The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-09-23

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aot a dry soil, for the bulbs love the
moisture. but a soil on which or IN
which the water does not stay SO ina.
it becomes heavy and soggy. Such SOIL
quickly rots the bulbs. An ideal way
to prepare a lily bed is to dig out the
necessary area to the depth of three
teet and, then fill in six inches deep
with old broken pots. stones or any
thing similar which will furnish drain
age. over this place two or three
inches of clear sand II then fill IN to
the level with the rich garden SOIL with
which half rotted manure has been IN
corporated. Set the bulbs so That tle
crown will be, just under the soil. pro-
tect with more soil as the weather
growsc colder and as spring approaches
remove some of this covering. me
bulbs will increase in size and strength
yearly and he blossoms be larger ana
more profuse in consequences.
Feeding Swine for Growth.
That our farm animals are over-sed
with corn no n questions and one
of, the most difficult things to accom-
plish at the present time is to induce
farmers to see wherein it is profitable
to cut down on the corn diet. Corn is
grown with comparative ease whiie
other feedstuffS must. perhaps be
bought so thai it is natural to feed the
corn. 1t would not be sound advice to
advocate the selling of the corn and
buying other grains with the proceeds
for the feeding of swine because the
margin of profit in selling swine is so
small, but on the average farm it is
quite possible to utilize other feedstuffs
and odds and ends through he early
period Of the pigs life so that 1t will
grew bone and muscle and thus pc IN
shape to fatten at the smallest possible
expense. 1t is surely profitable to buy
II rnaSnpnhla amount ~ Of bran 10 use
with the skim milk in feeding young
pigs while the same plan might be
ruinous after the pig was six months
Old. The spring pigs with this ration
of bran and skim milk, and more or
less in the way of vegetables and fallen
apples will be in excellent shape to feed
corn in the fattening season and bring
profitable returns; on the other hano,
the pig fed on corn largely from the
first can rarely be brought to a weight
which makes it profitable When one
comes to sell il.
Feeding for Milk Quality.
! While is ready to admit that tle
quality of the milk will be greatly inn
proved under better feeding the ides
that by proper feeding one can obtain
the best quality of5milk from any COW
is wrong. The food affects the quantit!
rather than the quality SO that if on
has an animal whose milk is not ricl
under even ordinary feeding he can b.
convinced that any special plan Of feed
ing will not materially Improve tn
quality while it may show a wonderful
Improvement in quantity. The write
once owned a COW whose milk was o
the finest quality under any plan o
feeding and by careful improvement
and selection of food we We're able t
ncrease the quantity nearly three time
but there was no Very perceptible I'm
provement in the quality. Conversel
another COW in the same herd gave a
astonishing quantity of milk undo
heavy and rich feeding, but the qualit
was almost too poor to drink. Such a
animal is OF little use in the dairy, al
though in two such extreme cases tn
quality of the milk could be we
balanced by mixing. However. sue
cases are rarely found in the sam
sfterd. 1t is hoped that this item wi
furnish the necessary hin to look owe
the dairy n see hat each COW is dc
ing i'll both quantity and quality an
act accordingly.
Handling Fall Born Pigs.
The one possible objection to fall fal
rowed pigs is the expense of winterir
them, but if they are treated rigl
during the period when the can
out of doors and given warm pei
during the winter they can be prof
ably fed. After weaving, feed ski
milk, bran and a little oil meal, but G
pecially let them get their share
green stuff. while it is growing al
later feed them more or less gard
truck that is not. salable. During I
winter give them the ration which e
perience has proved best with YOU, b
l,royide them with pens that are Fl
from3draughts. that are clean and W
bedded. Even the swine apprecia
COMFORT and warmth and will pay I
IL in good health and growth and ia
on fat properly at the proper seas
hi is said abou comfortable pc
for pigs applies also to the mat,
swine and particularly to the bro
SOW. Do not permit her to be annoy
give her comfortable and clean gu;
ters9 proper food and her proge
WIN be all that is desirable.
Fall on the Range.
If the pasture is but an ordinary {
it Will not properly feed q number
I. animals atSthis season Of the year.
II. has not actually dried out, the gri
Isl so short that it will be of little val
I1etrthe COWS stay On h range as Il
as possible and get what they "a
the way of grass. 1t may be nee
sary to increase the ration of grain
cause of the poor pasture. but do
stop at that; bear in mind the X
time that they must go without or,
food almost entirely. SO fill them up