The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

and pulls him back 30 that after a few
trials he gives up the plan. To prevent the
rope from making n back OF the horse
sore make n soft pad OF several thickness
90 of new unbleached muslin covered on
the outside with a piece OF denim or any
equally strong. clean material. Make small
straps OF some OF the material and sew TO
tho pad. tho rope passing underneath
these loops. The illustration shows the
idea plainly. figure I indicating the shap-
Ing OF the pad at the center scam
LIVER TROUBLE WITH HORSES.
Horses arc more frequently troubled
with indigestion and liver disease than In
generally supposed and when tho latter
u appears In a young horse * II usu-
ally inherited. hence all the more difficult
TO cure. There arc phases OF indigestion
as In the human family. but II IL generally
safe 20 treat n horse suffering badly with
chronic dyspepsia on the superstition that
its liver needs stirring up. oftentlmes the
trouble gets 80 bad that Il l. impossible
TO fully cure II. although Il may be great
ly relieved by n course OF medicine and a
strict diet. meantime working the horse
only lightly. The standard remedy for
liver trouble n two ounces OF Rloin and
ono dram OF ~podophyllln made Into n pill.
Any druggist can put this up. Give this
dose every five or six days until the bowels
AAN1NN AtNfAN ~ ~ VII INV kANN INV
horse daily twenty-five drops OF tincture
Of nux vomIca on the tongue. Six weeks
or two months OF this treatment should
show n much improved condition. Let the
horse rest and be OF pasture. II possible.
during the period Il Is taking medicine and
sec that all OF the ration Is OF n laxative
nature. Should the medicine act too freely
ON the bowels reduce tho dose.
MulcHiN0 THE ORCHARD.
The use OF the grass or weeds grown in
the orchard for mulchlng the trees In along
the line OF the sod I'm tho orchard idea aud
It's Use for the benefit OF the trees. and cS-
pcciaily the young trees. Is TO be recon-
mcndcd during the summer but decidedly
not during the winter, when there Is
snow on the ground for II would be but n
winter shelter for the mice. who would Inn
prove the opportunity to gnnw the tender
bark OF the trees. We make Il our bust
ness % 70 over the young orchards In the
late fall and hoe away from around each
tree for n distance OF three feet or more
all Of the vegetable growth OF any nature.
Just before tho ground freezes the soil
about each tree l. packed own hard and
after the frat heavy fall OF snow, ut a sea-
son when Il IN assumed that winter has
fairly set I'm. we pack this snow down nrm-
ly. In most years IL freezes and forms "A
protection to the tree from vermin. set
does the tree no harm.
USING LIME ON FARMS.
TIL proper use OF lime on farm lands
II not yet. I'm our opinion, fully understood.
IL has generally been considered that IL
n soil shows acidity according TO the
simple litmus PAPER test. IL needs lime,
hut II does not always follow that such Is
the case. Light. sandy soils will show
acidity even after repeated lining. hence
IL would be folly TO add moro lime. In
such cases humus IN what IN needed. ON
the other hand. II II safe TO say that with
heavy soils that are well supplied with
vegetable matter and show acidity under
the litmus test, lime may be applied 10
advantage and In considerable quantities.
This lime question. like man other qucs-
tioas In modern farming, L. one which
must be largely worked out by the indl-
vidual. according TO conditions surround
ing him. and that can b. done better by
the experiment plot plan than By any
other for by this plan one loses but litllc
time and practically none OF the crop
raising soil.
PASTURE FOR LAMBS.
\ little care In the pasturiug OF the
lambs from nov OF until cold weather sets
ia will result In putting Into the barn
animals who will thrive rapidly on the
winter ration and 20 20 the winter market
ut profitable prices. NO better pasture
can h. had for lambs than the meadows.
provided they have not been pasturcd by
larger stock since the hay was cut. Turn
the lambs into such n pasture. having II
large enough 80 there viii be no tcmpta-
ton TO eat too closely and one will see
marvellous results and without tho injury
to- the meadows which probably would re-
suit by the paSturing OF the cows. With
this good pasture SEE that the lambs nave
plenty OF good fresh water and places
wher they may so for protection from the
storm and you will take some splendid AMI
mails into winter quarters.
WHY POULTRY DOESN'T PAY.
II asked to give one reason and one
only why farmers fail TO make poultry
profitable the answer might fairly be be.
cause they do not believe In them: as a
rule tho farmers consider poultry beneath
their notice. As one farmer put IL "thcy
are all very well for the women 10 fool
with but his farm can produce something
OF more Importance than poultry" This
same man was extremely glad TO " ths
women" help him out OF a bad financial
acrape with the money they made from
, poultry. IL farmers would take the trouble