The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-12-21

attached with strong hinges. Strong short
hooks are placed in each side board as
SHOWN under letter A and an eye in the
saoVeling board just under the hook thus
keeping the board in position. To make
the board perfectly safe in the event of
the worker stepping on it, and to prevent
accidental drops by misplaced hooks when
shoVcling, a light iron chain is fastened
at each side of the box and hooked under
meath. The chain also serves to close the
rear OF the box securely as indicated in
the cut. TIL expense Of this important at
tachment TO the wagon box is very small
for most OF the work can be done by any
one who is handy with tools.
Has THE LARGE FARM PAID?
In many years of close touch with farm
ers and farming interests it is doubtful if
SO many letters have reached the writer,
filled with dissatisfaction, Turing the en-
TIRE period as has been received during
the past three months. The burden of the
cry is too hard work for too little
money L am asked to give advice in
such cases a burden 1 would gladly shift
If | could. 1t is admitted that | have
MADE money in soil operations and most
OF the people who write me know it. The
other side of the situation they do not see.
Ihey know nothing of the wears T str11g-
gled with n hundred-acre farm and its
burden of debt nor do they know of the
actual necessities myself and family went
without IN order that the interest on the
mortgage might be met. One day T awake
and after several hours conference with
my wife we agreed that the load was too
leaVy. a neighbor wanted the farm and
we sold him all but twenty acres which
enabled US to have the twenty acres free
OF deo'. Ihen went to a nearby city, it
was III the late fall, and took an office DO
sltlon Tor Which I received SIS a week. NV
trends may be assured that the bulk Of
th-s went home even though 7 lived poor
~. Inc next spring we set about making
tlat twenty acres do something; a. little
money had been saved which went into
small FRUIT plants and poultry; little by
little we gained, I still doing outside work
whenever could and wife and T scimping
and saving. Then we turned the corner.
ana by close, intelligent and hord work we
forged ahead. Instead of advising nv nu-
merous correspondents what to do Pm
about to typify the Yankee and ask a
question:, Think over the past and con-
seer well If the bottom of your trouble is
NOT a 1arm larger than you can handle. In
other words is not your burden greater
than you can bear? Think it out carefully
for yourself.
HoW's THE GRIT BOX?
While charcoal is better than nothing for
me grlt box and will aid materially in cur
ing q case of Indigestion, do not depend
upon it entirely, but lay in a supply of
stones or broken crockcry which may be
broken into small sharp bits which arc the
KIND the fowls like for grinding purposes.
We find it an excellent plan t. tale the
contents Of the gr.t box, abort cnce a
month and sift it over carefully throwing
out all round smotll pieces. Then we take
ABOUT one quart Of charcoal broken into
plts as large of q pea, a To-. OF broken
cro:kefy. broken flower pots, sharp bits of
coz Pi,,1p1.s a ,,l clio -, - - -.4t
sharp kernels of corn and mix them thor
onShly before placing in the box. We p,t
the corn in because some fowls are SO
stupid they VIII not always get grit
enough so We tempt them with the corn.
Considerable effort is made to keen the
contents OF the grit box clean for fowls
do not like to muss over soiled grit. We
have also found it q good plan to have a
number or boxes Of grit scattered about
inc mouse SO that the birds may help them
selves without quarreling over choice por-
tlons. Then. too, we think, water, clean
and fresh is good to have. placing it where
tle lows can help themselves after get
unS all the grit they need. AS stated be-
Tore, in this department, it pays to do
some fuss-ng about the poultry for they
appreciate 1t and it helps fill the egg bas-
kct.
soDS FOR INDIGESTION.
An experienced swine raiser claims that
most OIL the minor ills ow swine can be
cured by the use OF old sods cut from the
pasture and stored away for winter use;
particularly are they valuable when the
confined ontnlals are those who rave had
q considerable range during the summer
and hence free access to green food and to
SOL. Gather thcse8sods, cutting them sew
eral inches thinck. and store them away
N piles where they win not freeze; if there
is danger of them drying cut too much
water Them from time to time SO that they
will be moist when turned over to the
swine. Two or three sods each a foot
square given once a fweeK will be enough
for each half ~dozenSanima,s and they viii
eat them r~ayenously, showing that they
are of value for their stomachs, sake.
Ciean out ono corner of the yard so that
the sods will not be covered with filth and
cut them into pieces as large as a potato.
Follow the sod with a Light feed of corn
on the cob and you'll. see some happy hogs.
FREEDOM FOR EARN FED COWS
Years s the old fashioned stanchion
was considered the ideal fastening for the
COW; that they were secure there was no
doubt, but that they were comfortable Is
extremely doubtful. Then followed a num-
Der OF odd devices all calculated to hold
the cows securely, but none of them in
n to give her any freedom of move