Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-13
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FOR PIGS.

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ALFALFA FOR PIGS.
Much stress Is laid upon the value OF
alfalfa as a pasture for swine, and par
ticularly for growing pigs, by many writ
ers, but my experience with II has not
| benn all | could wish, except when | used
the alfalfa pasture combined with nSht
daily feeds OF grain. usually corn. The al
falfa is rich in protein, hence the growing
pigs need a c-arbonaceous food 10 enable
them TO make the proper proportions OF
bone and muscle and fat. Growers OF
swine go to two extremes, they either feed
too heavily of some fattcning food or
starve their animals by feeding them
things rich in every thing but fat making
| elements. l consider, for summer feeding,
a pasture Of alfalfa with a half corr RAJ
ton an ideal ration for growing pigs and
this is my opinion after five years OF con-
tinuously feeding in this manner. Try the
| experiment next summer If the alfalfa
| pasture is in good shape.
HOW TO FEED A FURNACE.
The rapid increase In the number or
| furnaces in farm homes makes this item
quite allowable in this department. After
three years of experience with q furnace
| a city friend has taught us how TO get the
! most from IL at the smallest expense, ana
we have found that our former poor re-
suits came largely through our method OF
Il INttiliiG NAtt Lux III y - AiANA ~
OF the farmer to be frugal and we con-
fess TO "A mid attack of heart failure when
our city friend began to shovel coal in the
fire box. His idea Is, and we have proven
IL correct, that to get the best heat from
the furnace the bed of Goals should be
level with or above the lower part of the
| door and never below It. This lis the plan
Of care, starting at about 4 o'clock In the
afternoon. Al that hour the furnace Is
well shaken and coal put In go that during
the course of two hours the fire Is q little
above the level OF the lower part of the
opening. II is now burning briskly, and
then the draft in the smoke pipe is cut off
about one-ialf and the cooler IN the door
opened slightly. THE bar cooler we never
use except when the furnace is shaken,
and then to prevent the dust from passing
up the pipes through the register to the
room above. Just before going to bed five
or six heaping shoyelfuls Of coal are put
on the FIRE, the cooler IN the dor opened
moro and the damper turned a little
closer. In this way the fire keeps nicely
all night. yet the heat liz not cut off from
the pipes leading TO the registers. In the
morning the cooler is closed, the damper
tarned full and the lower door opened; a
little coal is added If needed, but the
furnace Is not shaken; in an hour or less
IL IS going at full speed and more coal is
added and then turned off for the day,
although coal is, II course. added when
needed during the day. but the shaking TX
done but once. Try it.
LICE DURING THE WINTER.
Many farmers have an idea that lice are
only bothersome among poultry during
the warmer days Of the year. This rea-
soning may be based on the fact that not
so many lice are seen in cold weather. but
this is only because they are keeping warm
close to the bodies of the hens. There is
just as much necessity for eternal watch
fulness in the poultry house during the
winter as at other times; indeed more, for
II one is working for winter eggs they
will not get them from lice-infested fowls.
II one viii make IL a part of the work
among poultry to thoroughly go through
the house for lice once in ten days during
the winter they will find plenty of them to
destroy, at least at first. This is one rea-
son why poultrymen should be unusually
careful in providing plenty of dust boxes
and seeing that their contents is frequently
changed. Have the material i'm the nest
boxes composed of dry dust, some slaked
lime and a liberal quantity of insect pow
der. IL fine coal ashes are obtainable they
will do nicely 10 work through the mass.
HELP FIGHT oLEo NOW.
IL is persistently stated that the manu-
| faet'irens 90 cicc -ts 5Iideavof 10 nave a
bill passed by the congress reducing the
tax on that commodity. This is a bill
which every farmer should help fight even
though he has no dairy. 1t has been pref
~ Wei demonstrated that oleomargarine
cannot stand on its merits and hat IL can
only remain an article of commerce by
posing in the guise of butter or being
taxed at a price which will enable IL to
sell. at a profit, much below the selling
price OF butter. Should this b.ll pass the
congress the next step will be TO remove
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resemble butter, and then we Will be Just
where we were before. Invest one cent In
a postal card or two cents In a portage
stamp and write your congressman, ask
ing him TO vote against this proposed bill.
! Just make Il a part of your business TO
see that he gets other communications from
your neighbors along the game line and
he'll pay attention. Two or three letters
from as many farmers will make him
smile, but let him receive 200 or 800 and
he'll look serious. Write that letter now.
Don't wait for neighbor Jones to start
the ball, DO IL yourself.
THE OUT DOOR TROUGH.
Although the trough described is one we
use out or doors during the summer we
have found it very convenient for indoor
feeding. using IL in the shed where the
COWS and other stock take turns In exer-
cising. IL saves the trouble of carrying a
number OF boxes into the shed and by our
plan OF securing them to the walls no
trouble is had by having them under foot.
We have one set Of these troughs and they
are uniformly eighteen inches high. They
are simply built by making q frame for
each end and making il stiff by a cross
piece, The top is simply a shallow box