The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-05-31

which the medicine is to be poured while
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the end is In the mouth of the no .pe. To
hold the tube steadily while operating and
10 prevent the horse from throwing it out
otehlS mouth, nall 81 small leather strap
about six inches from the end and fasten
a small smooth hook to the end of this
strap: place the end OF the tube in the
mouth of the horse and hook the end of
the strap over the nose piece of the halter.
BE sure the hook is smooth and fiat so
that the horse Will not be injured by it.
At the end Of the tube a handle Ks inserted
by boring a hole Gin the solid end and in
sorting a small round stick to which Is
attached a strap through which the fingers
are slipped. Made in the manner de-
scrihed. and Illustrated. one will have a.
drenehing tube which Is nearly perfection.
RAISING CALVES WITHOUT MILK.
Considerable discussion is going on as to
ntle plan Of raising the calf without milk.
LII LOOKS as If this was, one more of the bad
habits which has come with the advent
of the valuable separator. While more or
MSS success mas ceen mad IN raising caves
without milk no one has Yet been able to
prove that it can be done with as good
results as by the natural method. tt take
the milk from the calf is. 40 take from it
IT'S natural food and only one result can
obtain. Dried blood. water mixed bran
and any other subtenfuge will not take
the place of milk. The, writer has exper-
mented with them all and has reached the
conclusion that If a calf Is worth raising
at all 1t is worth fee6infr with tho food
nature intendad for it, milk, at least to
an age when it could be properly and
safely wcaned. True, after the first two
weeks the supply of milk can be mater
Idly reduced and substitutes given in the
form of a mixture of two parts each of
ground oats and wheat middlings and one
part of oil meal MIXED with water or, bet
ter still with milk but ever so we prefer
to hold off the usF. of this substitute for a
month or six weeks and find we have a
better calf and. later, a better COW for so
doing.
HANDLING THE BROOD SOW.
The brood sow who is h%abitually penned
does not make a good mother if indeed
she does not have trouble during preg-
nancy and Al the time tho pigs are
dropped No matter when the soWs are to-.
be bredstbey should be prepared by getting
them in the best possible condition and
this can be done by the usa of green food
and a variety in the grain food, being
careful not to make the feeding of co3n
TOO heavy If. added to this. proper and
be all the better for 1t. IL to be bred in
tlss rail- each sow ought to nave a ne
saflcted range yet one OH which she can
get considerable grass or other gneen
stuff; she should be kept so that sho can
nave both sun and shade, pure wate in
plenty and a bed free from the Storm, and
ampnes generally. If we took half as
much trouble with OUR brood sows rs with
sheep and cows we would get much better
returns. The man who feels he cannot
atford to do this Workrwith his brood sows
because Of the l0w/ price for pork ought
10 cease keeping swine for the poorly
cared Tor animal. does not bring a proft
even on the time taken to give her in
different care while the time spent in
properly. caring for any animal means
pfoht nine times out Of ten.
FEEDING MEAT TO POULTRY,
Ihat fowls and especially laying pullets
and hens require a certain amount of ami
NAL food is admitted by everyone who un-
derstands poultry, but 1t is an extremely
nice point to know just how ia feed them
and not over do it. There is much danger
In feeding meat, for to be valuable and
90 the fowls no harm 1t should be per
fectly fresh and fed in small quantities: the
local butcher is tempted to work Off his
putrid meat on the customers who want it
for feeding fowls and such meat will mean
trouble for the birds, bowel trouble Of a
serious nature. See that all meat fed is
fresh enough for human CONSUMPTION
Inc pest way to feed it is to chop IT fine
ana mix VAth the mash using but a little
SO that each hen will not get more than
a half teaspoonful in a. day. During the
summer, If the fowls are on the range
they Will not need meat Tor insects will
l. nj thn po Va - =,
If confined they should nave some meat
about half the quantity fed them in cold
weather. ~
SUCCESSIVE CROPS OF CORN.
The modern methods of aericniture
teach that a rotation of crops Is essant;a1
Tor the best results and especially ia 4
necessary in order to keep up soil fertility
a correspondent asks, How can yoI1 re-.
commend the rotation Of crops so strone,,,
Wnen experiment stations grow corn wear
after year on the same feld?' Our reader
Gvluently refers to the work of the New
Jersey experiment station but either for
gets TO refer to their methods or else 10
NOT familiar with them. One this famous
tarn the soil Is kept In the highest state
OF Iertihty by proper methods and while
Ills true that corn follows corn II ia orIv
because clover is grown as well. the MAJ
peias 70 SOW crimson clover at the last
$50. 'ne SoHH Wnlcn is used as
green forage In the spring and the corn
stuDpie Is plowed under and the same
method again followed. II 1t were not 60
the high fertility Of this soil and INC
growing of the crimson clover each year
it would not be possible to follow corn
with corn year after year with profit Tha
question is, how many farmers are willine
TO take the time and do the work necass
sary to get their fields in such condition
mat rotation of crops will be r acticamn
Unnecessary? Very few OF them 10y
the rotation OF crops offers, at present, the
only alternative. ne
LOOK WELL TO THE PouITRy
Whether the young birds arc haina
raised TO lay eggs later or for the carcass
market they need good care during the