The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-07-26

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drills, cultivators, harroWs ana all otne'
tools of this kind as we'll as the slaal!er
implements. interior arrangement "hi'
of course, be necessary to store away a
quantity to the best advantage and 1t VIII
pay to spend some time and thought on
this inside arrangement so as to utilize the
| space to the best advantage. A house hKe
the illustration is not expensive and may
| be built of any size necessary to house the
implements properly. Windows should pc
provided so there will be plenty of light
and there should be large doors at one end
only. While the first cost of such a house
or shed may seem considerable it will save
its cost in the added lease of life given tho
implements by being protected.
GARBAGE FOR SWINE.
While there are many arguments in IA
yor of the use of city-collected garbage for
| swine. the concenSus of opinion is against
! the plan of feeding. 1t is true that pos
sibly such collections might be safely fed
in reasonable quantities II 1t We're care
fully looked over and collected daily, but
even then there is an element OF risk IN
| the plan winch I1lEcS IL III uildSSii dbiO
one. 1t has always seemed to the best
authorities on swine raising that if the
industry has reached a. point where there
Is no profit in feeding the animals with
suitable food SO that they may be mar
ketcd as safe and wholesome food for
human consumption, then their preceding
should be stopped. Authorities claim, and
We believe they are not alarmists, the time
will surely come when the eating Of pork
will No fn11cu,a6 NV an apilapic. that is
the consumption of pork raised on ques-
tionablc food of which surely city collected
garbage is the most to be condemned.
LIQUID FOOD FOR CHICKS.
The growing chicks ought to have an
abundance of liquid during the entire sum-
mar and good butternilk is one of the best
things possible to give them for it supplies
not only their desire and need for food but
water as well which is quite as essential
as food to the growing chicks. An excel
lent plan is to mix a portion Of bran with
the buttermilk, use skinned milk if other
use is had for the butternilk, so that 1t
will be like thin cruel. Feed 1t in small
quantities not giving more than the birds
will eat up clean but give it several times
a day. 1t is especially an ideal food fo1
chicks that are to be sold as broilerS o!
roasters. If the milk in some form cannot
be supplied to the poultry then see thai
they have an abundance of clean frcsf
water throughout the summer and this Is
as necessary to the well-being Of the Older
fowls as the younger ones. The moderate
feed of grains at the house, plenty o.
water and a free range ought to make the
chicks grow splendidly now and will i
they are also given what shade Is neces
sary to their comfort.
RAISING THE WRONG CROPS.
This is a business age and the man wh'
succeeds must do things on business, prln
ciples: there is no reason why business
principles should not be applied to farm
ing as we'll as to other lines of work, no
only in the selling of crops but of raising
them and particularly in raising the RICH
crops. If your best market demands oat
why raise wheat; if G and poultry ar
high and pork low why raise swine? /
there Is a good market for potatoes VIII,
raise more corn than is needed for one
own stock? If apples bring a good pric
and cherries are 6. drug on the market. 1
your section, why not set out apple trees
I and so on through the entire list. "A
around us we see farmers raising tn
: wrong crops and getting poorer each yea
It is not to be understood that the grow
] ing Of hay is advised if your soil is nc
5 suitable for that crop for that would be
: foolish move, but the soil Of almost ever
| farm, provided that soil is in good eond
; ton, will raise some one or more of tn
> crops for which there Is a better deman
: than for some other crops. If you are
farmer why not be a business farmer an
see what your customers want, If YOU
: soil will produce it and then go at it In
. business-like way.