Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-01

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box exactly eight inches from the bottom.
then fit a bench or shelf on these cleAts
with one end extending out the sufficient
length and held in place with two legs.
On this the pail is set while the mixer
occupies the top of the box and Straddles
the pail. This appliance Is readily made.
Is firm on the floor and. except In unusual
cases, no COW would be likely to upset
either pail or mixer. The ILLUSTRATION
shows the affair very plainly.
CARING FOR THE PIG PEN.
The man who cleans his pig pens once n
wear. and that when the health officials
make him do it, is the man whosG pig
nave cholera and all other troubleS TO
which swine are heirs. The man who
would make profit from swine cleans his
pens daily of the bulk of the filth which
has accumulated, just as he cleans his
horse or cow stables: then, at least once
a month he goes at the job thoroughly and
uses plenty of lime and carbolic acid. III
| the swine get lousy or NANCY Il wash made
| of one-third kerosene emulsion and two
thirds water is used briskly with a hand
broom. For the comfort of the animal the
bed is always abundant, the straw USED
is bright and clean and dry SO that even
on cold nights the animals are reasonably
warm. The feed given at night should be
of a warming nature, during the winter,
and in considerable quantity so the ami
mails will not get hungry too soon. ROOFS
should be given daily for the benefit of the
digestive organs and anything in the way
of hay that is given them should be moist
ened with hot water and given them as
warm as they will eat it. All OF his Will
benefit them immensely.
GIVING MEDICINE TO HORSES.
Many farmers are constantly dosing
their horses for fear they may be i'll some
time which Is, of course, foolishness.
There are times when horses need medi-
cines and at such times the ANIMALS shouiu
receive the best of care. If possible they
should be taken from the stall usually oc-
cupicd and placed in a roomy box stall so
that they may lie down in comfort II they
wish. The food should be light, rather
loosening on the bowels In its general
effect and there should be plenty of bed
ding and the animal should have frequen
drinks OF clean fresh water. If a liquid
medicine is to be given, do not follow the
usual plan of pouring 1t out of a bottle
down the throat of the animal but get q
piece of garden hose fourteen or fifteen
inches lone and a bottle with a neck sc
that the hose will fit over It nicely. Their
run the hose down the throat of the horse
attach the bottle and pour away. There
will be no danger, in this plan, of the horse
breaking the bottle n getting 1t into hi:
throat nor of knocking it out of one
hand. After giving medicine to a hors'
turn him into a clean stall with just a little
nice hay for him to MUNICH. If he will. ant
forget the dose.
WATCH THE POULTRY CLOSELY
Once more the advice is given t
be very careful in the selection o
the breeding stock. The only way ii
which this can be safely done is to know
what the birds have done in the way o
laying and to know something. If possible
J of their ancestors. Many of the pullet
so carefully brought to laying time ma.
havc proved, II watched. to be OF lttl
value as layers and they should be mar
keted at once so as to get rid OF the ex
pense Of feeding them. To a certain cX
. tent the same is true with the old hen
. for 1t is often found that an old hen wi
! lay well up to the first of February an
: then stop perhaps until midsummer. ]
! the hen is a year or more old and stop
laying for a month in one ca
: safely calculate that her usefulness
past. If she gets broody use her as a
incubator; II not, get her to the market a
soon as she can be properly fattened. Tn
birds that are being pushed with an ide
to mating them for breeding purpose
ought to be we'll fed but not SO much thu
J they will be likely to stop laying. Abo'
all things see that the feed given them
in considerable variety and that the
. nave plenty of opportunity to exercise.
PLANNING EXPERIMENT PLOT.
The writer Is In receipt of many lette'
. banking him for so constantly urging {
farmers and gardeners and fruit grove
!. the starting of a plot on which to expe
= iment with new varieties and with fcrti
. tiers. Under such conditions the liberty
taken of agitatinG the subject again. III
, assertion is made without fear of contr
diction that ii farmers would adopt this
. pertinent plot plan they would save lar
= sums now wasted. The idea is TO TAX
plot Of ground average in character "A
richness and fertilizer 1t as one would
strip on which any crop was to be grow
Then buy a few of the new varieties
. fruits. vegetables. grains or grasses
which one is interested and test them o
or more years on this plot. Many of the
!. will prove utterly worthless the first ye
while others will require two or cN
three SEASONS test to prove their value
your soil and in your climate. The beat
. of the plan is that If any OF the new so
are of value with you one is in n positi
to plant largely as soon as the seeds
!. plants are sold at a moderate price VIII
}, is usually after the second year. In
= other way can one test a new sort
r., thoroughly for there Is no guess We
.. about it: you know just h it will
p under normal conditions on your own s.
- In most cases the, crop from the eNpt
ment Mot will be sufficient to warrant
expense of time. seeds or plants and la
! so hat it is a profitable operation in m
ways than one.
.eRoADENlNG FARM OPERATION
= The writer Is known as ar old Tina far
10 az: thxl Is. one who learned his -