The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-18


able water. Men OF experience claim that
swine carefully watercd are rarely dis
cascd and they have little difficulty In pre-
venting trcm from making wallows. 40
a matter OF fact about half OF the nasii1
ness OF the hog Il due to the carclcssncss
OF It's owner. Give the hog half n chance
and he or she will be reasonably clean.
Try the trough Of cold. clean water at
feeding time and see for yourself what the
swine think Of u.
vENTilATiN6 POULTRY HOUSES
There - always more or less controversy
going on over methods OF vcntilati poul-'
try houses or course there are good and
bad methods. hut almost any plan which
will give the house plenty OF air without
causing a direct draught OF air TO strike
the fowls. will answer the purpose. IL II
true that some OF the more elaborate sys-
TENS OF ventilation arc valuable like tho
one which runs a hollow shaft from abous
n foot from the ground out through the
roof. on the other hand II one places the
windows in the poultry house properly. u
In no more difficult TO air room or TO
furnish ventilation for the poultry than u
In for the occupants OF n house. The main
airing OF the house may he done while the
fowls are out OF u and. during the cold
weather. even ut night. u Is comparatively
easy to arrange a shield In the form Of n
iation will be good and still the cold air
not strike tho fowls. This ventilation mat
ter ~ an important one even during the
summer II tho fowls are TO occupy tho
houses at night. as they should so that IL
viii pay TO concoct some plan for furnish
Ing the ventilation properly.
SKIM MILK FOR PIGS.
ON any farm where pigs arc raised and
skim milk Is AVAILABLE u may be fed with
profit In connection with grains or various
kinds. To use the skim milk without the
grain Ii not getting the best out Of IL. The
usual plan OF feeding skim milk to pigs
from two TO three months old IN TO make
a mixture OF middlings or ground corn
with Ave times the quantity OF skim milk,
this ration furnishes about the same nu-
trimcnt that does the milk OF the sow and
the pigs will thrive on u. Some pig rails
crs try n ration consisting OF one part OF
m.ddlings one part OF oil meal and four
parts OF ground corn mixed with water In
lieu OF skim milk and find 1; fairly salts
factory. Considerable care must te uHot
In the feeding OF young pigs and 10 pays
to try and arrange ration which viii
keep them growing as sturdlly as possible.
WATCH THE HORSES CLOSELY
Spring work on horses II very hard, par
tIcularly n they have not had the best OF
care and good food during the winter. so
they should he closely watched that they
do not show symptoms OF breaking down.
II there II any indication OF this watch
them carefully and note " they seem To
have any trouble In masticatinE their
food. IL so sec N the teeth are too sharp
and II this IN found TO be the cas-" turn
them over TO veterinarian for repairs
Then sec that the food - sufficiently rich
and In sufficient variety. and especially
that the hay given them Is or the best
quality. Sec well TO their grooming. TO
their water and to their sleeping quarters
Sec that the harness II clean and that u
Ats well. n they seem little droopy
under good care and feed brace them mp
a little by this tonic: Mix onc-hRlf ounce
OF ground Rrntlan. one dram powdered
C.nchona and two drains OF ground ginger
In the feed three times each day until they
show signs % Improvement
COLI STORAGE EGGS.
\ farmer VIII, IL IN position TO raise
poultry 10 advantage for the egg market
recently conGdcd To the writer that he
feared the cold storage supply another
winter and he proposed To wait until he
saw what came OF that before he went la
deeper. Investigation showed that there
was n considerable quantity OF eggs ON
cold storage which would be turned on the
market next winter and for which. by the
way. the cold storage people paid good
round price Admitting that the quantity
on storage is likely 10 pretty well fll the
market there " no doubt but what strictly
fresh eggs VII bring profitable prices. for
like the FIRST grade or fruits attractivcly
put up. therr ~ always a demand for
frcrh eggs and nj fair prices. The thing
to do rather than TO wonder how one In to
compete with cold storage eggs II TO pro-
vide for the supply OF feed for tn" fowls
during the winter aud IN the needed va.
rirty. IL will not pay. perhaps. to grow
the wheat the fowls may need, but corn
and root crops and clover for stcam.ng
next winter may he profitably grown and
stored and then. 10 the fowls have the re-
auisite care which will Undue. them to lay
well. the cost OF the eggs VIII have been
reduced to "A minimum so that they may
be sod at a good profit. Don't be- fright.
cncd by cold storage cEgg.
POPULAR MuSKMELoN.
There " money IN growing cantclour".
n one knows how ana obtains Az. best va
rictics. Fortunately many o. the best
favored sorts are high grade In flavor 90
that there IL no reason why market gard.
cncrs should raise sorts that are not OF
good quality. The Usage muskmclon Il
one OF the most popular sorts. particularly
In the large city markets OF the west and