The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-12-02

poultry house for winter occupancy the
main thing is to have 1T dry n more
time should be spent on this than amy
other portion of the work. To make the
house warm and free from draughts
is easily accomplished with the loeral
use of Have the floor dry,
arrange the house so that the fowls haze
light and you nave done much for their
comfort. Feed and water them prop
erly and they'll do the rest.
GRAIN AND ROOTS FOR COWS.
A number d. experiments have DEM
onstrated that the best results GENE
from feeding the grain to dairy COWS
after it is ground and there IS a.!so
considerable advantage in feel4lg u
number OF grains either mixed or by
themselves. In the matter of root crops
feeding mainly carrots and !a,.1Sels
our best results ave come from slioing
he roots so that the COW may begin
| 10 nlasticate at once without waiting To
bite the root to a proper SIZE. @hiie
here may be some doubt about me
wisdom of feeding dairy cows heavily
on roughase, it is q good plan 70 give
| hem enough so that they viii have II
| before them to take when they please.
We find it a good plan TO furnish THIS
roughage in small quantities so that
after the grain is eaten the cow can
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of the morning and afternoon other
small quantities are given her. IN this
way she not likely to over eat OF bulky
food and be unable to eat property OF
the grain ration. This sort OF feeding
combined with the sunny stable, warm
and clean with plenty of fresh clean
water will fill the milk pail
WATCH THE OLD HENS.
So long as the two or three yeac OH
hen lays a fair number of eggs she is
profitable to keep, but the week there is
a decided break in her layilg and she
shows no indication of resumirg then She
should be put in rather small quarters aud
fattened for the carcass market. II is
hard sometimes to thus dispose of a hen
who has turned considerable money into
the treasury, but when her usefulness as
a layer Is over she will quickly turn profit
into loss by eating much more than the
value of the eggs she lays. If she Is one
of the larger breds like Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte or Brahma the carcass VIII
> bring a good price in the market and 1t
! will not take a great deal OF corn to put
:, her In good condition.. By the way, IN fat
, tening fowls for market do not make the
, mistake of feeding corn wholly. Let me
, corn ration be a little more than was
! given her when laying increasing 1T slisht-
ly each day until just before marketing
= the corn is about two-thirds of the ration
Fowls fattened in this way are tender and
have an excellent color that the over-!at
I bird does not have.
HOW ARE THE HORSES?
n Farm horses that have had a busy seq
son are not likely to be in the best coadi-
s ton at this season of the year. Generally
l. the trouble is Indigestion due in a meas
d ure to impaired condition generally aiId
sometimes they are troubled with worms.
Here is an ideal formula for horses in the
a condition described. 1t is used by many
v %horsemen and is. to all intents and pun
r. poses, the same as a famous condition
:, remedy sold in large quantities to horse
;, owners. Have mixed at the drug store
~ five drains of cmetic tartar in five ounces
- of graduated sugar. Divide in five po@-
i, ders and give one in wheat bran brast
every morning before the regular food
=. which should he given an hour later. Aft
~ Ell the last powder has been taken wa
an hour and then give the horses a pill
vi composed of an ounce of Barbados aloe:
te and a quarter ounce of ginger. This treat
If ment will bring out the worms If there arr
10 any. Here is the after treatment which
m will act as a tonic. Take one pound o
10 ground flax seed and mix with it you.
M ounces of powdered sulphate OF iron. fv'
ounces powdered gentian root. one ounc
ct powdered nux vomica. four ounces pow
at dered nitrate of potash, two ounces o
ne powdered charcoal and two ounces o
or powdered anise seed. Mix thoroughly an
stir it well. The dose is a Tablespoonful
~ this mixture three times a day in III
~ grain fed the horse. BY the time iii
a. quantity mixed is taken the horse Will b
e. in fine condition.
ed THE CLEAN POULTRY HOUSE.
1t is simply impossible to win any degre
n of success in the poultry business unles
ag the houses are kept clean; not fairly clear
9y but absolutely clean, 1t is safe to say tina
do fully one-half of the troubles of poullr
ch ~raisers are due to unclean houses for AIT
n begets disease and very quickly too anon
poultry. Naturally the droppings are tn
most fertile source of the trouble, henc
great care should be paid to this. Th
ed best way is to have the dropping boar
ey under the roost and after sprinkling dr.
gs soil over the droppings each morning use
lit hoe and scrape them off to be put ava
he in boxes for use on the garden later. The
nd sprinkle a little lime and soil over I'll
dropping board and 1T is ready for nigh
in Clean the nests, frequently burning III
ne nest material and withdrawing the nez
box, spi!nkling in a little carbolic uci
each time. The clean poultry house vi
be do much toward filing the egg basket.
US, TWO HANDY TOOLS.
~ A fodder shocker, as it is popular
We known, is easily constructed by using
piece of one and one-half by one and on,
IS half inch stuff ten feet long. Make LEI
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