Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

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herd of magnificent cows. True, we cam
not make prize stock of scrub cows, but
we can get out of them all they are cap
able OF If we go about it right. 1T has been
demonstrated time and again hat 1T pays
in actual increased flow OF milk to groom
the cows and IL also materially saves on
the feed bill, for grooming excttes a better
skin action as well as a more proper flow
of the blood. hence the animal edoes not
require SO much food to sustain bodily
warmth. Start in by keeping the stables
clean with a gutter back Of each cow so
that the liquid excrement may be con-
Quoted into some vat and be saved and the
cows kept out of ii. Then start the groom
ing. gently at first, for the cow that has
never been groomed will be considerably
astonished at the process. Use a rather
soft brush at first and spend only a few
minutes each morning on each cows for a
week, extending the time as they get used
TO the operation. Later a sitter brush or
eve nthe curry may be used and the cows
will enjoy the operation. Do the work
t~horouhgly as would be done with horses
and you will have better cows in more
ways than one.
SULPHUR I'M POULTRY HOUSES
Even in the cleanes poultry houses
there is likely to be more or less vermin,
and certainly plenty of bad air that can
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plan OF using sulphur for this purpose is
not a new one by any means, but 1T is
none the less desirable and effective. Work
1t In this way: During the pleasant part
of the day turn the fowls out into a shed
or into the yard, then close up all win
dows, doors and cracks in the poultry
house, take an old tin pan and in it place
a quantity of sulphur, from one-half to a
pound, according to the size of the house,
wrapped in a cloth and over the cloth a
newspaper. Set fire TO this, after placing
the pan in the middle of the floor where
1t will not be likely to do any damage.
Then leave the house, shutting the door
closely behind you Let the sulphur burn
until it dies out, which will be in an hour
or so, then, about an hour before roosting
time go into the house and open all the
windows and doors so that the fumes of
the sulphur may escape. In the morning
place a little dry sulphur in each nest
box and sprinkle some dry lime through
the busting boxes and you will have done
more to rid the house of disease-breeding
mites than anything else possible. OF
course, it Is understood that this fumiga-
ton does not, in any way take the place
of the usual cleaning and embarrassing.
EXERCISE FOR HEAVY HENS.
If one wishes to prove the statement
that exercise is essential to the best egg
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a flock Of any of the heavy breeds and
keep them in confinement with little or
no opportunity for exercise and he Will
find the egg production materially re-
duced; not because the hens are injured
in any way from lack of exercise, but be-
cause they get too fat. The lighter breeds
and especially the Leghorns do not suffer
so much in this way because they are ma
turaIIy Of a nervous disposition and will
exercise even in a small space.
No better way of forcing the hens of large
breeds to exercise has been found than
combining their midday meal to a light
ration of grain scattered through the
chaff where they will be forced to
scratch for it. A good plan is to feed this
grain in a large shed scattering it thinly
over the entire length of the shed, so
that the hens will be forced to do consid-
cradle travelling TO get the grain. An
other good plan is to hang a cabbage head
or a bunch of some other green stuff just
high enough so that the hens will lave to
jump a little to get at il. The heavy
breeds must be forced to take exercise
and some way must be provided or there
will be a falling off in the egg production.
A STATIONARY BAG HOLDER.
While 1t is admitted that the so-called
spring-poor animal is largely the result
OF poor winter rations and lack of care,
the trouble goes back of this TO the pas
ture period. 1t is not possible, at any rea-
sonable cost. at any rate, TO carry an ami
NAL through the winter in good shape
when K has had anlv.indifferent pasture
and no grain during the summer. So 1t
is no wonder that cows which are forced
to a combination of poor pasture and light
rations during the winter come out spring
poor. There will always be a difference
Of opinion as to the a~dvisability of grain
ing cows on pasture duiing the summer,
but this much IS certain that IL the pas
ture Is not rich and ample the cows should
be grained. Regarding the winter feed
1t is not policy for a writer 10 lay down
a hard and fast rule as to ~rations, for
every dairyman knows better what his
cows need than any stranger and ii Is
his business 10 give them as nearly what
they should have as he can afford. The
~rations must, however. be more than suf-
fieient to simply sustain life or the COW
win be of little value in a few years and
especially if she goes from a scanty barn
ration to a lean pasture.
A STATIONERY BAG HOLDER.
Another Of the handy things which may
be had on any farm If one is OF the mind
10 construct 1t is here described. To fill
a loose. flmsy bag Is a difficult operation
and the time-worn plan of placing one side
of the bag over a nail and holding the
other side with the hand while filling it
will not always work to advantage. Try
the plan of building a device for the pur-
pose by making a base of a 2-inch
plank II inches long. In one end Of his
plank make an opening into which a post
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