The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-05

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sired dimensions, dividing it into three
Compartments Have the back board
about 6 inches wider than the front board
50 that holes may be made in it by which
to hang the box to the wall with screws.
The front board is to slope in at the bot
tom, hence the end pieces are cut at the
proper angie. The bottom board extends
about 6 inches and around the three sides
of this bottom board are run strips about
. inches high, so as to form a sort of
trough. The feed is placed in the COM
partmcnts, corn in one, wheat in another
and a third grain~in the third. BY reason
of the slope this grain will run readily
TO the bottom and into the trough so the
fowls can easily reach it. Hang the box
TO the wall so the trough will be a little
lower than breast high before the fowls.
Covers should be placed over the top to
prevent the birds eating the grain out of
the bins. The Illustration clearly shows
the contrivance which may be readily
made by any one handy with tools.
CONSIDER ROOT CROPS NEXT
SEASON..
The writer has urged for many years
the growing and feeding of root crops to
stock, and urged them solely on the basis
of their value as furnishing a change in
the diet and as being an excellent diges-
tive. OF late years scientific farmers and
experimenters have boldly made the state
ment that certain combinations of root
crops have a feeding value equal to grain;
not that they will take the place of grain
in tho ro tinro .nrtirrJ1, Int th,+ tl,o, x~,,-
be substituted for from so to so yer cent.
of the grain ration. II this is so the
growing of root crops opens up a field
which dairymen should take advantage Of.
There are few farms which will grow
grain but what will grow root crops and
the labor in growing the latter is GER
tainly no greater than that required to
grow grain. No better advice can be given
he reader than to urge him to obtain all
the possible this winter con-
corning the growing Of root crops with
the idea of living some space to them
the coming season. During the winter
more information along this line will be
given in this department.
GROUND FOOD AND CUT FODDER.
One may argue that nature intended ami
mails to tear their food apart and grind
it for themselves. This is so beyond
doubt so far as wild animals are con-
cerned; but long years of domesticity has
dulled some of the masticating powers of
the farm animal. This may not be good
science, bu2 all who have experimental
intelligently know that most farm ami
mails. with she possible exception of the
horse, do test when the food IS ground
before feeding and the roughage cut into
short lengths. We experimental with corn
slower along this line last winter, cutting
the tender part of the stalks into pieces
6 or 8 inches long and the heavy parts
cutting crosswise with a Ratchet. In feed
ing we sometimes moistened the mass
with warrl water and then %sprinklcd a
little brar through it. We would then
take a fofkful of nice clover hay, place
it in one corner of the Manager and this
mass Of corn fodder in the other corner
with the result that the corn fodder was
invariably eaten first. This is to see which
they prefsrrcd; then, by careful records,
we found that our grain ration could be
reduced 20 per cent. and the same results
obtained In milk, both as to quality and
quantity. We figured this paid for the
labor in ~nTeparing the cut fodder. Try it.
THE MODEL HOG PEN.
1 recently saw an argument for a hog
pen which suited my ideas of such a place
exactly. The yard was arranged SO that
from the middle there was a slope to
every side to q gutter which was on the
outside OF the fence, making it practically
, " lhS y - w stay vi joliS.
The bottom of the yard was hard packed
gravel over which was scattered two
inches OF clear sand, and every ten days
or two weeks most of this sand was re-
moved and other clean sand substituted.
The pen had Il roof porch, so to speak,
extending out six feet and sloping down
ii front to within four feet of the floor,
thus furnishing ample protection from
storm. From this porch a wide door. hung
to swing readily both ways, opened into
the pen proper and windows We're in both
sides of this house, giving ample light
and sun. "A door opened on the side to
permit the owner to enter the non with
out going into the yard. 1t WAS almost
impossible FOR the hogs to catch cold or
be at all uncomfortable under this ar
rarSement, and as a result it cost less to
feed them, they We're never ill and they
We're in prime condition for breeding or
for for fattening for market. The cx-
pense of such quarters is not great for all
the material used is r~ougESlumber, while,
so far as the yard is concerned, It costs
no more to arrange it on the plan indi-
Gated than any other.
JAMAICA GINGER FOR COLO.
1t is probably generally known tina
Jamaica ginger Is used freely in all con-
dition powders put up for animals, and it
is undoubtedly one of the best tonics
known. 1t is used for mild attacks of dys-
entry and collie by humans and we have
used it Very successfully in incipient at
tacks of collie with horses. Usually the
ground root is mixed with powdered char
coal and calcined magnesia In the pro-
portions of four ounces of ginger, and two
ounces each of the charcoal and mag
nesia. TIL ordinary dose is a tablespoon.
full OF the mixture, although this may be
increased one-falf If the attack is Sc
we're Oftentines acute kidney attacks
are mistaken for collie and generally the
W go together, so it is a good plan to
give the horse a dose1of sweet spirits of
l Miro the Jay After the .Jarnaica sinyar Is