Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-28

| protein thar the dent corn hence has
quite as much feeding value. Farmers,
as a rule, do not appreciate sweet corn.
| on some farms it is possible to grow much
better sweet corn than dent corn and in
such cases it should be grown both for
| summer feeding as forage and for ripen-
ing to be fed during the winter. AS rough
age in the winter the stalks OF the sweet
corn are smaller and more easily mastl-
Gated by the stock. Don't abuse sweet
corn as food for stock until you have test
ed 1t.
SELL THE SURPLUS COCKERELS
If one has selected the cockerels from
the spring Matched birds which are to be
kept for breeding purposes the remainder
should be marked as soon as possible.
Take a week to feed them in good shape
Sc as to make them as plump as possible
and then put them on the market. Moth
ing is gained by keeping them until early
fall unless they are wholly kept ou what
they pick up on the range and ii is doubt
full if even then they are more valuable
than now In selecting the cockerelS Tor
breeders look out and select the birds that
are good representatives Of their breed.
After selecting them give them good care
so that they will go into winter quarters
strong and vigorous.
SWINE AS WEED DESTROYERS.
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attempt TO pasture the swine wholly on
a plot of weeds, where they have pretty
good pasture they VIII get some variety IT
turned into lots that are particularly
weedy. That pest quack-grass is parr.cu-
larly well liked by hogs and if there is q
plot of it anywhere give them a chance at
IL as well as any other weeds which both
er you. A good plan to get them started
in a patch of weeds is 70 scatter a lot Of
ror, Z,ror tho GnlIS and Tho swine will
soon get down to business. TO get them
properly working on the wed patch turn
them into It while they are hungry; give
them a half day at it and then fill them up
cE god pasture with whatever grain they
are to have fed at night. Then done for
get that a god supply of fresh clean water
is as essential to the well being of swine
as to other animals during the summer.
While calculating for the welfare Of hogs
during the summer do not forget that they
must have a variety Of feed i'm winter and
that alfalfa, cow peas and soy beans are
especially desirable when the winter ration
for swine is composed largely of corn, as
it is in most sections.
HANDLING TENDER TEATS.
Ii is quite often the case that the best
COW in the herd has a tender uddcr and
tcats and in such cases extra care must
be taken in milking as. well as in keeping
the uder and teas from becoming iniamed.
The best mixer is apt. at times, to be a
little rough in handling the COWS, espe-
ctally if he is in a hurry. The COW with
tender skin cannot be handled in that way
A better plan is to see that the udder and
teats are washed with luke warm water
before milking and then carefully dried.
This will soften them and the milking be
easier. Be as gentle and patient as posi-
bic in milking and after milking rub the
udder and teats gently with vaseline or
linseed oil. Do this every time after milk
ing and little trouble will be had even
with the cow afflicted with tender skin.
This plan is much is much better than the
one sometimes advocated of applying a To-
ton to tougher the skin. Most such To-
tons nave alum in them and as this isan
astringent it is apt to make the passage
in the teats smaller, a very undesirable
thing with most cows.
TIE HORSE IN TIE PASTURE.
Those who are familiar with the popular
book David Harum will remember how
this old horse trader prescribed for a
young person who was rather tagged out
i'm the words " he should hav has shoes
taken off and turned out TO pasture"
There is nc doubt that many people need
precisely this treatment and certainly
there are man horses who need it applied
literally. If il is not possible to. give the
horse d vacation Of this kind why not try
lllt pan VI q lllhll NlaS II ~ III NAiNN%
who has q town milk business, the farm
and cows being in care of a son five miles
from town. This man has two horses on
hSi milk wagon and AZ night he drives cut
to the farm for the supply Of milk and
leaves the horse drove there TO go on to
pasture, taking back the one who was on
the farm. TIL next night this horse goes
back TO pasture and the one left the night
before hauls the wagon back TO town and
over the milk route the next day. Two
horses can be handle in this way very
nicely. If this is not feasible the horses
car, at least, have a portion of the night
on the pasture and be all the better able
10 do the work of the following day. 1t is
worth some trouble 20 keep the horses in
good condition during the summe and
thus save the work and fed usually neccs-
sary beyond the usual to carry them
through the winter and fit them for the
work of the next season.
FEED TROUGH FOR FOWLS.
When soft food is fed 70 fowls in the
same troughs used for grain or other food
there is likely to be considerable dirt IN
the trough which cannot be easily re-
moved. A special trough should be used
for the mashes and a good one for his
purpose is readily constructed from strips
of galvanized eve troughs or may be made
of lumber, as one prefers; in some sections
the galvanized iron ~trougfs would be the
cheaper. The trough Is fastened TO the
side of the house high enough for the
fowls to reach it, but not so low that they
will betempted to get into it with their
feet. The ends may be strengthened by
wire. See A in the drawing. This trough
is open at both ends though 1t would be a