The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-22

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A handle OF iron is placed on one end for
handling the slide easily. BY this method
as little air can come IN as one wishes or
one may obtain all that can come IN
through the three holes by pulling the
board out entirely. This ventilating idea
Is very easy to arrange and the expense Is
merely nominal. Further, by it's 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 SO simple
ind works so well that there is no ex-
.use for not putting it in operation in ev-
cry barr
Care of the Managers.
Every dairyman must settle for himself
The question of the superiority Of dry or
wet foods for COWS, but if he feeds the
latter he should plan to do 1t 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 article Will be OIL
particular interest to those whose cows
are fastened In that manner we nave
4 plan of holding the pal securely IN the
mapger by fastening four strips Oh WOOD,
each forming a slot about three or four
inches deep on the inside of the manger,
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 that the COW can
not tip it over. When the food is eaten
the pail is removed and the manger is
thus kept dry for the %roughage and the
aisagreeable work OF cleaning out q lot or
musty, pasty slop is avoided.
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Improving the Manure Value.
While those whose farms are level be-
lieve in the application of the manure 10
the soil as soon after it is made as pos
sible, there are times when it must pc
kept for a time before application to the
soil and then 1T is necessary to contriVe
n some way to preserve its value. one
ST the best ways Of doing this Is to keep
the manure in a pit having a cement bot
tom SO that little or none Of the llqulu
portion win leach away. If, In addition
to this something like kainit is used to
hold the ammonia we lose very little OIL
none Of its chemical value and, Of course,
add to it the value of the kainit In potash,
which will be valuable to most crops and
which. in the majority of cases, will inn
prove the quality OF the manure very per
ceptihly.
Farm According to Conditions.
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little patience with the man who works
along certain lines because he has done
SO for years, Notwithstanding the fac,
that he is losing money yearly. Those
In rural districts are apt to envy the city
merchant, but If the rural man couic
look into the methods adopted ny the sue
cessful city men he would illG that Ihf
/; success was earned at the price OF eteTna
vigilance and keeping up with the prog
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of the buying public. How many farm
ers work on that principle? But why
should they not. Goodness knows it !:
hard enough at best to make tho farm
pay, hence all the more reason why tht
farmer should do his work i~ntelligently
Because your grandfather grew bean:
proftably is not a reason why you shoulc
grow this crop when some other Nigh
bring much better returns. There ar
many farms where one or two crop!
might be made specialties and yield larg'
| returns; on other farms and undo othe'
conditions it would be wiser to have tn
operations more diversified. No time Il
better than the winter for studying condi
tons and planning for future operations
Have a plot which may be devoted to ex
periments SO hat things which seen
promising ma be tested before one goei
into them too deep. Do some studying
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thought out which will give more prof
next season.
Poultry House Roosts.
While there are many plans for putting
up roosts. the best arrangement is tina
which will give each fow plenty of roou
and the roost SO placed that the birds will
not need to fly high to reach the perch
With heavy fowls the ladder, made b,
mailing cleats two inches apart On q boar
eight inches wide, will be a great help Il
enabling the birds to reach the roost
without flying. All roosts should be al
ranged so that they may be lifted fror
their supports and cleaned once or twic
a month. This is necessary, for the roost
harbor more lice than any other part Q
the house, and these vermin always &c
into cracks where they cannot be reache
unless the roost is movable. Whateve
ones system Of feeding may be, never a!
low the fowls to go to -oost hungry, es
pecially during the winter, and here
where the advocates Of tho warm mas
at night seem to be right in claiming tha
the warm food assists in keeping up til
body warmth Of the bird during the sey
eral hours 1t is inactive. There Is some
thing in hat argument. Again, roost
must be arranged SO that no draughts q
cold air can blow over item during tn
night. for this means colds or perIlar