Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

incn mick ana b incneS WIDE, at ftSut
angles. After plIcking the fowls lay the
carcass IN this trough with the head hang
ing down, the legs alongside the breast
and the breast downward. BY gentle pres
sure force the carcass down into the
angle of the trough. Cover each carcass
with oiled paper; then have an inch board
q inches wide TO lay on the carcasses and
weight this board down with a brick or
heavy stone at either end. As the car
cass OF the bird is slipped under the board
move the lower brick or stone to obtain
the weight. The carcasses o be kept
in his position for six or seven hours
ard they will then be shaped and ready
for packing in crates. The illustration
shows the construction of this shaperN in
detail and, as will be seen, any handy man
can construct it readily.
ADULTERATiNG STOCK FOODS.
There is no reason to doubt but what
there are plenty~of manufacturers OF stock
foods who are not over careful about their
mixtures, to put il mildly, but In states
where the authorities are having samples
analysed, using samples bought in the
open market. the manufactures are some
what careful what they send. Some of the
state experiment stations are taking hold
of these things and making public what
they find. The New York state expert
ment station ia a recent report makes the
following comments which are worth the
serious consideration of those who are
i'm the habit of buying stock foods: The
Inspection reveals the fact that the sam
pies representing quite a number OF
brands contained considerably less protein
than called for by the guarantees. In all
at least fiftv-two samples showed
q larger deficit enan would be regarded as
reasonable Alist of twenty-seven brands
Is given, concerning which is said, Named
for special consideration either because
they are nc what their name would inc
dicate or because they are compounded
by the use in part of inferior materials,
oat hnlls being the undesirable ingredient
in nearly all eases" We would advise
every reader who has stock food to buy to
send for this report. Policy makes 1T I'M
desirable to give a list of the brands re-
ported on in this department, but they
are given prominence in the report re-
ferred TO. Non-resldents Of New York
state would better send, say 10
cents. for the bulletin. To residents OF
New York state it is free for the asking
Write the New York state experiment
station, Geneva, n. r., and ask for bull
letin NO. 255.
FOR FATTENlNG FOWLS.
In fattening poultry for market be sure
and produce as nearly as is possible the
EOlOf OF HeSH desired. IL the lldFhtl ut-
mands fowls with white flesh feed during
the fattening period a mixture composed
of two pounds Of ground oats, two pounds
of ground buckwheat and one pound OF
corn. Use skim milk for mixing and make
10 the consistency of thin porridge. " a
yellow flesh is wanted feed Tations OF two
pounds of ground corn, one pound Of
ground oats and one pound of ground
buckwheat. In either ration a small guam
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In the absence of skim milk for mixing the
ration use water, but include with ground
food a little meat and a few finely chopped
vegetables. No matter what the breed of
fowl to be fattened care should be used
not to feed too much corn. Tor II will not
be possible for the birds 10 relish ii long,
hence they will not eat greedily enough to
fattcn Them quickly and prohtabiy.
WINTER CARE or COWS.
Tao best limo TO give the cow exercise
out OF doors during the winter is during
that portion or the day when the sun Is
brightest, about noon. III may not be as
convenient az some other hour perhaps.
but Ii will do the animal the most good.
Some dairynen make IL a practice 70 turn
the COWS out OF the barn for their daily
exercise while the stables are being
cleaned; there is no objection to this when
the stables are not cleaned very early Ia
the morning and the COWS turned out long
before sunrise. We like the plan of turn
ing the COWS into a shed with a little
~roughage to mouth over, while the stables
are being cleaned. then turning them into
the open air about noon, and putting them
back in the barn in one or two hours after.
according to the weather. We ALSO like
the plan OF having a wocfen mitten made
so IT will slip over the hard easily and
with this cleaning off the udder and teats
before milking. In case they are badly
s0iled they are washed with tepid water
and then dried with a large WOODEN cloth.
The cows like this and give down their
milk more freely as a result.
HOW TO GET EGGS IN WINTER.
A successful poultry raiser was once
asked how TO successfully get eggs dur
Ing the winter season and his replay was.
hatch winter chickens from winter laid
eggs" white this Is by no means the
only thing TO do, Il Is. beyond question, the
foundation OF the whole matter. II IL Inn
possiba 70 have puliess that VIII La eggs