The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-07-21

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IT'S head out. The roof will shade its head
from the sun, yet the opening will be
large enough so that it will get plenty of
air. During the night the screen may be
placed over the opening to shut out in
sects and in the event of a heavy storm
the glass sash may be pulled in place
wholly or in part. Thu cost OF such an ar
rangement Is comparatively small, but it
Will add much to the comfort OF the horse,
particularly If other windows in the barn
are SO arranged that there is plenty Of
ventilation, even when it is necessary to
close the window in front of him.
PREVENTING MILK FEVER.
An expert dairyman who has had con-
troll OF many valuable herds of COWS sends
us the following brief notes on how to pre-
gent milk fever. They are presented at
this time for the especial benefit of those
whose cows will calve in the fall. Grad
ually change the diet of the COW with
calf so that during the six weeks just be-
fore the dropping of the calf her diet
should be rather light and laxative in
character. See thai the cow gets plenty
CT exercise up TO the day the calf is born.
but see that such exercise is taken in
proper weather or under a shed where she
will be protected from the cold and storm.
DO not milk the COW for at least twenty
four hours after the calf is born. In hand
ling the udder for the first two or three
days be particularly, gentle using some
luxe warm water to soften it if 1t is at all
sensitive. Before milking 20 over the
uddcr with the hands and softly kneed ii.
If the uddcr is sore it may be necessary
TO do this several times a day and esjJc-
cially just before the hungry calf begins
operations. If during the few lays i1nine-
diately preceding the birth Of the calf the
cows seems fcvcrish and her solid cxcre-
ment is not what It should be give her a
pint OF more Of raw l,nsccd oil. 1t is an
excellent plan to have oil meal q part Of
her alton for two weeks before the calf is
born.
LET THE SUNSHINE IN.
a ncighbor of the writer has arranged
his poultry houses so that all sides are
on hinges enabling him to practically open
the house to the sun by letting down or
pulling up sections Of il. Some time and
expense was necessary to work this plan,
but it enables him to keep his houses dry
and to clean them as thoroughly as neccs-
sary; as a consequence they always smell
sweet and fresh. 1t is not possible TO do
this with larger buildings, but it is pos
sible to have all buildings equipped with
an abundance of doors and windows so
that thorough ventilation may be given.
BY a little care IN construction there need
NC io oup LII winter lOT some OF the
doors and windows may be built solid that
Is, without glass, then by carefully clos
ing some Of them when winter sets in and
hlling In the cracks witt paper there will
be no draughts of air to bother the pouI-
try or he animals. While shade is de-
sirable for all animals during the summer
1t is quite as essential that they be given
considerable sun or a chance to get 1t as
well as to have the sunshine pour into the
building for a nnTnhAr Of boI,ro ro,l a.,
With buildings arranged as described 1t is
comparatively easy to know that they are
clean when one goes over them thorough
ly for there are no dark corners which you
are 10! certain hhssye been reached.
CORN IN THE POULTRY RATION
1t is dangerous for one TO lay down hard
and fast rules for the feeding Of stock of
all kinds and when one poultryman says
that two-thirds of the ration of grain for
laying hens may safely be Of corn he may
be giving the results of his own experience
and yet this rule would not be a safe one
for all poultrymen to follow. Experience
has shown that individual fowls as well
as breeds must be handled differently. For
example: in our fock of about 100 laying
Plymouth Rocks there are a dozen or sc
hens who are not nearly SO fond Of corr
as the others, but consider wheat an espe.
cially desirable dish; we make it a bust
ness to carry a small measure Of wheat tC
the house on the day we feed corn and af.
ter these old birds have eaten all the corr
they want we give them a handful O:
wheat. Thu egg return proves that this i.
profitable. We ave another lock O
Buff Wyandottes that If fed a two-third!
ration Of corn get SO fat they stop laying
This we have proven by repeated expert
ments, so we feel justified in saying tina
while the two-thirds corn ration may d,
for some hens 1t will not for all, henc'
/ should not be advised for general feedin,
without qualifications. 1t is considerabl ,
of a nuisance to feed poultry and cater t.
= their whims, but it almost invariably pay
TO do it if one has focks of considerab!
f, size.
OF INTEREST TO TOWN OFFICIALS
OF late years shade trees throughout tn
ountry have been attacked with variou
insects and fungi which defoliates then
and threatens their extinction. In som
sections this trouble is much worse thai
in others and 1t is time that the town au
thorities take the matter in hand every
where. In the large cities the parks an,
the few shaded streets are cared for by tn