Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-12
B ECONOMY.


Practical 61nte.
UxBucKLE Q harness before cleaning
and oiling it.
NEVER, under any circumstances,
leave your milkstrainer 1t the barn over
night.
II you will plant SEED Of the castor
bean whore moles are most troublesome,
it will drive them away.
INSECTS on vines an be driven OF by
sprinkling the vines with plaster, SCOT OF
a~ir-slacked lime.
THIS il the time of year to plant Man.
gel Wertzel seed. 1t il great mistake te
plant two or three inches deep. One
inch is enough.
Do not trim up your trees Eve or sir
feet. Let the limbs of the tree come
near the ground. In other words, short.
en- in your tree.
THE great English agricultural writer
and practical farmer, Jethro Tull, living
and writing 100 years ago, held that fire..
quent blowing and stirring the soil "a.
equivalent to q liberal cost Of manure.
To prevent cistern water from becom.
ing offensive and impure, have the sup
ply pipe run nearly to the bottom of The
we'll, where the supply of purest water
il always to be obtained.
WORKS in horses are caused from hard
work, poor food, and general neglect
For ordinary cases of worms, common
salt, nutritious food and pure water will
prove satisfactory. Salt should always
be kept in the stall of horses.
CAULLFLowER should be tra~neplanted
in rows some two feet apart, leaving
about two feet between the plants. Cui
tivate a. cabbage. Aid the growth BY
liberal manuring, and protect from ne
sun BY breaking its leaves over the bead
when in flower.
A SIMPLE remedy to prevent the pres-
of moles and mice in and around
hot-bedA, was told to us . few days
since, viz: Stick pieces of green elder
bushes into the ground in the premise.
infested, and these troublesome creatures
will give it q wide berth.
The Chinese, with whom agriculture
is held in higher estimation than with US,
were the first to use night-soil. They
forbid its waste and furnish receptacles to
receive it. They mix it with clay and
then make dried cakes of it, which can
be transported any distance, or preserved
any length Of time.
THOSE who buy currant or gooseberry
bushes - late - this, will do we'll to cut
them severely back. No fruit would be
born this year if this were not done, and
the expanded leaves not receiving q sufi.
cheney of sap from the roots, will ex.
haust the stems and cause weakness from
which it may require a year or 50 to re.
cover.-C olmdn's Rural World.
To wash the wool on the sleeps back
is not a profitable practice. The wool i.
not half washed, and the difference in
price will not pay for the loss in weight,
to say nothing Of the trouble and risi
for both men and flock. If the sheer
are kept reasonably clean, and the WOO
free from rubbish, it will be found better
than having to wash them to get rid o.
unnecessary filth.
PEAR BLIGHT.-This troublesome dis
ease, 70 much in the way of the pear.
grower, has been very successfully traced
for its origin to q vegetable parasite of Z
fungoid character. The remedy is a
vigorous growth If the trees. A tree en-.
tirely healthy and vigorous is not liable
to be attacked by q fungus-decline and
decay are the conditions favorine
growths of that character.-Fruit Record
er.
In Cheshire, England, which is a great
grazing country, the land that has been
underdrained and top-dressed with
ground bones will carry one COW to each
acre through the summer, but the land
not thus treated will only carry one COW
to two acres. The dressing of bones
upon pasture land there is 200 to l,
600 pounds per acre, once in seven years
Would it not be economy to improve oul
pastures up to q higher standard thai
now prevails!
MAKE the roads everywhere on tn,
farm before the ground is firmly settled
- it makes the best job and is not 70 apl
lervssh away by heavy rains. Wher
too harm aay-making then the ground il
thrown into ok or pillow, and what il
draws heavy when t.remsins loose. anc
hay and grain. But VINCE to haul in
early in the spring it settles tfA. made
by the time the haynaking and hartes,
ing comes.
HEN manure should be mixed wit
earth. Seeds are lost by planting thel
where too much hen ~>.~-> h~. hc
druppAA. riaster is good to mix wit
it; but q better way to use hen manur,
especially for the garden, il to put it i
barrels, half filing them, and then pou
in soft water until full. Take the liqui
after the manure il we'll soaked and al
ply it when needed. Be sure to vi
soft water; rain water is best.-Farmer
Friend.
AN eastern farmer says: "After e,
primenting with all the varieties {
corn sowing in broadcast, in drills, an
cultivated by hoeing it, l have come
the conclusion that the best and mo,
profitable way to raise corn fodder is I
plant sweet corn; put your rows thre
feet apart, plant thick, not more tina
three feet apart, put in six to eigf
stalks in a hill, manure heavily, keep
clear of weeds, hoe two or three time
and you will have an abundant crop {
the best kind of fodder for mich COWS.
A MAN in Bethlehem, Conn, has ha
'~tnatented q new instrument for milkin
co.. 1t consists of four small llvs
y .SSeut the size of . knitting-ne'
dle, WITH h:les in the sides, the enc
rounded q vary smooth. The tub,
are inserted into small indiarrubb<
tubes about six inches long. fastened i.
eetner at the lower end. When the tubs
are inserted into the teats about m inc
the milk will Immediately dow in a COZ
tinuous stream until the last drop
drained. ~ "AoP
The large crop of fruit throurhou
the west this year will be- blessing 70 n
classes, and growers, Il IL to be h6nef
will carefully sort their fruit and nc
fhne choice fruit together. and II Fl
green worthless stuff must be cold. rae
II BY itself-it will pay the producer. :
better prices will be paid for ali choic
fruit, and more of It will be honoh
with that growers brand when il prove
- be q choice article. Too much car,
cannot be used in sorting fruit for mar
ret to get the best priceA- Wssesy,
A0rtcu{turisk. '