Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-06

7 given. Lit can do him no harnl, Loi sHo
| kidneys of a horse are generally more OF
less clogged even when the animal seems
In fairly good health. After an attack
of collie the animal should be well blank
eted.
MARKET FANCY APPLES NOW.
| IT Is not a good plan to attempt to hold
| apples for a high spring market unless one
has "A perfect place OF cold storage IL
one has a lot of first grade apples lhey
can be marketed at a good price Dy the
simple plan Of fancy packing. Just now
there is a great demand for nice apples
in ten-pound grape baskets. Polish each
specimen until IL shines, wrap those tnat
go into the lower part of the basket In
the same way. but leave the most att
~tractive side. of the fruit exposed. Use
some care In having the baskets and the
paper clean; see that the fruit is flrst
class and there will be no trouble in mar
keting 1t in any large city. Figure out
what you ought TO have for the frult az
barrel rates, add the cost of paper ana
baskets and a fair price for your labor;
offer the fruit TO discriminating customers,
whether the fancy fruitman or the con-
sumner, and youth get the price without
trouble and save the expense of carrying
The fruit through the trying months 10
come. ANY one located near a large city
or thriving town can carry cut this sug-
gestion with profit.
EXPERIENCE WITH A SEPARATOR.
There is always some trouble expert
enced in convincing people with a small
business that IL is profitable to have Ia
bor-sav.ng devices. They argue In reply
that their business cannot afford II, ana
go on dragging out the small prohts Dy
hand labor when a little money invested
in some special tool or implement would
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the case with the hand separator. Dairy
men with less than thirty or forty COWS
will say they cannot afford a separator. l
thought so once, but have discovered that
IL pays a profit on the Investment with my
herd OF seventeen cows because we save
carting the milk to the creamery and cart
ing the skim milk back and then and then
By doing the separating morning and
evening we always have the sweet skim
milk to feed while it is in condition to DO
the animal the most good. The separator
Goes the work quite as well as the larger
machine at the reamery n much better
than hand skimming. Altogether, count
ing the increased value of skim milk 10
swine or poultry and the other advant-
ages, / am inclined to think that a hand
separator is a good investment for a man
with even ten cows.
VALUE OF GRAINS FOR POULTRY.
When one considers that the per cent.
of fat in corn is nearly four times that Ct
any grain except oats il is plain to see
why it must not be fed in too large guam
titles to poultry if we expect eggs. Corn
will always remain the basis of all rations
for poultry, and properly so, but anywhere
near a full ration of ii should not be given
two days in succession. Indeed, this same
rule aplies pto any grain, for 1t IS variety
in FEEDING that gives us the best aging
hens. OF the several grains fed TO poui-
try corn, wheat, oats, barley and c
wheat are the most desirable, and the lat
ter should form the smallest portion of the
ration at al, times. During the winter,
and particularly in odd sections, corn
should form about one-half of the grain
ration for the day. This is really neces-
sary TO provide the proper amount of
neat and il care Is taken TO feed a variety
Of other grains at he other periods of
feeding, altogether with a liberal quantity
of green food, the quantity of corn men
toned will not make the hens over-fat.
FRUIT TREES FOR FENCE LINES.
Their are many farmers who say they
would set out fruit trees If it were not
that they occupied ground which ii was
felt must be devoted TO other crops. It
is too bad that so many farmers consider
an orchard as somewhat of a luxury and
begrudge the ground space the trees oc-
cupy. For such men here is a plan which
has been worked with success and which
will not take up any of the ground needed
for regular crops. Set trees along the
, fence lines both between the farm and the
road and between fields except where
stock is pastured. Set the trees close 10
I .he fences SO that In time the fencas may
be removed. Take good care in setting
the trees and the fert.lizing given the field
for the regular crops and the cultivation
will be near enough to the trees so they
will get the benefit Of them. Beyond this
the trees will need no care except spray
/ ing. pruning and the general care a tree
requires under any conditions. by TINS
plan the trees will be out Of the way. not
interfering with regular crops, require no
c~ultiva ton or fert.lizing beyond that given
the field and, in a few years, will be a
source OF profit.
CUT GLOVER FOR POULTRY.
II il is difficult to obtain roots or other
green food for the fowls invest a few dol
lars In cut clover hay which may be OBJ
tanned from dealers in poultry supplies.
The fowls, and especially the laying hens.
enjoy this especially when it Is given TO
them after being moistened with warm
water. Feed IL in a trough. giving a small
quantity every other day and the layers
viii give sou d full quota OF eggs.
SINGLE ROPE HALTER.
Rope halters are quite common in many
sections. but as they are usually made
by tieing short pieces OF rope around the
loops to hold them in shape, they are not
safe for any length of tine. Here is a
way Of making the halter and having a
piece at one end long enough for leading
all from a single length of rope. The small
cut shows how two loops are made. ono
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