Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-03-13
A r N HOUSEHOLD,
ADVICE.

Doasonsbls Advice.
The female canker worm sscends o
= pie trees early in the spring-frequentl
in warm March-t0 lay her eggs. Loo
out for her.
81 HARNESS will be greatly improved b
taking it apart, washing with soap an
= water, and dressing it with some GOO
waterproof preservative.
IT is nov time to prepare for hot bed
y II is necessary to have the bed prepares
d and part of the extra heat of ferment'
ton to pass off before the seeds are s0wi
. AT q recent farmers' meeting in Mass,
8 chusetts q speaker gave . recipe for NAL
ing farming pay, NJ follows: "Hay
1 but one business, and get up in tn
! morning and see to il yourself"
A LUMP of rock salt kept in q shed Q
under cover, where the animals can lie
it at will. is the safest way to give thi
necessary condiment. Given to excess
; it is hurtful, especially to pigs.
: FROM the middle of February to tn
! middle Of May stock require pecnlia
care, and especially young stock. Foo'
! is cheap, and by all means keep tn
stock improving. Amy other course il
the highest folly in a farmer.
PROVIDE all seed that may be wanted
Mt o &c. Choose those kinds that hav.
been carefully grown and free from
weeds. Order corn, oats clover timO
thy and other garden seeds at once, tt
be on hand when wanted.
AN old farmer gives his opinion in
the Michigan Farmer as follows: "From
long observation / am more and more
convinced that a loose, friable bed for
wheat is q mistake, and that compression
or solidity in the soil is a necessity to
prevent the failure of the root in taking
hold of the ground after sowing"
A HEN may be calculated to consume
one bushel of corn yearly, and to lay
twelve dozen, or eighteen pounds of eggs.
This is equivalent to saying that 81
pounds of corn will produce, when fed
to this hen, pound Of eggs. A ABOUND
of pork, on the contrary, requires about
| five and one-third pounds Of corn for its
production. When eggs are "a cents a
dozen. and pork is 10 cents q pound, We
have the bushel of corn fed producing
1928 worth of eggs and but $l.O5 worth
Of pork.
LIGHT feeding Of grain is preferable
for ewes at this season. Too much corn
meal will be positively injurious. Half
a pint Of corr q day will be sufficient,
alternated with q pint of wheat, bran, OF
whole rye. A mixture of one quart of
salt and n ounce of sulphur, placed in
a box where the sheep a always reach
it, will be beneficial. Early lambs with
their dams should have warm pen in
sheltered parts of the stables during the
coolest weather. Such pens are very
useful for ewes that reject their lambs.
SHEEP, feeding for the butcher, can
p~roftably consume, according to the
size, from n to two pounds of grain
per day, with hay, straw, and six to
twelve pounds of roots. 1t will not pay,
~ a rule, to keep ~fattening sheep to save
the fleece after they are ripe for market.
The value of the pelt always enters into
the price given by the butcher, and to
feed sheep two months to save the value
Of the pelt, and then find this deducted
from the price of the sheep, is not a
pleasing surprise. Fat sheep generally
sell best this month, or early in March.
The season for eggs is close at hand.
Have the hen house thoroughly removal.
ed and whitewashed inside, including
all rests and roosts. Lice are the great
enemies of hens, and it is probable tina,
they are the cause of cholera in chick.
ems. Renovate with lime, ashes, car.
bolic acid. Some of the hens that have
been laying will brood this month. PRO.
vide a warm place for them, where they
will be quiet and undisturbed. A sunny
corneri in a warm stable will do very wei
for the chicks next month if the fowl.
are of a hardy breed. These early chick
ems will make early market birds, ane
the pullets will lay early.
A CORRESPONDENT writes from Can
ada that when, as is often the case
one of the cows teats becomes hard ant
difficult to milk it may be cured as fol
lows: Take a pint basin, put into it
small handful of cornmeal, add to it
teacup of hot water. Stir it until il j
cool enough for you to hold your hant
in; then bath the teats by dipping then
into the dish until the inflammation i
out of them; milk gently, for the udder
are tender, and put a little lard or linseet
oil on the udder after milking. l thinl
q trial of a few days will convince tn,
most skeptical. Battle that bunch. will
it, and, in addition, battle with bee
brine twice q day, and give liberal dose
of garget and saltpeter. This ia the bes
remedy for swollen bag after the Gov
comes in that / know of.-Msrror On,
Farmer.
For h~igh-colored, sweet-favored but
ter We have found that clover hay, Gu
when in early blossom and cured in tn,
cock, without much exposure to the sun
is the best feed. The next in value i
oats, cut when in the milk, and careful
ly cured. Oats and corn, ground togeth
er, are good, and the Thorley horse an,
cattle food, mixed with bran and a littl
ground corn, we find excellent for in
creasing the flow of milk. Keep the
cows in warm stables at night, and il
all stormy weather; if you expect to ge
much milk, salt the cows regularly 4 q
give them plenty of pure fresh water
which is indispensable for good milk an,
choice butter Western Agricultural.
RECENT experiments have shown tn,
result OF growing turnips three successiv
years in the anne ground, without ma
nure, to be as follows: The first year tn,
yield of roots was 1888 pounds; tn
second year 1885 pounds, and the thir,
year 1886 pounds. The result from tn
same piece Of land and the same crop 70
three successive years, with the addition
of twelve tons of farm-yard manure, wa
an increase in the yield the first year t
1928 pounds; the second years crop in
creased to 24,l08 pounds; while in tn
third year a crop was obtained of 1917
pounds. In these experiments the benz
fetal influence of the farm-yard manur
is clearly evident two years after il
first application.
OFTEN in a fine orchard we find n O
more trees leaning over 20 far as I
destroy the beauty Of the whole orchard
1t is also much more difficult to cultivat
around a leaning tree. This trouble ma
easily be remedied while the trees al
young, by partly digging up and replant
ing them. The roots will be foun
smallest on the side from which the tire