Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-05-19

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Of it's owner. Give the hog half a chance
and he or she will be reasonably clean.
Try the trough of cold, clean water at
feeding time and see for yourself what the
swine think of It.
vENTlLATiNG POULTRY HOUSES
There IS always more or less controversy
going on over methods Of ventilating poul-'
try houses. or course there are good and
bad methods. but almost any plan which
will give the house plenty of air without
causing a direct draught of air to strike
the fowls, will answer the purpose. 1t Is
true hat some of the more elaborate sys-
TENS OF ventilation are valuable like the
one which runs a hollow shaft from about
a foot from the ground out through the
roof. On the other hand il one places the
windows in the poultry house properly. IL
is no more difficult to air q room or to
furnish ventilation for the poultry than IL
is for the occupants of a house. The main
airing of the house may be done while the
fowls are out Of Ii and, during the cold
weather, even at night. it is comparatively
easy to arrange a shield in the form Of a
board over the open window so that venti-
Il alton will be good and still the cold air
not strike the fowls. This ventilation mat
ter IS an important one even during the
summer if the fowls are to occupy the
houses at night. as they should so hat it
will pay to concoct some plan for furnish
ing the ventilation properly.
SKIM MILK FOR PIGS.
ON any farm where pigs are raised and
skim milk is available it may be fed with
profit.i in connection with grains or various
kinds. To use the skim milk without the
grain is not getting the best out of IL. The
usual plan of feeding skim milk to pigs
from two to three months old is to make
4 mixture of middlings or ground corn
with five times the quantity of skim milk,
this ration furnishes about the same nu-
triment that does the milk of the SOW and
the pigs will thrive on it. Some pig rails
ers try a ration consisting of one part of
m.ddlings one par of oil meal and four
parts of ground corn mixed with water in
lieu OF skim milk and find il fairly salts
factory. Considerable care must Re used
in the feeding of young pigs and it pays
to try and arrange a ration which will
keep them growing as sturdily as possible.
WATCH THE HORSES CLOSELY
Spring work on horses is very hard. par
ticularly If they nave not had the best of
care and good food during the winter. so
they should be closely watched that they
do not show symptoms of breaking down.
II there is any indication Of this watch
them carefully and note il they seem TO
have any trouble in masticating their
iIOOQ. III SO see IL the LtcLH are LOO Sildip
and il this is found to be the case turn
them over to a veterinarian for repairs.
Then see that the food Is sufficiently rich
and in sufficient variety, and especially
that the hay given them is of the best
quality. See well to their grooming. TO
their water and to their sleeping quarters.
See that the harness is Clean and that 1t
fits. sweA. If they Seem, a little 'droopy
..lnder good care and feed brace them up
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of ground g~entian, one dram powdered
c,nchona and two drains of ground ginger
in the feed three times each day until they
show signs of Improvement.
COLI STORAGE EGGS.
A farmer who is in a position to raise
poultry to advantage for the egg market
recently confded to the writer that he
feared the cold storage supply another
winter and he proposed to. wait until he
| saw what came of that before he went In
deeper. Investigation showed that there
was a considerable quantity of x on
cold storage which would be turned on the
market next winter and for which. by the
way, the cold storage people paid a good
round price. Admitting that the quantity
on storage is likely to pretty well fill the
market there is no doubt but what strictly
fresh eggs VIII bring profitable prices, for
like the first grade OF fruits attractively
put UP, there Is always a demand for
fresh eggs and at fair prices. The thing
to do rather han to wonder how one is to
compete with cold storage egg is TO pro-
vide for the supply of feed for the fowls
! during the winter and in the needed va
riety. 1t will not pay, perhaps, to grow
the wheat the fowls may need, but corn
and root crops and clover for steam:ng
next winter may be proftably grown and
stored and then, II the fowls have the re-
quisite care. which will induce them TO lay
well. the cost OF the eggs Will have been
reduced to a minimum so that they may
be sod at a good profit. Don't be fright
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