The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-31

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the end In IN the mouth OF tne horse To
hold the tube steadily white operating and
To prevent the horse from throwing u out
Of his mouth. nall a small leather strap
about six inches from tn. end and fasten
u small smooth hook to tho end or this
strap: place the end OF the tube In the
mouth or the horse and hook the end OF
the strap over the nose piece OF the halter.
he sure the hook IN smooth and nat so
that the horse will not be injured by a..
AZ the end OF the tube q handle IL Inserted
by ooring a ho,e tin the solid endl and In
sertinE n small round stick TO which n
attached strap through which the fingers
arc slipped Mad ln the manner de-
scribed. and illustrated. ono will have a
drenchlng tube which is nearly perfection.
RAISING CALVES WITHOUT MILK.
Considerable discussion II going on az to
the plan OF raising the calf without milk.
IL looks as IL this was one more uf the had
habafs which has come with the advent
Of the valuable separator. While more or
less success has been had In raising calves
without milk no one has yet been able to
prove that Il can be done with ~ good
results AZ BY the natural method To take
the milk from the csiS IL 90 take from u
It's natural food and only one result can
obtain. Dried blood. water mixrd bran
and any other subtrrfusc will not take
the place Of milk The writer has "xper-
imented with them all and has reached the
conclusion that N calf u worth raising
at all " IL worth feeding with the food
nature Intended for H. milk at least to
an age when u could be- properly and
safely wcancd. True. after the first two
weeks the supply or milk can be mater
tally reduced and substitutes given In the
form OF a mixture OF two parts each OF
ground oats and wheat mIddiings and one
part OF oil meal mixed with water or. bet
ter still with milk but even 30 we prefer
GO hold or the use OF this substitute. for a
month or ak weeks and fnd We have n
batter calf and. later. a better cow for so
doing.
HANDLING THE BROOD SOW.
The brood sow who IL habituaiiy penned
does not max. n good mother u indeed
she docs not have trouble during pr-g-
nancy and at the time the pigs ara
dropped. No matter when the sows are to
be bred they should bs prepared by getting
them In the best possible condition and
this can be done by the Use OF green food
and variety In the grain food. being
careful not TO make tn. feeding OF corn
too heavy. IT, added TO this proper and
be all the better for Il. II TO he bred In
tho fail Zach SOW ought TO have re-
stricted range yet one on which she can
get considerable grass or other green
stun: she should he kept 40 tina, she can
have both sun and shade. pure water In
plenty and a bed free from tine storm and
dsmpness generally. IL We took half AZ
much trouble with our brood sows as with
sheep and cows W. would get much better
returns. The man who feels no cannot
sfford TO do this work with his brood sows
because OF nc low prizes for pork ought
Co cease bNcping swine for the poorly
cared for snlmal does not bring n profii
even on Lac time taken to give her In
different car. while the time spent In
properly caring for any animal means
profit nine times out OF ten,
FEEDING MEAT TO POULTRY.
That fowls and especially laying pullets
and hens require a certain amount OF ami
NAL food II admitted by everyone who un-
deratands poultry. hut u n an extremely
nice point TO know just how 20 feed them
and not over do a. There IN much danger
I'm feeding meat. for TO b. valuable and
do the fowls no harm n should be per-
fectly fresh and fed Ia small quantities.: the
local butcher IL tempted to work OF his
putrid meat on the customers who want Il
for feeding fowls and such meat will mean
trouble for the birds. bowel trouble OF n
serious nature. See that all meat fed IL
fresh enough for human consumption.
.hc best way TO feed II IL 20 chop u fine
md mix with the mash using but a little
IL that aaeh hUF vii FfnN kns
n half teaspoonful In a day. During the
summer. IL the fowls are on the range
they will not need meat FOR insects will
supply them with all needed Ia that line !:
AZ confined they should have some meat.
about half the quantity fed them In cold
weather.
SUCCESSIVE CROPS OF CORN.
The modern methods OF agriculture
leach that "a rotation % crop. n essential
for tn. best results aud especially IL IL
necessary In order To keep up soil fertility.
n correspondent asks. How can you re-
commend the rotation of crops 40 strongly
when experiment stations grow corn year
after year on the sam. Heidi our reader
evidently refers TO the work OF the New
Jersey experiment station but either for
gets TO refer TO their methods ar else IL
not familiar with them. one this famous
farm the soil Is kept in the highest state
OF fertility by proper methods and while
o. In true that corn follows corn Il IL only
because clover IL grown as we'll tho plan
being TO SOW crimson clover at the las,
cultivation OF the corn which Il uSed az
green forage In the spring and the corn
stubblo IL piow~d under and the SAM.
method again followed. n IL were not for
the high fertility OF this soil and the
growing OF the crimson clover zach year
u would not ba possible TO follow corn
with corn year after year with profit. The
question IL. how many farmers are willing
TO take the time and do the work neces-
sary 10 get their feids en- such condition
that rotation OF crops will be practically
unneceasary7 Very few OF them. hence
tho rotation OF crops offers. at present. the
only alternative.
LOOK WELL TO THE POULTRY.
Whether the young birds are being
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