The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-04-28

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In diameter. To operate the device place
1t near the post, hook the chain around
the post near the ground then use two
bars, one IN each mole. turn the roller
with these bars and the post will yield
readily and with the use OF but q small
amount OF strength on the part OF the
operator. Any one who Is handy with
tools can easily make this device AM It
will pay for itself in a single season If
many posts are to be pulled.
Expecting impossible Results.
Many farmers work on the plan that
when a meadow has passed its days OF
usefulness 1t ought to be able to make
a profitable hoed crop, and they are much
disappointed II It does not. Remember,
this meadow has had little or no fertil-
izer during the period It has been cut and
yet its owner feels that the bare fact
Of turning tho last stubble under should
give him an excellent seed bed for corn.
The way to treat such a meadow would
be to turn It under and fertilize fairly
heavy with q commercial fertilizer con-
tanning mainly potash and phosphoric
acid then SOW the soil to timothy and clo-
yer with q light sowing afterwards OF oats,
SoNt4iS lio " ih SOOlt Gilcl ilS
heads show and thus giving over the field
to the timothy and clover, which will
greatly benefit the soil SO that If turned
under the next spring the soil will be in
pretty good shape to grow a good hood
crop and the results will be enough better
to warrant getting nothing but the light
oat crop the first season after breaking
up.
lmpaction of the Bowels.
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the editor OF this department from farm
ers who have lost COWS from impact!on
OF the owe due solely to feeding too
much coarse fodder and little or nc sue
culent food, 1t is all very well, especial
ly when grain is high IN price or scarce to
feed literally OF roughage in the hope
that the cows VIII go through the winter
in fairly good shape. although It Is by no
means profitable. On the other hand If
| this fodder must be fed there is no rea-
son why sufficient succulent food cannot
be given to keep the bowels In proper
| condition. Surely on nearly every farm
there are enough unstable vegetables
| that might be used to advantage or, bet
ter still, let some portion Of the farm be
| devoted to raising root crops in sufficient
quantity to provide the succulent food the
| COWS require. When COWS are attacked
by constipation give several doses OF ep-
| som salts, vice q week a small handful
at a dose until the attack passes off; then
feed the succulent food. An occasional
feed Of oil meal, a handful mixed with the
other grains or with the bran will also
| do considerable toward keeping the bow
els in proper condition.
Scours in Calves.
One of the spring troubles of the farm
er or dairyman who raises the calves born
on the farm Is scours and most calves
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| they are cared for. The use of dried blood
In this trouble Is very general and it Is
most effective when properly used. There
have been many cases of complaint re-
! sard!ng 1t. but the trouble was due TO i'm
proper feeding. Only u SINAI! quantity is
used, not over q teaspoonful at a time,
n 1t must always be well mixed with
the milk or other food given the calf. 1t
should be fed daily until the animal re-
covers. So highly Is dried blood thought
OF in some dairy districts 1t is fed 60
cows and cattle as a tonic given In the
grain or other mixed food, as with the
calves and IN quantities OF about an
ounce to each feed. 1t Is not a good plan,
however, to feed 1t as a part of the regu-
lar ration for either COWS or calves, put
/ rather to use 1t for the calves when they
| have the scours and for the COWS Wheh
they seem to need q tonic.
Cleanliness in Milking.
IT Is assumed by every reader OF this
stam who owns a COW that he or she
/ aoes not need any advice on the subject,
Won IL is q fact beyond dispute that BY
| far the majority OF mixers do not get the
res,1Ita they would obtain with q little
saore care. The COW lS naturally g. clean
animal. but she Ia so formed that she caii-
n6t reach many parts OF her#body Will
Liner tongue, hence must depend uuofi. hsr
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