The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27

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! skin where the other is striped. The flavor
Is more acid and while ii cannot be said 20
be of good flavor it IS decidedly better
: than the old Ben Davis. The fruit is at
/ tractive. good keeper and hence will
! sell well. while the tree shows every .nd-
cation of being unusually heavy crop
per which, of course. will make the variety
Il favorite among orChardiSts The variety
is worth testing to see how t acts on diff
fcrent soils. but it will be we'll to go Slow
with 1t until it proves itself worthy of eX-
tended planting.
/ WHY NOT HELP POSTERtTY?
! Twenty-Five years ago the writer was
managing "A farm of eighty odd acres i'll
western New York. About ten acres Of
this farm the wood lot composed of
fine sugar naples. For number of years
the owner has been cncroaching on this
wood for home heating purposes, but when
years lease this cutting down of the trees
ceased. In some changes We made this
wood lot became a part of the pasture EN-
closure and the cows appreciated the
shade so much that it excited the COM
mcnr of the owner who agreed to our suS-
gestion that he would pay one-half of the
expense of setting the Old pasture to trees.
, Few nursery trees could be afforded the
/ planting being mainly from the smaller
! Saplings in the Old wood lot. Last sum
mer we saw the place again after all these
years and learned that the wood lot we
had helped establish was one of the
/ priced possessions of the present owner
and that because of this wood lot the place
/ had brought at least 20 per cent. more
| than equally good farms without the wood
/ lot. Perhaps | am Il little cranky on the
question of forest preservation, or to bring
1t closer home, farm wood lot preserva ion,
| but when the government and the manu-
facturers of the country are beginning to
| view the situation seriously / feel like
saying II told you So" No better work
! for posterity can be done than to use the
fields that are no longer profitable for
| setting out young native trees. Look into
the question wherever you live and see if
you don't see the necessity for farmers
| helping in the preservation Of trees.
HORSES FEET IN WINTER.
The farm horse may not be doing much
work at this time of the year. but that is
! no reason why his feet and legs should
/ not be cared for. If the horse is on the
road more or less the legs and ankles be-
4 come coated with mud or ice and should
I have attention as soon as the animal is
brought into the stable. If he is standing
most of the day it is essential that the
| floor. of wha tever material it may be COM
posed, be kept clean. One good way of car
ing for the feet and legs of a horse Is to
| wipe them dry with a moist cloth when
4 the animal Is brought iii, then with q stick
/ of wood give proper attention to the MOOT
I One of the fertile sources of rheumatism
/ in horses is neglect of the feet and lower
! legs. We make it a business in cold wealth
, err to rub a little vaseline N the frog of the
J foot and over the hoofs generally two or
j three times week and always clean this
part as thoroughly as any other.
VENTILATION ESSENTIAL.
The plan of keeping the poultry house
I warm during the winter is all right up to
certain limits, but there is no necessity of
keeping it without ventila ton. What is
needed most in the building of a poultry
house for winter occupancy is an arrange
ment which will supply ventilation with
out draughts and still permit of the house
| being made warm enough for the birds in
very cold regions. There are many plans
of ventilation, from the window opened in
an adjoining portion to the box rentflator
/ which extends from about foot from the
floor out through the roof One will have
/ to work out a plan of ventilation to suit
| his own houses and most poultrymen Will
find the ideal plan in a combination Of
one or two or more. More attention should
/ be given to providing ventilation and less
| to talking SO much about which Is the bet
1 ter plan. If ones house is not as well pro-
4 vlded In this respect as it should be, this,
4 at least can be done. Have some place
tn iN1, f1,a ha f11r ,n1
the warm part Of the day without danger
Of cold and then throw the doors and win
dows of the house wide open and let the
7, air blow through. Just as some of the
worst colds are caught by humans from
being in rooms too warm so are some Of
the worst cases of roup among poultry
traced directly to over-warm houses.
WINTER CARE OF EWES.
\ Fine lambs are from weil-cared for ewes
and the care at this time is quite as neces-
sary as nearer the season when the lambs
will be dropped. If the lambs are ex-
pected early see that the ewes have fair
supply of succulent food-well cured clean
clover hay will do them world of good.
About once week give the ewes ration
of raw potatoes. using the small ones that
unstable. If there is a good supply OF
these small potatoes let all the sheep
have some. AS il nears lambing time 1T Is
r essential that the eve have warm place
4 at night. The ordinary quarters where the
] ewes are kept are not. as n rule. warm
enough, so some inside shed with plenty
OF good bedding should be provided. More
lambs nave chilled to death at soon after
i birth because they were born in cold quar-
tiers than we can calculate. See that the
sheep have access to clean. not too cold
water all through the winter and keep
/ them contented by always having some
roughage before them which they may
busy themselves with. During the day
the flock need not be kept in very warm
quarters, but they should be dry and pro-
vision made for warmer places at night
NJ GROOMING COWS AND HORSES.
q 1t is amusing to most farmers to speak
y of grooming cows. and yet such men are
SAVING THE LIQUID MANURE.