The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-06

during the winter season in prohtablo
ullan titles when these pullctS are hatcheu
from late spring or early summer ial"
eggs Notice we say lin profitable Quai'-
titles" for the late Matched pullet Will Jay
some during the winter. but It's tendency
is toward laying at the same season as
the eggs was laid from which she was
Matched Here then is the start for those
who seek winter eggs and if the reader IS
out for this sort of business he should
plan for an incubator to be set at work III
early February. Then it must be remem-
bered that the early Matched BIRD, espe-
cIally in the colder climates of The north,
Will require unusual good care so that
comfortable brooding houses must be pro
vidcd with room for exercise and III
places where there will be no danger OF
the chicks getting damp or wet. If the
brooder room is cool it will do no harm Tor
the chicks will have the brooder TO go 10
for warmth, but the room must not be
damp or wet. Chicks raised in this man
ner and given good range during the lo-
lowing summer will go into winter quar-
ters in fine shape and produce eggs at
profit in the winter.
COLLEGE COURSES FOR FARMERS
our farmers do not realize the good that
is being done by the several agricultural
colleges of the country by their short WIN
ter courses. Nearly every college devoted
to agriculture in the country has now
winter course and no one interested in
agriculture can make better use of por
| ton of the winter than attending one of
these short courses. We may sheer at
book farming or scientific farming as we
WILL the fact remains that by the appica-
ton of little of the scientific
knowledge obtainable at one of these will
ter courses to the practical knowledge al
| :eady possessed, the road to success will
be much easier to travel. Few Of these
colleges make any charge to the residents
of the state in which it is situated beyond
| that for board. and in most of the places
board can be had for s. or So Il week. so
that $75 or SlG0 at the most will enable
anyone to take this short courc in agri-
culture. The money expended will be re-
gained the following season, but beyond
that it will open the eyes of any farmer,
young, middle aged or old, to the POSSIBLE
ties OF scientific farming which after ALI
is only another name for intelligent farm
ing. If you, reader, are Interested write
to the agricultural college OF your state
for particulars.
HANDLING YOUNG STOCK.
Many farmers seem to have an idea that
it is necessary 10 keep all of their farm
animals in a state of constant fear in or
DER TO SeSt the best results from them.
Nothing could be farther from the most
/ desirable state of affairs. Ii is admitted
! that one must be firm with animals in or
der to make them unders tand tina you are
master a all times, but this frmness may
be so associated with Kindness that the
animal will not only be obedient, but will
develop a wonderful amount of intelli-
gcnce. To keep an animal in constant
fear is to get as little out of them as they
To II
from it all hat It can give-a wonderful
difference. The treatment of young stock
is especially important for the training
must be done as with a child during the
tender years. With heifers learn to handle
them gently so that all the way UP to the
milking period they will know that your
hand is never raised against them but in
kindness. Lambs from babyhood to adult
years should be taught that your presence
means safety no matter who else or what
else may be around. And so through the
list of farm animals The result of such
treatment means more dollars in profit to
you than can be estimated until the re-
turns are compared with those from ami
mails unkindly treated.
CALVES RAISED WITHOUT MILK.
There is considerable controversy going
on over the question of raising calves
without milk: that is providing them with
they are two or three weeks old until
they are put on grain and hay at four
months old. 1t is claimed that where milk
can be sold for a good price one cannot af-
ford to feed any part of it to calves. This
may be true, and if it is the question arises
as TO whether it will pay to raise the calf
at all. In the experiments tried in rails
ing calves without milk cocoanut mea l.
/ dried blood and some of the manufactured
foods are used and with varying success.
f, This is question one must work out for
himself and it can only be done by expert
ment. placing the cost of the bought food
against the price received for the quantity
of milk the calf would consume in given
period and then balancing the difference
by the kind of a calf you have to show
After all here is the kernel of the nut. If
the net value of the milk consumed by the
calf is SIS and the cost of feeding her
without milk is SO, is the calf worth the
same amount that she would have been If
she had been fed on milk during the two
STIRRING COOKING FOOD.
Where more or less food for stock is
cooked some handy way of stirring il
ought to be devised. OF course the old
fashioned ladle or the great spoon is al
ways available, but if the quantity is
large to use implements means aching
arms and shoulders. A stirrer which will
save much labor is readily made in the
following manner. Make a shaft of strip
of wood two inches thick and long SO that
it Will extend three or four inches above
the top of the kettle At the bottom of
this shaft make paddles by crossing two