The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-02-15

Of sawdust tramped down to give q level
surface. Figure 5 shows the drain pipe.
The smaller diagram shows how the lum-
Der is put together. The boards Of COM
mon lumber both inside and outside are
Indicated by A while X shows tho air
m between. P indicates 4 layer Of
paper and lastly, on the outside, the clap
boards shown at c.. The illustration Is
plain and will serve as a guide for build
ing IN any dimensions desired. On the
farm where poultry. milk and fruit Is
raised an ice house Is a necessity and #
one is near a body of water that freezes
the Ice obtained is worth all it's costs to
haul it and to build a house for 1t.
FEEDING LAMBS IN WINTER.
There is considerable difference of op.n-
ion between expert sheep raisers on the
subject of winter feeding of lambs. the
claim being made on the one hand that
the lamb can only be carried through the
winter in good shape on a ration COM
posed largely of grains, while Others feed
ers claim this method to be ~extravagant
and advocate the feeding of high class
roughage almost exclusively. AS for the
latter plan il is admitted that the season
OF feeding is Of necessity longer to obtain
the best results but that is BALANCED by the
decreased cost. Tho experience of other
feeders is along the line OF using both
grains and roughage in%telligently, start
ing the lambs ON the best Of clover hay
and alfalfa is possible and when they get
large enough feed a small ration of corn,
increasing it as they grow. On farms
where root crops can be grown and where
some portion can be given over to small
crops OF grain it pays to follow the plan
OF both grain and roughage for the lambs
particularly if the latter can be fed in
racks in large comfortable sheds where
the lambs will have plenty of exercise.
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and sweet fodder in the racks they will
consume surprisingly large quantities Of
and thrive on it.
TIMOTHY HAY FOR COWS,
The man with a good crop of first class
timothy hay and a good herd of mich
COWS is to be envied for he can sell the
hay at a price which will enable him to
buy almost anything his COWS need to give
the best results. With a crop Of oat hay
or oat straw as it is generally known, on
hand the sale of the timothy to horsemen
will enable him to buy all of the grain
needed to make with the oat straw a
splendid balanced ration. The timothy
hay is first class for horses, but very poor
feeding for cows that are being MIXED.
Bran, corn meal, oil meal and gluten meal
IN equal quantities fed with the oat straw
as rougi1age Will give the mich COW q
pretty well balanced ration which will
bring the rich milk. Add to this OCCASION
al feeds of root crops, keep the COWS clean
and comfortable and well watered and tho
results should be entirely satisfactory.
Ihe beauty Of this plan is that at the us
ual price for clover hay and the price for
timothy the sale of the timothy will nav
nearly the entire cost of the other good
things recommended for the COW.
GROUND FEED FOR HORSES.
Horses do much better when thew grind
their own feed no matter what It NAV he !
herce. except on special occasions, il is
not desirable to let horses have ,nycb
ground food. Corn, II fed should be given
sheilcd at times and other times ON tho
ear; other grains should invariably be !
given whole and, only on rare occasions |
shonid the hay be cut very fine. Timothy
or mixed hay should be fed, the former to
pc preferred. Fed the proper "a lions in |
thls way with some roots occasionally |
there will be little danger of Indigestion
provided the horse Is properly stabbed |
where there IS considerable ventilation.
exercise and good water are. of course. es-
senc1al and with the other things men
toned there ought to be little trouble with !
the morse at any time. During the winter
grooming should be done with special care
FOR with the thick coat 1t is apt to get |
dirty and tEe<i.rts go out Of sight unless |
the grooming is done thoroughly each day.
use the comb, the brush and a large cloth |
for the final rubbing off OF the dust by the
brush.
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