The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-08-17

boom IN TINS industry IN winch thousands
lost all they owned. Writers for the agri-
cultural press may not be very brilliant
in their writings but at least they are sin
cere and practical. Don't look to popular
magazines for accurate information on ag-
riculture or allied subjects for you won't
find it.
PASTURlNG MEADOWS.
The question of pasturing meadows was
sent to one of our contributors who has
raised the finest hay in his state for years.
He replies don't" but afterward moditics
this by saying that while his first advice
Is not to pasture the meadows at all he
realizes that in some locations and under
some conditions 1t may be safely done. Tho
new meadow, and especially the one on
rather light soil ought never to be pas
tured nor should any meadows be pastured
when 1t is so green and wet that the boots
Of the animals sink deeply. Where the
meadow Is on rather gravelly soil and is
good and strong the second growth in the
fall may be pastured for a time, provided
it is not done too long nor the cows per-
mitted to eat the grass too short. If this
Is done, especially in the colder sections
there Is apt to be considerable grass win
ter killed. Our contributor makes a prac-
tice of cutting the second growth In tho
late fall and leaving it as a mulch then in
the late winter, but before the thaws begin
lc lOp uieSScS, Ou TIE SilON, the luSdlOW
and reaps a correspondingly large crop the
following season. This plan may not suit
you but at any rate be careful about pas
turing too long in the fall.
COWS HOLDING UP MILK.
If one woul realize where kindness 10
animals pays let him have a herd Of cows
to milk who fear their owner because they
are constantly being struck or yelled at
harshly and then turn him over to milk
q lot of cows who have been kindly treat
ed. While the holding W OF the milk may
be due to some trouble with the udder or
the teats, nine times out of ten it is be-
cause the mixer is not in harmony with
his cows or because there is no regularity
in his time of milking; this last is import
ant for animals are largely creatures of
habit and are likely to resent 1t if they are
not promptly cared for. Milk each day at
the same hour you MIXED the day before;
feed regularly each day and water as reg
ularly. Treat the COWS with kindness,
teach them by regular handling that when
you place your hand on them it is in kind
ness: give them a caressing pat Or two
each time you pass them and you will
find they will respond in the only way
they can, by giving you milk, all they
have, and being gentle.
FOOD FOR HORSES WITH HEAVEs
The horse suffering with heaves has
weak digestion hence the food given
should be a laxative character although
not grass, as a rule, unless the horse Is
inclined to be constipated when an hou-
on the pasture each day will do him good.
In the matter Of the manager the essential
thing Is to keep it free from dust and If
the %roughage is fed by itself it should be
well moistened before being placed in the
Hanger. A better plan would be to cut
1t rather fine and mix 1t with the grain
given generally wetting the entire mass.
In some bad cases it will be necessary to
feed the horse a steamed ration which is
made by grinding the grain, cutting the
hay very short and mixing the two thor
oughly then placing in some receptacal
which nay be covered and pouring boil
ing water over the mass and let it alone
for five or six hours. AS a rule more OF
less In the way of root crops may be safe
ly fed to horses with heaves.
ILIME NECESSARY FOR ALFALFA
1t is safe to say that alfalfa cannot be
grown successfully unless the soil is well
lined. There are many fields today that
are yellow and sickly solely for the want
of lime and this is the only bar to sue.
cess where a partial growth has been sue,
~cessful. There is the usual idea concern.
ing alfalfa that obtains with almost all
plants that can be easily grown and that
Is that (to use the slang of the day. ANY
old soil will do" Alfalfa is too valuable
a crop to lose sight of and it is worth al
the time it will take to study its habits
and for experimenting. To begin with see
that the soil is not sour and to be certain
Of that use che litmus test, given in his
department. many times, and if needed, ap-
ply lime to the soil at the rate of one OF
more tons an acre as necessary, and do II
for at least two years before the ground
is to be used for alfalfa. It will pay tc
spend this time in learning about the needs
of the plant and preparing the soil for it
DEVICE FOR HOLDING BAGS.
When one man has to fill a bag he finds
it more or less troublesome keeping it oper
hence the device here described will appea,
to him particularly as it costs but a trife
and is easily made. Have the blacksmith
form for you a half circle of stout spring
wire looping 1t once in the center and
croolling each end upward and sharpening
them. Then have him make an iron hooA
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