The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-01-27

constantly cnvyins some rich man hi.
herd of magnificent cows. True, we can
not make prize stock OF scrub cows. but
we can get out of them all they are cap
able of II we go about 1t right. 1t has beer
demonstrated time and again that 1t pays
In actual increased flow of milk to groom
the cows and IL also materially saves on
the feed bill. for grooming eXcltcs q better
skin action az well as a more proper flow
of the blood, hence the animal does not
require SO much food to sustain bodily
warmth. Start in by keeping the stables
clean Will a gutter back OF each COW so
that the liquid cXcrement may be con-
ductei into some vat and be saved and the
cowa kept out of 1t. Then start the groom
ing. gently at first, for the COW that has
never been groomed will be considerably
astonishcd at the process. Use Il rather
/ soft brush at first and spend only a few
minutes each morning on each cows for a
week. extending the time as they get used
to the operation. Later a SITTER brush or
eve nthe curry may be used and the COWS
will enjoy the operation. Do the work
th%orouhgly as would be done with horses
and you Will have better COWS IN more
ways than one.
SULPHUR IN POULTRY HOUSES
Even In the cleanest poultry houses
there is likely to he more or less vermin,
and certainly plenty of bad air that can
be gotten rid of only by fumigatinS. The
plan oil using sulphur for this purpose is
not a new one hy any means, but it is
none the less desirable and effective, Work
it in this way: During the pleasant part
of the day turn the fowls out into a shed
or into the yard, then close up all win
dows. doors and cracks in the poultry
mousse. take an old tin pan and in it place
a quantity of sulphur, from one-half to a
pound, according to the size of the house,
wrapped in Il cloth and over the cloth a
newspaper. Set fire to this. after placing
the pan in the middle of the floor where
it will not he likely to do any damage.
Then leave the house, shutting the door
closely behind You. Let the sulphur burn
until 1t dies out, which will be in an hour
or so. then, about an hour before roosting
time go into the house and open all the
windows and doors SO that the fumes OF
the sulphur may escape. In the morning
place a little dry sulphur in each nest
box and sprinkle some dry lime through
the busting boxes and you will have done
more TO rid the house of disease-breeding
mites than anything else possible. If
course, it is understood that this fumlga-
ton does not, in any way take the place
of the usual cleaning and embarrassing.
EXERCISE FOR HEAVY HENS.
II one wishes to prove the statement
that exercise is essential to the best egg
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a flock OF any OF the heavy breeds and
keep them in confinement with little or
no opportunity for exercise and he will
find the egg production materially re-
duced' not because the hens are injured
In any way from lack of exercise, but be-
cause they get too fat. The lighter breeds
and especially the Leghorns do not suffer
SO much in this way because they are ma
turally of 4 nervous disposition and will
voluntarily exercise even in n small space.
No better way of forcing the hens of large
breeds to exercise has been found than
confirming their midday meal to a light
ration of grain scattered through the
chaff where they will be forced to
scratch for 1T. A good plan is to feed this
grain in a large shed scattering it thinly
over the entire length of the shed. so
that the hens Will be forced to do consid-
cradle travelling to get the grain. An
other good plan is to hang a cabbage bead
or n bunch of some other g9een stuff just
high enough so that the hens will have to
jump a little to get at it. The heavy
breeds must be forced to take exercise
and some way must be provided or there
will be q falling off in the egg production.
A STATIONARY BAG HOLDER.
While 1t is admitted that the so-called
spring-poor animal is largely the result
of poor winter rations and lack of care.
the trouble goes back of this to the pas
uic ltiipu / lS not pOSSlDie, III any Tet-
sonable cost. at any rate. 10 carry an ami
NAL through the winter in good shape
when it has had anly Indifferent pasture
and no grain during the summer. So it
is no wonder that COWS which are forced
to a combination of poor pasture and light
rations during the winter como out spring.
poor. There will always be a difference
of opinion as to the advisability of grain
ing COWS on pasture during the summer,
but this much is certain that IL the pas
ture is not rich and ample tine COWS should
be grained. Regarding the winter feed
1t is not policy for a writer to lay down
Il hard and fast rule as to rationS, for
every dairyman knows better what his
cows need than any stranger and it is
his business to give them as nearly what
rations must. however, be more thar suf-
ticient to simply sustain life or the cow
will be, OF little value in a few years and
especially If she goes from a scanty barn
ration 10 a lean pasture.
A STATIONERY BAG HOLDER.
Another of the handy things which may
be had or any farm If one Is of the mind
to construct it is here described. To fill
Il loose, filmsy bag is q difficult operation
and the time-worn plan of placing one side
of the bag over a nail and holding the
other side with the hand while filling it
will not always work to advantage. Try
the plan of building a device for the pur-
by making n base of Il 2-inch
IL inches long. In one end of this
make an opening into Which a post