The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-16

crowd to the warm end and some Of them
are smothered while others are literally
roasted Look we'll to the temperature OF
the brooder and If it is faulty in construc-
ton remedy 1t at once.
OPEN THE STABLE WINDOWS.
If the cows have been stabbed all winter
they are likely to become uneasy as spring
advances and long for out doors. 1t is an
excellent plan to turn them out into shell
tered barn yards that are clean and so ar
ranged that the cold spring winds will not
blow over them. Give them some rough
age to MUNICH over while they are out Ii
1t Is not feasible to turn them out yet then
arrange the stable so they may have all
the fresh air possible without causing the
air to blow over them SO they are
likely 10 catch cold. The window arranged
SO that it may be opened and the opening
covered by the muslin will furnish this air
without draught better than anything else
Especially give the cows sun II it can be-
done. If there IS an open shed on the:
place facing the sun into which the cows,
may be turned they Will enjoy immensely
This little care just few weeks before,
they are turned out to grass will help at,
fairs wonderfully especially with the cows
that are pregnant. Try it.
WEAVING CALVES TOO SOON.
If the calf is to go to the butcher as soon,
as possible to market 1t after 1t Is born the
sooner it is weancd the sooner the milk can
be used, but even with such calf a week
at nursing is none too much for the good
OF the COW. If nothing Is cared for thr
calf. This Is especially true If the mother
is heifer for the nursing will greatly
allay the fever which the young cow in
variably has. II the calf is to be raised it
should nurse for two weeks and have it's
mothers milk Tor a month or more after
1t Is wcaned. Some dairymen furnish the
milk OF the mother to the calf for as long
as three months, being very slow to pro-.
vide anything else in the way of food, and,
without doubt. the calf Is all the better
for this sort of feeding. The weaving time
Is a period of trouble for the dairyrnan for
calf is quite as hard to wean as hu-
man baby, but the job can be accom-
plished by patience and by patience only.
Above all things do not try to force the
calf to drink, but get the milk into it's
mouth by some more Gentle process. Ono
datryman we know has a large nipple OF
rubber arranged so that it will be in the
same relative position to the mouth of the
calf as would the nipple of the mother
This Is fastened to a large bag containing
the milk. The head of the calf is placed,
gently In position, the nipple warmed by
rubbing with the hands and gently urged
IN the mouth of the calf: once 1t feels the.
familiar form it is quite likely to begin
sucking at once. A half feed is given it
! in this way then the nipple Is withdrawn!
and the fingers dipped in the milk from Il,
pail are placed in the mouth of the mouth
of the calf and thus her attention is gradu-l
ally drawn to the larger supply in the pail
and she soon gets the trick: the plan Isl
well worth trying.
THE SPRING POOR STOCK.
| The man who would get all from his live
!, stock It IS possible for then, to give him
Is the man who feeds and cares for them
nteliigently. There are thousands Of ami
mails that will be turned onto the range
this spring that have been half starved
during the winter. This is particularly
true of horses, that have had little work
] to do. Their owner has worked on. the
plan that If there was no work for the
horse 1t should have only Just enough
food to sustain life; he forgets that stored
up vitality is necessary for the animal to
do the heavy spring work of the farm.
The poorly fed horse cannot give the ser
vices he would have given had he: been
properly nourished, so after all it is poor
economy to feed too lightly during winter
When this poorly fed stock is turned out to
grass 1t takes them half the summer to
get in shape again and, ii they be COWS,
the milk supply is correspondingly light.
Here again is where it does not pay to feed
too stingily. If the stoci> on your place
have not been well fed go at 1t now; give
them grain and fodder until time to turn
them to grass and, unless the pasture is
good from the beginning feed them SIR
some weeks. You will need to do thlsSf
you expect to get proper returns soon.
4 THE SIMPLE TASK OF GRATING.
! Cleft grating, which is mainly used for
top-working trees is one of the most sue
cessful methods, provided it is carefuh.>
done and If SO done few gratis VIII fail to
unite. 1t is assumed that the worker
knows that only well grown shoots. 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 sand
in a cool cellar. The branches selected
for grating. the stocks should be located
near the top of the tree and should be
preferably, not more than one and one
mar inches In diameter. Cut the selected
stock straight across with a clean smoot~.
cut then, with the grating chisel make .