Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-07-06

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devised. On most farms II Will not be at
all hard to find "A corner shaded by trees
or vines where this trough and a light
chain or tie rope hitched to the lower
branches of the tree to hold the horse
while drinking if its owner wishes to leave
1t a few minutes. BY . little care in the
setting of the trough so that the lower
back corner is tilted away from the side at
which the horse approaches the trough,
the overflow may he readily conducted
away from the trough and the wet stamp
ing place avoided. \ good plan Is to dig
on, the soil for a foot i'll the spot where
the horse would stand while drinking and
fill in with coarse gravel which would
surely do away with the wet spots.
GARGET FROM CEMENT FLOORS
An sorts of objections have been urged
against the cement floors for COW stables.
the most important ono being that such
floors are slippery. If they are built with
the proper slope and built the proper
length, 50 that the cNcrcments Wlll fan
beyond the floors. there is no reason why
they should be wet and slippery. OF course
such floors are made so tlat they are
rather rough, this being easily accom-
plished by the introduction of considefable
gravel in the cement mixture. Lately sew
orai writer's have claimed that the udders
of their COWS were injured by coming in
contact with the cold cement floor and
that. in some cases, earSet resulted. rms
is a serious statement and doubtless has
more or less truth in it, IL is plain that in
q cold climate the cement floor does get
very cold. but an abundance OF bedding
will easily rcctify that rouble. Even il
the ANIMALS displace more or less of this
bedding in their movements the floor has
been warmed by their bodies. 50 that there
is little danger. While there is a posi-
J hility Of such injury AS stated, 1t seems
as if the bedding would overcome it. We
have am old mop in the barn, made OF
heavy ropes, with which we go over each
floor of cement before the COW are bcdded
during the winter to remove any moisture
which may have gotten there from any
cause and then We supply the bedding
literally: for a dozen years we have used
cement floors in a climate where the
thermometer goes far below zero, and
have vet to discover an udder trouble with
any of the COWS.
VARIOUS WAYS OF USING SKIM
MILK.
Much of the skim milk which is fed on
the farm is given without much idea of
its value or what it should accomplish. 1t
is a by-product of the farm. and the main
idea seems to be to feed it and get 1t out
of the way. In our experience the best re-
suits in feeding it come from a combina-
ton of grains except when 1t Is fed TO
poultry. In this feeding several interest
ing experiments have been made and the
conclusion reached that the egg return Is
best when the grain is fed by itself. The
skim milk is invariably fed In the morn
ing. about 10 O'Clock. and we have had che
entire flock of poultry come in from the
range for their feed of skim milk. In the
winter we feed the warm mash IN the
morning. mixing ii with a mixture OF equal
parts of water and skim milk: at 10 O'Clock
we give them skim milk in the trough,
trying to dole it out so that each bird VIII
get about a cupful: at noon we feed the
whole grain in the litter in the scratch
ing shed. and at night whole grain again,
arranging 1t so that three or four suplers
out of the seven are of whole corn heated
in the oven and fed nearly hot. For swine
the best results come from U'tkIliS 4, MN
ture of finely chopped vegetables. mid
dlings and enough skim milk to make The
mass like porridgc. In the summer this
is fed cold and in the winter as warm as
the swine can swallow it.
SUMMER INDIGESTION IN COWS
1t is a common expression to speak OF q
COW as losing her cud when she stops rum
mating: the trouble is due 10 indigestion
wholly and may he easily relnedied in mos
mo. ~. ,,vo,,a,. .lint V'StfDllN TINS
trouble occurs most frequently in the win
ter when the COWS are heavily grain fed
but sometimes occurs with cows in the
summer who are on the range. but are re-
ceiving some grain. In such cases a gooc
plan is to cut out the grain ration entire
ly for a few days or until the co" agar
chews her cud. For a time after she re-
sumes Illuminating feed her largely on the
grass with some good hay and gradually
get her on to the grain. A day or Two
after the grain ration has been cut on
the COW should have a single dose of one
pound OF EPSON salts and two ounces o.
ground ginger root mixed In two quart!
Of warm water. In the winter reduce
the grain ration o%ne-haif. give her the
medicine named above at the beginning
Of the treatment and make up the ration
with roots or ensilagc. AT all times COWS
hould have free access 10 rock salt FOL
4, is a great digestive.
WATER FOUNTAINS FOR FOWLS
The water fountains. in regulation form
or the pans used as substitute which are
porcelain lined are expensive but they are
easily cleaned and last for a long time
II one feels these are too expensive ther
the agate pans should be bought but tir
vessels should never be used. The cheaI
agate pans may he used and with care
will go through one season in good shape
II is a good plan TO empty the water from
each vessel in the early morning. and theY
with a stiff brush wash II out with scald'
ing water: then stand 1t where the SUI
will shine in II for awhile. Twice or three
times weekly a strong mixture Of car
bolIc ACID water should be used to wash