Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-12-28

ATTACHED. with strong hinges. Strong short
hooks are placed in each side board as
shown under letter A and an eye in the
slovcling board Just under the look thus
keeping the board in position. To make
the board perfectly safe in the event of
the worker stepping on 1t, and to prevent
accidental drops by misplaced hooks when
shoveling. d light iron chain is fastened
at each side Of the box and hooked under
meath. The eiiain also serves 20 close the
rear Of the box securely as indicated in
the cut The 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. during 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 j am asked to give advice in
such cases Il burden l would gladly shift
II | 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 years 1 strug-
sled with a hundred-acre farm and it's
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 / awoke
and after several hours conference with
my wife wc agreed that the load was too
heavy. a ncighbor wanted the farm and
we sold him all but twenty acres which
enabled US to have the twenty acres free
OF debt. Then i Went to a nearby city. it
was IN the late fall, and took an office po-
sit1on fer which 1 received SIS a week. Nv
friends NAV he assured thnt 4ha l,,pI- ~
this went home even though 1 lived poor
~. The next spring we set about making
That twenty acres do something: a little
money had been saved which went into
small fruit plants and poultry: little by
little we gained, / still doing outside work
whenever could and wife and / scimping
and saving. Then we turned. the corner
and by close. intelligent and hord work we
forged ahead. Instead OF advising my nu-
merous correspondents what TO do I'm
about to typify the Yankee and ask n
question. Think over the past and con-
s-der we'll II the bottom of your trouble is
NOT a farm larger than you can handle. In
other words Is not your burden greater
than YOU can bear? Think il out carefully
Tor yourself.
HoW's THE GRIT BOX?
While charcoal is better than nothing for
the grit box and will aid ma: er.ally in cur
ing a case of Indigestion, do not depend
upon 1t entirely, but lay in a supply of
stones or broken crockery which may be
broken into small sharp bits which are the
kind the fowls like for grinding purposes.
We find it an excellent plan to take the
contents of the grit box. about once a
month and sift it over carefully. throwing
out all round smoth pieces. Then we take
about one quart OF charcoas Broken into
bits as large OF a pea, a lot of broken
crockery. broken flower pots, sharp bits OF
coal rinnaYC and Sh0Yn ctnnac -.ftt 1880
sharp kernels Of corn and mix them thor
oughlv before placing in the box. We put
the corn in because some fowls are SO
stupid they will not always get grit
enough so we tempt them with the corn.
Considerable effort is made to keep the
contents OF the grit box clean for fowls
do not like TO muss over soiled grit. We
have also found it a good plan to nave a
number OF boxes Of grit scattered about
the house so that the birds may helm them
selves without quarreling over choice por-
lions. Then, TOO, We think, water. clean
and fresh is good to have. placing it where
the fowls can help themselves after get
ting all the grit they need. AS tated be-
lore, in this department.. it pays to do
some fussing about the poultry for they
appreciate I. and 1t helps fill the egg has
ket.
soDs FOR INDIGESTION.
An experienced swine raiser claims tina
most OF 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 onimals are those who have had
a considerable range during the summer
md hence free access to green food and to
soil. Gather these sods. cutting them sew
eral inches thinck, and store them away
IN piles where they will not freeze; il there
II danger OF them drying out too much
water them from time to time SO that they
VIII be moist when turned over to the
swine. Two or three sods zach a foot
square given once a week will be enough
for each half dozen animals and they win
ea8 them ravenously, showing that they
arc OF value for their stomachs' sake.
Clean out n corner Of the yard 80 thai
the sods will not be covered with filth and
cut them into pieces as large an a potato.
Foliow the sod with a light feed Of corn
on the cob and you'n see some happy hogs.
FREEDOM FOR BARN FED cows
Years & 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 r.
extremely doubtful. Then followed a num-
Der OF odd devices all calculated to mold
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