Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24
FARM AND HOME.
Seasonable Hints,

s~easonable Hints.
A FEW pieces of bark of the root OF
sassafras put in their nests will prevent
or cure lice on hens.
IT is said that the seed of the castor
oil bean, If planted where moles are
most troublesome, will drive them away.
This remedy, If it is q remedy, is easily
tried and is worth testing.
WATER contaminated with decomposed
animal matter is a common cause OF dls-
ease. and this polluted water is very
often that which is alone used by the
farmer and his family.
COOP dairymen contend that milk is
partly absorbed when kept for a long
time in the udder, asserting that cows
MIXED thrice a day produce more and
better milk than if they were MIXED
only twice a day.
THE English feed for tattening sheep
consists Of cotton seed and turnips.
They claim it will put on the most fat,
is the safest feed, makes the best mutton
at a less cost, and produces the best and
strongest manure.
AN English grape-grower, whose vines
were much affected by the mealy bug,
applied, with a small brush, a mixture of
a pint of spirits of wine and four ounces
of petroleum. He describes the result as
" wonderful" the insects were destroyed
and the plants suffered no harm.
THE best time for transplanting ever
i greens is lust as the buds are beginning
to swell in spring; but if much earth is
carried with the roots, or enough to hold
them erect against the wind, standing
on the surface of the ground, they may
be set at almost any time, except when
at the most rapid period of growth.
A ST. ANNE (Ill.) correspondent OF the
Prairie Farmer writes: 81 have found
a way to protect peach trees against
frost, which consists in training the trees
in bush form and tying packages OF
branches, and twisting prairie hay about
them; the hay having been twisted into
a rope. This is a very rapid and cheap
way to protect them.
FARMERS should have a few grape
vines. From no species OF fruit can SO
much be produced upon a given area OF
ground space. Planted along on the
south or east side of the fence, they can
be trained up on treilisses to quite a
height, if desirable, and the amount of
most delicious fruit that can be grown
upon a we'll managed grape vine OF the
right variety is astonishing.
IT is now high time to strike cuttings.
The most of the soft wooded plants, that
will strike at all, may be placed in sau-
GERS of thoroughly wet sand and kept so.
Place the cuttings in the sand from l to
IL. inches in depth, the sand being 3 or
4 inches deep. Place them in the sun
light, and when roots have formed half
an inch long, transplant them.-Pra.r't
Farmer.
JUST before the chick breaks from it,
narrow cell, the last of the yolk is taken
into the stomach, which gives it the
strength to make its own grand effort FOL
freedom. This food will certainly last
twelve, if not twenty-fOur hours after il
is free. During that time no other food
is needed; only rest is required for the
little stranger after its e~xhausting labor
-Poulry World.
HoRsERApIsH is a plant easily grown
and is very agreeable to most persons a
a seasoning to meats, and is considered
healthy excitant of appetite. 1t can b.
grown from cuttings in any deep, rict
soil, or even in a mucky one. 1t is hes
after standing out all winter. In tn
vicinity of cities it is extensively cult
waited as a market crop, and is found Il
be very profitable. For family use
few plants will suffice.
Do those extra teeth in colts, calle'
"wolf teeth" injure the sight? Shoul
they be removed, and how? DR.. Horn
gave the results of the examination Q
, over 1000 horses, of which 20 per cent
had then, or had previously had, vol
teeth false molars), and only one shove
signs of any disease in the eyes. If tn
e extra teeth trouble the horse in eating
: they should be pulled, which can easil
: be done with a heavy pair of dentists
]. forceps.-C Country Gentleman.
AN orchardist, who creased trees wit
. lard to keep rabbits away, tells the Ga
dener's Monthly that the applicable
Q caused the bark to peel, and that ne
/ bark grew, on part Of them. A neighb'
l "rubbed carbon Oil on a fine lot
trees" for the same purpose, and Il
next summer they were dead as doc
d nails. He adds that when he wants
young tree to make q fine growth
ties hay or straw from the branches
the ground, and thinks he has thus i
sured the life of several which could n
D otherwise have been saved.
Ia For early spring use, SOW cucumbe
in hot-beds, leaving three plants in o
" hill to each sash. For general crop. Sc
: in May or beginning OF June, after t
ground has become warm, in very ri
soil, in hills four or five feet apart ca
way, ~elevating the hills a little above t
% ground. Put eight seeds in each hi
q. having buried some warm, half-rott
J. manure therein, cover half an inch de
with fine sell, and lightly press the cal
~ over the seeds with the back of a h
Keep the ground loose and clear
~ weeds; in dry weather water occasit
ally. Thin out, leaving four thri1
A. plants in each hill, then insect danger
past. Sprinkle vines with plaster. q
- or a~ir-slacked lime to protect from
sects. A warm location is most suitat
~ Sow early varieties of cabbage in b
" beds from February till April, thin {
OF the plants to hasten development, a
n admit plenty of air. The later variet
are sown in May, for general crop in
I'd open ground. Transplant, when :
at inches high, into well-manured soil d
co ing the month of June, if sufficiently
Id veloped. For early varieties. one an
sy half to two feet each way between
&c plants, and two and half feet apart
the late varieties, are the respect
proper distances. Transplant before
!, shower, or in moist weather, giving e,
~ plant water occasionally, when need
ne at the root. The ground must be v
us worked to produce good heads. I
often and draw the earth up around
plants. Cabbage should not follow c
'o- bage or turnips successfully.
Of PLANTING out celery may be d.
No. from the goth of June to the Goth
,fy July. The old practice of planting
ali trenches is largely superseded now
'iv fat culture. For small gardens, VIII