Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-26


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falad because .he tree does not stand even
the miIdost winters. Mention OIL the lru4'
is made here mainly because or the SUI
cess which has attended the ehoI.9 ~
hybridizers to cross the Japan NarlCti9o
with the native sorts. II TINS can pe uC"'
generally the persimmon is d~estined-to pc
come one of the most popular fruits OF the
country and one which can be grown, III
some form, north and south. This Wlll
give q ncw branch to the fruit growing IN
dustry in the north and materially III
crease the demand for the southern grown
fruit so hat the pcrsilnmon IS 4 soou
fruit to watch closely during the coming
wears and to test the crosses at any time
the trees dIt Oli'A'N w. ''
crate prices.
LAMBS FOR EARLY MARKET.
MANY farmers attracted by the h-Sh
nrice Maid for lambs in the early spring
are tempte to try their hands at the work
without having much previous knoWieosS'
there is scarcely any animal with Whlch
man has to do so troublesome to manure
as the lamb that is being prepared TOT
early market; troublesome IN the sense
that great care is needed in ieedlnS anu
that they must he properly sheltered and
kept IN clean quarters. During the yer!
cold days of winter the lambs will max
their most profitable growth if properly
cared for. profitable in the sense that al
the food they consume will &c 10 add 10
their weight: the cool weather makes
them feed well and if they are comfort
ably housed and given all the ioCd th"y
will eat up clean. but no more, the gam
will be steady. Look out fer inc ma days,
however for the breath Of FARMER wealth
er seems TO affect the appetite Of the
lamb and the ration should be scaled down
in proportion to that falling off OF ape
tite. 1t may be necessary 70 ho.d cus the
grain from the ration entirely duriEG one
Of these spells; by the way, this lS one or
the best Of ways TO handle the c!oycd ap-
petite in human or animal, tAat IS, cut
down the ration decidedly and cut cut en-
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the appetite begins 10 look up again feed
small portions Ct root crops as an appe-
tizer and the lamb win soon be back on
full rations. Handled in this manner as
regards feeding, spring lambs can certain
~ be made profitable.
THE POULTRY HOUSE FLOOR,
/. After one has used a poultry house for
a number of years, one that was bulIt
originally with the floor bur a little h!gA-
or than the ground outside, one finds that
the floor is getting wei and the BIRDS suf~
fering in consequence. one OF our houses
was found in this condition e few weeks
ago although we aim TO look them over
carefully before winter sets in. It was
found tha to properly ill in would cover
the sills and the soil would come up sew
eral inches on the side walls, but as II was
a question Of possibly rooted sills or fowls
with colds we didn't hesitate long. Fortu-.
nately we had accumulated a lot Of coal
ashes from the. furnace which had been
placed under cover until they could be
carted away; these were just the thing to
fill in with and in they went and were
tamped down hard. We had a few loads
Of soil which had been put under cover for
another purpose is the fall. but it had to
go into the poultry house SO we soon had a
floor six or eight inch.i higher than the
soil on the outside; high enough in this
case to keep out moisture. This floor is
kept covered with chaff at all times. sew
eral inches deep when the weather is very
cold, with always just a little grain scat
tered through Il; just enough to make the
birds think there is another grain some
where else after they find one. The cost
Of putting this floor in shape was small
indeed compared with the possible loss of
a few of the birds and the falling off Of
the egg production which would hav
surely resulted If the wet o. damp floor
had been allowed to remain.
LOOK OUT FOR THIS SCHEMER.
1t is really wonderful how closely
schemers follow conditions and how
quickly their fertile brains will evolve
some plan OF releasing the dollar from
the pockets OF the unwary Should an cpl
demic of any kind settle over the country,
the following year, If not before, there
would be a hundred remedies on the mar
ket as a preventive against the disease.
Some OF them would be good but by far
the greater per cent. would be worthless.
For a number OF years fruit growers have
been afflicted with the ravages of the
San Jose scale and now we have several
schemers at work throughout the coun-
try offering to inoculate the tree so as TO
make il immune. Others apply a coating
OF what they call mercury mixed with
something they cali by a Understanding
name, but which is probably some harm
less fluid. The plan is TO apply the lreat-
ment collecting a certain per cent. of the
price CASUALLY ali they can get) and the
balance they will call fer after the next
fruiting season Suffice Ii to say they
never call and never intended to. These
schemers are also working in the towns
and cities applying their secret mixture 10
shade and other trees affected by the San
Jose scale.
SEEKING A RATION FOR MILK.
While IL is admitted that the ideal ration
Is that which will give the largest return
Tor the smallest outlay how many dairy
Inen seek TO md this ideal plan through
their own experimenting? The majority