The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16

doors all winter A s-ccnt packet Of each
az i've kinds will give enc a pleasing va
ricty and enough plants TO satisfy ones
desire for this class.
PLANNING PASTURE FOR SWINE.
Those who raise swine In considerable
numbers ought TO plan for their feeding
rs carefully as they do for other stock.
IL Il now generally understood that the
range II desirable for swine. but they can
not thrive wholly OF grass: they should
have variety and one Of the best ways
OF furnishing % IL TO give them a sort
OF rotative crop. something like the fol-
lowing; First n Held Of re 20 be turned
under In tho spring. then the Held TO be
sown TO rape and this followed BY the
southern cowpca. which. no, maturing In
the north. will furnish excellent pasturagc
late In the season. During all the period
there should DO the good range OF mixed
grasses OF which the wins Will feed while
tho three crops mentioned are getting
growth sufficient for pasiurage. Then with
the necessary amount OF Grain TO give the
animals n balance ration tho expense OF
raising them during the open season will
be comparatively light and they will be In
splendid condition for fstvcuing In the fall.
CHANGING POTATO SEED.
The best growers OF potatoes In all parts
OF the country agree that IL 10 a good plan
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Year,. usually once In three years viii be
sufficient. This Is done even though the
same variety Is used for n number OF years
in succession. During these changes " Is
"A good plan to get some OF the newer
sorts or some OF the sorts one has not
grown and try them. A better plan Is TO
have that small experiment plot and try
all the new sorts Ne they are introduced.
The idea In changing the seed potatoes IL
TO get something which has been grown
on different soil. IL is surprising what "A
difference this often makes. frequently
n decided Increase In the yield. Especially
IL II desirable TO change the seed " tho
yield IN gradually growing smaller or u
there are Indications OF rot which cnnno-
d. easily overcome. As n rule. IL ~ best
TO get the new seed from a point farther
north. n possible. Try also the plan OF
cutting the tub.r TO smaller sizes. ray a
quarter OF the tubcr. Possibly this may
not work well under your plan OF culture.
but Il ~ worth trying.
FEEDING SKIM MILK TO POULTRY
II IL noticed on our visits TO poulirymen
that with the gule general abandonment
OF the mash. warm or cold morning or
evening feed. the feeding OF skinned milk
Is abandoned MS well. The argument ~
that as a. was used for mixing the mash IN
place OF water there u no other way 20
INNHN IL I'd Ai AaAAAAts ANAH - ~ "'AAAf
mistake. Fix several trOu.hs that can
be made water tight and easily kcp; clean
and pour the SIX. mined milk In thrS" for
the fowls TO drink. a better plan Is to
wait until u gets n little thick fer the
birds like IL best when In such condition.
We like 20 experiment with skim milk ut
all seasons OF the year and frequently mix
a. with some chopped vegetables. or even
"A little bran. not enough 20 make a mash
t.. g...s ..ust.H o., Vruka 40 "A MFtts more .
solid. Sometimes. but only In cold wealth
er. a little cracked corn IL mixed with the
milk and thu whole mass IN fed quite
warm and given at night. just before the
20 10 roost. Don't overlook the fact
that skim milk fed To fowls viii give far
greater returns than when fed 20 calves
or swine and II you have only enough for
one lot Vet the poultry have u.
WHAT ABOUT A FURNACE?
T'hers arc not may convenience we
can have In the farm house. but such as
can be had should be put In as rapidly
as ones purse will permit. Gas and cleo
trio lights may be among the things We
cannot have. but "A furnace II one % the
things that il easily put into any house
Is at all dccently constructed. our
farm house has eight rooms and all OF
them are heated by n small furnace and
Mt no more expense than IL formerly took
20 heat two or three rooms with the coal
stove. and the latter was OF good sire. our
faces the north. so we have n little
trouble ut times In heating the front room.
The register Ia the 'front.' lower hall we
closed and also closed the dn la the
pipe. In this way throwing all OF the heat
into three rooms downstairs and into one
room and the hall upstairs. The heat
through the register In the hall
heats two OF the smaller rooms '
so that they are very comfortable 90 sleep
In during the coolest weather. We are ]
not In sympathy with the old notion that
ono should sleep In an Ice cold room: we
hin II by far the better plan TO have
some heat In the rooms. closing the regis