The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-26


skin where the other is striped. The flavor
is more acid and while 1t cannot be said to
be Of good flavor it Is decidedly better
than the old Ben Davis. The fruit is at.
tractive, a good keeper and hence viii
sell we'll, while the tree shows every indi-
cation of being an unusually heavy crop
per which, of course, will make the variety
a favorite among orchardists. The variety
is worth testing to see how II acts on DIFF
ferent soils, but it WILDE we'll to go slow
with it until it proves itself worthy of eX-
tended planting.
WHY NOT HELP PoSTERlTY?
TWENTY-FIVE years G the writer was
managing a farm of eighty odd acres IN
western New York, About ten acres OF
this farm was the wood lot composed or
fine naples. For a number of years
the owner has been encroaching on this
wood for home heating purposes. but when
the farm was turned over to us on a five
years lease this cutting Town of the trees
ceased. In some changes We made this
wood lot became a part OF the pasture en-
closure and the cows appreciated the
shade SO much that it excited the com
ment of the owner who agreed to our sug-
gestion that he would pay one-half of the
expense OF setting the old pasture to trees.
Few nursery trees could be afforded, the
planting being mainly from the smaller
Gaplings in the old wood lot. Last sum
mer we saw the place again after all these
years and learned that the wood lot we
had helped establish was one OF the
priced possessions of the present, owner
md that f,ara1Icnl of this wood lot the place
had brought at least 20 per cent. more
than equally good farms without the wood
lot, Perhaps I am a little cranky on the
question OF forest preservation, or to bring
1t closer home, farm wood lot preservation
, but when the government and the manu-
r~acturers OF the country are beginning to
view the situation seriously / feel like
saying 81 told you So" No better work
for posterity can be done than to use the
.alds hat are no Longer profitable Tor
setting out young native trees. Look into
the question wherever you live and see II
you don't see tho necessity for armer
helping in the preservation of trees.
HORSES FEET IN WINTER.
The farm horse may not be doing much
work at this time of the year, but that IS
no reason why his feet and legs should
not be cared for. If the horse is on the
road more or less the legs and ankles be-
come coated with mud or ice and should
have attention as soon as the animal is
brought into the stable. If he Is standing
most of the day it is essential that the
floor, Of Whatever material it may be COM
posed, be kept clean. One good way Of car
ing for the feet and legs of a horse Is to
wipe them dry with a moist cloth when
the animal is brought in, then with q stick
of wood give proper attention to the hoof.
One of the fertile sources of rheumatism
in horses is neglect of the feet and lower
4 Jerc Wa r11n1Yp II n h1Js ivIaGc In an0lH wealth.
er to rub a little vaseline IN the frog of the
foot and over the hoofs generally two or
three times a. week and always clean this
part as thoroughly as any other.
VENTILATION ESSENTIAL.
The plan of keeping the poultry house
warm during the winter is all right up to
certain limits, but there is no necessity of
keeping it without ventilation. What is
needed most In the building of a poultry
house for winter is an orange
ment which will supply ventilation with
out draushts and still permit of the house
being made warm enough for the birds in
very cold regions. There are many plans
of ventilation, from the window opened in
an adjoining portion to the box ventilator
which extends from about a foot from the
floor out through the roof. One will have
to work out a plan Of ventilation to suit
his own houses and most poultrymen will
find the ideal plan in o combination OF
one or two or more. More attention should
be given to providing ventilation and less
to talking SO much about which is the bet
ter plan. If ones house is not as well pro-
vlded in this respect as it Should be, this,
at least, can be done. Have some place
in which the fowls can be turned during
the warm part of the day without DANCE
of cold and then throw the doors and win
dows of the house wide open and let the
air blow through. Just as some of the
III ,z..+ 1c1Ir a no F., ~ 1. 1Nr Il, ,rn , ,a- gp1r,
being in rooms too warm so are some OF
the worst cases of roup among poultry
traced directly to over-warm houses.
WINTER CARE OF EWES.
Fine lambs are from well-cared for ew~:
and the care at this time is quite as neccs
sary as nearer the season when the lamb!
will be dropped. If the lambs are eX
pectcd early sec that the ewes nave a fat
supply of succulent ~food-well cured cleal
clover hay viii do them a world of good
About once a week give the ewes a ration
/. of raw potatoes, using the small ones tina
. unsuitable. Ii there is a good supply o
f these small potatoes let all the sheer
} have some. AS 1t nears lambing time ii i
/ essential that the eve have a warm plac
at night. The ordinary quarters where tn
ewes are kept are not, as a rule, warn
enough, SO some inside shed with plent.
of good bedding should be provided. Nor
lambs nave chilled to death at soon afte
birth because they We're born IN cold quar-
tiers than we can calculate. See that tn
sheep have access to clean, not too cold
water all through the winter and kee.
: them contented by always having som
: reughage before them which they ma,
r busy themselves with. During the da,
! the flock need not be kept in very war;
e quarters, but they should be dry and pre-
vision made fcr warmer places at night.
: GROOMING COWS AND HORSES.
: Il Is amusing to most farmers TO spea