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

Gn WIN FNSNSGos
Horses arc more frequently troubled
with indigestion and liver disease than IL
generally supposed and when the latter
trouble appears In a young horse Il r. usu-
ally inherited, hence all tho more difficult
TO cure. There are phases OF indigestion
as In the human family. but II Is generally
safe TO treat n horse suffering badly with
chronic dyspepsia on the superstition that
It's liver needs stirring up. oftentimes the
trouble gets so bad that 10 Is impossible
TO fully cure II. although u may be great
~ relieved by a course OF medicine and n
strict diet. meantime working the horse
only lightly. The standard remedy for
liver trouble In two ounces OF aloln and
ono dram OF ~podophyllln made Into n pill.
Any druggist can put this up. Give this
dose every Ave or six days until the bowels
move freely. At the same time give the
horse daily twenty-five drops OF tincture
Of nux vomIca on the ongue Six weeks
or two months OF this treatment should
show n much improved condition. Let the
horse rest and DO on pasture. n possible.
during tho period Il II taking medicine and
see that all OF the ration Is OF n laxative
nature. Should the medicine act too freely
on the bowels reduce the doses
MuLcHiNo THE ORCHARD.
The use OF the grass or weeds grown in
tho orchard for mulchlng the trees is along
wv nav VI NANs ~ ss ha~ 49, -A~
It's use for the benefit OF the trees. and 49,
pcciaily tho young trees. 10 TO be recon-
mcnded during the summer but decidedly
not during the winter. when there IL
snow on the ground for II would be but n
winter shelter for the mice, who would i'm
prove the opportunity to gnnw the tender
bark OF the trees. We make Il our busi-
ness TO 70 over the young orchards IN the
late fall and hoe away from around each
tree for n distance OF three feet or more
nli OF the vegetable growth CT any nature.
Just before tho ground freezes the soil
about each treo Il packed down hard and
after the first heavy fail of snow. at n sea-
son when IL il assumed hat winter has
fairly set In. We pack this snow down nrm-
~. In most years II freezes and forms a
protection TO the tree from vermin, yet
does the tree no harm.
USING LIME ON FARMS.
The proper use OF lime on farm lands
IL not yet. In our opinion. fully understood.
IL has generally been considered that IL
n soil shows acidity according to the
simple litmus paper test. 10 needs lime.
but 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 more lime. In
such cases humus II what IL needed. on
the other hand. IL II safe TO say that with
heavy soils that are well supplied with
vegetable matter and show acldlty under
the litmus test. lime may be applied to
advantage and In considerable quantities.
THIS lime question, like mani other qucs-
tons In modern farming, II one which
must be largely worked out by the indl-
vidual. according to conditions surround
ing him.. and that can be don better by
the experiment plot plan than by n
other for by this plan one loses but little
time and practically none OF the crop
raising soil.
PASTURE FOR LAMBS.
A little care In the pasturing OF the
/ lambs from now on until cold weather sets
In will result ia putting Into the barn
/ animals who will thrive rapidly on tho
winter ration and 70 TO the winter market
at profitable prices. No better pasture
can be had for lambs than the meadows.
provided they W not been paSturcd by
larger stock since the hay was cut. Turn
the lambs into such n pasture. having Il
large enough 40 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 pssturing OF the cows. With
this good pasture see that the lambs have
plenty OF good fresh water and places
where they may 20 for protection from the
storm and you will take some splendid AMI
mails into winter quarters.
WHY POULTRY DOESN'T PAY.
II asked q 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 n
rule the farmers consider poultry beneath
their notice. A. one farmer put IL 'thcy
are all very well for the women TO fool
with but this farm can produce something
' OF more Importance than poultry This
same man was extremely glad TO have the
women help him out OF a bad financial
scrape with the money they made from
I poultry. II farmers would take the trouble
20 study poultry as they do cows and tbs