The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-12-21

set In trouble herself or got other cows IN
trouble. Arrange the feed. both tho Erain
and the ~roGEhagc. 30 that kar. cgn reach
Il readily. yet not 90 she can get At and
traIhpie u under her feet. Any sort Of an
arrangement which will cnabic tho cow TO
livoi In the manner described Is an deal
arrangement, whether 10 DO n box stall
% black walnut or "A fence stall such as
recently described with. n stout nope TO
tic the animal. n good mangcr and n feed
ing rack. Try and plan something OF this
nRcsre and place the stalls. whatever they
may I'D. so thr'csws viii Reaa ray OF sun
itvhG through shc'w.iddw. NJ least occa-
slopally. go -. ~. . 49,.
INSIDE CURTAINS FOR POULTRY
HOUSES.
No matter how comfortable the
poultry house - ordinarily, IL II hAs
any glass In f. some provision should be
male FOR covering that glass during cold
nights II tho necessity Arises. An excellent
hnd.a cheap way Of doing this Is to.provido
crTtaIus OF henvy unblcachcd muslin, bur
hIp OFT strip OF carpet. Fastcn the lower
end TO n roller. using nm old broom handle
II. pothing better offers, and lacking tho
upper edge 10 tho window frame. Then.
By sewing n loop or lacking II TO the roller
ardshaving n nili In the upper part Of tho
window frame II Is easy TO roll the curtain
up out OF the way during The day. In the
cvcntyof the poultry house having n consid-
ornblc, cxparfse Of glass something of this
kind IL absolutely essential even IN the
middle sections % the country II tho fowls
have large combs and wattles- We ave
nm arrangement similar TO this In front OF
the roosts npd have found that IL has saved
NOSE than one. comb from becoming frost
ed Another thlhg We % when a cold night
Is 10 be Expected. The rUor OF the house In
covered quitr tkfck1y with. straw: this h
done that tho tf6Srs may ,haye something
warm TO walk over and peck through In
tho house carly on d co<d incoming and md
n lumber OF fowls cuddlcd down In tho
straw. Bc assurrcd thEs anything you do
for the comfort of che birds pays well.
CLEAN FEEDING DISHES.
. IL II very much easier TO care for poul,r
and havc them bring one satisfactory re-
rurfIs ~ the dishes .thcyiuse for feed and
now putting on tho market a cheap. dish:
an initiation OF the high In price enamel
ware. which can be used for n long time In
the poultry houses and which arc much
better than those OF wood or tin. As these
dishes are made In several shapes 81 Is easy
TO buy such ~ meets -oke's''w tints., fSe'
have n nsuscr OF dripping pans which, a.
the reader probably knows. are shallow
and fifteen inches long 6y sSSer dr.aght
inches wild and having a bale Mt either
eftl. These are ideal pans for soft foods
'nhd by using a lumber Of them one
'avoiGs the o-ver-crowding' OF the fowls
which always takes place when n reEula-
ton trough Is used. Water Is given sin.
smaller and deeper basins n all OF the
Vessels ERE taken 20 the house daily hnd
washed with scalding water then set In. tho
SUM-. n possible, for n few hours. In this
manner rthings are kept ~ahsptutely clean
and tho fowls eat with much more zest
w6hld .bc possible N .the dishes
'smelled musty or sour. The grain food Is
always scattered through the chan on ,hei
floor which makes the fowls do. the psces-
skGy amount OF scratching needed for
.cIse This grain food IN never fed In any
other way unless Il & n part OF tha soft
ma7h. Mixed dinners, rs we. gall. them.
Consisting OF mixed grains In hash
warmed and mixed wsch bitssot potatoes, 4
cabbage. apples and any other green food
.aretaiso fed In the clean dishes and hence
notf OF II Is wasted.
FEEDING COTTON SEED MEAL. 81,
1 Many mi,tabJ-S ere made IN the, feeding
% cottnusccd meal. feeders forgetting for
the .noufstt that it!is' extEs~Ily .cquce,t
tratCd food n needs "A pretty strong
stomach to handl ~. hence ft'shbGid bA
fed f'p9rngly to young stock. As a food
by itself X win not do rst:any, csusidtru
sARHW " asAE s'NN IN Jaw bE " ANe~NANN ~
hAS great value even h~t'a'rrce'as nigh as
~ a bh:provFlrl he olhor grains ,gaed d,
not spo high IN price. a line mixture
-AornTs Sai. "a" grihlaHg of Gr1lf nor = and;
.h1 cob together and the cotlonsecd meal
bran may be used when the Cofh. ~
Rrpurd With The cob. bu; In the latter casc
iito riti5 shu'iIH' ID two tazagbs.I ys uo.s.
torEs'd Iu.IlJo one part each Of the corn.
stal n the wheat bfsn,' t..i' u s".S1
THE WALkER.kRRLEc.,i
First shown In any quantlty.ai. the Pan
American exposition at Pufuio. rho whiks |
er ample has since bocp tried " VARIOUS
sections lnd found all that was claimed for
IL. las exceedingly aItracuyS appearance
makes u yalgtb!s as a market sort n u
has the added merit OF being OF tlir quail
ity although not by any means a hrst class
apple in this respect. However. t ~ much
better than Hen Davis and quite rs attrac-
tive. In Elz" IL - a !t;ic ab1y. ~thS1neiium
and in color b. particularly attractive being
striped with brilliant red. Under ttat Il
proves 20 be only "A fair hcarcr hot this
may be- improved az the trees grow older.
Mention OF ,hc variety o. mldc In. this de.
partmCut Only because the variety Is a
prbuisins one agd seems worthy q grpcrAJ,
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