The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-09-08

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crops from which they hope to make on-
ey they would find they were profitable.
On the other hand a hundred or two barn
yard fowls. a mixture of fifty strains left
~totcare for themselves will generally re-
suit in failure, and II the farmer had to
buy the food they ate instead OF raising
it there would be no barn yard fowls on
farms. If there were any they would bo
of decent breeds. Look into this matter
II you are inclined to ascertain II there
Is money in poultry.
KEEPING OLD sows.
We have no patience with the man who
makes it a business to Kill of his old
sows each year for the few dollars he
will get for the carcass. Good breeders
are not over plenty and when one finds
suchsa treasure he should hold on to It
for three or four years. or until she be-
gins to have weak filters, then put her
In shape for market. One might nave
more of such good breeders II a little more
attention was given to keeping them in
good shape by proper feeding care. Give
the good breeding sow a chance on the
range, good food and water when in the
pen and she'll prove profitable.
DISINFECTtNG STABLES.
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with cement troughs which carry off the
liquid excrement and the solid manure is
cleaned out daily, more attention in the
way of dis.nfecting Is necessary in order
to have the milk as free from taint as 1t
should be for human consumption. Many
dairymen disinfect the animals as we'll
as the stables which is an excellent plan.
For this purpose nothing is better than
c%reolin, which may be safely used on
stock In a one per cent. solution: that il
a tablespoonful to each half gallon OF
water. This is applied to the h~indquarters
of the animal with a fine sprayer and Is
done three time a week. The same dis
infect, four times the strength. should
be used on the floors and in the gutter
two or three times weekly. The walls Of
the stable should also be disinfected and
this Is readily done by first spraying on
them a strong solution of creolin and. the
next day whitewa shing them, putting the
limo on thick. This requires time, Of
course. but there is an immense amount
OF satisfaction in having clean stables and
animals to say nothing of the healthfui-
ness of this condition.
CURING LIMBER NECK.
The writer is one of the, poultrymen who
does not temporize with the disease
known as limberneck. but cuts off the
heads OF the animals when 1t is discovered
and buries the carcass. Possibly if we
had a less number of birds we would not
take such drastic measures, but we cam
mot afford to take any chances. Usually
fimberneck is contracted by eating spoiled
meat in which the eggs of maggots are
concealed. These are taken into the crop
and they affect the brain so that the bird
staggers and twists it's neck. hence the
name. The turpentine remedy is a good
one and were our focks smaller we would
use it. Tt consists of. pouring a tablespoon
full of turpentine into the crop and then
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OF water as warm as the fowl can stand
1T. Hold the head of the fowl up and with
the hand work the crop around as much
as possible. Then let the fowl eject as
much OF this as it can and then fill the
crop as full of warm water as possible.
hold the fowl by the, feet, head downward
and WORK out as much Of the contents of
the crop as possible. Fill the crop again
and third time II necessary in order that
all OF the maggots and eggs may be elect
ed. The stuff that comes from the crop
should be buried so that no other fowls
can get at it and thus contract the dis
ease.
INVESTIGATE HAND sEPARAroRs
When local conditions are such that 1T
pays to, take the milk to a creamery then
it may he policy to save the cost of a hand.
separator, but whene one has worked on
this plan for a number OF years and cotton
but little out Of it the hand. separator
question ought to interest them. Here
are some of the advantages of this MAJ
crime OF Which there are several reliable.
makes on the market. There. is no vast
ing OF the butter fat as when the separa-
ton IS done by hand In the old fashioned
way. You get tho warm sweet milk to
feed to swine and poultry instead of cart
ig home a lot of mis.ed skim milk from the.
creamery as now. The amount OF butter
you can make and sell will net a much
greater return than will be received from
the creamery. We believe that If one has
SIX COWS or more and a lot of poultry or
swine that the cost of the machine will
be saved In the valMe of the sweet milk
for feeding purposes saying nothing at all
about the increased value of the butter.
product. Better look into the matter
friend.
MOVABLE HOUSE FOR TURKEYS
Following along the Lime Of
advanced in these columns many times I'm
favor OF keeping the poultry on the range
as late In the fall as possible, the reader
will be interested In the movable po,lltrv
mouse here described. The runners arc
formed by the fastening together Of two
heavy planks n the ends are trimmed sn
as to turn upward a trile. Then, q hole IN
bored through the end of each runner
through which a chain may be slipped to
be attached to q whiffle-tree SO that when
the horse it attached the house may be-
u,'1"iA " any port1on OF the range desired.
The house may be made any dimensions
desired, six by eight feet or eight by ten
feet, being the. average size. When made.
for the use Of turkeys only the sides are
Of solid lumber. the backs and ends be-
ing covered with strong wire netting to
permit free ventilation. The roosts are
placed as high as is possible for turkeys.
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