Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-15

| ten her trouble is contagious and hard 70
cure. In the experience of the writer the
best cure for disease of poultry is the ak.
As this remedy is an expensive one We
try and avoid 1t by preventing disease.
Pure water, sweet and wholesome feed,
dry and properly ventilated houses and,
in the summer. a good range, viii keep
out disease. If, with all this care, a fowl
gets in trouble off goes her head and her
body Is burned. Sometimes the disease is
SO simple that IL is easily cured and under
such circumstances the remedy is applied,
but IL there is the slightest chance OF the
disease being contracted by the other hens
IL is certainly cheaper TO Kill the sick one.
Stop Kitchen Stops for Hogs.
If the kitchen slops fed to swine con
sisted mainly of greasy water, vegetable
parlngs and no soap suds there would be
no objection TO them provided they were
fed in connection with bran or a corn
meal. The soap suds in the slop causes
paralysis to a greater or less extent and
Il is safest not TO feed them. When the
swine have been fed on kitchen Stops for
some time IL is an excellent plan 70 let
them have a good n where they will
get plenty Of green food and add plenty OF
lime water TO the water or the skinned
milk they drink. An occasional feed of
blood meal In small quantities viii also
help to correct the tendency toward pa
ralysis which may come from the use OF
kitchen slops. Most farmers are too care
less in the feeding and care of swine, not
paying sufficient attention to the stom-
ach of the animal. True, the digestive or
gans of the hog are good generally and
this is all the more reason why food
should be kept up TO the mark so that
they may make the greatest possible in-
crease at the smallest possible expense
for food.
Handling the Broody Hen.
During the summer the hens that should
have Matched chicks In the spring begin
to sit az do also those OF the flock that
seem to hin their mission on earth Is
TO cover eggs. 1t is not always easy to.
break up a sitting hen, but one of the
best plans Of the many we have tried is
TO fence off a small plot, with wire nett
ting, and put all broody hens In the en-
closure. A grassy plot is selected, and
temporary roosts are erected. Water is
supplied in abundance and plenty of egg
producing food is given them. The hens
are left In this enclosure for four days
and the night of the fourth day they are
let out to feed with the other hens and
are turned into the poultry houses with
the other hens. Those that go TO nests
instead of the roosts are put back in the
enclosure for another four days. 1t is
rare hat a hen has to spend more than
the second term IN the enclosure. While
this is not a new plan by any means. IL is
much better than the dark box idea or
any other we have tried.
Advertising Choice Fruit.
Nearly all fruit growers OF the country
are familiar with some of the methods OF
Mr., Hale. the famous fruit grower OF Cons
n~ecticut and Georgia. MIR. Hale is moth
ing IL not original and as he is a shrewd
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grade fruit, other growers may follow his
marketing plans to advantage. While 1t
may not be practicable for all fruit grow
ers TO keep their help in workable condi-
ton by having a band play for them as
Mr.. Hale does on his Georgia plantations,
any growers OF high grade fruit may fol-
low Mr.. Haie's plan of packing greatly TO
his advantage. The labels used by Mr..
Hale are unique, one OF them in particu-
lar, attracting attention whenever seen.
II reads: ~ see top u see all" Some
times his Is printed on a tag and wired
to the basket containing the fruit and
sometimes IL is on a strip Of heavy pa
per and slipped in the side OF the basket.
1t is needless to say that the fruit In the
basket is all the label declares 1t to be,
hence the purchaser IS impressed and
looks for the label the next time he or
she buys. 1t pays to pack first class fruit
and do IL carefully, but 10 make the most
out OF you care every possible oppor-
tunity shanLa he ..ke. &C .Ss 1s pubic
know where the fruit comes from and
there is no better way than an advertise
ment Of some kind packed with the fruit.
The Month for Cultivation.
Those who believe In the dust mulch,
and all who have tried 1t thoroughly are
believers in It, know that the labor in
volyed is paid for many times over In
results. This is particularly so with fruit
and vegetable plantations where the Gull
tivator Is kept at work with sufficient
frequency to keep the surface Of the soil
for one or two inches in depth I'm a
shape so fine that II may be called dust.
Aside from the fact that by this culture
the weeds are held in subsection, this
dust mulch makes the soil porous SO that
moisture can readily enter ii ard con-
serves the moisture in the soil If one
has not tried this plan Of summer culti-
walton take a small plot and divide Ii in
two parts, giving one the cultivation in
dictated and the other the usual culture,
and compare results at harvest time. Dur
ing this month and August, when the sun
Is hot, this shallow cultivation will be
particularly valuable.
Two Hand implements.
Those who have occasion to catch grow
ing chicks for any purpose find the work
extremely difficult so that a chicken
catcher should be an adjunct to every
farm where poultry is raised. Such a
convenience can be easily constructed In
the following manner: Take a strong
hoop and to IL attach a net bag and a
strong handle. II the net bag Is not easy
to secure one made Of strong unbleached
muslin viii answer the purpose. An old
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