Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-10-02

w yV~A AVN hONN AOkS
will chew the substance from the stalks
md spit out the remainder in punches;
he cattle eat this refuse and it clogs the
manifold, causing this dread disease.
Col. F. d CURTIS says in the Rural
Neac Yorker: "a hen was driven from
The nest, where she was sitting, by the
myriads of lice on her. We found her
dropping and weak, and rubbed powder
ed sulphur all through her feathers, and
shut her up in q coop with three inches
If dry ashes over the bottom. We have
since been told that . little kerosene oil
ON the roosts, and in the nests,
clear lice away; q little put on
the body would do NO harm; and would,
undoubtedly, clear out the lice.
PRoF. TRACY shows the results of his
appletree wash. His young trees were
injured by severe winters, and
he gave them the best care he could,
which has resulted in the recuperation
of most of them. In conneetion with
other care, he gave them the benefit of
an alkali wash, made by thinning good
soft-soap with water, and adding . little
crude carbolic acid and sulphur. He
has no theory regarding it, but simply
exhibits the healthy bark where it has
been employed as proof of its efficacy.
The limit of the washing Is everywhere
easily determined in his trees.
"a. d." DU QuoIN, ILL.,, writes that
in 1871 be had thirty acres of land, four
COWS, and q pair of mules, for which he
found it difficult to provide fodder. For
economy he bought q feed-cutter, and
then had plenty of feed, and increased
his stock. This increased his manure,
and that doubled the supply of feed.
The stock was again added to, and at
present there are twenty-five head Of
cattle and horses ON the thirty acres, and
more feed than can be used. He now
has . steam engine attached to q large.
sized cutter. His prosperity dates from
the day he used q fodder-cutter.-Amer.
oas AgyieuAwyist.
A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Ger
mantown Telegraph from east Tennessee
"The most peculiar and strangest Of ali
seasons accidents happened to our wheat
crop this year. The varieties most sue.
cessfully raised here were the most badly
damaged by fly and rust, while the Claw.
son and Fultz-so apt to rust in thi.
climate-escaped almost entirely both
the rust and fly. The Fultx in some
localities and in the same field made a
high a. thirty-two bushels per acre, while
the white native wheat made but four
to six bushels. The same field and the
same lay of land, the same seed and the
same cultivation, time of sowing and
treatment, presented irregularities before
unknown and unheard Of"
TIE Chautauqua Farmer is of the
opinion that breeding horses for speed
alone is at best An uncertain business
and when to this uncertainty we add the
expenses of training, the chances OF
profit are 30 slight that We would not
advise any general farmer to engage in
the business, either with trotting or run
ming horses. Al IN amusement of recre-
alton for gentleman Of wealth and
leisure, it is most fascinating; but those
who have found it . remunerative bust
ness are scarcer than 2:2O trotters. On
the contrary, those who breed large,
stout, and well-formed draft, OF active,
stylish, good-stepping coach or park
horses, invariably find . ready sale at
good prices, and this demand must be q
one.
An exchange has tho following always
remarks: One leak on nearly
every farm may b found in the neglect
Of the agricultural implements. In
travelling over the country, it is no unu-
sual light to Q plows, harrowA wagons,
sleds, reapeEs, and mower, ETC., piled in
the fence corners, in the fields, lanes,
barn-yards and public highways When
ever you see things piled around in this
way, you can ret 1t down that there ID at
least one leak on the farm. An excuse
might be found for some farmers Of linn
tied means, that they are not able to
build shelter for their implements; but
We hnd the same leak on farms where
they count their acres By the hun.
dredA and their dollars by the thousand.
The season il approaching whom pro-
pagating plants by cuttings il practiced
By those Wishing to increase their plants.
The cla. Of plants capable Of increase
BY cutting i very large, including,
among treea, catalpa, mulberry, cotton
wood, Lombsrdy poplar, and many
other, - we'll - currants, gooseberries,
grapes, blackberry roots, ounces, and
apples and pears, ~ roses,
wiegelea roses, SNOWFALL or viburnum,
and many Of the ornamental plants. BY
far the best mode Of doing this il to take
Of tho cuttings in fall, and bury all
winter In . dry place in the ground.
Acquaintance takes of currant cut
kings very early-as soon ~ the leaves
drop in August or September-buries
hem, and plants out next spring. He
claims that they then grow better than
& ut ont with well-formed rootA-
Prorie Edrma.
Family Matters.