The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-02-23

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exactly eight inches from the bottom.
then fit a bench or shelf on these cleats
length and held in place with two legs.
On his the pail is set while the mixer
occupies the top of the box and straddles
the pail. This appliance is readily made.
is firm on the floor and, except in unusual
cases. no COW would be likely to upset
either pail or mixer. The Illustration
shows the affair very plainly. (
> CARING FOR THE PIG PEN.
z The man who cleans his pig PEN once a
year, and that when the health officials
make him do 1t, is the man h pigs
have cholera and all other troubles to
which swine are heirs. The man who
would make profit from swine cleans hts
pens daily of the bulk Of the filth which
has accumulated, just as he cleans his
horse or COW stables; then, at least once
a month he goes at the job thoroughly and
uses plenty of lime and carbolic acid. II
the swine get lousy or NANCY a wash made
of one-third kerosene emulsion and two
thirds water is used briskly with a hand
broom. For the comfort of the animal The
bed is always abundant, the straw used
is bright n clean. and dry so that even
on cold nights the animals are reasonably
warm. The feed given at night should be
of a warming nature, during the winter.
and in considerable quantity SO the ami
mails will not get hungry too soon. Roots
should be given daily for the benefit OF the
digestive organs and anything in the way
of hay hat is given them should be moist
ened with hot water and given them as
warm as they will eat it. All OF this will
benefit them immensely.
GIVING MEDICINE TO HORSES.
Many farmers are constantly dosing
their horses for fear they may be III some
There are times when horses need medi-
line and at such times the animals should
receive the best of care. II possible they
should be taken from the stall usually oc-
.cupied and placed in a roomy box stall SO
that they may lie down in comfort IL they
wish. The food should be light, rather
loosening on the bowels in its general
effect and there should be plenty OF bed
ding and the animal o have frequent
drinks Of clean fresh water. II a liquid
medicine is to be given, do not follow the
usual plan of pouring it out of q bottle
down the throat Of the animal but get a
piece of garden hose fourteen or fifteen
inches long and a bottle with a neck so
that the hose will At over It nicely. Then
run the hose down the throat of the horse,
attach the bottle and pour way. There
will be no danger. In this plan, of the horse
breaking the bottle and getting it into his
throat nor of knocking 1t out Of ones
hand. After giving medicine to a horse
turn him into a clean stall with just a little
nice hay for him to MUNICH. If he will, and
forget the dose.
WATCH THE POULTRY CLOSELY.
/ Once more the advice Is given to
be very careful in the selection Of
breeding stock. The only way in
which this can be safely done Is to know
laying and to Know something, IL possible,
Of their ancestors. Many of the pullets
so carefully brought to laying time may
have proved, If watched, to be Of little
value as layers and they should be mar
keted at once SO as to get rid Of the ex-
ipense Of feeding them. To a certain ex-
tent the same is true with the old hens
for 1t is often found that an old hen will
lay we'll up to the first Of February and
then stop perhaps until midsummer. II
the hen is a year or more old and stops
laying for a month in one can
safely calculate that her usefulness Is
past. II she gets broody use her as an
incubator; II not, get her to the market as
soon as she can be properly fattened. The
birds that are being pushed with an idea
to mating them for breeding purposes
ought to be well fed but not so much that
they will be likely to stop laying. Above
all things see that the feed given them is
in considerable variety and that they
have plenty OF opportunity to exercise.
+, PLANNING EXPERIMENT PLOT.
The writer Is in receipt Of many letters
thanking him for SO constantly urging on
farmers and gardeners and fruit growers
the starting Of a plot on which to exper-
iment with new varieties and with fertil-
iizers. Under such conditions the liberty is
taken OF agitating the subject again. The
assertion is made without fear OF contra
'diction that II farmers would adopt this ex-
pertinent plot plan they would save large
sums now wasted. The idea is to take a
plot OF ground average in character and
richness and fertilizer 1t as n would a
strip on which any crop was to be grown.
Then buy a few of the new varieties Of
fruits. vegetables, grains or grasses in
which one is interested and test them one
or more years on this plot. Many Of them
will prove utterly worthless the first year
while others will require two or ever
three SEASONS test to prove their value on
your soil and In your climate. The beauty
of the plan Is that II any of the new sorts
are of value with you one Is in a position
to plant largely as o o as the seeds or
plants are sold at a moderate price which
is usually after the second year. In no
other way can one test q new sort SO
thoroughly for there is no guess work
,about It; you know just h 1t will do
under normal conditions on your own soil.
In most cases the crop from the expert
ment plot viii be sufficient to warrant the
expense Of time, seeds or'plants and labor
30 hat It is a profitable operation In more
ways than one.
BROADENING FARM OPERATIONS.
/, The writer is known as an old time farm
er: that Is. one who learned his early
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