Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-09-07

ey they would find they We're profitable.
On the other hand a hundred or two barn
yard fowls. a mixture of fifty strains left
TO care for themselves will generally re-
suit in failure. and if the farmer had 10
bay the food they ate instead OF raising
1t there would be no barn yard fowls on
farms. Ii there were any they would he
of decent breeds. Look into this matter
If YOU are inclined to ascertain if there
is money in poultry.
KEEPING OLD sOWs.
We have no patience with the man who
makes i, a business TO kill off his old
sows each year for the few dollars he
will get for the carcass. Good breeders
are not over plenty and when one finds
such a treasure he should hold on To 1t
for three or four years. or until she be
! gins to nave weak filters, then put her
in shape for market. one might have
more OF such good breeders If a little more
attention was given to keeping them in
good shape by proper feeding care. Give
the good breeding SOW Il chance on the
range, good food and water when in the
pen and shc'll prove profitable.
DiSiNFEcTiNG STABLES.
Even though the stables are arranged
with cement troufhs which carry off the
liquid excremcnt and the solid manure l..
cleaned out daily. more attention in the
way of dis.nfecting is necessary in order
to have the milk as free from faint as 1t
should be for human consumption. Many
dairymen disinfect the animals as we'll
as the stables which is an excellent plan.
For this purpose nothing is better than
c~reolin, which may be safely used on
! stock in a one per cent. solution: that is
a Ia tablespoonful to each half gallon Of
water. This is applied to the headquarters
of the animal with a fine sprayer and is
done three times a week. The same dis
infect. four times the strength. should
be used on the floors and in the gutter
two or three times weekly. The walls of
the stable should also be dis.nfected and
this is readily done by first spraying on
them a strong solution of creolin and the
next day whitewashing them. putting the
lime on thick. This requires time. OF
course. but there is an immense amount
of satisfaction In having clean stables and
animals to say nothing of the healthful-
ness of this condition..
CURING LiMeER NECK.
TIL writer is one of the poultrymen who
does not temporize with the disease
known as limbcrncck. but cuts off the
heads of the animals when 1t is discovered
and buries the carcass. Possibly If we
had a less number of birds W. would not
take such drastic measures, but we can
not afford to take any chances. Usually
limberneck is contracted by ca ting spoiled
meat III WHICH we tSSS vi TliSSOts are
concealed. These are taken into the crop
and they affect the brain so tina; the bird
staggcrs and twists its neck, hence the
name. The turpentine remedy is a good
. one and were our fiocks smaller we would
use 1t. 1t consists of pouring a tablespoon
full of turpentine into the crop and then
Immediately after several tablespoonsful
of water as warm as the fowl can stand
it. Hold the head of the fowl up and with
the nand work the crop around as much
as possible. Then let the fowl eject as
much of this as 1t ran and then fill the
crop as fun OF warm water az possible.
hold the fowl by the feet. head
and work our as much Of the contents OF
the cror as possible. FIJI the crop again
and a third time if necessary In order that
all of the maggots and eggs may be eject
ed. The stuff that comes from the crop
should be buried so that no other fowls
can get at il and thus contract the dis
ease.
INVESTIGATE HAND SEPARAToRS
When loca! conditions are such that il
pays To take the milk to "A creamery then
it may be policy TO save the cost of "A hand
separator. but where one has worked on
this plan for a nnmber of years and cotton
but little out of 1t the hand separator
question ought to interest them. Here
are some of the advantages of this ma
chine of which there are several reliable
makes on the market. There is no vast
ing of the butter fat as when the separa-
ton Is done by hand in the old fashioned
way. You get the warm sweet milk to
feed TO swine and poultry instead of cart
liz home a lot of mixed skim milk from the
creamery as now. The amount of butter
you can make and sell will net a much
greater return than will be received from
the creamery. We believe that IL one has
six cows or more and "A lot of poultry or
swine that the cost of the machine viii
be saved in the value of the sweet milk
for feeding purposes saying nothing at all
about the increased value Of the butter
product. Better look into the matter.
friend.
MOVABLE HOUSE FOR TURKEYS
Following along the line of argument
advanced n these column many times IN
favor of keeping the poultry on the range
as late In the fall AS possible. the reader
will be Interested in the movable poultry
house here described. The runners are
formed by the fastening together of two
heavy planks and the ends are trimmed so
as to turn upward a trihe. Then a hole is
bored through the end of each runner
through which a chain may be slipped to
be attached to a whifh"-tree so that when
tho horse II attached the house NAV be
drawn to any portion of the range desired.
The house nay be made any dimensions
desired. six by eight feet or eight by ten
feet, being the average size. When made
for the use Of turkeys only the sides are
OF solid lumber, the backs and ends be-
ing covered with strong wire netting to
permit free ventilation. The roosts are
placed as high as is possible for turkeys