Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-24
DO THE FATTENING NOW.

On the average farm there is a sufficient
quantity Of material 10 be gathered as
~gleanings from the fields to fatten quite a
lot Of stock. There is no need TO use the
food that is being stored away for winter
use, just carefully garner the odds and
ends, sort it over so hat the animals will
not be Disguised and their appetites weak
ened by eating decayed stuff, and you
will find enough to fatten the stock that
is to be marketed so that the better food
may be saved for the stock which is to
turn in cash during the winter. often
times it is cheaper to fatten the stock that
is TO be marketed on the material specified
at a lower price by considerable than ii Is
to give them the better food, and the care
NEEDED later in the season to properly pre-
pare them for market. This morning the
writer travelled about 100 miles through a
farming section where the corn had been
gathered and there was enough material
rottlng in the fields on almost every farm
to fatten a dozen small animals so that
they would bring a price which would pay
well for the labor Of gathering this ma
terial leaving the manure on the farm as
payment for what would be otherwise al
most a waste.
COMFORT IN THE HOG HOUSE.
In repairing our hog houses we found
that a roll of building paper and one of
tarred paper were the best investments
we had made in some time: the one was
used on the walls and the other on THEREOF
so that much more expensive repairs were
saved. Then we found it was policy to ar
range the sleeping corner in such a way
that it was impossible for it to get any
of the filth or the wet which the swine
gathered during the day. 1t was placed
so that none of the slop got into it and
about the only way it got soiled was when
the swine trampled through ii with their
muddy feet. Even then by taking it out
into the sun each day it made a good bed
for a number of nights. A hog is a
strange animal. stubborn Of course, but it
will not long muss its bed if the latter is
clean and comfortable. Much of the nasti-
ness of hogs is due to the neglect Of their
owners. We also arrange the sleeping
corner so that is out of the draught al
though the house is properly ventilated;
as a result there are few If any cases of
chills and colds among our swine. All this
extra good care means healthy swine. 1t
is not we'll to work on the plan that IF the
hogs escape cholrea they are doing well.
There are other troubles Of wine which
prevent them from growing as they should
and consequently make them less profit
able. One Of these is the hog louise, a for
midable insect which, while it can be
eradicated by any OF the best sheep dips,
makes life miserable for the animal and
prevents it from taking on flesh. There is
too little profit in swine at best to warrant
leaving anything undone which will enable
it to make a steady even growth from
birth to market.
WINTERING SHEEP PROEITARLY
1t Is not particularly hard to carry the
sheep through the winter on cheap and
more or less poor rations and if one is
feeding his sheep simply to get them
through the winter alive, then almost any
thing raised on the farm may be fed. But
what about the lambs that are to be born
in the spring? And what about the con-
dition of the ewes when they are feverish
and unable to properly suckle their young?
These are questions TO be considered more
than all others in feeding the sheep dur
ing the winter and here is where knowl-
edge of their needs and intelligent work
will bring results. Probably wheat bran
and oats in mixture is the ideal grain
food for sheep especially those that are
%pregnan and clover hay the ideal rough
age. Still, corn may be fed in moderation
and root crops Of various kind given to
furnish plenty of variety, Feeding along
this. line and giving the sheep comfortable
quarters not too warm, but dry and well
ventilated, with more or less outdoor exer-
else as the weather will permit and plenty
Of clean fresh water with the winter chill
removed viii enable the sheep not only to
go through the winter, but to bear lambs
that will be strong and healthy.
WOMEN AS POULTRY KEEPERS.
A number Of years ago the writer had q
hired man who was one of those ener-
getic fellows ambitious to work for HIM
self. He married a girl in the neighbour
mood and moved TO an adjoining town to
go into the milk business. About an acre
49, q. Aa1Q - I--l
home on which he grew some vegetables.
His wife suggested poultry as there was a
constant demand for fowls n for eggs
from among the milk customers. The hus-
band agreed and before his wife knew It,
had spent considerable for fancy fowls;
too fancy for utility birds. She was a wise
wife, however, and gained his consent to
have this part of the work turned over to
her. Sh invited a nearby fancier to call
n see her stock of fancy birds, and
promptly sold him one-half OF them at
money she secured the country and looked
up some well bred birds of the utility
kind, bought some of the stock and some
of the eggs from the stock. This was in
the spring and this fall she takes into win
ter quarters 15 OF the finest Leghorn pull
lets we have seen I'm a long time. In addi-
ton 10 this, she raised in incubators and
brooders for the local trade more than a
hundred common fowls which were read
lily sold as broilers during the summer.
The Legborns were too small In carcass to