Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-31
RURAL ECONOMY.


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Practical Notes.
AN Oskaloosa farmer a y ~"clover
bloat, 30 fatal to cattle, may be cured by
fastening a stick in their mouths and
compelling them to hold their heads in
an elevated position, the poisonous gasses
escaping. He says it lever has failed.
The farmer should be a student al
. teacher. The well regulated farmers
home should be q school manual labor
school, and should be made 80 attractive
that boys should love it above every
other calling.
CHEESE, a. met with in the market,
varies greatly in composition. Good
kinds contain from 80 to IS, and in.
ferior kinds 80 to As per cent of water
rich sorts include from Is to 80 per cent
of fats and about the same proportion OF
albuminates. Poor cheese often contains
only 6 per cent Of water. The amount
of ash varies from 8 to 10 per cent.
The roots of clover have a natural
tendency to decompose after having pro
duced the plant in perfection, and it is
the effect OF this decomposition that rem.
ders a crop of clover 20 good a prepare.
ton for the growth of wheat. Decay
ever furnishes regenerative food, while
the roots pierce and divide the soil, loos.
ening the ground.
EVERY year milk and its products are
becoming more and more appreciated.
It is demonstrated by scientific inyesti.
cation that milk and flesh contain nearly
all the same elements-Or really milk
contains all the elements of meat. and
as a cow can and does produce more
valuable food bv her secretions of milk
than a steer by his flesh, the COW is ris-
ing as an economical food product.
ALL meat-producing animals should
be killed when they are in the coolest
state, OF when respiration is the least
Their flesh will then keep much
fresh, and be more beautiful.
When killed in a heated condition, or
Immediately after a hard drive, the flesh
win take longer to cool through, spoil
sooner, while the flesh and fat will have
dark. feverish look, caused by being
full of blood, and hence will not be 80
in appearance or 80 healthy as
food.
BREEDING ewes should not he fed with
corn. especially for some weeks previous
to lambing. It is decidedly Injurious.
Oats and oat straw and chaff are excel
lent feed for both store sheep and breed
ers, and there is little danger of over
feeding with oats. In cold localities, a
mixture of two bushels of oats and one
of corn can be safely used; but
in warm, sheltered places corn is not
needed. After the lambs are dropped, a
little oil-meal will make them thrive
Coleman's Raral World.
DO not work butter too much nor too
fast. Work slowly until it is all thor
and evenly absorbed, otherwise
The butter will not be of uniform color.
Working it too fast will destroy the
grain, and the butter becomes salvy and
lard-like in its texture. Let it stand or
put it away in the tray for t%wenty-four
hours. Then work it enough to remove
Ill the buttermilk or surplus brine, 70
that the butter may become dry or like
/ piece of cheese. Mold into rolls, and
yet these away for twenty-four hours, or
until they become hard and firm. The
10th should now be put on, 80 as to
one end, while the other is left
,pen for the stamp. The cloth should
cut in pieces of exact size and dip
led in brine, and the butter rolled when
he cloth is dripping wet. Butter should
lever come in contact with the bare
land. When in bulk it can be easily
landed with a ladle and a fiat paddle.
.Journalof Chemistry.
A WRITER in the Southern Farmer saws
hat his COW gives all the milk that is
'anted in a family Of eight, and that
rom it, after taking all that is required
Or other purposes, 260 pounds of butter
1ere made this year. This is in part his
reatment of the COW: al you desire to
ct a large yield of rich milk, give your
ows every day water slightly warm and
sailed, in which bran has been
TIRED at the rate of One quart to two
allons of water. You will find, if you
ave not tried this daily practice, that
our COW will give % per cent. more
nix Immediately under the effects of it,
nd she will become 20 attached to the
let as to refuse to drink clear water un-
very thirsty. But this mess she will
rink almost any time, and ask for more.
he amount of this drink necessary is
n ordinary pailful at a time, morning,
DON and night.
How much land is required for the
upport of a cow9 This question depends
Or an answer 50 much on the circum-
of the soil as not to admit of a
cry definite answer. Mr.. Schulz, of
little Falls, N. Y, estimates that the
and in pasturage and hay requisite for
be support of a COW is three acres; and
his is the estimate of Mr.. Darlington
Or moderately good dairy farms in Eng
md. In Belgium ten acres of land sup
ort two cows, one heifer, and one year
ng or calf; but when the calves are
I'D off young, and cows in full milk
re only kept, the proportion is two cows
!, seven and one.half acres. Colman
three acress of pasture as
for a COW in Berkshire county,
lass, while in some towns two acres Of
asturage are sufficient. Mr.. Earring
m, in the Report of the American
Association, thinks that on
Re average four acres are required per
Nv, for summer and winter keep; while
r. A. X. Willard thinks that in Herki-
county, N. Y, n and one-half to
70 acres of pasture per COW will answer,
I'd in some exceptional cases one acre.
Scientific Farmer.
A WRITER in the Practical Farmer
US: 81 have practiced stacking fodder
r twenty years-never had any spoil,
ID after trying various ways think it
preferable to all other modes,
cause first, none but the butts, the
Drthless portion, are exposed to the
eaching rains of winter, and second,
cause a larger quantity can be placed
ose by the feeding place than by any
her way. / put usually fifty shocks of
0 hills each in a stack. A few sticks :