Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-11
RURAL ECONOMY.
seasonab,e Hints,

9sasonahls Hints.
IMPROvKD farming II in fencing your
stock, not your crops.
TIE Po1ayy World says separate the
sexes in old chickens this month, while
tho moulting seaso lasts.
A CORRESPONDENT of The PoGAsy
Yard "breaks up" . brOody hen BY
placing her In . barrel in = cellar for
two daya
OHE bushel OF sugar beets, mixed with
nine bushels Of apples, makes . cider
richer and of Z superior favor to that
made from apples alone.
TRY top-dressing grass, with fair soil or
subsoil-and sand, even, II the meadow
ID wet-and you'll be surprised 1t the
way the grass will grow.
CHARCOAL should be fed TO hogs and
poultry. Experiment has demonstrated
that the same amount of feed will pro-
duce q far greater amount Ut flesh and
fat when fed with plenty Of charcoal.
A SMALL bag Of hops, say ~ large -
ones head, placed in . bin Of grain, it is
said, will destroy weevil and other insects
which find . Judgment. It costs but
little, and is easily tried.
A POULTRY house overrun with " red
mites was speedily cleared by burning
in it two pounds of sulphur on = coal
ere In . hand furnace, the doors and
windows being tightly closed.
To prevent iron rusting give it q coat
of linseed oil and whiting mixed together
in the form of paste. 1t is easily remov-
ed, and will preserve iron from rusting
for years.
IT is the extra feed and the extra
manure applied that produces the profit.
Land il but natures machinery to pro-
duce crops; the better the machine il
and fed, the better it will manu-
The farmer who wishes to avoid an
excess of labor, with Improbable results,
will not spread q small quantity of
manure over q large surface Of poor land,
but will only pillow as much as he can
manure, when his income will be
as large, and his labor nearly one-half
saved.
GARBAGE has q superior value for
feeding purposes. English cattle feeders
assert that their beasts progress faster IN
cabbage, mixed with plenty of fine cut
wheat straw and cotton cake, than with
any other vegetable. Cabbage contains
one part fcsh-forming substance TO three
of heat producing, while in potatoes the
desh-f0rming is only one to twenty.
Cabbage il also rich in mineral matter.
/ BELIEVE, from experience and obser-
walton, that we'll improved grass lands,
with many kinds Of grass, not over
stocked in the dry season, and a liberal
supply of hay, cut early and we'll cared
for, will produce IS good if not better
cattle than 50 much stufing with grain,
which has a tendency to contract the
inwards and prevent thrift when confin-
ed to grain alone.-Spanddv.
If the farmer improves his farm he
improves his financial condition. The
more valuable he makes it the more his
capital stock is increased, the larger will
be his returns, and when he dies the
larger will be the patrimony he leaves
his family. Fix up the old home then.
Clean out the fence cOrners Destroy
the noxious weeds. Grub out the hazel
and sassafraa. Burn out the stumps.
Clean off the logs and stones. Make q
paradise on earth of your farm, for are
you not to live on it while you remain
on earth, and will not your family live
on it when you lie in yonder grave
yard? Plant out good orchards, so that
your family may enjoy the good fruit
that you had the foresight and energy t.
provide for them.
PRESIDENT POWELL, of the Chatham
Farmers Club, says he does not spread
grass to be dried in the old fashioned
way, but rather let's it cure in heaps
and y much as possible in the shade
Mr.. Robinson gave thirty acres of clover
from four to six hours sun, and then lei
it stand in cock for three days, and put
it into NOW. cit proved to be very
ine." Mr.. Percy suggests that eli
grass is to be cut for market, it would
be good idea to let it get very ripe-st
that it will bring but q very small price
and the farmer be discouraged from
selling off his crop. But If for feeding
cut early, when the nourishment in tn
grass is in q soluble condition ."-Nes
York Tribune.
Cows accustomed to agreat variety O.
food are invariably good eaters, and al
most always heavy milkerA Thus, tn,
best cove in the neighborhood are usually
those of poor men, whose one COW il
made . pet of, and has all sorts of food
Such cows are usually q good bargain al
almost any price, though they rarely d.
a. we'll when taken from their own ole
homes and turned in with the less varieC
fare accorded to larger herds. Milkmer
have learned that it is important to give
q variety of food. Hence their purchas
es of bran, meal, roots and Oil-cake. II
may not pay farmers to take % much
pains, but they can promote the thrift o.
their herds and their own profits BY
changing the animals food a. often n
posible.-Corre,pondcnce Country Gen
Mmaa.
AS q rule, pure-bred sheep are qnite
too dear to raise for mutton. The fine
woods are small; the long wook furnish
too much fat in proportion to lean to b
profitable to the consumer. The South
downs supply 6ne-grained lean meat, but
they have the drawback of being = tribe
small. A cross between touchdown
1a4As SuO lUCIIHO 0Wc1 kUuuCN A1vUG
ite class Of rams for the eastern markets.
They are hardy, mature early, and
strongly display the excellent South
down points. II these grades or south.
down ewes are crossed with . Cotswold
or Leicester ram the progeny will be
large, the growth rapid, while the Aesh
will have = choice flavor. To supply
early lambs for the butcher this h prob.
ably ~ good . cross ~ can be msae, n
there il always 4 demand for such lambs
in New York and other eastern cities d
profitable prices.
FARMEas generally have but . faint
conception Of the advantages that could
be had in Their business, especially the
live stock portion Of it, BY doing - busi-
ness men In other pursuits do, to-wit:
advertise their wants. In the matter
nf bulls, men sometimes make i steer
out of : very valuable breeding beast,
and buy another when, in many instanc-
there are other farmers within . few
houry' drive, who have just the exchange
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