The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-06

.ncll thick and u inches wide, at right
angles. After pluckins the fowls lay the
carcass IN this trough with the head hang
ing down. the legs alongside the breast
and the breast downward. BY gentle pres
/ sure force the carcass down into the
angle of the trough Cover each carcass
with oiled paper: then have an inch board
inches wide to lay on the carcasses and
weight this board down with brick or
heavy stone ut either end, AS the car
c"Ss of the bird is slipped under the board
/ move the lower brick or stone to obtain
the weight. The c>rcasscs should be kept
in this position for six or seven hours
and they will then he shaped and ready
for packing in crates. The illustration
shows the construction of this shaper in
detail and as will be seen, any handy man
can construct it readily.
ADULTERATlNG STOCK FOODS.
There is no reason to doubt but what
there are plenty of manufacturers OF stock
/ foods who are not over careful about their
mixtures. to put it mildly, but in states
| where the authorities are having samples
analysed using samples bought in the
! open market, the manufacturers are some
what careful what they send. Some of the
state experiment stations are taking hold
Of these things and making public what
they find. The New York state expert
/ ment station in a recent report makes the
W
serious consideration of those who are
in the habit of buying stock foods: The
inspection reveals the fact that the sam
! pies representing quite a number of
brands contained considerably less protein
| than called for by the guarantees. In all.
at least ffty-two samples showed
a larger deficit than would be regarded as
| reasonable a list of twenty-seven brands
| is given, concerning which is said, Named
| for special consideration either because
! they are not what their name would in
( dictate or because they are compounded
/ by the use in part of inferior materials.
] oat hullS being the undesirable ingredient
I in nearly all cases" Nc would advise
! every reader who has stock food to buy to
send for this report. Policy makes it I'M
/ desirable to give list of the brands re-
ported on in this department.. but they
are given prominence i'll the report re-
ferred to. Nonresi6ents of New York
J state would better send. say 10
I cents for the bulletin. To residents of
New York state it is free for the asking.
Write the New York state experiment
| station Geneva, N Y, and ask for bull
! letin No. 255.
FOR FATTENlNG FOWLS.
In fattening poultry for market be sure
and produce nearly as is possible the
color of tie:h desired If the market de-
mands fowls with white flesh feed during
/! the fattening period 4 mixture composed
of two pounds of ground oats, two pounds
| of ground buckwheat and one pound of
corn. Use skim milk for mixing and make
to the consistency of thin porridge If a
yellow flesh is wanted feed rations of two
pounds of ground corn. one pound OF
ground oats and one pound of ground
buckwheat. In either ration small guam
tity of salt should be added to give flavor
In tho absence of skim milk for mixing the
ration use water, but include with ground
food little meat and few finely chopped
vegetables No matter what the breed of
fowl to be fattened care should be used
not to feed too much corn, for it will not
be possible for the birds to relish it long
hence they will not eat greedily enough to
fatten them quickly and protitably.
WINTER CARE OF COWS.
The best time to give the COW exercise
out Of doors during the winter is during
that portion of the day when the sun IS
brightest, about noon. 1t may not be as
convenient as some other hour perhaps
but it will do the animal the most good
Some dairynan make it practice to turl
the cows out of the barn for their daily
exercise while the stables are being
cleaned; there * ro objection to this wher
the stables are not cleaned very early il
the morning and the cows turned out Ions
before sunrise. We like the plan of turn
roughage to mouth over, while the stable:
are being cleaned. then turning them int
the open air about noon. and putting then
back in the barn in one or two hours after
according to the weather. We also lik,
the plan OF having a woolen mitten mad.
so it will slip over the hand easily anc
with this cleaning off the udder and teat:
before milking. In case they are badly
soiled they are washed with tepid wate
and then dried with large wooden cloth
The COWS like this and g..:e down thei
milk more freely as a result.
HOW TO GET EGGS IN WINTER.
i A successful poultry raiser was one,
asked how to successfully get eggs dur
ing che winter season and his replay was
hatch winter chickens from winter laic
/ eggs Will. this is by no means tn,
only thing to do, it is. beyond question, tn
foundation of the whole r.,atter i..:3 i'm
possible to have pullets that will lay egg