The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-22

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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.
st. CARING FOR THE PIG PEN.
The man who cleans his pig pens once a
year, and thai when the health officials
make him do it, is the man whose pigs
have 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. If
the swine get lousy or NANCY a wash made
OF one-third kerosene emulsion and two
thirds water Is used briskly with a and
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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. Roots
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 this will
benefit them immensely.
GIVING MEDICINE TO HORSES.
Many farmers are constantly dosing
their horses for fear they ms be i'll some
time which Is, OF course, foolishness.
There are times when horses need medi-
cines and at such times the animals should
receive the best OF care. II possible they
should be taken from the stall usually oc-
,cupied and placed in a roomy box stall SO
that they may lie down in comfort if they
wish. The food should be light, rather
%Ioosening on the bowels in It's general
effect and there should be plenty of bed
ding and the animal should have frequent
drinks Of clean fresh water. If a liquid
medicine is to be given, do not follow the
usual plan of pouring it out of a bottle
down the throat Of the animal but get a
piece of garden hose fourteen or fifteen
inches long and a bottle with a neck so
that the hose will fit over It nicely. Then
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 and getting it into his
throat nor of knocking it out Of ones
hand After giving medicine to a horse
turn him into g clean stall with just a little
nice hay for him to MUNICH, if he will, and
forget the dose.
WATCH THE POULTRY CLOSELY.
Once more the advice is given to
be very careful in the selection OF
the breeding stock. The only way in
which this can be safely done is to know
what the birds have done in the way of
laying and to know something, if possible,
of their ancestors. Many of the pullets
SO carefully brought to laying time may
have proved, If watched, to be Of little
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 ex-
tent the same is true with the old hens
for it is often found that an old hen will
lay well up to the first of February and
then stop perhaps until midsummer. If
the hen is a year or more old and stops
laying for a month In mid-winter one can
safely calculate hat her usefulness IS
past. If she gets broody use her as an
incubator If not, get her to the market as
soon as she can be properly fattened. The
birds that are being pushed with an idea
to mating them for breeding purposes
ought to be well fed but not SO much that
they will be likely to stop laying. Above
all things see that the feed given them Is
in considerable variety and that they
have plenty OF opportunity to exercise.
PLANNING EXPERIMENT PLOT.
The writer is in receipt Of many letters
thanking him for SO constantly urging on
farmers and gardeners and fruit growers
the starting of a plot IN which to exper-
iment with new varieties and with fertil-
fizers. Under such conditions the liberty IS
taken of agitating the subject again. The
assertion Is made without fear of contra
'diction that If farmers would adopt this ex-
pertinent plot plan they would save large
sums now wasted. The idea is to AXE a
plot Of ground average in character and
richness and fertilizer it as one would a
strip on which n crop was to be CROWN.
Then buy a few Of the new varieties Of
fruits, vegetables, grains or grasses in
which one is interested and test them one
or more years on this, plot. Many of them
will prove utterly worthless the first year
while others will require two or even
three SEASONS test to prove their value on
your soil and in your climate. The beauty
of the plan is that if any OF the new sorts
are Of value with you one is in q. position
to plant largely as soon as the seeds or
plants are sold at a moderate price which
is usually after the second year. In no
other way can one test a new sort SO
thoroughly for there is no guess work
about It; you know just what it will do
under normal conditions on our own soil.
most cases the crop from the expert
ment plot will be sufficient to warrant the |
expense of time, seeds or'plants and labor |
that it Is a profitable operation tn more
ways than one. |
BROADENING FARM OPERATIONS.
The writer. is known as an old time farm