The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-13

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ALFALFA FOR PIGS.


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AT HIrA roH r'oo'
Mu"h stress Il 'ii" upon V'' N''t"' "
aiiaIia as a pSlNr" Tor SWINE an" PA
urularlN Tor growing plSs, by many WIN
crS, but my experience WITH II mas no.
Bonn ali could WISH, "Ncepl W'''h uS'u
tn" alfalfa pasture combined WITH hs't'
daily feeds OF ',rain. usually corn ne ~
falta is rich in protein, h'a"r tle growing
pigs need a rarhonH""ouS 1000 10 cHtp''
them to make tn" proper proportions OF
bon" and muscle and tat Growers u,
swim" 80 to two extremes, they c'li'i zee"
too heavily OF some tati"ning 1000 Oh
starN" their animals by l"edlnS 'n'hi
things rich in every thing but TAT making
elements. | consider, for summer ie"d'hS'
Il pasture OF alfalfa with n nan corn Ia
ton AN ideal ration for growing PICS ana
/ this Is my opinion after I'VE years OF con-
tnuouSly feeding in this manner Try the
experiment next summer II the alfalia
pasture is in good shane.
HOW TO FEED A FURNACE
rr r,,,il ucro,s, in tho number of
f,,,n,caS -, farm hon,rs makes this item
,I,i,., .,l,ou,IIn In ms ,pnortmrnt Aftci,
49,, ,,,,,,,> ~ .,>.n,,i,,,,,n win n furnace
~, f,.in,, ,,,s ,,nr,,, n. how IN get the
,,., r,.,,,' :, on ~. Smallest ,xn,nsr and
wv, 700, fn,,I no. nlIr fnrnur moor re
s,,,,, ',.,,, l.,,,,,l, ,h,n,,,b o,,r method of
| r.,linp ,b, furnace II Is characteristics
| ~, ,,,,s f,,,,,,, "a h, rrn..l and we con-
| r,cs ., . WA ,,tocl, or bn.rt r,ilurr when
our city friend began to shovel coal in the
| fir" box. His idea is and we have proven
| il correct that to get the best heat from
| the furnace the bed of Goals should be
| level with or above the lower part OF the
door and never below it. This Is the plan
of care. starting a about o'clock In the
afternoon. At that hour the furnace IS
| well shaken and coal put in so that during
the course of two hours ihe fire is little
above the level of the lower part of III"
opening. 1t is now burning briskly, and
then the draft in the smoke pipe Is cut off
about on"-half and the cooler in the door
opened slightly. Tho bar cooler we n"V"r
use except WheE tho furnace is shaken,
and then to prevent the dust from passing
up the pipes through the register to the
room above. Just before going to bed live
or six h"aping ShoNclfulS OF coal are put
on the fire. the cooler in the dor opened
more and tn" damper turned little
closer. In this way the fire keeps nicc.N
all night, Yet the heat is not cut Off from
the pipes Leading to the registers In tn"
, morning the cooler IS closed, the dampcr
"''" ,e ~ ,'" o M',, tna
furnace is NOT shaken. in AN hour or loss
, ii IS going AT fun snced and more coal is
added ana thnn ,uru,l off for mo dov
, although coal is Of course. added when
, ,r1,I,l furinr tho lav hut tho eba kim is
/ done mt once. Try II
:, ,or 1,,7,no -,,- ,,,,-
, I'SI OoniNo 'r'~ WIN CN.
, MdlN la'llerS nave an ldta 'llal nee are
q o'liS '''''''i9o 'il' ''l'io'S Poo'tiM uu'i''t
. 'h' warmer oaHs Oh me year. ms feh
+ SohihS may ne base" on 'hc TACT tha' no
SO many nee "fe seen III colu weather, bu
!, ''iis Is oiiy because 'heN are Keeping warn
:, cloSe 10 'h' BONES OF me mems. mere !
II l"St Us 'iiuti necessity io' ttefil"i "hlch
~ iuilitHH III tii' poultry mousse uhliiS IN
Niii'ci as Ut othef times l'idc"u more. 10
, II o'e Is WIZ hl'iS ioi WINTER GEES me
VII i'o' S'l 'ii'ih ~ ON l't'-'h''S''u LOWE
- one VIII h'''h' IL d P'ii' VI 'hc "oi
'tliohE poultry 10 'i'oiouEhiN 20 lhlouS
= VIZ ho"s' lo' i'ce o'''' IN zen o'tAS nui III
= we winter lh'N VIII ma pltltH OF 'h'hl I
u "es'roN' al leaS' AZ irs'' ms Is one fca
: son why pou'ifNineh shohId De ull'iSliiil
. careful IN proEldltls plenty OF aust boXe
e ana seeing tha> thelr contents IS trcuucntl
> changed. ii'Ne the material III the mes
l. lime ana a liberal ouan,:tv or n insect DOW
e der. If fine coal ashes are obtainablc the
l. will do nicely to work through the mas,
h ~
d rGLr T'er' oICo NO".
= II - PEI Hlsl'h'lN sta''h tha' Tue hiailu
l. lactuf'rs OF oieo VIII chueaNoi 70 nave
IL p'ii paas'h y! me congress i'huc'hE ~
I'd" o' t'i'i' 'oiH''ou''s, ms - u
e. winch EYER 'a'i 'l Sho"in ncip ,'sh' eve
e 'hous,, ne mas no uai ~ mas "'eh PREF
lc ~ "c'' a'h'oi'H'i a'cd 'ti'it o'eo''aisarii'
r. caiiho' S'"ii' vi IT'S merits "'i' 'iiat IL "a
ID oh'I i'i'a'i, an af''cic VI commerce D
At DOSING III the guns" OF outer or noi'i
80 In -. 700, ,,,,,,, ,oIn,,. - ,.u;,,