Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-08-31

-hahllS utN SIlupls ttbh
things hum while the sun >hinrS.
DO not set a hen on Il nest box the
second time without Il thorough cleans,
Ing and whitewashing.
Farming has been classified an easy
business by those who observe 1t from
car windows. This is all right in theory
but 1t Will not work in practice.
All the odds and ends should not be
! put off until a rainy day or one may
not come out even with his work. 1t is
better to keep them up as one goes
along.
A bunch of wild horses in Oklahoma
said to be the last herd Of wild
horses in existence-gave up the chase
the next day after the territory was
admitted as a state. Could not stand
civilization.
Cows are often cheated out Of a great
deal OF bovine enjoyment by being de,
MED night pasturage. Most people feel
that it Is too much trouble to So after
the COWS in the morning, hence they are
kept up IN Il dry lot.
If any bare spots appear III the house
lawn. either rake them over and seed
down, or sod them. If the lawn looks
as though ii iireutu more food, broad,
cast some fertilizer, preferably nitrate
Of soda. just before a rain. About a
hundred pounds Of nitrate to the acre.
Iowa is e~nuravoring to do something
practical toward making the selling of
Eggs by weight the rule in the future.
A bill fixing weights and measures has
been introduced in the Legislature and
one section of this bill provides that
a dozen eggs shall weigh a pound and
a half.
A great many good things have to be
introduced with difficulty. Some years
ago when the silo was being introduced
there we're many that made fun Of the
corn kraut,' as they We're pleased tt
call silage, but there are many
who cannot understand why there are
not more silOS.
Whether building n stack of grain
with q fork or 'kneeing" every bundle,
one thing is Unnecessary to keep the mid
die we'll filled. If this rule is followed
there will be but little grain spoiled
After one has reached that point above
the bulge" it will be we'll to keep the
middle quite full.
Work horses enjoy their nocturnal
perambulation in the pasture, but for
some unaccountuble reason they are at
the real part Of the pasture in the
morning when wanted. 1t is safe tC
say that the man who has to wade
through the wet grass docs not get en-,
%joynent out Of the chore.
Young chicks should be fed regular,
ly and each should get it's share this
is very important and should not be
overlooked if good results are expected
Remember too that little chicks have
no teeth and must have sand, crushed
bone, shell and charcoal In some form
with which to grind their food.
Tramps do not take kindly to bread
and butter. They desire something bet
ter, and a good way to get rid Of then
is to offer them bread and butter, and II
they will not take that let them &c
without. A hungry man will be glaC
to get bread and butter. They will moi
often call at a place where they gel
this kind Of a hand-out.
Have o tried to row a few pOta
toes under straw, or by what is know
as the straw method? Plant them shall
low and cover with six inches or a foo
ton. The straw will keep the sol
moist, keep down the weeds and thu
vines will come up through the straw
and the new tubers will set ON jus
under the straw and are easily dug.
Skimmilk and f1axseed jelly is {
fairly good substitute for natural mill
In %fattening calves. Add one pint o.
tiaxseed to three quarts of water ant
boil twenty minutes, or until it become:
jelly. For a very young calf use abou
two tablespoonfuls to each feed O.
Harm skimmilk, and gradually increase
the quantity of the mixture, keepin;
the proportion of the jelly and mill
about the samS
Fight gallons of was-r per day T.
the average quantity required for
COW, and the milk given is about s.
per cent water. In some pastures thcr'
Is no water, the COWS being supplied
night and morning, which forces eacl
0 to drink four gallons at a time il
order to be supplied. AS the cow doe
not know that she must drink foul gal
Ions, she may use less and she will re
duce her milk supply accordingly.
Missouri claims $31 ,G42, 100 worth 0
eggs, poultry anS feathers last yea
with an average of but little more thai
fifty eggs to the hen. If these res'ht
bird. what may not be expected whel
the majority Of farmers keep only II,
to 200 egg hens? We believe this elias
of birds are coming and in the nea
future at that. Barren and poor yield
Ing stalks are nc longer tolerated ii
the cornfield by ~up-to-date farmers
Why should this class Of birds be al
lowed to predominant?
Poultry Drinking Basins.
Take a basin that will hold abou