The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-19


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h;lcd because the ire" docs not stand even
the mildest winters. Mention OF tnc lrui.
is made hero mainly because Oh the SUI
cess which has attended the enortS vi
hybridizerS to cross the Japan NaFiet'S9
with the native sorts. Ii TINS can pe uoii'
generally the pcrs.mmon is destined to be-
come one of the most popular fruits of the
country and one which can be grown. III
some form, north and south. This VIII
give q new brand to the fruit growing NJ
dustrv il the north and materially IN
crease the demand for the southern grown
fruic so that the persimmon Is 4 Sooo
fruit to watch closely during the coming
wears and to test the crosses at any tune
the trees are offered to the public at mod
crate prices.
LAMBS FOR EARLY MARKET.
MANY farmers attracted by the high
price paid for lambs in the early spring
are tempted to try their hands at the work
without having much previous knowledge:
there is scarcely any animal with when
man has to do so troublesome to handle
as the lamb chat is being prepared TOT
early market: troublesome in the sense
that great care is needed in feeding and
that they must be properly sheltered and
kept in clean quarters. During the very
cold days of winter the lambs Will make
their most profitable growth II properly
cared for: profitable in the sense that al
the food they consume will go to add TO
their weight; the cool weather makes
them feed well and if they are comforts
ably housed and given all the food they
will eat up clean. but no more, the gain
will be steady. Look out for the mid days,
however, for the breath of warmer wealth
cr seems to affect the appetite Of the
lamb and the ration should be scaled down
in proportion to that falling off of aprc-
title. Ii may be necessary to hold out the
grain from the ration entirely during one
of these spells; by the way, this is one of
the best Of ways TO handle the cloyrd aP-
petite in human OF animal, tilat is. CNi
down the ration decidedly and cut out en-
tirely the concentrated portion. When
the appetite begins to look up again feed
small portions of root crops as an appo-
tizcr and the lamb will soon he back ON
fun rations. Handled in this manner as
regards feeding. spring lambs can certain
ly be made profitable.
THE POULTRY HOUSE FLOOR. @
After one has used a poultry house for
a number Of wears. one that was built
originally With the floor but j little high
er thar the ground outside. one finds that
the floor IS getting wet and the BIRDS suf-
fering in consequence. One of our houses
was found in this condition Il few weeks
ago although we aim to look them over
carefully before winter sets in. 1t was
found that 10 properly fill in would cover
the sills and the soil would come up sew
eral inches on the side walls, but as it was
a question of possibly rotted stills or fowls
with colds we didn't hesitate long. Fortu-
nately we had accumulated a lot of coal
ashes from the furnace which had been
placed under cover until they could he
carted away: these were just the thing 10
fill in with and in they went and were
tamped down hard. We had a few loads
of soil which had been put under cover for
another purpose is the fall, but 1t had to
go into The poultry house SO we soon had a
floor six or eight inches higher than the
soil OIL the outside: high enough in this
case to keep out moisture. This floor is
kept covered with chaf at all times, sew
era, inches deep when the weather is very
cold, with always just a little grain scat
tered through It: just enough to make the
birds think there is another grain some
where elsa after they find one. Tho cost
Of putting this floor in shape was small
indeed compared with the possible loss of
a few of The birds and the falling off Of
the egg production which would have
surely resulted if the wet or damp floor
had been allowed to remain.
LOOK OUT FOR THIS scHEMER.
1t is really wonderful how closely
schemers follow conditions and how
quickly their fertile brains will evolve
some plan of releasing the dollar from
the pockets of the unwary. Should an cpl
demic of any kline settle over the country,
the following year. if not before, there
would be Il hundred remedies on the mar
ket as a preventive against the diseas sc.
Some OF them would he good but by far
the greater per cent. wou be worthless.
For a number, of years fruit growers have
been afflicted with the ravages of the
San Jose scale and now we have several
scherners at work throughout the coun-
try offering to inoculatc the tree so az to
make it immune. Others apply a coating
OF what they call mercury mixed with
something they call by a high-sounding
name, but which is probably some harm
less fluid. The plan is to apply the treat
ment collecting a certain per cent. of the
price usually ali they can geD and the
balance they will call for after the next
fruiting season. Suffice it to say they
never call and never intended to. These
schemers are also working in the towns
and cites applying their secret mixture to
.E5shade and other trees affected by the San
Jose scale.
SEEKING A RATION FOR MILK.
While 1t is admitted that the ideal ration
Is that which will give the largest return
for the smallest OUTLAY how many dairy.
men seek TO find this ideal plan through
their own experimenting? The majority
of them viii! look at the figures COMPOSING
a balanced ration and COMPLAIN that i,
would cost them go muchtfor one or more