The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-22

are smothered while others are literanv
roasted. Looll well to the temperature Of
the brooder and If it is faulty in construc.
ton remedy it at once.
OPEN THE STABLE WINDOWS.
IF the COWS nave 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 hat are clean and SO ar
ranged that the cold spring winds will not
blow over them. Give them some rough-
age to munch over while they are out. II
ii 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 TO catch cold. The window arranged
so that 1t may be opened and tho opening
covered by the muslin will furnish this air
without draught better than anything else.
Especially give the COWS sun If 1t can be
done. II 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 a few weeks before.
they are turned out to grass will help af-
fairs wonderfully especially with the cows
that are pregnant. Try 1t.
WEAVING CALVES TOO SOON.
If the calf is to go to the butcher as soon
as possible to market it after 1t is born the
sooner it is Weaned the sooner the milk can
be used, but even with such a calf a week
at nursing Is none too much for the good
Of the COW, If nothing is cared for the
calf. This Is especially true if the mother
is a heifer for the nursing VIII greatly
allay the fever which the young cow in
variably has. If the calf is to be raised It
should nurse for two weeks and have it's
mothers milk for a month or more after
1t Is WCancd. 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 q period of trouble for the diiryman for
a calf is quite as hard to wean as a hui
man baby, but the job can be accom-
pl1shed by patience and by patience only.
Above all things do not try to force the
calf to drink, but get the milk into its
mouth by some more gentle process. One
dairyman 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 a
pail are placed in the mouth Of the mouth
of the calf and thus her attention Is gradu-
ally drawn to the larger supply in the pail
and she soon gets the trick; the plan is
well worth trying.
THE SPRING POOR STOCK.
The man who would get all from his live
stock it is possible for them to give him
is the man who feeds and cares for them
' intellippntlv TTra-a ora thoDoo DC ne ,pj-
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 IL 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
90 the heavy spring work Of the farm.
Inc poorly fed horse cannot give the ser
vices he would rave given had he been
properly n~ourished. SO after all 1t 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, If they be cows
the milk supply Is correspondingly light.
Here again is where it does not pay to feed
too stingily. If the stock on your place
have not been well fed go at it now; Civ,
them grain and fodder until time to. turn
'heLi 10 grass ana, unless the pasture Is
good from the beginning feed them for
some weeks. You will need to do this II
you expect to get proper returns soon.
THE SIMPLE TASK OF GRATING
Cleft grating, which is mainly used 70,
top-working trees Is one of the most sue.
/. cessful methods, provided it Is carefully
done and III SO done few CRAFTS will fail tc
unite. 1t is assume that the WORKER
!. knows that only well grown shoots of tn,
previous years growth should be selected
and. that they should lave plump buds
+ Cut these shoots some days before. they
are to be used and keep packed in sane
. 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
half inches in diameter. Gut the ~seIeete,
: stock straight across with a clean smooth
cut then, with the" grating chisel make ;