The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-22

are smothered while others are literally
roasted. Look we'll TO tho temperature OF
tho brooder and II q In faulty In construc-
ton remedy 10 at once.
OPEN THE STABLE WINDOWS.
II the cows have been stabbed all winter
they are likely TO bccoms uneasy IN spring
advances and long for out doors, IL In an
excellent plan TO turn them out into shei-
tered barn yards that are clean and 30 ar
ranged that tho cold spring winds will not
blow over them. Give them some rough
ago TO MUNICH over while they are out IL
u n not feasible 10 turn them out yet then
arrange tho stable 30 they may have all
tho fresh air possible without causing tho
air 20 blow over them 10 they ara
likely to catch cold. The window arranged
80 that Il may DO opened and the opening
covered by the muslin will furnish this air
without draught better than anything else.
Especially give tho cows sun II IL can be-
done. IL there is m open shed on tho
place facing tho sun into which the cows
may DO turned they will enjoy immensely.
This little caro- Just q few weeks before
they are turned out to grass win help ar
fairs wonderfully especially with tho cows
that are pregnant. Try II.
WEAVING CALVES TOO SOON.
II the calf ls TO 90 to the butcher as soon
IN possible 10 market Il after q In born tho
DO used. but even with such n calf a week
nj nursing Ia none too much for the goosl
or tho COW. II nothing II cared for the
calf. This IL especially true II tho mother
II heller for the nursing VIII greatly
ailay the fever which the young cow In
variabiy has. II tho calf Is 20 DO raised Il
should nurse for two weeks and have It's
mothers milk for n month or more after
10 Il wcaned. some dairymcn furnish tho
milk OF the mother TO the calf for as long
as three months. being very slow Co pro-
vide anything else In the way OF food, and.
without doubt. tho calf II all tho better
for this sort OF feeding. The weaving tims
IL period OF trouble for the dairyman for
n calf IL quite as hard 10 wcan As a hu-
man baby. but the job can be accom-
piished by patience and by patience only.
Above all things do not try To force the
calf 20 drink. hut get the milk into its
mouth by some more gentle process. One
dairyman We know has a largo nipple OF
rubber arranged 30 that IL viii b. I'm tho
Same relative position TO the mouth OF tho
calf as would the nipple OF the mother.
This Is fastened TO n large bag containing
tho milk. Tho head OF the ca!f is placed
gently IN position. the nipple warmed by
rubbing with the hands and gently urged
I'm the mouth OF the calf: once * feels the
familiar form IL IN quite likely to begin
sucking at once. A half feed II given q
and tho fingers dipped In tho milk from
pail are placed In the mouth OF the mouth
Of the calf and thus her attention In gradu-
ally drawn TO the larger supply In tho pail
and she soon gets the trick: the plan In
well worth trying.
THE SPRING POOR STOCK.
Tho man who would &c, all from his live
stock 10 Is possible Tor them TO give hin,
II tho man who feeds and cares for them
inielligentiy. There are thousands OF ami
mails thar VIII DO turned onto the range
this spring that have been half starved
during tho winter. This IN particularly
true OF horses. that have had little work
10 do. Their owner has worked on The
plan that ~ there was no work for the
horse Il should have only just enough
food TO sustain life. he forgets that stored.
up vitality IA necessary for tho animal O.
do the heavy spr'lK work OF the farm.
The poorly fed horse cannot give the scr.
vices ho would have given had he been
properly nourlshed. 80 after all II r. poor
economy 10 feed too lightly during winter.
when this poorly fed stock ls turned out O.
grass Il takes them half tho summer Co
get In shape again and. n they be cows.
the milk supply II corrcspondingiy light
Here again In where u does not pay 20 feoG
too stingily. II tho stock on your place
have not been we'll fed 10 At Il now: Civ,
them grain and fodder until time To turn
them 10 grass and. unless the pasture l.
good from the beginning feed them for
some weeks. You will need to do this u
you expect TO get proper returns soon.
THE SIMPLE TASK or GRATING.
Cleft grating. which II mainly asci for
top-workinK trees II one OF the most sUo-
ccssful methods. provided IL IN carefull'
done and n 30 done few gratis VIII fail a.
unite. IL II assumed that the worker
knows that only well grown shoot OF the
previous years growth should be selected
and that they should have plump budA
Cut these shoots some days before they
are To be used and keep packed In SAM
In cool cellar. Tho branches selected
for grating. the stocks. should be located
near the top OF the tree and should b.
preferably. not more than one and one
half inches In diameter Cut the selected
stock straight across with clean amootS
cut then, with the grating chlsel make