The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
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A. handle of iron rs placed on one end Tor
handling the slide easily. BY this method
as little air can come n as one wishes or
one may obtain all that can come in
through the three holes by pulling the
board out entirely. This ventiiating idea
Is very easy to arrange and the expense is
merely nominal. Further, by its use the
window may be fastened to remain closed
all winter and any cracks around the
casing filed in with paper, for the three
! holes will provide all the ventilation need
| ed in cool weather. The plan is Sc simple
and works SO we'll that there is no eS-
cuse for not putting il in operation ln'eV-
cry barn.
Care of the Managers.
Every dairyman must settle for himself
the question of the superiority or dry OF
wet foods for cows, bur il he feeds the
latter he should plan to do it so that no
! portion of the feed will get into the man
ger. Cows fed on stanChions can be FED
from pals so that this ~Harticle will be of
particular interest to those whose cows
are fastened in that manner. We have
a plan of holding the pal securely in the
Manager by fastening four strips or WOOD.
each forming a slot about three or four
Inches deep on tha inside of the manager.
front and back: the pail is put in position
and then a strip of wood three inches
wide and a half inch thick is slipped INTO
the slots on either side, coming down
against the sides OF the pail about six
inches from the top. In this manner the
pail is firmly held so thar the COW can
not tip it over. When the food is eaten
the pail is removed and the mango is
thus kept dry for the roughage and the
disagreeable work of cleaning out a lot of
musty, pasty slop is avoided.
Improving the Manure Value.
While those whose farms are level be-
lievo In the applicat ton of the manure TO
the soil as soon after it IS made az pos
sible, there are times when it must be
kept for a time before application to the
soil and then it is necessary to contrive
In some way to preserve its value. One
Of the best ways of doing this is to keep
the manure in a pit having a cement bot
tom so that little or zone of the liquid
portion will leach away. If, in addition
to this something like kainit is used TO
hold the ammonia We lnse very little or
none of Its hemica value and, Of course,
add to 1t the value Of the kainit II, potash,
which will be valuable to most crops AMI
which, in the majority Of eases, will inn
prove the quality of the manure very per-
ceptibly.
a'' ~SSotd'hS u SotiutCtOTS.
In this age of progress one can have but
little patience with the man who works
along certain lines 'secause he has done
SO FOR years., Notwithstanding the fact
that he Is losing money yearly. Those
In rural districts are apt to envy the city
merchant, but If the rurat man could
look int the methods adopted by the sue
cessful city men he would find that she
success was earned at the pr,ce of eternal
VjU51a nna and Rpan{np If, r-i,b tho -
ress of his competitors and the demands
of the buying public. How many farm
ers work on that, principle? Eut why
should they not. Goodness knows it is
hard enough at best to make the farm
pay, hence all The more reason wiz the
farmer shou!d do his work intell.gently.
Because your grandfather grew beans
profitably is noe Il reason Why YOU should
grow this crop when some other might
bring much better returns. There are
many farms where one or two crops
might be made speciaities and yield large
returns: on other farms and under other
conditions 1t would be wiser to nave the
operations more diversified. No time is
better than the winter for studying condi-
tons and planning FOR future operations.
Have a plot which may be devoted to .ex-
%periments so that things which seem
promising may be tested before one goes
into them too deep. Do soIne studying
this winter and sec if plans cannot be
thought out which will give more profit
next season.
Poultry House Roosts.
While there are many pans Tor putting
up roosts. the best arrangement is that
when Will give each fowl plenty OF room.
ana the roost so placed thatSthe birds will
not need to fly ltgs 10 reach The perch.
With heavy fowls the ladder, made by
ifait.ng scleats two inches apart On a board
eight inches wide, will be q great heln in
enabling the birds to reach the roosts
Witaoat flying. All roosts should be M
Iallsed SO that they may be lifted from
lhelf supports and cleaned once ar twice.
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