy paying him a Goodiy
per cent. on his investment. This may nc
somewhat out of place i'll this department.
but 1t ought. at least, to make farmers
feel that all is not grind and poverty In
rural life.
Mineral in Cow Rations.
Farmers who feed largely of silage have
noticed "A tendency on the part OF their
cows to eat wood, corn cobs and other
foreign substances, some going so fai IS
to make an effort to crib after the manner
of horses. Sometimes salt will remedy
the evil. for ii indicates a lack of mineral
in the food. The best way TO avoid ana
also 10 overcome these depraved appetites
is to furnish more variety in the food.
| More or less grain should be given cows
acting as described, and, for a time at
least. full th-ree-quarters of the ration
| of grain should consist of bran. A spoon
| full of bone meal in the grain every other
| day for a week will assist In overcoming
the evil.
A Good Egg Preservative.
In giving the readers of this department
| the benefit of the method most used for
| the preservation OF eggs. it Is done win
the hope that the Eggs thus preserved
will be used at home or. If sold. sold strict
" on their merits. 1t is the selling of pre-
served eggs as strictly fresh" that ruined
the poultry business OF more than one
man. II one has strictly fresh eggs that
he can guarantee in mid-winter sell them
| as such and demand the highest price. II
the eggs offered are preserved, say 80.
! The best egg p~reservative now known Is
water glass or. in other words, a solution
OF silicate of sodium ~procurable at any
drug store. Put the solution in an earthen
vessel, add nine times its bulk of water
dtlO Dul ~ ~ 90 al S66o oS AS
will cover. Then place a cover over the
vessel and place it in a cool cellar. Eggs
preserved now in the manner described
will keep in good condition for seven or
| eight months. 1t Is necessary, however,
that the Eggs be perfectly fresh e
they are put in the preserving fluid or
they will not keep as long as stated.
Water for Swine.
One Of the best preventives Of hog chol-
era is q clean range and a clean pen. II
the hogs or pigs on the range have made
a hole in which to wallow change the
quarters at once. Give them a place ON
a heavy sod under some trees II possible
and see that they ave plenty Of fresh.
clean water from the well daily. Do not
permit them to drink from a stream, for
they will befoul any stream they can get
to and suffer the consequences of their
own filth. II kept SO that they must be
watered from a trough, have the trough
50 arranged that they cannot get their
feet into 1t and 1t should be built also In
a manner 60 that any surplus water may
be let out through a hole at one end. A
stout plug will easily accomplish this. A
good plan in watering swine during the
summer is to d a little charcoal to the
water to remove any impurities there may
be in 1t. We consider It practically impos'
sible to have the water for swine toe
pure or too clean and never offer hem
water which we YOU not willingly drink
In feeding vegetables and apples to swine
we never give them more than they will
eat up clean and in this way we not only
keep them in good condition, but proven
n fouling Of the pen or the range. A
clean hog n q healthy hog and a health,
hog takes on weight rapidly, hence Is tn,
profitable hog.
Selecting the Winter Layers.
The pullets hatched in the early sprini
will be the layers Of the winter and thes
birds have now reached q size when tn
selection should be made. The wise poul
trynsan has watched his piillets from tn
time he could distinguish the sex 10 Is II
q position to m which ones rave mad
the desired growth. Look the birds owe
carefully. noting the strong points Of eac
and bearing in mind that the ones tina
are strong and hardy are the ones to b
retained for winter laying. 1t IL doubl
necessary that the selection DO made o
the line Indicated. for. In all probability
the eggs lain by these pullets late in tn
winter will DO used for early spring hatch
Ing and II the parent stock IL not hard
what can be expected Of h progeny
Any Of the pullets that are weak, NOT sicl
but simply not strong n robust. shout
bc pumped up With good grain mi turne
onto tho carcass market 1t IN opportun
! time. II will be far from profitable I
! save such birds for winter laying: the
will only eat up the profits made by Oh
/ layers
A Hes Proof Fence.
After some years Of experience vii
: , woven wire fences w nave found best n
: suits from those woven In squares rath,
. than 4 the diamond mesh. The euua,
!. mesh wire ID much easier to stretch O.