The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-09-07

crops from which they hope to make mon
ey they would find they were profitable.
| On the other hand a hundred or two barn
/ yard fowls. a mixture of fifty strains let
to care for themselves will generally re-
suit in failure, and if the farmer had TO
| buy the food they ate instead OF raising
it there would be no barn yard fowls on
farms. If there were any they would be
Of decent breeds. Look into this matter
if you are inclined to ascertain II there
is money In poultry.
KEEPING OLD sOWs.
We have no patience with the mar who
makes it a business to kill off his OLD
sows each year for the few dollars ne
will get for the carcass. Good breeders
are not over plenty and when one mas
such a treasure he should hold on to IL
for three or four years, or until she pc
gins to have weak filters, then put her
in shape for market. One might have
more of such good breeders II a little more
attention was given to keeping them IN
good shape by proper feeding care. GIVE
the good breeding sow a chance on the
range, good food and water when in the
pen and she'll prove profitable.
DlSlNFEcTlNG STABLES.
Even though the stables are arranged
with cement troughs which carry OH the
liquid eXcrement and the solid manure 1s
ClSaleu out daily, more aLiclltloH III IiiO
way of dis.nfecting Is necessary in order
to nave the milk as free from faint as it
should be for human consumption. Many
dairymen disinfect the animals as well
as the stables which is an excellent plan.
For this purpose nothing is better than
c~reolin. which may be safely used on
stock in a one per cent. solution; that Is
a tablespoonful to each half gallon OF
water. This is applied to the headquarters
nf rIa q r ir,1a ! Will. q fra n1so @ and ID
| done three times a week. The same dis
infect, four times the strength. should
be used on the floors and in the gutter
two or three times weekly. The walls Of
the stable should also be disinfected and
this is readily done by first spraying on
them a strong solution of creolin and the
next day whitewashing them, putting the
limo on thick. This requires time, Of
course, but there is an immense amount
of satisfaction In having clean stables and
animals to say nothing Of the heaFthful-
ness OF this condition.
CURING LlMBER NECK.
The writer is one of the poultrymen who
does not temporize with the disease
known as limberneck, but cuts off the
heads Of the animals when it is discovered
and buries the carcass. Possibly if we
had a less number of birds we would not
take such drastic measures, but we can
" diLolu LoAC oily ~ OstSIi's
iimberneck Is contracted by eating spoiled
meat in which the eggs Of maggots are
concealed. These are taken into the crop
and they affect the brain so that the bird
staggers and twists its neck, hence the
name. The turpentine remedy is a good
one II were our fiocks smaller we would
use it. 1t consists of pouring a tablespoon
full of turpentine into the crop and Their
Immediately after several tablespoonful
of water as warm as the fowl can stand
1t. Hold the head of the fowl up and with
the hand work the crop around as much
as possible. Then let the fowl eject o.
much of this as 1t can and then fill tbs
crop as full of warm water as possible
hold the fowl by the feet, head downward
and work out as much Of the contents o.
the crop as possible. Fill the crop agar
and a third time if necessary In order tina
all of the maggots and eggs may be eject
ed. The stuff that comes from the croI
should be buried SO hat no other fowl!
can get at it and thus contract the dis
ease.
INVESTIGATE HAND SEPARATORs
When local conditions are such that i
pays to take the milk to a creamery tael
it may be policy to save the cost of a ham
separator, but where one has worked o.
this plan for a number of years and gottol
but little out of it the hand separate
question ought to interest them. Her
are some of the advantages of his ma
chine of which there are several reliabl
makes on the market. There is no vast
ing of the butter fat as when the separa
ton is done by hand in the old fashione
way. You get the warm sweet milk t
feed to swine and poultry instead of cart
ig home a lot of mixed skim milk from tn
!. creamery as now. The amount Of butte
you can make and sell will net a muc
greater return han will be received froI
the creamery. We believe that if one ha
5 six cows or more and a lot Of poultry G
!. swine that the cost Of the machine wi
+ be saved in the value Of the sweet mil
for feeding purposes saying nothing at a
!, about the Increased value Of the butte
$ product. Better look INTO the matte
friend.
e MOVABLE HOUSE FOR TURKEY
= Following along the line Of argumer
= advanced in these columns many times
favor Of keeping the poultry on the rang
y as late in the fall as possible, the reade
: will be Interested in the movable poultr
= house here described. The runners al
formed by the fastening together Of tW
;, heavy planks and the ends are trimmed
u as to turn Upward a tride. Then o hole
bored through the end of each runnt
through which a chain may be slipped
y be attached to a whif1e-tree so that whe
y the horse it attached the house may |
. drawn to any portion of the range desire
: The house may be made any dimension
desired. six by eight feet or eight by te
feet, being the average size. When mac
le for the use Of turkeys only the sides a.
is or solid lumber, the backs and ends b
n ing covered with strong wire netting
lie permit free ventilation. The roosts a
ct placed as high as is possible for turke.
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