The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-01-04

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along the same grooves, one from either
direction. If the wind is blowing hard
open the window of glass to the desired
width, pull along the one covered with
muslin and hook it to the frame of glass.
Enough air will come through the muslin
to give good ventilation and yet not cause
4 draught. According to the weather the
window can be opened any width and the
cloth covered one put in place. The whole
arrangement is exceedingly simple and so
inexpensive that there is no excuse for
not having them in every barn. The illus
%tration shows the idea clearly.
FEEDING THE COW FOR PROFIT
If we admit that the COW is entitled to
more than enough food to keep her alive
we must ascertain what proportion of the
food given is for that purpose and then,
If We desire a milk return, which we do,
feed so as to get such a return. OF course
the properly balanced ration must be
given to obtain the desired results. 1t is
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consumed by the COW is needed to keep her
in normal condition; that is, to live with
out giving any milk or adding materially
to her weight. 1t is plain, therefore,, that
rations OF considerable quantity must be
given or else the food must be concentrate
ed, the major portion of it, if the COW is to
be all that is desired as a dairy animal.
What the ration shall be will depend
largely upon what one has to feed, assurn-
ing that all of it is not bought; if this
should be the case it is. comparatively easy
to obtain the balanced ration. Where corn
must form a major portion of the ration,
in many cases It is the only concentrated
portion, then the %roughage must supply
the protein. Here is where alfalfa comes
In SO nicely. A first class ration would be
ten pounds of alfalfa, corn slower, ten
pounds; corn, ten pounds, and either bran
or cotton seed meal, two pounds. This is
probably one of the least expensive ra-
tons for winter feeding known. If tim
othy or corn slower must be used in place
of alfalfa the quantity can be increased
one-half and the bran of, cottonseed meal
should also be increased slightly. With
the foods suggested as a basis for a COW of
average weight it should be easy for one
to work out by a few experiments a ra-
ton suited to his particular herd.
PREPARING FOR HATCHlNG.
Many poultrymen begin with their incu-
hators in February in order to get the
early Matched chicks which are so desir-
able and the am plan may be carried out
with the old hen who gets broody if one is
prepared to care for the chicks which is
where the difficulty is, usually. There are
a number of first class brooders on the
market if one has the money to buy, but
good home made breeders are readily con-
structed at small cost. Perhaps the most
simple one is that known as the direct
draft which consists in placing the lamp
in one corner of the box, from the outside
and arranging a narrow gutter, so to
speak, of tin along the long way of the
box with the opening about two inches
from the end; this forms a f1ue through
which the heat from the lamp passes into
the box. The box should be we'll lined
with building paper before the padding is
put in against which the chicks are to
huddle for warmth. Anyone who has
seen the old hen hover the chicks will
have an idea of the requirements for q
brooder. The main precautions will be
to so arrange the lamp that it will not
set things atire end to arrange the box so
that the chicks Will not come in contact
with the heated flucs nor run any risk of
being smothcrcd. Many an old hen who
has been carried into winter quarters be-
cause she is a good mother will begin to
get broody early and her motherhood in
clination should be allowed to work itself
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PROTECTING YOUNG FRUIT TREES
There are a number of good plans for
protecting the young trees from the raw
ages of mice and rabbits, during the win
ter, several of them having been referred
TO in this department: Where coal is
burned on the farm no better use will be
found for the ashes (minuS the large clink-
crs) than in packing it around the
young trees. 1t requires less time than to
arrange one of the wire or tarrcd paper
collars, and costs nothing. Proceed after
this plan. With a rake or hoe pull away
from the tree for two feet all around it,
all the dried grass and weeds. Then mound
up SOL eight inches and cover this with
the coal ashes so that they are a foot high
against the trunk and extend to a foot or
more away from the bottom of the tree.
This material will pack during the winter
and offers no warmth to the field vermin
In the spring it may be drawn away and
spaded into the soil where it will do nc
harm even though it does no particular
good. The pan is so good it is worthy at.
%tention.
THE EGG PRODUCING HEN.
There is much controversy going on a,
present over the identical build of the
hen that produces the greatest number OF
eggs during the year. Each pouitrymar
has his own idea of what this form should
be SO that it is safe to say the argument
is less important than we haye been led tc
believe. The Standard, the guide book OF
breeders, prescribed a certain typical form
and it is safe to be guided by this, at leas1
to the extent of the size and weight of :
bird at a given age. Beyond this it is Sc.
riously questioned if there is much in the
idea that the hens producing the creates
number of eggsin a year are OF a specified
formation. We haye worked on the plar