The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26

warmth. Start&in by keeping the stableS
clean with q gutter back az eaciiScow 20
that the liquid e~xcreTneEt may be con-
Quoted into someSvat and be saved and the
COWS kept ont of it, Then start the room
g.@geHIfy4a at IRIS I'll
never been groomed wfIITbe co~IlsideraDIy
astonished at the process. Use a. rather
soft brushsa first and spend only a few
minutes each morning on each cowssfor 81
week, extending the time as they get used
to the operation. Later q sitter brush or
eve ntle curry may be used and the cows
will enjoy the operation Do the work
ithorouhgly as would be done with horses
and YOU Will have betterNcoWs in more
ways thall8one.
SULPHUR IN POULTRY HOUSES
Even in the cleanest poultry houses
There Is likely to be more or less verrlin,
and certainly plenty of bad air that can
be gotten rid of only by ~furnigating. The
plan OF using sulphur for this purpose is
not "a new one by any means, but it is
none the less desirable and effective. Work
1t in this way: During the pleasantspart
of the day turn the fowls out into a. sired
or into4the yard, then close up all vim
dows, doors and cracks in the poultry
house, take an old tin pan and In 1t place
aquantity of sulphur, from one-half to a.
pound, according to the size of the house.
wrapped In Il cloth n over the cloth a
newspaper. Set fire to this. after placing
ItLAS pan lI$IiS LlluulSSOl l4Gs IiuUA& ASllSiS&
lit will not be likely to do any damage.
Then leave the house. shutting the door
lclosely behind you. Let the sulphur burn
until 1t dies out, which Will be In an hour
or so, then, about an hour before roosting
time go into the house and open all tho
windows and doors so that the fumes of
the sulphur may eseape.1n the morning
place a little dry sulphur in each nest
box and sprinkle solme#dry lime through
the busting boxes and YOU will have done
more to rid the house OF disease-breeding
mites than anything else possible. OF
course, it is understood that this funiga-
ton does not, In any way take the place
OF the usual cleaning and whitewashing.
EXERCISE FOR HEAVY HENS.
II one wishes to prove the statement
that exercise is essential to the best egg
production during the winter let him take
a GoclS of any of the heavy breeds and
: keep them in confinement with little or
no. opportunity for exercise and he will
find the egg production materially re-.
duced; not because the hens are injured
In any way from lack of exercise, but be-
cause they get too fat. The lighter breeds
and especially the Leghorns do not suffer.
SO much in this way because they are ma.
turally of a nervous disposition and will
voluntarily exercise even in q small space.
No better way of forcing the hens of large
breeds to exercise has been found than
Iconiinilg their midday meal to a light
ration of grain scattered through the
scra oh FOR II A goodH ,lan g. Ia feed this
groin in n laroe sbed SCATTERING a thinIy
ova, +be enttra langtb ~ me shad en-
that the hens will be forced to do consid-
other pood Nav is ~ pa,g = cabbapa head
or = h1Incb az some other Green sflIff inst
bipb cno,lph ca mat t,o hans will have 10
jump a little to get at IT,. The heavy
breeds must be forced to take exercise
and some way must be provided or there
will be a falling Off in the egg production.
"A STATIONARY BAG HOLDER.
wh:la a. is admitted that the so-calIed
snrinp-noor ANNA, is largely the result
If moor Writer rations and lack Of care
tha tro,,hle roes 1,acl, If This fn$the mas
tire ncriod II is nor nossible atNany req
eonahln cost a. INV rate 10 carry an anti
MAJ tbroIrb tba winter in GOOD shane
when If has had anlv indifferent pasture
Is no wonder that cows which are forced