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

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1t may be made of any material and by
using matched lumber or battens over
cracks where unmatched lumber is used,
made as snug as desired. In the ground
plan of the Illustration figure / represents
the yard in which feeding troughs may
be arranged. Figure 2 is the main part
of the pen, the living ROOM, with the
trough located on one side where the ami
mails are fed on stormy days. Figure 8
Is the bed room and a window or board
door may be placed in the sid of this
soom through which the bedding may be
thrown. The window in front is for VEN
tilation. Figure 4 show the inclined floor,
which is filled in underneath with broken
stone to furnish firm support. Any varia-
ton Of this plan may be used If the main
arrangement is held to for this arrange
ment provides fof the best use of the
space. The cost of such a structure can
be kept down low if the work is done by
those on the farm.
Keep Corn in Rations.
While most poultrymen advocate variety
IN r%ations, and this means feeding one
grain one day, another the next and so on,
rather than feeding mixed grains, 1t is
we'll to understand that there are cases
where the mixed grains must be fed. I'm
fortunately too many fowls are fed freely
sn corn and too little of other grains. The
mixture known as screenings Is, OF late
years, of little value, and when 1t is de-
sirable for any reason to feed mixed
grains rather than the one grain by itself
there is no combination that should lack
the corn. For example, If wheat and oats
are to be fed add one-third of corn, max
Ing the ration one-third each of wheat,
bats and corn and one has a ration much
better than the combination of wheat and
BATS alone. The corn, If of She yellow
sort, will add richness to the eggs, and If
this ration is supplemented with liberal
supplies of green food the quality of the
sggs will be all that is desirable and the
nens will supply them in goodly numbers.
While the other little accessories are very
desirable we believe that If all who have
poultry would work along from the begin
aing, during the cold months, on he
mixed grain ration which contains one
third corn with the green food, and keep
their houses clean and Tree from Vermln,
the results would be SO satisfactory that
they would willingly d the other little
comforts which they now term 'frills."
Extras for MiIch Cows.
On the farm of the writer is a young
woman who is fond of It'd bits and who
cannot understand why animals should
not nave It'd bits in their line. In her anX-
lety that the COWS shall enjoy some of the
delicacies she is in the habit of preparing
daily what she calls a plate of salad for
each of the seven cows. This salad is COM
posed of the parings from vegetables and
fruit, small potatoes from the bins and
cut slices of mangle wurtzels. III gets
the quantity together, carefully washes 1t,
then mixes through 1t a little oil meal,
and after dividing it into equal portions 1T
Is given to the cows. For a time the hard
headed farmers of the home looked upon
this work with an indulgent smile, but
after a time the milk seemed richer and
the quantity materially increased. A test,
or rather repeated tests, showed that both
iuality and increased quantity was a fact
and not imagination. Then the work was
taken up seriously and a business made OF
feeding these animals along the line
started by the animal-loving young wom-
an. In cold figures it has been found that
the profit PAID a good round UNI ior Ine
material and labor. This is but another
proof tina it is hard to realize what may
be obtained from IN animal in one way
and another by intelligent study OF Its
wants Until one has tried it. When farm
ers begin to study their business as the
merchant studies his, then we may eX-
pect to see returns that will be really
startling compared with those that come
from ordinary effort.
For Colds in Poultry.
There is nothing a poultryman breads
more than roup among his poultry and
If he is a man of experience he knows
that a simple cold in the fowl may mean
roup later on. There is a drug, or more
properly an antiseptic, known to drug
gists and doctors as peroxide of hydrogen
and another known as Silers tablets.
Both of these are used in the form of a
spray or gargle by those who are afhict-
ed with sore throat and they have been
found to work well with fowls having
colds. 1t is not practicable, of course, to
spray the throat of a hen, although the
writer makes IN attempt to do 1t after
applying the remedy as follows: A strip
of cloth Is wound around a small strip of
wood Ia butchers skewer is just the
thing), a little peroxide of hydrogen is
poured on the rag and the throat and
nostrils of he tow with a cold is thor
oughly swabbed. The rag is then stirred
in a pail of water in which carbolic acid
has been placed. After this %swabbing 1
take an atomizer filled with the peroxide
and spray the throat as best I a n. Some
Of It always gets into the eyes and nos
trils and does some good. Two operations
of this kind daily for three days generally
knocks out the cold. 1t is cheap and well
worth trying.
The Best Whitewash Made.
The whitewash used by the government
on Its lighthouses and other structures
which are subject to severe storms keeps
white SO long that 1t has come to be
known as the United States whitewash.
These directions for mixing have been
given IN his department before, but are
repeated in response to numerous calls
for a good w~hitewash: Slack one-half
bushel of lime in boiling water, keeping