The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-21

as another example. Make 1t a business
to see that they have clean fresh water
daily In a clean vessel and you will see
how readily they drink 1t and drinking il
they must need 1t and it must do them
good.
NOW THE PRESERVING EGGS
FRAUD.
1t would seem as if there were a numbe.
OF rogues in the country who make irSa@
business to read the agricultural papers
IN order to get. somewhat familiar with
new methods and then work them off or
try to, on the unsuspecting-rural residents
The readers of this department are fa-
miliar with the method of preserving eggs
by the water glass method, described twice
In these columns, and know its weak
points as we'll as its good ones. Several
schemers are now engaged in sending to
the papers throughout the country inter-
esting items telling how much money thew
made by selling preserved eggs during the
winter when prices were high. OF course
further will be. supplied BY
writing. The reply Is generally q circular
lurid and e%nticing and ending up with the
offer to send a certain quantity of the
Wonderful p~reservative for a certain sum-
generally three or four times what it could
De bought for at the store provided it is
pure which is more or les doubtful. Don't
bite at these bats. If you are interested
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paper or write the editor of this depart
ment and the Item concerning the use of
water glass as an egg p~reservative will be
given again in this department.
DRESSING POULTRY FOR SELECT
TRADE.
If one is located where it Is possible
to work up a fair trade with customers
who are willing to pay a good price for
the best on the market lit always pays to
cater to such trade. Here Is now q poul-
tryman near a thriving town does it. His
poultry is always properly fed and cared
for SO that it is in prime condition-this is
necessary In order to make the next steps
proftable-so that he has only to present
them to prospective customers in the, most
attractive condition to- make ready sales.
The feathers are pluciSed and the carcass
rs shaved, a regulation safety razor being
used for the purpose. The entrails are
then removed, and the opening stuffed
with white oiled paper. The feet and head
are removed. the skin being drawn up
over the joint in the neck and tied with a
bit of narrow blue ribbon, the legs being
tide In the same manner. Then the fowl
is wiped dry and each carcass is wrapped
in 81 clean napkin made of bieached muslin.
When shown to the customer the sales
man unWraps the cloth with one hand on
the underside and displays the bird with
out his hands touching it. This man tells
me that if the person he shows the fowl
to has the money a sale is almost certain
for they cannot resist the dainty, clean
and plump fowl. Whatever extra labor or
expense is gone to III order to present the
birds in this manner is more than made
good in the increased price. 1t certainly
Will cost but little for any one to try the
plan In his own market.
FALL PLANTING OF SHRUBBERY
If you have ever thought of beautifying
the farm home grounds why not begin
this fall? There will be more or less spare
time in October when this work can be
done and not interfere with more pressing
work as would be the case in the spring.
Nurserymen are not SO busy in the fall
and your order can receive better atten-
ton, the soil is in good condition for the
shrub and, altogether, it is an ideal time
for the work. Don't dot the shrubs here
and there on the lawn but set them in
masses at one or more places where they
where they will look best. For example.
If there is am unsightly view which may
be readily shut off by a mass of shrubbery
by all means locate the plants there.
Select varieties which will furnish An
abundance of bloom and at various sea-
sons; do not make the mistake of plant
ing only spring blooming shrubs but obtain
some of the early, medium aud late
blooming sorts. An excellent way is to
obtain the catalogue of some reliable
nurseryman, go over it carefully noting
the height TO which the shrub will grow,
the color of its blossoms and its season Of
blooming. A little care in these respects
will enable you to avoid mistakes. After
figuring up the cost one will find that it Is
small indeed compared with the result in
two or three years after planting. There
is no cheaper way to add to the cash value
of the farm than by the iudicious planting
of a few ornamental trees, shrubs and
vines.
CEMENT cULVERTs FOR ROADS
During late years farming communities
are giving much attention to the public
highways, realizing that it is money well
expended. One of the chief expense &C
counts has been for culverts and these are
quite as high when the opening to be
bridged is narrow for the reason that less
expensive and much lighter lumber is used
hence the culvert must be renewed at fire.
quent intervals. AS the cost of Tuner in
creases the cost of cement and cement
building blocks and slabs decreases SO that
the future will see many more structures
Of different kinds built of concrete than It
has been thought profitable to use In the
past. Experts say that a span OF twenty
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