The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-12

is arranged so that the air does not blow
over them. One of the best plans for fur
nishing an abundance Of air is to have thu
house well closed on the sides and bach
and entirely open in front except thu
covering of the open with wire netting. o.
course in the arrangement Of such a houst
the roosts must be placed far enough bach
in the house so that the fowls will not bs
wet should a rain storm come Up. We
have our houses so arranged that the glass
is taken out very early, the wire put In
place and then a strong muslin curtain
hung on the inside which may be lowered
IL the weather is too cold. We do this be.
cause the wire is put in place very early
in the spring and left there until very late
in the fall during which period the muslin
curtain gives all the protection desired.
In q house which was quite high one halt
the front, up and down, could be arrange
with the opening at the lower portion COW
cred with the wire while the upper portion
was closed. Give the fowls plenty of air in
the summer but give it to them in the
r~oosting house rather than letting them
roost in the open.
A FLY PROTECTOR FOR COWS.
While It is probably better for the cows
to be on the range all day, if they cannot
be provided with the proper amount of
shade we prefer the plan Of keeping them
in the stables during the heat of the day
provided the stables are arranged so that
flies will not get at the animals. A good
way to do this IS to erect some rough avn
ingS over the windows and then cover the
inside with fine wire screen or mosquito
netting. This will make the stables semi
dark and the flies viii not be attracted to
them. A home mixed fly protector which
may be used in place of one of the COM
mercial commodities if wished is made by
dissolving two cakes OF ordinary laundry
soap in water and mixing in one and one
half pounds G. resin, one-half pint of
fish oil and enough water to make three
gallons Of the mixture. 1t may be applied
with a brush or spray using one-half pint
on each COW three or four times q week.
The idea IS to apply it until the hair has
a thin coat of resin all over through which
the fly cannot penetrate. Don't forger
that plenty of cool clean water during the
summer will assist the cows in bearing
the heat and the torment of flies.
DO YOU KNOW THE LAYERS?
The early Matched pullets who are to
form the laying colony the coming fall and
winter ought to be looked after from now
on. If one has started right he has kept
the birds from eggs known to have been
lain by egg producing fowls separate from
those of doubtful ancestry; in such cases
there will be little trouble in Rowing which
pullets will do the laying. If this has not
been done then watch the Dullets grow
and keep an eye closely on those that
show evidences Of vigor In the matter Of
health and that are reaching maturity
more quickly than the others. Many poul-
trymen lave found that they had in their
flock birds which were eating the profits
Of the layers. The only way tc be certain
of this is the nes: trap but as this cannot
be put in operation Until later all the more
yno AZ, rrI,r +hn TWO wi ctnrE chnlJ11 no
carefully watched and those which are the
most promising placed by themselves. DO
not depend too much upon the range nor
have the range too extensive for a bird
which must roam over acres Of ground for
feed cannot make the proper growth.
LOOK AFTER THE STRAWBERRY
PLANTS.
If one is running the strawberry planta-
ton on the plan Of getting one crop and
then turning the plants under, this article
will be of no use TO them. 1t is an eXper-
fenced grower, however, who can feel it
profitable to turn under a lot of thriving
plants after fruiting them one year for
most beds are well worth fruiting the sec
ond and sometimes the third year. An eX-
cellent way of treating tho beds which
have fruited once is to go through them,
just after the fruit is gone and with a
small plow open a shallow furrow as close
to the plants as can be done without dis
turbing them: this is done on both sides Of
the row, then the fertilizer is put in tho
furrow and the soil turned back by plow-
ing in the middle CT the row then the
whole space is leveled down by the use of
the cultivator. 1t is better to give the
plants a good portion Of the fertilizer they
are to receive at this time Of the year
than 1t is to apply it all in the spring. or
course a part of the work is to keep all
tho runners cut off which are not needed
to add more plant to the row. This early
summer care will add materially to the
value of the crop another year.
MAKING COUNTRY ROAD CUL-
VERTS.
Many a country road is all tina it might
be expected to be except in the respect to
it's culverts which are often dangerous to
vehicles passing over them. 1t costs more
in time than in money to build a good cul-
vert but it is work which should be- well
done. The approaches to the cuivert
should be we'll graveled and SO graded that
they will eros the culvert at a level. OF
course the culvert should have heavy
stones as a foundation and, If in a, Sec
ton wher stones are plentiful, q, number
Of stones or stone slabs may be found
long enough to span a narrow culvert but
IL these are not available heavy planks
will answer the purpose and should be
built in this way. The planks extending In
the same direction as the road should be
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