Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-05-29
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Practical Hints.

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Praottoal Hints.
: CLOVER increases in dry weight unit
l the blossom il matured.
A CORD of green hard wood weigh
upwards of three toms. Some teamster
; seem to be ignorant of the fact.
: A WESTERN farmer thinks wheat doe
best ON clover sward, summer-fallowe'
and the wheat sowed in the fall.
CRUDE carbolic acid mixed with sixt,
parts water is recommended for killing
ticks on sheep.
CAPHORErTED water Is said to be ex
cellent for gapes in chickens. A pill o
camphor gum, the size of a pea, may b
given.
In Spain they are beginning to feed
cattle with forage intermingled with
ground bones in order to increase th,
dose Of phosphate of lime in food.
SALT at the rate of about five bushel.
to an acre is said to be excellent fol
wheat. It is especially advantageous on
muck or humus soils. Apply it as q tor
dressing.
ALWAYS cook the meat which you
give to poultry. 1t goes twice a far fol-
food, and is more nourishing. Chop il
fine and salt it, Al you do for family use.
Mix it with scalded wheat or corn meal.
An English gardener saved his onions
from the maggot" by pouring over the
bed water nearly boiling hot. But if
the enemy has eaten itself overhead,
then do what you like; the crop is done
for"
We know of no humbug 80 thoroughly
exploded AZ the "hulless cat" is sow.
We know that the hulless oat had been
grown for some centuries in Great Britain
and Ireland without ever becoming any
thing more than a curiosity Toronto
Globe.
POULTRY roosts should never be
allowed in horse or Gov stables. Hen
lice are very apt to attach themselves to
the animals, to their serious detriment.
Nothing is more surely calculated to de-
stroy their appetite and prevent them
from taking on flesh.
LEGUMINOUs plants contain more
nitrogen than gasses. Hence the value
of clover when fed to animals. 1t not
only furnishes muscle, but the manure
resulting is more valuable than that
from grass alone.
As soon az the upper portion of the
straw or the cereals becomes yellow, no
further increase takes place in the weight
of the seed. If the grain be not cut
down soon after the appearance of this
sign its quality deteriorates and its
weight diminishes.
1NNUMERABLE wire-worms were put
in permanent pickle by A. Bromley,
Riga, N. Y. Having a field terribly in
tested with that pest he prepared the soil
for grain, b~roadcasted over three bushels
per acre of refuse salt" delivered on
the cars at Syracuse at 81. 5O''-harrowed
it in, drilled the seed, and has seen no
effect of the wire-worms since"
IT is said that though each of the 40
cows kept on the Illinois farm of Israel
Boies, could " rise up and call him bless
ed as a feeder, the cost Of their support
during the past winter was only ia
cents per day per head, all the feed being
thoroughly steamed. 1t is also stated
that there is no place in America where
farmers feed SO high as within five miles
of Elgin, and no farmers who get &C
much money from milk.
You've chicks should O be coming
forward. As a rule, those Matched thi,
month, if in good breeds, will begin to
lay early in the fall, and continuing
through the winter will brood early mex,
spring. The profit of feeding laying
hens when eggs are scarce is obvious
The loss Of feeding "dead heads
through the winter, to lay only wher
eggs are plenty, is apparent.
Pros given a run at grass will do best
The orchard, sown to clover, might wei
be appropriated to them in part. Tn,
effect will be beneficial in two ways; tn
pigs will have good grazing, and man,
vermin will be destroyed. If the pig
gnaw the bark, was the lower part of tn
trees with some thin mud mixed witt
cow-dung. A feeding coop is useful 70
young pigs. In this, some milk in
shallow pan may be given them withou
disturbance from older ones.
The annual yield of potatoes in tn
United States, according to the return
of the last census, was NEARLY 10000,
600 bushels. In view of the increasin
attention lately given tn this crop it vii
doubtless show at the close of the pre-
sent decade a large increase in tn
amount of the yield. as we'll as in tn
number and improvement of varieties
In fact, it may be safely assumed thai
in spite of the fears of many in regar
to the ravages of the beetle, this Gro
will still show a yield at the next Ger
sus of over 2OO, 1000, 900 bushels.
The most profit from q sheep is t
raise a lamb hat will sell for more tina
the mother is worth. This q be easiI
done by caring well for the earlies
lambs. A lamb, 80 days old and vel
fattened, will often sell for $40 in tn
cities, and half that in country village,
A half-breed CotswOld lamb, fed no,
with q little mixed 0utmeal and braE
and sucked by q native eve, will max
an excellent market lamb. Lambs no,
being fed should be protected from col
storms, and the ewes should have som
extra feed.
MANY farmers who find that thei
"medders kind O. run eout f" forget no,
much a crop of grass exhausts the sol
A crop of English hay, weighing tw
tons, removes from the soil about 6
pounds of nitrogen, 20 pounds of POI
ash, and Is pounds of phosphoric acic
From an acre, a crop of clover hay
weighing 2& tons, abstracts about II
pounds Of nitrogen, 10 pounds of poi
ash, and 80 pounds of phosphoric acid
Two or three crops grown in succession
and without manure, would almost ex
haust the best land.
Now, with hard work, teams requir
good care. Horses will come from tn
field in much better condition If the
are protected from worry by the file,
The best protection is q thin sheet mad
to fit the neck, with holes for the ear
and to buckle under the throat, and
cover the back, hanging loosely at til
sides to give access Of air beneath. !
should be held by a crupper band bt
meath the tail. Too much corn fed no,