The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-06-01

front, covering a similar place with fine
wire netting doubled as shown in the IL
,lstration and at the point B. This wire
VIII Keep out vermin as well. The lower
part OF the coop is SO arranged that a
small door may be readily opened when 1t
is necessary to let the old hen out and yet
she cannot set 1t loose Of herself; the Stats
are placed far enough apart so that the
chicks can go in and out at will and they
should be placed wide apart so the no
change will need to be made as the chicks
grow. A little more lumber and brains
put In the making of coops for chickens
would make the old hen more comfortable
and prevent many of the chicks from dying
of roup.
NITRO CULTURE IN COMMERCE
Some time since reference was made In
this department to the bacteria sent out in
concentrated form by the department of
agriculture and by commercial concerns.
Caution was advised in dealing with the
latter until one was satisfied of their re-
liability. Recent articles have been print
ed in magazines of wide circulation which
tend to give farmers an entirely wrong
idea of this bacteria, or nitro-culture as it
is now called. With the charge that the
department of agriculture was uncon-
sciously aiding this plan, we have nothing
to do, but when the statement is made,
without the slightest qualification, that
seed of clover inoculated with nitro-cul-
ture will insure not only a uniform catch
but a healthy, vigorous and largely in
creased crop, it is certain that the truth
should be told. OF the value Of the con-
centrated bacteria, provided it is honest
ly made, there can be no question, but that
1t Will insure a uniform and largely in
creased crop of clover" is misleading. Soil
for clover must be free from acidity, as
every farmer must know, but there is
nothing said concerning the fact that this
concentrated bacteria would prove a total
failure on sour soils, although this is a
fact beyond dispute. This is but one in
stance in which the claims made for nitro
culture are unfair, but if there were no
others this one would be sufficient war
rant for sounding this warning. Try nitro
culture by all means if a supply can be
obtained from a reputable firm, but do not
expect to find it in a complete fertilizer
nor do not expect it to sweeten sour soil
SO that clover may be grown upon it.
CLEANLINESS IN THE DAIRY.
One can scarcely be too clean with the
utensils used in the dairy, but cleanliness
should go back Of the dairy and begin in
the stables and with the COWS. If the ami
mails are properly grocmed and the stables
kept clean then plenty of scalding water,
plenty of lime water and plenty of sun
ought to make the utensils as clean as it
is possible to get them. An excellent plan
Of cleansing utensils is to wash them thor
oughly in scalding hot water, rinse them
in lime water and then place them where
the sun will shine In them as long as pos
sible during the day. The lime water is
cheap and is readily made by dissolving
a half bushel of lime in a barrel of water,
stir thoroughly and then let it settle for
two or three days. Then draw off the wa
ter for use as needed. A good use for the
water after it is used for rinsing is on the
floors Of the stable; it will help greatly in
purifying things.
FEEDING YOUNG PIGS.
The common way Of feeding young pigs
is to pour the food in the trough and let
the old SOW and the youngsters help them
selves. The result is trouble with the
pigs if not with the mother. Young pigs
should always be fed by themselves and
never of any one kind of grain but always
a mixture and that in quite sloppy form.
Have it sweet and clean and of good quail
ity and feed it so that they will eat it all
and grunt for more. There is no objection
to permitting the young pigs to eat at the
trough with their mother provided the
latter has had her full meal and will eat
little or non Of that provided for the
pigs. After feeding the slop to the pigs
we find it an excellent plan to give them
a little green food, provided they are not
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day. Then have a sunny corner, dry and
with a comfortable bed of straw where
they can sleep and grow while waiting for
the next meal.
FOR BRooDER RAISED CHICKS
Naturally enough the brooder raised
chick does not learn to feed itself so we'll
as the chick who uns with the old hen.
Most people who raise chicks in breeders
do very well in the feeding during the
bread crumb and the oatmeal period, but
there is danger in prolonging these days
and not starting the chicks to grow as
soon as one ought. When they are three
or four weeks old they should have more
substantial meals; there is nothing better
for bone and muscle forming han a dry
composed of wheat, corn and oats
ground and we'll mixed and moistened with
milk (not sour until it will crumble like
bread. This mash should be fed at morn
and night, while at noon a little fine
ly cracked corn should be scattered
through some fine straw SO that they will
for it. Then the green food should
given. several times daily and in small
Do not feed them anything in
the way of animal food until they are
on TO the range, where they will