Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-10-23
RURAL ECONOMY.


3 Practical Notes.
{ II cornstalks are to be saved for foo
, der they should be cut ~ soon ~ tn
! grain d glazed.
The quality Of the dung of animall
~ 2 manure, always depends IN tn
7 quality Of the food.
I, WEEDS about the walls and building
: should be cut before permitting them 3
mature seeds, and burned. A singh
weed neglected will be q frightful SQUIRE
Of evil next season.
ROor crops of all kinds are usual,
crowded; one we'll developed and quickly
grown root il better than two or thre,
starved ones.
The farmer who keeps all the stock hi
farm will safely carry, and feeds then
fat,' % has fat acres, even If they
were not originally 10, from the manur,
returned to the soil And the fatter the
cattle are made the better the soil viii
become. So fat cattle make fat farmers
GRAVEL, sand or some other similar
substance is almost a. essential to the
fowls we'll being a. is food, and If fowls
are kept in confinement, and not sup
piled with this, no matter how much
grain You may supply, they will NOT
thrive, or even keep healthy for any
length Of time.
BEET root affords q very grateful food
for cattle, sheep and swine, xnd Is better
raw than boiled or steamed. The fatten.
ing qualities are not equal to 1.-THE Swed-
ish turnip, but for mich cows and for
nursing ewes in the spring, it exceeds
any turnip plant in the juicy property.
1t is highly beneficial to store pigs
through the winter.
THIS item is going the rounds: cit
may not be generally known that COM
mon cooking soda is a sure remedy for
the bite of q rattlesnake, if applied soon
enough. An incisi0n may be made to
the depth of the wound made by the
fangs of the snake and into this cut the
soda should be sprinkled. 1t will i'm
mediately bubble up and turn green,
caused by the action of the soda in neu-
tralizing the acid of the poison"
The fall months offer seasonable on.
portunity for making permanent inn
provements on the farms. Much of this
work of ditching, retaining wet land,
the repairing and making of stone walls,
the general repairing of premises in
places where needed, can be profitably
done between the periods of harvest and
frost, a the weather is apt to be pleasant,
the days long and labor cheap.
SPONGE is an expensive article in the
stable, for when constantly in use it soon
decays. To employ it to the best ad-
vantage a double supply should be
always on hand, one piece being in use
for q week, and then put by to dry for q
similar period. In this way a soft, fab
by and nearly WORKOUT sponge RECEIVERS
its texture, while sponge treated on this
plan will last fully three times as long
a. if it is constantly wet from first to
last.
Pools in a pasture which are liable to
be tr0dden into mud by the cattle should
BE- deepened and sufficiently paved, and
if supplied through underground pipes,
these should be protected at the outlet.
1t il often the NJ hat a deep drain
near the house will remove the stagnant
water of the soil, and add to the comfort
and health of the family, while a stone
or tile drain passed under the road will
add to the convenience and attractive.
ness of the roadway in spring and peri.
DDS of wet.
IT is q SOW of the Poland China breed
is q years old, and will nearly, if moi
quite, raise the beam at 900 pounds
She measures 6 feet from the tip of heI
nose to her tail; stands 80 inches high,
and measures 2 feet across her back,
Colonel Wallace bought her when q pic
from . Collin county farmer, who i'm.
ported the stock from Kentucky. She il
certainly q massive piece of evidence
toward recording North Texas as a good
hog-raising country.-Sherman (1sz.,
Register.
OFTENTIMEs a shed built in the barn.
yard and facing the south will be found
q profitable adjunct to the stock of farm.
er's winter resources; atany rate, q tight
board fence on the north and east sides,
or preferably on all sides, will be found
of great value. 1t is also q good idea to
conduct the drainage from the roof sur.
faces, by means of cutters, 80 it shall not
drip into the yard and accumulate in
places which by all means should be
kept dry; for frozen watersurface
about the buildings has been responsible
for many accidents to stock through
slipping, which may be productive Of
strains, fractures or internal injury.
The experiment of an agricultural ex.
hibition the farmers clubs, oranges,
agricultural societies and towns ID
soon to be tried for the first time in Mas.
sachusetts, upon an entirely new plan.
Preparations have been going on through
the entire summer. AT the coming fail
the attempt will be made to show prin.
| ciples as well products, and to stimulate
a greater development of agricultural
resources. No money will be paid out
in premiums, but the funds accruina
from the exhibition will be expended il
paying for agricultural lectures during
the coming winter, to be given in the
several towns entitled to them, from
having been awarded premiums at thu
fair.-Prairie Farmer.
THOSE who first introduced into on
country the improved breeds of stock
who paid from $1,000 TO $1,000 for q
Merino buck or q Durham bull, or wht
paid the high price for a Berkshire, {
Suffolk, or an Essex pig, were laughed al
rs examples Of folly, but where is tn.
sensible man who does not now see tina
they were benefactors and promoters o.
their country's good-who does not new
see that the Improvement of our stock il
worth = thousand times to our country
what these innovations COST And VIII
does not see that those who have giveI
the example of thorough culture, O
mixed husbandry, Of a rotation of crops
of understanding, of cheese manufacto
ries and ~creameries, have been the pro
moters of the farmers good. These i'm
provements have all been first INTRODUCED
by the so-called scientific farmer, not O
necessity the classic student, but b,
those who think and act in accordance
with scientific principlea-Rural Home
IT is remarked bya German paper tina
there is 4 great difference in the nutri
tive qualities of different foods, com
monty known q green foods, and ais
that they vary with the age of the plant
thus in clover and lucerne the most i'm
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