Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-26

stronger pigs can get through At feeding
time the little fellows are not disturbed.
The diagram shows the large pen AT mum
Der |. the lean-to addition at number =.
tn" trough at ; and the receiving board
by which the feed is poured into the
trough. at &: While figure : shows the
openings from the large pen to the smaller
one. BY having d number of these open
ings the pigs can pass through quickly.
The diagram at 6 shows the ground plan
so that the idea can be readily copied
without danger of a mistake being made.
RAISING PLANTS FOR HEDGES.
Where money is quite scarce for such
improvements as hedges 1t Is am excellent
plan To start by buying a few good strong
plants and setting them out In the place
most needed. Then buy AS many rooted
cuttings as YOU can spare the money to
pay for and set these out on some good
soil in rows three inches apart I'm the row
and rows three feet apart so that culti-
walton may be given them. In two years
one will have "A fine lot OF plants which
Will cost much less than they would have
cost If bought at the nursery. by setting
out the trimmings each year in rows and
giving them propcr cultivation so as TO
keep the weeds in subsection one will soon
have all the privct needed for the farm
home grounds. The California privet Is
one of the finest hedge plants grown in
this country although II will not turn
stock. not being heavy enough for the pur-
pose besides being without thorns. AS an
ornamental hedge II surpasses anything
grown. all things considered 1t Is not
wholly evergreen but the foliage stays on
long and comes out early in the spring.
The foliage is clean. has no insect enemy
and Is of Il most pleasing shade of green.
So readily is the plant grown and so
attractive is it In a few years that there
should he IA hedge around every farm
home grounds instead of the more or less
dilapidated fence which W are i'm tn
habit of seeing in all parts of the country.
VARIETY FOR HORSES.
Few people who Own horses ever seem
TO think there should be any material
change in their food; even tho dairyman
who fully realizes the Importance of var
let, for his cows will keep the horses going
indefinitely on hay and oats. Try tn" var
icty and see how we'll II works. not to
such an extent. perhaps, as with the COWS,
but IL Il moderate way. Let the horses
have an occasional feed Of root crops: car
rots. manse,s small potatoes and the like:
then. another day let them hav" n bran
mash. a third time a little mixture of
corn. oats and bran: just enough of TIN"
corn and bran so they will feel they have"
something new. Then, IN tn" way Of
roighag. though YOU may feed the best
timothy AZ Il rule. vary it by some corn
stalks instead of SO much hay or scmc
clover hay. for "A change. While admitting
that these are not as good as the timothy
from "A food standpoint. the variety will
key M the appetite so that when the
larger rations of oats and timothy are fed
they will h" eaten with more Zcst. Then,
don't forget that occasional luxury in tn.
shaI" of Il lump of sugar just to show the
horse how you appreciate his work. You
have 40 idea. perhaps, how much this
iunp of sweetness will do for you. 1t is
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