Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-11-13

Ssasonahls Hints.
A SUPERIOR grating wax may be
made by mixing one pint Of linseed oil,
six pounds rosin, and one pound of bees
wax. The oil will admit of . greater
proportion Of rosin than where tallow ID
used.
WOODEN floors arc objected to for
poultry houses, for the reason that they
tend to cause the birds to become duck
footed, and what is of more consequence,
absorb and retain dampness from the
droppings and 30 prove q source of
cramp and other ailments.
Fowls need charcoal when in confne-
ment; but that from wood is not palata-
Bile to them. The best way to furnish
il is BY charring an ear of corn. The
fowls will devour it greedily, and the
improved color of their combs vii soOn
show its wholesome effect.
THESE last rains have laid the dust,
moistened the ground and made digging
pleasant. All the perennial garden roots
may be moved now; the sooner the bet
ter. If done q little too hastily a buck
ct OF two of water in the time Of it, and
q mulch Of stable manure Just before
winter, will make it all right.
OK stiff clays, barley may yield a
greater produce, but it is OF a coarser
quality. On light chalky soils, it is
shin-skinned, rich in color, and, though
light in weight, we'll adapted for malt.
ing. On loamy lands and sandy narls,
it assumes q greater plumpness, yet, still
retains its mailing quality.
MANURE applied to anything now
viii work wonders. In furnishes the
means and let's the plant know before
hand, that business is going to BE- brisk
next season. Manuring in the fall has
the came effect upon perennial vegeta.
ton that a stable currency has upon a
trade.
A sHKEP's front teeth the first rear
are eight in number, appearing all of a
size. Second year two middle one are
shed out and replaced by two much
larger than the others. Third year two
very small ones appear-one OF either
side of the eight. At the end Of the
fourth year there are six large teeth.
Six years all begin to show wear-not
till then.
CABBAGE has superior value for feed.
ing purposes. English cattle feeders
assert that their beasts prOgressf faster on
cabbage, mixed with plenty of fine cut
wheat STRAW and cotton cake, than any
other vegetable. Cabbage contains one
part f1esh-forming substance to three Of
heat producing, while in potatoes the
lesh-forming is only one to twenty
Cabbage is also rich. in mineral matter.
ONE great leak on the farm is found
in the way stock is kept, Some try ia
stop the leak by seeing how small q
quantity of food will sustain life, and
often succeeded by having their stocl
almost entirely leak away whilst theil
neighbor who feeds bounteously does
not have this leak to contend with, bu,
generally has = profit to apply to thu
stoppage of the leaks.
A WRITER in an exchange says: Ex
p~erienee gained the past season goes t.
show that liberal manuring is the most
economical. We al see in the past
harvest where $500 worth more fertil
izer per acre would have given twice
that value of grain. There can be M
doubt that artificial manuring must be
come q part of our settled practice in
the future, and making q few careful
experiments will give valuable expert.
ence a. to the use Of these fertilizers.
MI CHEEvER, of the New England
Former, very justly says that " the ques
ton whether butter made from mill
that is closed in tight ans a. soon q.
drawn, is every way equal that made
from milk that is exposed to the opeI
air, Is We believe, still an undecided one
much would depend upon the purity O.
the milk when brought to the milk room
and also upon the purity of the air il
which it is set. We never drank sweet
er or better milk than that which ha.
been submerged in Cody cans, within
ten minutes after being drawn from tn,
cow"
A WRITER sends to the Elmira Far
mer's club the following cure for gals
on the shoulders of draught animals
which he says is the best he ever used
Dissolve six drachms of iodine in half
pint of alcohol, and apply 1t on the sor,
with a feather as soon as the collar is re
moved, and when at rest, twice a day
morning aud evening. The articl,
should be in the stable of every farmer
as it is an excellent application on horse
where the skin is broken by kicks o.
other accidents, and is q sure cure TO,
splints if used in a proper manner
Practical Farmer
FRESH laid eggs in the winter arr
worth much more than summer eggs
and by the requisite care and pains taEel
every poultry raiser may have q goot
crop of eggs in the winter. A warn
place with q southern exposure shoult
be provided, and the fowls be well sup
piled with stimulating food. A mea
diet is necessary for laying fowls, ant
the supply of insects being cut of by tn,
cold weather, the loss should be made
up by small rations of fresh meat, thre,
or four times q week. Parched CORE
oats and buckwheat are excellent foot
for laying hens. The light Brahsmas
and Leghorns are considered among the
best Neutrality-suspicious. Farmer.
NEARLY every farmer has surplus ap
pies, or some other fruit that the bow,
of the neighborhood, and especially o.
the neighboring village, long for. Tel
them yeu will give them q peck of ap
pies for a bushel of bones, and you vii
have plenty of customers. Then late in
the fall, take a little waste wood, pile il
with the bones in a heap, and burn then
Until they are white, and can be pulver
lied with the back of . shovel. This
gives you what is called bone-ash, 8
powerful fertilizer, and just what il
wanted is an ingredient of the compost
heap. 1t is the cheapest way both tt
get and utilize the waste bones, thou
ands of bushels of which lie around in