Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-26

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! has enough years before him TO accom-
plish a great deal: in the city, IL the man
OF so be an employee, he Is In daily rear
and justly, that he will lose his position
and some youth get II. 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 his for
tune I'm buying large tracts OF land IN set
tied farming communities, near schools,
churches and stores, cutting them up into
small farms OF ten or twenty acres, oulio-
ing a house on each, employing n or
more experts as teachers In rural lines
and Offering these homes to city men OF
middle age who haye saved a little money
az a price and on terms that VIII enabl
the man from the city 10 pas for his home
by his labor. He will be taught how by
the experts employed by the rich man.
This is not charity, for the rich man will
and his philanthropy paying him a goodly
per cent on hts investment. This may be
somewhat out OF place In this department,
but IL 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 10 eat wood. corn cob and other
foreign substances, some going 50 far as
to make an effort 10 crib after the manner
OF horses. Sometimes salt will remedy
the evil, for IL indicates a lack of mineral
~ thc food. The best way 10 avoid and
also 10 overcome these deprayed 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
$3.50 g.sN -. NsNowf,wa ~ cha Taffnu
OF grain should consist OF bran, A spoon
full OF bone meal In the grain every other
day for a week win assist in overcoming
the evil
A Good Egg Preservative.
In giving the readers or this department
the benefit OF the method most used for
the preservation OF eggs. il is done with
the hope that the eggs thus preserved
will be used at home or, il sold, sold strict
~ on their merits. III 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. IL
the eggs offered are preserved. say so.
The best egg preservative now known IS
water glass or. in other words, a solution
OF silicate OF sodium p~rocurable at any
6kOIt. 4 Ut the SOtuliol III al Aai0AA
vessel, add nine times its bulk OF water
and put in II as many eggs as the solution
will cover. Then place a cover over the
vessel and place II in a cool cellar. Eggs
preserved now in the manner described
win keep In good condition for seven or
eight months. IT is necessary, however,
that the eggs be perfectly fresh when
they are put In the preserving fluid or
they win not keep as long as stated.
Water for Swine.
One OF the best p%reventives of hog cnol-
era is a clean range and a clean pen. IL
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 If possible
and see that they nave plenty OF fresh,
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
from O trough, have the trough
SO arranged that they cannot get their
feet into 1t and It should be built also In
4 so that any surplus water may
be let out through q hole at n end. A
stout plug will easily accomplish this. A
good plan I'm watering swine during the
Is to add a little charcoal to the
to rsmoye any impurities there nay
in Ii. We consider Ii practically impos-
to have the water for swine too
or too clean and never offer them
water which we would not willingly drink.
In feeding vegetables and apples to swine
we never give them more than they will
TAT up clean and In this way we not only
Keep them In good condition, but prevent
fouling OF the pen or the range. "A
hog Is a healthy hog and a healthy
takes on weight rapidiv. henee 4 Tho
profitable hog.
Selecting the Winter Layers.
The puliets Matched in the early spring
vii! be the layers OF the winter and these
should be made. The wise poul-
has watched his pullets from the
time he could distinguish the sex so Is In
4 position to know which ones have made
The desired growth. Look the birds over
carefully, noting the strong points OF each
and bearing in mind that the ones that
strong and hardy are the ones to be
for winter laying. tt Is doubly
that the selection be made on
the line indicated. for. in all probability.
Eggs lain by these puilets late in the
winter will be used for early spring hatch
ing and II the parent stock Is not hardy
can be expected OF the progeny?
Any OF the pullets that ars weak. not sick.
simply not strong and robust, should
be pumped up with good grain and turned
the carcass market at an opportune
time. 1t VIII be far from profitable to
such birds for winter laying; they
Will only cat up the profits made by the
layers.
A Hog Proof Fcnc&.
After some years OF experience with