The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-12-15
THE VALUE Of SKIM MILK.

uOG VALVE VI SNlm MleNs
The feeding value Of skim milk to calves
ma1k Z to be used for. II one Is. raising
a fine pig or calf the skim milk has a.
greater value than IL the animal is'to goito!
the block. Further, some skim milk is OF
such little value that It ought not to be,
fed at.all. Indeed. 1t may be fairly said,
that II the skim milk is not fresh and,
sweet its main value Is hat Of SO much,
mixing fluid. It seeyns.to. those who have
experimental with the feeding OF skim
milk that it has its greatest value when,
given TO poultry; beyond a question 1t is
one, OF the.greatest egg producers that can
ber1eds either by itself o. mixed with bran
and other meals forming mash. Unless
onerhas pig or,calves that.it is,desircd to
raise to add to the herd it is advised that
thesbulk ofsthe-skim milk that is fresh and
sweet go to the poultry; at least give
them all they will consume. By CAREFUL
watchait will be- seEe that such feeding is,
an economy even though it diInot,largelyt
tncreaseathe egg production, which it does.
THE CITY FARMERS FAIL. Y
The writer is thoroughly in sympathy
with the strong trend toward country life
as shown by manyscity residents but there
are man conditions SO different from tho
old life which must be met in the new,
1t tsshard to advise just h to do under
all circumstances. An anxious city man
Writes that he is earningrnearly $50 a week
in his city work and asks, if it would be a.
wise move for him to throw up his job,.
move onto a farm and go into debt about
$500. Here is a case where we can advise
strongly to the negative. The unfortunate
part. of the proposition is that the man in
question say he is able to save but little
money. This being the case he a best
do some rigorous pruning on the expense
sid ofhisyaffairs. Many men are similarly
located, in a large city but within daily
reach of his.business, though few of them.
enjoy such an income. In similar cases 1T
would be an-exccllent plan to buy a small
er farm near SOM live town and within
easyrreach OF the city so that he could go
back and forth daily. Keep the city posi-
ton, move the family onto the farm and
use a portion of the income to hire a good
farmer to run the place. This can be o
and. If he and his family are fairly econ.
omical, he will find his weekly salary will
readily cover all expenses assuming h a
the farm yields nosincome. which would be
a.supposition. hardlysfair. This plan would
enable him to have a general supervision
OF the.farm night n morning. his family
would be healthier and happier and soon.
the farm would yield a fair income. I'd
lk such a proposition II I were but 40.
years old with a family Of but four. A
young friend on a salary OF. $50 a week is
doing this same thing and Is paying for his
farm out Of its returns together with he
saving from his salary over previous ex-,
penses. Others can do 1t ifsthey, go about.
it right.
FOREST TREE CULTURE.
Newspapers and agricultural papers are,
taking up the subject of forest tree culture
but the former, generally, have a confused
idea of the. subject while the agricultural
press are laying too great stress on.
whether the work will pay. This depart.
ment has taken the ground, which it is,be-
lieved is the. correct one, that 1T is but a,
question of a comparatively few years
when state and federal governments will
prohibit the further cutting of trees on
public (state and nation) domains, forced
to this extremity by the alarming devas-
tation OF the forests. Building material,
especially lumber, Is going higher yearly
and for every hundred trees cut there is
not more han one being planted. The In
evitable result must follow. On eight
farms out OF ten there Is land which Is not
available Tor profitable cropping on which!
good trees could be grown which, in TWEEN
ty or twenty-five years would be very vail
liable and at practically no cost for culti-
walton or care after the first three years.
So much for the will it pay" side. of the
question. There is a sentimental side
which is embraced in this question. Have
we Of this generation, any moral right to
cut down and not replace the trees winch
the creator placed here? Have we any
right to say to posterity, I'VE w~anted'these
trees for frewood and for building and we
didn't care a fig whether you had any OF
not; nor whether the denuding brought
your fertile fields. to droughts. Nj whole
subject is worthy the careful and honest
consideration of any man who has land on
which trees could be- plantedsand especially
when they can be set without in any way
/ Sl,hfro r$1nD froyn h3o fnonrno .N
PIANO BOX SMOKE HOUSE.
The thrifty farmer prepares his own. pork
for home consumption and IL he is short
of cash with which to,build an, up to date
smoke house he. will appreciate the fol-
lowing plan which will enable him to carry
out his ideas at small cost. Buy an old
but good upright piano bo0sand after maxi
ing tesmoke tight with paper set 1t in the
desired place and dig a trench so that the
piping will enter at one end Of the box
through the bottom. Then take an old
wash boiler with a good copper bottom and
!-have a tinsmith make a hole in one side
near the bottom and. in this fasten a piece
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