The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-10

times daily. 81 vii he a little trouble hut
u will pay we'll To wash every drinking
vessel daily with scAldinR water and let
u dry out In the sun before q u used again
for water for the chicks.
90 you KNOW YOUR FARM7
u 10 safc TO say that In no other profess
saon. for farming IL q profession " properly
carried on. are thcte 30 few practitioners
who und, rStand the fundamental prin-
cipics of their work a. among farmers
We call Ia a physician and feel that IL he
cannot tell us pretty nearly what the
trouble IL with the patient that he does
not understand his business. We give
case to- a lawyer and II he makes "A mess
81 Il We feel. aud rightly. that he u not up
Ia his profession. We OF the farm have
poor crop under normal weather conditions
and guess At the whyfor. if We plow and
sow We hop. the soil will bring a certain
return: 81 It docs not. how many OF Us can
tell why. The truth OF the matter Is We
plow and SOW without much regard to why
We do a. and with Eiill less regard OF what
oar soil needs are ana IL We have supplied
them. II every soiT worker In the country
could take course OF one year In prac-
tiCai soil chemistry there would be such
change In farming operations and results
aS would siartlc the world. We read and
see many agricultural successes and In
each and every ease We would find II We
Investigated. that the owner az the farm
was we'll acquainted with 81. as well
acquainted with the ease as the successful
lawyer Is who wins a ease b-for. the bar.
Why not begin TO study the farm? IL sure
| Is will pay.
GREEN FOOD FOR SWINE.
II the swine are not ON the range and
hence without access TO green food during
the summer they snould be supplied with
IL In the pens " one would have them
thrive. Make IL business To pull up
| weeds for a half hour daily and cart them
to the p!g pen: amy weed that is not pol
| sonous vii! do the swine good and they
Will eat them Rrccdily. Change the diet a
little occasionally by giving them some
grass or any vegetable tops from the gar
den. DO not give them a great lot or
green stun one day. 80 much that they
waste a portion OF ~. and none for
week. hut lei them have all they Will eat
up clean and give q to them several times
a week. Give them also all the fresh wa
ter they want with a shady corner and
you will ind tina; these inexpensive things
will make the food given them count for
much more than II would otherwise.
SUMMER WATER FOR cows.
when one has pasture through which
| n stream runs he considers himself fortu-
nate 80 far as the water question ~ con-
ccrnsd. bu; there IL much danger In such
! a situation unless one IN sure OF the stream
for "a considerable distance before the wa
ter reaches his pasture. What Is the
stream used for by thoSc who have access
| to IL bcfor. "a reaches you. If you do not
know IL II a good plan To nnd out before
the COWS are permitted To drink from ~.
After all there H. nothing like water from
a Roud well 80 located that IL cannot be-
come contaminated In any way: true. IL
takes time TO get the water out and TO tho
cows or the cows to the water. but Il n
usually time well spent. DO not work on
| the plan thai the cows can drink all the
water they need at morning and night
hence can 40 without Il between these per-
iods. Probably they can. but did you ever
count the effect on the milk pail?
CURING ALFALFA FOR HAY.
| Many farmers who have had their FIRST
experience with alfalfa have had some
difficulty In curing the hay: they treat II
az they do timothy or other grasses and
Ind Il loses much OF It's virtue cured In
this manner: as "A matter OF fact such
process IL not curing. but drying and al
faifa will not stand drying. The best
plan OF curing 10 which has yet been tried
| ~ to- rake the alfalfa into winrows soon
as IL can be handled TO advantage: IL -
| then cooked up into small cocks and COW
| cred with the regulation muslin hay caps
which have weights at the corners. In
TINS way u cures perfectly III lett Tor nNe
or six days and then taken out allowed To
dry Ia the sun for half a day and then
caried to the barn. This plan holds the
| color In the alfalfa and cures the plant
perfectly without drying II out. II those
who have had trouble with the curing OF
alfalfa viii try this plan there will be no
trouble In curing the hay so as TO retain
| It's fun value.
COMFORT FOR HEN AND CHICKS.
| II Is a cruel plan which shuts OF tho
air almost entirely from the hen with "A
brood OF chicks by placing n board In
| front az the cop Mt night: nor N such "A
plan necessary II one will take the trouble
\ to build a coop or coops after the follow
I ing plan. Huild the coop after the usual
plan slipping IN" roof to the rear and COW
} Cring IA" front with Stats except at one
lower corner where u door should DO ar
ranged go that the hen can he easily lct
| out when desired. To solve the problem OF
plenty Of fresh mir. and a. the same tim"
! freedom from proving small animals con-
Struct "A screen. make the frame large
enough To- completely cover the front OF
the coop and cover u with wire netting:
at either side flSten strap with "A hole
\ In tine end ana on the sides Of the coop
place "a S'rcw over which the straps arr
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