Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-12-15

skim milk as a rule. In feeding roulirs
we pour II Z. in troughs us we woui.
water and lei them go I" it during th'
day Is they Will. This is a nice prob
lem in farm economy which each ohe
interested ear work out Tor himself.
RETAINING STABLE AMMONIA.
All sorts OF things are used in stables
under horses and cows :s nbsorbents
and many of them are of little value.
Recent experiments have shown that
land plaster. the common name for
gypsum. which has been used for this
purpose many :ears has little value
rs an absorbent Of ammonia. Where n
dry material OF this character Is pre-
fe-red acil phosphate ia the hes. Thing
30 use. In many sections fnrlncrs have
used dried and powdered muck for
years. probably because II vas the
easiest thing 10 obtain. and there ia
nothing better than this; it is even
better tina the acid phosphate. There
is nsiierable doubt about the value
of haif and sawdust as nbsoihents;
TO II certain extent they VIII absorb the
ammonia as nlmos, anything llke hu-
mug viii do but IN the case Of Tho
saw,iust little Ia added 10 the value or
The manure bulk beyond the emmon!u
absorbed by 1t. II muck ~ avaiinble
by AL means use ii but II some eb~
scrbeni must i,e bought acid phosphate
la the thing to buy.
WINTER EXERCISE FOR POULTRY.
Those Vino cara for poultry without
giving them much stGdN scarcely real
lEe The effect OF TOO much corn. II
not only makes the fowls fat, but hua u
most distressing effeot On the liver
which for the number of
deaths among fat poultry. no Offset
this effect there Is nothing but eXer-
else and this must be given indoors
II IL is not possible because of severe
weather TO turn the fowls out In the
open. If the birds are not inclined TO
Ii k exercise. and they may not feel
much Ike 1t afle- being stuffed witt.
corn. they Will come To It II one of the
meals Is skipped II the next meal Is
of wheat. given by scattering 1t through
The chaff OF The iioor of the house
or IN Il protet Ted shed. the latter pre-
ferred. nave found 1t II good plan.
when l MAS SO situated that | could
no have Il scratching shed as q part
" the poultry house 10 innprovIse ons.
This was done by uaing II portion OF an
old wagon shed and covering Tie front
10 Within Il foot ut the top uf The eyen-
Ing with oiled stleetiEg. This keep out
the cold and wind bu; let in the light
and .hat u there might be. Ii did
not require more than tive or three
days OF driving to make the fowls APP
prcciate this shed and they would run
for 1t at onc on being let ont of the
house for they associated 1t with more
freedom. a light clean place to scratch
and Il fairly good meal when they were
hungry.
/ WHAT THOROUGH SOIL PHEPAR.
ALTON DOES.
During the session of Il recent insti-
tute meeting the writer heard u sood
atory witch illustrates Well tis point
OF thorough preparation OF the iced
bea. The farmer Who told the story
told 1t well although he admitted the
joke was on him though he pro;,ted
greatly by II. He hnd occasion to take
II aon To task for his shift!ess way Of
preparing II field for crops one day In
directing him In the preparation of IL
work on that field until he. the father.
returned from n trip he was to take and
which he thought you'd occupy him
two days. At the end OF two days the
rather had not returned and the boy.
thinking to %retaltate II little and yet
obey orders. continued to work The
field. He piowed 1T and cross plowed
II: then AZ the fathcr had no returned.
ne cultivated 1T both ways with a long
bladed cultivatcr.. then. the father be-
Ing still away. he narrowed 1t and har-
fowed 1t from every point OF the COM
p2Ss. Altogether he spent IA week OF
time In preparing the field which his
father thought could be we'll prepared
In two days. When the old gentleman
returned he WIS mad. but as the reply
of the boy was that he had simply
obeyed orders there vas nothing more
TO be said. The corn was planted ana
the crop WA nearly double any pre-
vious corn crop from the same field.
l'oth father and son We're astonished
1T the result and Il opened their eyes
Ia the possibilities CT thorough sell
preparation. This Wna several Years
ago and up 10 thai big crop yea. the
struggle had been hard: so hard that
tho boy was uneasy as he grew older
me freq'srntly expressed q wish to
leave the farm. This big crop changed
the whole condition OF affairs and faith.
er and son took new heart and the
farm was a success from then on.
HOME MADE SNOW ploW.
When there Ii srch A quantity o.
ground To be leaned of snow as ia
found around The average farm home
something more than the ordinary SNOW
shovel is needed. If the snow is Geep
and the space to be cleared consider
able then one should bring into use "A
large pillow with ho.ses 10 pull IL. l-o,
4 hand plo~ nothing is better than lh.,
simpl" n made in the following man
ner. Select two pieces of board fire.,
from Knots each three feet long and
six inches wide iievci the end OF each
boar! and nail them together in The