Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-10-26

AOA SAS Wy SRt!tia tldl may tIlSue. l lltsS
the kitchen slop is quite rich 1t is of little
use in mixing; skim milk will be much
better and even clear warm water will be
quite as good as ~dishwater consisting
mainly OF soap water and little grease
from The dishes or kettles.
FEEDING CORN FODDER ADvAN-
TAGEOUSLY.
IN the states where the corn crop Is large
much OF II goes to needless waste which
with a little care might be made TO add to
the farm profits. The wasteful plan of
throwing 1t In great stacks to the animals
leaving them to eat what they will and
trample the rest under foot. cannot be
profitable no matter how large the corn
crop one has at command. To get the most
from the corn fodder. If 1t Is not in the
form of silage. 1t should be cut or shredded.
preferably the las.er. OF course In some
sections perhaps his may not be done
with profit but it may be cut even In the
old fashioned cutter and pay for the labor.
The time to feed the corn fodder to best
advantage is early in the season and simply
because after mid-winter IL has lost much
OF Its feeding value and the cows fail to do
we'll on 1t and tire of the sameness.. The
other materials used for %roughage can be
saved until later in the winter and in the
spring. The corn fodder may be made
more appetizing by feeding q small ration
III oolh VI lLlC jul
Should be saved for later feeding when
the cows become more anxious for green
food.
GRINDING CORN FOR SWINE.
we believe in feeding swine SO that they
Will nave something to keep them busy
as we'll as for the best results to be OBJ
tained from the grain. so we feed the corn
whole and usually on the cob until 1t gets
hard and fiinty when 1t is either shelled
and soaked a little to soften it or soaked
on the cob. All other grains are ground
because 1t has been demonstrated that the
grains go though the animals and
do them but little good. Carrying out the
plan OF keeping the swine busy we always
have something for them to chew on:
corn stalks, squares of sod, apples, pota-
toes and other vegetables and we do not
see that they take on fat any slower be-
cause of his plan of feeding. Water, clean
and pure, is given them in clean troughs
twice a day during the winter and we know
they thrive better for having 1t.
ABUSING LARGE BREEDS.
Because the large breeds of poultry like
tie Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, and
others stand confinement we'll we fire.
see beginners neglecting their well
fare. The houses go unclaimed, feeding is
lndiferently and carelessly done Il. in
many ways the birds are left to for
AACAAoClScS. JUST because q lew a
ain the owner seems satisfied.
other hand. he would give the
breeds such as the Leghorns the
care simply because he understood II
hey did not bear confinement any too wen.
There Is no more comfortable fowl than
he good old Plymouth Rock nor one that
Will give better returns for good care and
'ood; the same is practically true, to a
greater or less degree, with the other large
1roodS and the man u,hn nou1oC<o <ha~o to
Seping Just SO much good money out of
his "profit-pocket."
THE FOOD VALUE OF ALFALFA.
Those who are familiar with the food
'alues Of the different grasses fed to ami
mails know that the DOC valu of timothy
lay ID badly Over-estimated and yet tim
THY bings a much higher price than any
,ther grass which Is cured for feeding
arm animals. More especially does this
state OF affairs have a bearing o n the
and II he will weigh the follow
ng figures we'll he will better understand
he great value of alfalfa to him and learn
70 raise 1t. Timothy has 3 per cent. of
digestible protein; clover contains some
over 6 per cent. while in alfalfa the
content is full II per cent. surely
to warrant n man in looking
we'll to the growing Of this valuable plant.
the dairyman the amount of protein in
a food is of great Importance for IL he
buy 1t in grain he will always find it
the most expensive Of the food values. II
he can grow it, as he can by raising al
falfa, why not do it2 1t is surely along
the line Of buying fertilizers for nitrogen
when it may be obtained at very small cost
by growing legumes.
LOADING CORN FODDER.
Loading corn fodder may not be very hard
work to the small farmer but when one has
tho nYnH1YOt NJ manu- nrn 90 V-.l "a -
comes a formidable operation. The work
can be much more easily done II the fol-
device is used. Make a loader by
using q two-inch plank ten feet long with
cleats of inch stun nailed on one side at
short intervals. At one end nail a cleat
on the under sid which will be three
inches wider than the board on each side.
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