The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-15

VI the mousse clean. III the rooSta
are located as they should be
there will be a dropping board un-
der them which will receive all the drop
pings so that 1t is easy to remove them
with a hoe. In cold weather 1t may not
be necessary to remove them daily unless
one has a large number of fowls, but they
should be springfield either with land plas-
ter or with dirt to keep down the odor
as We'll as to retain their fertilzing value.
Do not use lime, for this releases the am
monia. in the manure, Its most valuable
fertilizer. Covered as described each day,
the d%roppings may be removed once or
twice q week and the board then sprin-
Killed. lightly with lime or with q solution
of carbolic acid,
Growing Apples of Quality.
The advocates of the Ben Davis apple.
that superbly colored variety of decidedly
poor flavor. claim that for both the home
and the foreign market no other variety
approaches it. This might have been true
several years ago, but is not now. In the
home market consumers are familiar
with the beautiful color of the Ben Davis,
but they are quite as familiar with its
poor quality and want none of 1t. Recent
reports from exporters indicate that the
foreign consumer is also beginning TO look
upon the enticing Ben Davis with sus-
pic.on. one exporter even going so far as
to claim that If we did not stop shipping
1t our foreign trade in apples would be
ruined. This is not in the least consoling
to those who have orchards of Ben Davis,
but should be borne in mind when new
orchards are to be set. If a variety is of
good color and of high quality well and
good, but If only one can be had then
choose the variety which has the quality.
10 prove It's merits to the consumer let
him taste; once will be sufficient, and the
trade will be secure. This applies to 9TH
err fruit as we'll as to apples.
Winter Care of Horses.
There are few farmers who properly
feed their horses during the winter. the
main fault being the tendency to under
feed them. 1t is admitted that 1t comes
hard to feed very heavy when the horses
are doing little or nothing, but on the
other hand the heavy work which will be
required of them when spring opens is
overlooked. In cutting down the ration
care should lie used that the grain ration
Is not cut too greatly, for few horses will
be able to do an honest days work in the
spring III their main winter feed has been
~roughage. An excellent plan of winter
ing horses is to give them a ration which
VIII keep them in good condition, and ev-
cry one familiar with feeding horses can
figure what this ration should be. and let
them have more or less out door eXer-
else: not in the harness, but In an en-
closure sufficiently large so that they may
run and kick up their heels if so inclined.
In this enclosure h4e a shed open to the
warm side and in itipiace some roughage
so that If the animals are left out longer
than one intends they will nave shelter
and something to keep them busy. 1t is
surprising how much good this daily OUT
ing will do the animals.
Feeding for Protein.
Dairymen who are on a short allowance
In the matter of grain naturally wish to
keep down the expense bill and make the
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example q correspondent asks which
would give him the best results, corn or
wheat bran, when. as a matter of fact he
should feed both to get anywhere near a
balanced ration. and they should be fed
in the proportion of one part of the wheat
bran to six parts of the corn. This, with
corn slower as roughage and with an oc-
casional feed of oil meal or a change to
some OF the concentrated feeds like gluten
meal will supply a fairly balanced ration
and not a costly one. Those who have to
do with farm affairs are coming more and
more TO figure out these problems instead
of guessing at what they should do or
working on the same plans they followed
years ago when conditions were, perhaps,
much different. This is going in the
right direction and the ultimate results
will not fail to be satisfactory.
Don't Forget Green Food.
The reminder to feed literally of green
1000 during the winter cannot be given
too often. On every farm there is suf-
ficient in the way of parings and unsal-
able whole vegetables to give the fowls
one good ration of green food daily. Con-
slider the quantity OF green stuff the fowls
consume on the range during the sum
mer and ask yourself if it is possible to
feel that they can do without a substi-
tute during the winter. Don't run the
risk If you want or expect a full egg
basket.
Ice and Cold Storage House..
While many farmers consider an ice
house a luxury that is not for them. a
building such as is shown in the cut NAV
be erected at small cost and if the ice
can be had for the cutting and drawing
it will be found profitable. Even In sec
lions where ice is scarce such a structure
would be worth all it cost to a fruit grow
er who desired to hold back his products
in cold storage. To make the house chean
build it of any lumber o%btainable, the es-
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