The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-01-12

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of its parents. This new sort Is one
very largest. Its main good points are it's
pro~ductiveness, thick skin, mild, sweet
flavor, bright scarlet color and the vigor-
Ous plant habit. In sections where there
Is a demand for sweet peppers. market
gardeners should give attention to the
merits Of the Magrlm Dulce, for it will be
welcomed on the market The Illustration,
though much reduced in size, will show
THE general ferna OF this pepper.
scoURs IN HORSES.
I; While there are medicines for horses af-
ilicted with scours, the opinion OF the best
veterinarians is that such animals need
much care in using and in feeding. Ex-
perience has shown that the grain feed for
a horse who scours shol.td not be heavy,
even though the animal is expected to do
heavy work. Of course, if one expects a
whole day of hard. heavy work from a
horse with this affection, then the heavy
powdered charcoal and prepared chalk,
and give the animal a tablespoonful of it
with each feed of grain for about two
months. In the meantime the animal
should not be driven Immediately after
it has eaten, nor must it be forced when
perspiration Is apparent on its coat. 1t
is also a good plan to water the horse
before feeding. The roughage should be
sweet and clean and free from dust if
possible. After a bad attack of scours,
particularly in cold weather, there is likely
to be profuse perspiration, SO thai care
must be taken that the animal is well
protected from cold by blankets, both in
and out of the stable.
THE ANNUAL FEEDING PROBLEM
The same old problem of how to get the
| feed necessary to keep the stock in proper
condition through the winter confronts
many farmers at this time. In most
cases it is the old story of depending upon
one, or at most, two crops sor feeding
purposes, and the partial or total fcilure
of one of them. AS before suggested, the
effort being made by experienced feeders
to find some way Of keeping up the value
OF an animal without excessive grain feed
ing, is worthy of attention and of private
experiments by all who are interested.
While we may reasonably hope for much
from the substitution of root crops and
silage, in part only; for grain the best re-
suits will come from growing q greater va
feeding must be DONE, but it will be at the
cost of the life of the animal. Usually
indigestion is at the bottom of the trouble,
which is all the more reason that care
should be used in feeding. A simple home
remedy is to mix equal parts of ginger,
riety of stock food and growing it and
+ curing 1t properly. 1t is safe to say that
a very large proportion Of the ensilage
fed is Of little value because of the care
lessness with which 1t is grown and the in
different manner in which it is placed in
the silo. Then this same thing applies
to most Of the food grown for stock. 1t
is safe to say that if these suggestions are
carried out there will be less trouble in
obtaining an adequate supply of stock food
for the winter Then there is the DISPOSE
ton on the part Of many farmers to carry
through the winter more stock than he
can properly feed. Some men buy a COW
and would sell the clothes from the backs
rather than part with the animal, and this
| regardless of whether it is a profitable one
or not. 1t may be eating up the profits OF
the dairy, but that seems to make no
difference. Surely there is something be-
sides scarcity of food, the trouble in the
winter feeding of our stock.
THE CLEAN HOG THE BEST.
In a certain town the people had reached
a point where they declined to eat pork.
Several farms had been visited by health
officers and the swine condemned. The
reports of conditions alarmed the people
and nnrk wa andoned One of the hest
hog raisers in the section saw ruin star
ig him in the face, SO he made his clean
pens cleaner, LOOK great care IN 1eeQlnR
and watering, and even cleaning his hogs,
then he used the advertising columns of
the local papers inviting people to call at
his farm and inspect his piggery. On two
occasions he sen. carryallsinto town, after
advertising what he proposed to do, and
carried parties to his farm. Most of them
went more out of curiosity than for any
other reason. The result was what might
have been expected. For once people saw
that swine might be raised in a Clearly
manner and tina so raised they ought to
be fit to eat. There is no necessity for un-
clean pens and unclean hogs if we could
only make ourselves believe so.
WHAT VARIETIES TO SET.
The writer who furnishes a list of vari-
cites and claims they are the best of
their kind is unfair to his readers. 1t is
impossible to name a list of fruit tree
varieties which are the best for all sec
tons, and in answer to such a question
from a reader our advice is to consult
some nurseryman near him who knows
what varieties do best in that section; in
writing this nurseryman describe your
soil and conditions. Then look up some
fruit grower near you whose soil is SINH
lar and see what varieties he has sue
,ceeded with. BY these two plans you will
get nearer TO obtaining proper advice than
by any elaborate catalogue descriptions