Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-18
RURAL ECONOMY.

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0sasonable Hints.
IT has been often aid that II il easy
to make money, but difficult to keep it.
The same may b said Of farm products.
WHEN calves are turned out and wholly
fed on grass, the aesh il rendered poor,
dry, t~asteless, and il usually dark col
Ored.
IT il the extra feed and extra nanure
applied that produce the profit. Land is
but natures machinery to produce
crops; the better the machine ID tended
and fed, the better 1t viii manufacture.
WHKH, by reason of inclement weather,
You can not cultivate the soil, It will be
wisdom ON your part to cultivate the
mind. A valuable harvest win reward
all earnest and faithful culture.
ITisnot well for the farmer Of ordinary
circumstances to NEEDLE much with
fancy poultry, not because poultry is an
unimp0rtant item on the farm, but be-
cause it viii not pay him to breed for
fancy alone. Should he do 20, he will
come to grief thereby.
WHERE the forests have been thor.
oughly cut away, it is desirable to plant
rapidly-growing trees for q renewal of
the timber, provided they give durable
and valuable wood. Among the fast
growing sorts for this purpose, the Gar
dsme's Montkly names the catalpa,
osage, orange, blue gum and alcanthus.
Now is the time for the farmer to
look to his cellar. It il now compare
lively empty. He can now get it ready
for the reception of the roots which are
maturing in the soil, and for tbs fruit
which il ripening on the tree. Summer
ID the time to prepare for the fall and
winter.
In old bible times the harvester was
not to CLEAN his field nor his vineyard.
He wa to leave the accidental scatter
ings for the poor. A good provision of
the old law to keep alive in the hus-
bandman's heart, q social and charitable
feeling. But in these times there are
none to CLEAN q q divine right what the
farmers fail themselves to collect. Hence
the duty devolves upon the reaper to
gather savingly, and to collect all the
!" fragments that there be nothing lost"
ROoT crops attain their full growth
after the light frosts come. The cool
weather seems to affect them 20 that
they become solid and compact, and form
sugar, under its influences. So do not
fear the effects of frost on the turnips
and mangels, but rather welcome it, and
% not harvest till just before the ground
freezes. Potatoes, however, should be
dug as 0on as the tops wither, a. they
gain nothing thereafter, and are apt to
rot under the action of the fall rains
after ripening.
THOSE who have not . great abundance
OF food for their stock through the win.
ter, should make timely preparations for
cutting up . good supply Of corn. Put
up timely and properly, there is no more
healthy food for most animals. Good
corn stocks with the leaves are much
liked by cows, horses and sheep. They
keep the bowles open and in q healthy
condition. They help supply that vari-
ETY. of food which all animals like. But
they should be put up in shocks that will
stand upright and shed the rain.-Col-
nsan's Rawdl World.
A GOOD dairyman gives his experience
that bran Is an excellent food for COW
at any time when extra food is required.
He has generally been able to get from
1t more milk than from an equal cost of
any other ground feed. 1t is better
suited to warm weather than meal. Az
the weather becomes cool, if COWS are at
all thin, meal may be proftably added.
At any rate he advises that feed enough
Of some kind should be given to keep 1p
both milk and strength all the fall. One
of the worst errors a dairyman wei COM
mits is to let q COW go into winter quar-
tiers dropping.
You've chickens and ducklines will
get . large part of their living from in
sects, if they have the opportunity. II
10 q good plan to give up the fruit-yard,
or . part of the orchard, to poultry.
Chickens and ducks want shade a. well
~ s~unshine, and thrive better for it dur
ing the summer They are always on
the watch for worms and millers, and
greedily devour every insect that falls
from the trees. They are fond of fruit,
and consume the windfalls, which harbor
the insects that are 70 destructive to
fruit. A brood of chickens left under
an apple tree afflicted with canker worms
or caterpillarH, will reduce the stock, and
finally exterminate them. One of the
most successful f~ruit-growers We are &C
quainted with keeps poultry constantly
under his trees. The apples and pears
are fair, and he has paying crops every
year.-Kdnsds Former.
IT IL q matter of surprise, once remark.
ed . writer, how much money may be
buried in q small piece Of ground. To
drain it, 30 deepen it, to clear it OF
stones, to dig out the boulders and
stumps, and enrich the whole with
abundance of manure, il what is meant
by burying money in it. It is a fact the
good farmer will have little chance OF
boarding his money. There il . place
for . large portion of it in the soil, and
improvements fencing, tree planting,
and the like. How wise il that man who
makes such use Of his money! Who,
instead Of boarding it, and permitting
his land to 80 to waste, invests it in that
way that shall bring wealth and happi-
ness to himself and family, and give q
spirit of emulation to his neighborx-
RSval World. :
"DoEs it pay farmers to keep beesf"
/ ny of course it does. The keeping of
bees il . pleasant - well - = profitable
busine0. Farmers cultivate the lands
upon which grow all the sweet flowers
white clover, buckwheat, etc. They also
have or ought to have Z worluhop in
which they or their helpers can, in the
winter season when there il little to do,
make the boxes and have al ready for
the swarming season, and when the
honey making and swarming SEASON