The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-01-06

Isiven. 1t can do him no harm. for tn,
kidneys of n horse are generally more o.
less clogged even when the animal seem:
in fairly good health. After an attacl
of collie the animal should be well blank
eted.
MARKET FANCY APPLES NOW.
1T is not n good plan to attempt to holt
apples for a high spring market unless ont
has a perfect place of cold storage. Il
one has a lot of first grade apples they
can he marketed at Il good price by th,
simple plan of fancy packing. Just nov
| there is a great demand for nice apples
in ten-pound grape baskets. Polish eact
specimen until ii shines, wrap those that
go into the lower Iari 81 ~ .s.&sE !
the same way, but leave the Most at
~tractive side of the fruit exposed. Use
some care in having the baskets and the
paper clean: see that the fruit is first
I class and there will be no trouble in mar
keting it in any large city. Figure on;
what YOU ought to have for the fruit III
barrel rates. add the cost OF paper aId
baskets and a fair price for Your labor:
offer the fruit TO discriminating customers.
whether the fancy fruitnan or the con-
surner, and You'll get the price without
trouble and save the expense of carrying
the Fruit through the trying months to
come. Any one located near a large city
or thriving town can carry out this sus-
sestion with profit.
EXPERIENCE WITH A SEPARATOR.
There is always some trouble expert
onccl in convincing people with a small
business that it is profitable to have la
D~or-sav.ng devices. They argue in reply
that their business cannot afford it, and
90 on dragging out the small profits by
hand labor when a little money invested
in some special tool or implement would
materially increase their profits. Such is
the case with the hand separator. Dairy
mes with less than thirty or forty cows
Will say they cannot afford n separator. L
thought so once. but have discovered that
it pays a profit on the Investment With my
herd on seventeen COWS because we save
carting the milk to the creamery and cart
ing tho skim milk back and then and then
by doing the separating morning and
evening We always have the sweet skim
milk TO feed while it is in condition to do
the animal the most good. The separator
does the work quite as we'll as the larger
machine at the creamery and much better
than hand skimming. Altogether. count
ing the increased value of skim milk to
| swine or poultry and the other advant-
ages, j am inclined to think that a hand
separator is a good investment for a man
with ever ten COWS.
VALUE OF GRAINS FOR POULTRY.
When one considers that the per cent.
of fat in corn is nearly four times that 1f
any grain except pats it is plain to see
why it must not be fed in too large guam
titles to poultry if We expect eggs. Corn
will always remain the basis of all rations
for poultry, ana properly so. but anywhere
near a full ration of it should not be given
two days in succession. Indeed, this same
rule apiies pto any grain, for it IS variety
in :ecdlnS that gives us the best laying
hens. OF the several grains fed to poui-
try corn, wheat. oats, barley and buck
wheat are the most desirable, and the lat
ter should form the smallest portion of the
ration at al! times. During the winter.
and particularly in cd sections, corn
should form about onc-half of the grain
ration for the day. This is really ncces-
sary to provide the proper amount of
heat and if care is taken to feed n variety
of other grains at the other periods of
feeding, altogether with a liberal quantity
of green food. the quantity of corn men,
toned will not make the hens over-fat.
FRUIT TREES FOR FENCE LINES.
There are many farmers who say they
would set out fruit trees If it We're not
that they occupied ground which it was
felt must be devoted to other crops. 1t
is too bad that SO many farmers consider
an orchard as somewhat of a luxury and
be2rudge the ground space the trees oc-
cupy. For such men here Is a plan which
has been worked with success and which
will not take up any of the ground needed
for regular crops. Set trees along the
fence lines both between the farm and the
road and between fields except where
stock is pasturcd. Set the trees close to
the fences 50 that in time the fences may
be removed. Take good care in setting
the trees and the fert.lizing given the field
for the regular crops and the cultivation
will be near enough to the trees so they
will get the benefit of them. Beyond this
the trees will need no care except spray
ing pruning and the general care a tree
requires under any conditions. BY this
plan the trees will be out of the way, not
interfering with regular crops. require no
cultivation or fcrt.lizing beyond tina given
The field and, in Il few years, will be u
source of profit.
CUT GLOVER FOR POULTRY.
If it is difficult to obtain roots or other
! green food for the fowls invest a few dol
lars in cut clover hay which may be OBJ
tanned from dealers in poultry supplies.
The fowls. and especially the laying hens,
enjoy his especially when it is given to
them after being moistened with warm
water Feed it in a trough. giving a small
quantity every other day and the layers
will give you a full quota of eggs.
A SINGLE ROPE HALTER.
Rope haltcrs are quite common in MANY
sections. but as they are usually made
by ;icing short pieces of rope around the
loops to hold them in shape, they are not
safe for any length of tine. Here is a
way of making the halter and having a
piece at one end long enough for leading
all from a single length of rope. The small
cut shows how two loops are made, one
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