Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-12-08

is a CITY business man who was brought
up on a farm and is now spending some of
his city earned money at the old occupa-
ton. Largely as a matter of sentiment he
bought the old homestead and after a.
time used IL for a summer home, leasing
the land out on the share plan. On sum-
mer, being at the farm considerable, heN
noticed the rather slip-shod methods of
operation and the next year took charge,
of the farm himself. engaging the neces-
sary help to do the work Then he looked
carefully over the place and planned out
just what he would do with it. Each week
directions were given to the men in writ
Ing and at the end OF the week the owner
saw that his directions were carried out.
He had no trouble after his help discov-
cred that his knowledge was not wholly
theoretical. The farm is making some
money solely as n farm and will make,
more In the years to come. 1t is run AZ al
business proposition and every detail OF
its handling carefully considered. Ex-i
penses and receipts are carefully watched
and the owner has full knowledge OF the
cost Of each bit of labor performed. Sim
ply the commercial rules applied to farm
ing and applied successfully as they gen.
orally can be II one will go about 1t right.
THE COMING PEAR CULTURE.
Complaints are rife throughout the coun-
try that there are thousands of barrels OF
Kieffer pears which cannot be sold at a
price which will bring the grower any pro-
ut on his labor and investment. II this Is
the case this year what is to be expected
in a few years when the thousands OF new
orchards of Kieffers come into bearing? IL
ever the public have been deluded by any
thing IL has been by this year. Fruit deal
ers all over the country AVE palmed them
of to ignorant consumers as Bartletts and
to such an extent that the number OF pear
nOp I'M ~ ~ haC 1napaaanl ratIAa thar t~ !.
creased. The Kieffer is a good pear for,
canning when put up with ounces to give
1t flavor but as a pear for eating out Of
hand like the Bartlett, Duchess, Anjou or
Sheldon Ii is a rank failure. The poor pro-
duct of California has more or less dis
turhed the markets east and north but this
competition is as nothing compared with,
the Kieffer for the California pears win in
crease the number of pear eaters while the
Kieffer does the opposite. Whatever you
do In the way of fruit growing don't set
any more Kieffer trees for you will wish
some day you had not and will probably
end up in digging out the trees you have
THE SUNNY BUSTING CORNER.
n of the ways of increasing the egg
supply Is to keep the hens happy and con-
tented and two ways of doing this are to
have scatterings of grain through the
chaff on the floor so that the fowls will
hNNt pbS5 anu AIC OtGQlld way
is to see that the dust boxes are placed in
the corner which catches the most sun
during the winter. Ideal dust boxes are
strong soap boxes filled with road dus
into which has been mixed a little fine limo
and n liberal supply OF insect powder. Soil
from the garden IL 1t Is light and well dried
will answer the purpose quite well. 1t is
an excellent plan to remove all this dust
from the boxes every little while and slft
1t over removing anything undesirable
which has gotten into 1t, then take II out
in the sun spread 1t out thinly and let it
dry thoroughly. Most of It can be used
repeatedly If new lime and insect powder
Is added every month. The dust boxes
should be placed where they will not be
fouled in any way for poultry will not use
them IL too dirty, hence will go without
busting and the lice will then become am
pant.
TOO MUCH CORN FOR SWINE.
Every winter or rather at the end OK
every winter we hear tales of rheumatism
in swine, intense indigestion, bowel trouble
and all sorts of diseases for which no
cause can be found, yet in the majority
of cases 1t Is plainly too much corn. 1t Is
of course quite natural to feed heavily of
corn because 1t is the cheapest thing We
have to feed swine but what profit Is there
in 1t when 1t is overdone? We had some
fine half grown pigs who had several at
tacks of severe indigestion and we cut out
the corn for a week. In it's place we fed
bran mixed with chopped vegetables and
fed warm; this was given morning and
night and at noon the animals were given
a lot of second grade hay and a few sweet
potatoes. Not a full ration by any means
and the pigs fell off in weight but at the
end Of the week the trouble was gone and
they would eat anything offered them.
From then on the corn ration was cut
down so that 1t was about one-half q full
ration and we used more bran, skim milk,
root crops and ~roughage and we cannot
see but what the animals are all that any
ration would nave made them and they are
certainly in excellent condition to be corn
fattened when the times comes.
AN IDEAL STALL.
When one Is financially able to have the
stalls which combine all the c~onveniences
they are very desirable but the average
farmer must put up with much less. ON
the other hand there are a number of sim
pie improvements costing but little yet
adding materially to the comfort and
cleanliness of the animal. The ideal stall
has a space between feed rack and gutter
of eight feet and is five feet wide. A feed
rack is arranged so that the animal may
get at the hay or roughage easily yet not
waste a great deal of it. At one end Of
the feed rack is a feed box sufficiently
large so that the cow can get her mouth
to it without striking her horns. The sides
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