Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-04-28

should be lone IN steady streams as long
as a stream Is obtainablc. leaving the
stripping of all the teats until all have
been MIXED out in the streams. 1t take
, some time and Is a little troublesome to
handle the cows In this manner, but II
| pays we'll.
Preventive Against Dat Smut.
To be on the safe side. even though,
smut has not hitherto troubled your oats.
use a preventive this year Formalin has
been tested and found effective when it
Is properly mixed and applied. One pound
of the drug Is required to every nifty
bushels of seed oats. BE sure you buy
1t of a druggist who is reliable so that
il Is pure. Prepare a Barrel holding MY
gallons of water and put in the forhialjn.
one pound to- the fifty gallons of water.
Then spread d bushel OF The seed oats on
the barn floor. fill a sprinklirg can with
the mixture and sprinkle a gallon of II
over the oats; then spread another hushel
OH top OF the first and sprinkle this IN
tho same way with the same quantity.
After spr.nkiine three or four bushels in
this WHY mix then, thoroughly will a
shovel, tlleh prepare another pile IN the
same. way, shovel!ng the piles at last.
singly. In long. narrow heaps 10 dry.
Cover them over night aud IN the morning
shovel them OYER again and again uni'l
dry. They will then be ready 10 SOW. one
important thing to be remembered is mat
the small heaps must be thoroughly shoN-
cled over so that the fumes Of the forma-
lil may penetrate all through the pile.
Another ls that they must be dried off In
| the morning as directed. for il allowed to
remain wet the terminating power Is like
Is In be Lost.
Balanced Rations for Hogs.
The conductors of this department. av'
no quarrel with manufacturer of stock
foods and are quite willing to sincerely
recommend all Of them that put out an
honest product and sell 1t for a fair price.
On the other had, how many farmers
who buy these stock foods to give Their
hogs realize that they are nothing more,
nor less than properly balanced ra lions in
a highly concentrated form. IL hog rails
ers would study for themselves the plan
of preparing and feeding balanced RAJ
lions to their hogs they would not need
to buy stock foods. II. on the other
hand. they are unwilling to do this then
by all means buy the stock foods and feed
In moderation according to directions.
The growing pig must have more than
corn; this will supply him or her with
warmth and fat, but the ration must con-
tain that which will give the animal bone
aid muscle as well and then there will
he little trouble in raising a profitable
hog. Glover or alfalfa for roughage.
GLUTEN meal, middlings and corn will,
enough oil meal to keep the bowels in
good shape can be used In preparing the
balanced ratione in quantities OF each to
suit the needs of the Individual animal.
Value Of the Manure spreadsr.
1t IS not In the province Of this depart
mcnt to advertise any particular farm
implement. but, on the other hand. 1t Is
our plan to speak favorably in the alb
stract of any labor saving implement on
49, nA.nrr CS,-1 80 S~n -0~va ant q. A,,n.
in the manure spreader Of which there
are several reliable makes. The use OF
this machine not only enables the worker
to spread the manure moro evenly than
would he possible by hand. but by the at
tachment which tears the manure 1t u
rendered more quickly available for plan
food hen plowed under. When 1t Is nee
essary to use commercial fertilizers tr
connection with the stable manure 1t !:
easily done by the spreader and the sam
implement spreads lime In much better
form than can be possibly done by hand
The machines are costly. but they do thu
work SO rapidly that 1t will pay any com
bination OF farmers In a section to buy
one in common SO that all may use 1t
Next to the implements used for breaking
and c%ultivating the soil the manure
spreader may be justly considered a
one OF the most valuable of modern inven
tons for the beneft Of the farmer
Sunlight for Pigs.
Tile writer of this article has Away
oontended that II swine were treated a
IL they liked to be clean one would hay
! little roublc with soiled animals or witt
the diseases that most hogs who walloy
, are subject to. One Of the hard things I
make. sonme farmers understand Is tn
necessity for giving the young pigs plent
Of exercise and sunlight. This cannot b
done in the average pen, hence a rang
: Of greater CT less dimensions IL almos
necessary. A sod range IL one Of the bes
8 places and especially II It can be attache
to the shed. where the animals can obtai
q shelter and go for food. II the presei
yards are low and filthy MI them up an
e clean them 30 hat the pigs can start !
life Clean. When they are large enoug
to move round In good form let thel
have Il little run by themselves. but
plain sight Of the SOW let the ru
y be q sunny one. Keep . good bed I
straw in the pen. under cover. where II
SOW may take her pigs II It storms. II
this plan Of pig raising n see II 1t do
o not pay for the trouble.
New Prolific Pea.
NJ Tests made last season with the ne
variety Of pea shown in the Illustrate
show that the variety IL we'll worth tea
ing everywhere that ~ early pea IL d
eirable. The main features Of value
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