The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-27

| constantly cnvying some rich man his
herd of magnificent COWS. True. we can
not make pr.2c stock of scrub COWS. but
we can get out of them all they are cap
able of if we go about it right. 1t has been
demonstrated time and again that it pays
in actual increased flow of milk to groom
the cows and it also materially saves on
the feed bill, for grooming cXcitcs n better
skin action as we'll as q more proper flow
of the blood. hence the animal does not
require SO much food to sustain bodily
warmth. Start in by keeping the stables
clean with IL gutter back of each COW so
that the liquid cXcremcnt may be con-
Quoted into some vat and be saved and the
COWS kept out of it. Then start the groom
ing, gently at first, for the COW that has
never been groomed will be considerably
astonislcd at the process. Use Il rather
soft brush at first and spend only a few
minutes each morning on each COWS for Il
week, extending the time as they get used
to the operation. Later a sitter brush or
eve ntilc curry may be used and the cows
will enjoy the operation. do tho work
~thorouhgly as would be done with horses
and You will have better COWS in moro
Way than one.
SULPHUR IN POULTRY HOUSES
Even In the clcanest poultry houses
there is likely to be more or less vermin.
and certainly plenty of bad air that can
be gotten rid of only by fumisating. The
plan OF using sulphur for this purpose is
not Il new one by any means, but 1t is
none the less desirable and effective. Work
it in this way: During the pleasant part
of the day turn the fowls out into a shed
or into the yard, then close UP all win
dows. doors and cracks in the poultry
house, take an old tin pan and in it place
a quantity of sulphur, from onc-half to II
pound, according to the size of the house.
wrapped in a cloth and over the cloth a
No ttGyN n ~ Vol tina - tl,;. ,rt.. lpA,",
the pan in the middle of the floor where
it will not be likely to do any damage.
Then leave the house. shutting the door
closely behind YOU. Let the sulphur burn
until it dies out, which viii be in an hour
or so, then, about an hour before roosting
time go into the house and open all the
windows and doors so that the fumes OF
the sulphur may escape. In the morning
place a little dry sulphur in each nest
box and sprinkle some dry lime through
the busting boxes and You will have done
more to rid the house of discase-breedinS
mites than anything else possible. OF
course, it is understood that this fumiga-
,ion does not, in any way take the place
of the usual cleaning and whitcwashiuS,
EXERCISE FOR HEAVY HENS.
If one wishes to prove the statement
that exercise is essential to the best css
production during the winter let him takc
a flock of any of the heavy breeds and
keep them in confinement with little or
no opportunity for exercise and he Will
find the egg production materially re
duced; not because the hens arc injured
in any way from lack of exercise. hut be-
cause they yet TOO fat. The lighter breeds
and especially the L.eghorns do not suffer
so much in this way because they are ma
turally Of a nervous disposition and Will
voluntarily exercise even in n small space.
No better way OF forcing the hens of large
breeds TO exercise has been found than
combining their midday meal 10 n light
ration of grain scattered through the
chaff where they will be forced TO
scratch for 1t. y good plan is to feed this
grain in a large shed scattering it thinly
over the entire length of the shed. so
that the hens will be forced to do consid-
cradle travelling TO get the grain. An
other good plan is to hang Il cabbage head
or Il bunch of some other green stuff just
high enough so that the hens will have to
jump a little to get at it. The heavy
breeds must be forced to take exercise
and some way must be provided or there
Will be a falling off in the egg production.
A STATIONARY BAG HOLDER.
While it is admitted tina the so-caIled
spring-poor animal is largely the result
of poor winter rations and lack of care.
the trouble goes back of this to the pas
turc period. 1t is not possible. at any rca-
Sonable cost, at any rate, to carry an ami
mai lllpiS t4lt i III SoOu
when it has had anly Indifferent pasture
and no grain during the summer. So it
is no wonder that COWS which are forced
TO a combination of poor pasture and light
%rations during the winter come out spring
poor. There will always he a difference
of opinion as to the ACCESSIBILITY of grain
ing COWS on pasture during the summer,
but this much is certain that il the pas
| ture is not rich ard ample the COWS should
be grained. Regarding the winter feed
it is not policy for Il writer to lay down
a hard and fast rule as to rations, for
every dairyman knows better what his
cows need than any stranger and it is
his business to give them as nearly what
they should have as he can afford. The
rations must, however be more than suf-
ficicnt TO simply sustain life or the COW
will be of little value in a few years and
especially il she goes from a scanty barn
ration TO a lean pasture.
A STATIONERY BAG HOLDER.
Another Of the handy things which may
be had on any farm If one is of the mind
to construct it is here described. To ill
Il loose, flmsy bag is a difficult operation
and the timc-worn plan of placing one side
other side with the hand while filling it
will not always work TO advantage. Try
the plan of building a device for the pur-
pose by making a base of Il 2-inch
F, plank IL inches long. In one end of this
plank make an opening into which u post
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