The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-03-23

roasted. Look we'll to the temperature OF
the brooder and If 1t Is faulty In construc-
tion remedy 1T ut 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 munch over while they are out. IL
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 to catch cold. The window arranged
50 that 1t 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 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 1t after 1t is born the
sooner 1t Is weaned the sooner the mill 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 II the mother
is a hetfer for the nursing VIII greatly
allay the fever which the young COW In
yaliably has. If the calf Is to be raised 1t
should nurse for two weeks and have it's
mothers milk for a month or more after
1t Is wcaned. Some da%iry1nen 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 dairyman for
a calf is quite as hard to wean as a hu-
man baby, but the job can be accom-
pl.shed 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 1t will be in tho
same relative position to the mouth of the
calf as would the nipple of the mother.
This is fastened to a large bag containing
tho 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 1t
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
we'll worth trying.
THE SPRING POOR STOCK.
The man who would get. all from his live
stock 1t is possible for them, to give him
Is the man who feeds and cares for them
intelligently. 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 ave had little, work
to do. Their owner has worked on the
plan that II 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 rave given had he been
properly nourished. so after all3it 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 1t does not pay to feed
too stingily. If the stock on your plac,
have not been well fed go at 1t now: CIV
them grain and fodder until time to turn
them to grass and. unless the pasture Is
good from the beginning feed them for
some weeks. You will need to do this 1t
you expect to get proper returns soon.
THE SIMPLE TASK OF GRATING.
Cleft grating. which is mainly used for
top-working trees is one of the most sue.
cessful methods. provided 1t is carefull!
done and If SO done few gratis will fail To
unite. 1T is assumed that the worker
knows that only we'll grown shoots of thu
previous years growth should be selected
and that they should have 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 aud one
half inches in diameter. Cut the selected
stock straight across with a clean smooth
cut then. with the grating chisel make a