Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-10

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stock IN the fell. ~ not, however, turn
the mongrels and the better stock in to-
gether with any males mixed in.
WHERE VARIETY IN FOOD
COUNTS.
True. the subject has been written about
before, but there are stu too many to be
converted to drop the subject out of the
list Of desirable topics. While IL is al
mitted that variety I'm food is essential to
the added production of eggs and milk
md that IL also makes considerable differ
ence in the money value of the swine, less
attention is pS.i 10 furnishing variety TO
sheep ARD horses, particularly the latter.
Il - for horses must always be the foun-
datios Good, for from them horses obtai..
.lo@~er vitality than from anything else,
Set en- occasional feed Of corn and a de-
cided change In the ioughage material viii
do the horse good. We see great adyant-
ages IN an OCCASION feed OF root crops,
an occasional dash of oil meal In the corn
meal and often a few ears of corn O..
which the horse may gnaw. All these
changes keep the digestive orrS Us in gooi
shape and for that value aloI.y are worth
all the expense and trouble they cost. Try
it this winter and see IL the horses are i,t
in much better shape to take up the heavy
work In the spring. But don't forget that
the oats must be kept the main-stay all
through the winter Ii the horse IS 10 be
energetic and strong.
USE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRi-
CULTURE.
If one roposes to grow clover, alfalfa, coNs
peas, or other OF the legumes and expects
success the soil must be inoculatcd. If 1t is
possible 10 obtain soil for that purpose
near home. this will simplify the plan. but
If not call on Uncle Sam. The department
OF agriculture at Washington will send
IN any one Whn will write for IN "A narkopa
of germs which may be dissolved In water,
according to directions, and the seed treat
ed with the solution. Ask for the alfalfa
package If you propose to grow alfalfa.
The plan is being scoffed at by some, but
ii works we'll In practice, as the writer
proved by test last summer. The soil
inoculated in this way produced az good
results I'm crimson clover as soil inoculate.s
land did. There are a number of gcSS
things which the department of agrichN
ture will supply TO farmers without cost
II one will ask for them. Many yaluablo
bulletins are Issued which will be sem
for the asking. You help supply the
money which runs the department, so why
not make use of it's knowledge when You
can?
THE DUCK THAT SWIMS.
With full faith in what they read many
people have embarked In the raising of
ducks and failed because they did not
supply the necessary surroundings. A
neighbor who Is a successful luck raiser
has hundreds Of ducks each year that
never get a chance to swim. For a nur1-
Der Of years he had plenty of trouble, for
his original stock was from a strain which
for generations had had ponds ia which
TO swim, so that when brought down TO
a drinking trough they did not amount to
much. Ii is not necessary 10 provide a
swimming pool for ducks unless they have
been broughs up TO one for a number of
generations back. SO lock into the AM
cestry of the ducks YOU buy. Thea pre-
pare to feed them literally for they win
eat more than twice the numaer OF hen,
although they will eat much which hens'
| will not touch. In addition to this they
are great foragers Ia green fields and,
during the summer will pick up consider
! able OF their living. However, do not
go into duck raising unless you know
something of the work and nave a good
market within reasonable distance.
ADDING PROTEIN TO THE FEED
If we cannot or win not grow the crops
which will supply the costly protein to
the winter stock foods then they mus be
bought. There Is available hominy feed,
cotton seed meal and gluten meal among
the best, with prices varying from $1to 81
a ton difference. While cotton seed meal
is considered the cheapest and Is undoubt-
eddy TO be preferred to anything else when
ii may be bought not too Ear away from
the source of supply, we get the best re-
suits from gluten meal using q little cot
ton seed meal as wei, but An the ration
Of three to one in favor OF the gluten feed.
For roughage we use clover and timothy
hay and corn slower, Not having a
shredder we run the corn stalks through
an old fashioned cutter, cutting and bruis-
ing them so that the cows eat them pretty
clean. AT times we increase the quantity
of loughage and cut down somewhat o.
the grain feed, but find this cannot be done
to advantage for a longer period than a
week. If corn meal and bran needs to be
a part OF the ration then / should In
crease the portion OF gluten meal or cot
ton seed meal, for the protein in the bran
Is not so great as is generally supposed.
A PROFITABLE APPLE BOX.
Last week attention was called Co the
advantages OF using boxes in which to
pack small lots of fine apples in order
to sell 10 the fancy trade. This week we
illustrate a box which has been used
with success in all sections of the country,
! but more particularly for the New York
markets. 1T is made of haif-inch stuff, ex-
cept the bottom. which is inch material,
, and is made much like a strawberry crate
| except that the boards are closer to-
| gether. This plan OF ventilation Is new
In an apple box but is considered desirs
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