Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-08
FARM N

FARM HINTS.
WILD peppermint scattered around the
walls and floors Of barn is said to drive
away rats and mice.
In the English cheese factory manage
ment, the value of the whey for feeding
young store pigs is estimated at $l5 per
COW annually.
WIZ. Sr1NsoN, of Lower Oxford, Dela-
ware county, Pa, lie the owner Of .
Guernsey COW not two years old, which
on q common pasture made eight and 3
half pounds Of butter in mi week.
In Texas, according to law, where
twenty sheepowners in . county petition,
inspectors are appointed to examine any
sheep about to be driven into the coun-
ty, and prohibit the entry of focks
affected with scab.
HAVE you . meadow that you want
to keep in heart another year. Top
dress it Immediately. You will see the
benefit in the next grass crop, and when
broken up for other crops, you will zee
what manure will do.
ONION seed sown thickly now, in rich
loan, will grow sufficiently large to make
good sets next spring. Pull when the
size of peas or beans, Or they can stand
through the winter by covering well
with straw or hay.
NEVER try to get a very heavy days
steady going is what counts in . long
race, and the farmers rack Is long one.
1t takes but q few hours, or even q few
minutes, to 70 tax q horse that he il out
of fix for months.
OATS are Justly advocated a. the grain
above all others adapted to horses, and
it is true that for young horses, snd those
used on the road, there Is probably moth.
ing equal to oats, but they ought to be
crushed or bruised, and not ground. In
fact, all grains are better fed in this
way.
The report of . committee of the Indi-
ana Millers' Association says a barrel
of -four, with 90 to 100 pounds of water
and salt used in mixing, yielded from go
to $50 pounds of bread, livery white and
light" the smallest return being from
Fultz and the largest from "hard winter
wheat"
THE Ohio Farmer says that land pillow.
ed from one to two months before seed
ing time is very much more likely to
produce q good crop of wheat then il
plowed later. Correct: provided the
crop that springs up in the meantime
Is kept from rendering the ground
trashy.-E1.
MANY of the farmers in different sec.
tions of the country are complaining Of
. small black worm, averaging in size Il
. full inch, that a made its appearance
and Is playing sad havoc with the apple
trees. The worm il encased in q Abr
which has been spun by the larva, and il
fastened to the leaf. The worm il blacl
In color, and very destructive.
In the use CT plaster ON clover, . heav.
Ter dressing then 100 pounds per acre il
rarely employed, and yet this minuts
amount has been known to double the
yield of clover. Does any one suppos,
that chemical analysis of the soil OF
which the crop grew, taking It to thu
depth of ordinary blowing, could detect
this infinitesimal quantity of plaster.
To detect impurity in well water, pu'
. tumbler of it in q warm place for tel
days. If free from organic matter 1t viii
remain sweet, but if impure it will be
gin to smell d~isagreeably. Otherwise
small quantity of nitric acid may b.
poured into a glass of the water; If or
ganic matter is present it will becom,
oxidized and turn brown, and color tn,
water in q few hours.
The Love Stock Journal, London, gives
the following account of aprolific breed
or; Mr.. VIM. Mathieson, Banchory, il
the fortunate possessor of q breeding SOW
which, during the period of its existence
item years), has presented him with the
enormous number of 3O4 pigs viz, nine.
teen litters, averaging sixteen each Lit,
| ter.
ONE thing about turnips-no farmer
can afford to be without them in winter
All my stock-horses, hogs, cattle and
fowls have them daily. lido not thinl
there is any fat in them, but they aid
very materially in other ways. / tried
an experiment with my COW this winter
/ took the turnips from her and added
an equivalent in meal for one week, anc
the result was q less yield of milk ant
her food not digested.
THE Nebraska Farmer says the pas
summer has been unusually bad ther,
for cattle, on account of the blood-thirs
ty flies that swarmed about each animal
Instead of gaining in flesh every day OF
the abundant wild grasses, the time va
taken up by the cattle during the da,
In fighting flies, and that those wht
have had good grazing pastures in which
to turn their cattle BY night have seeI
the advantage thereof.
No medicine is such q complete speci
fc for insects and other parasites on ami
mails and fowls o. the dust, and fines
dust that can be procured, coal ashes be
ing excellent for the purpose. Nothing
Is more preservative of the health of ami
mails than dust, and in summer, when i
can be procured by them without tn,
aid of man, they always do best. 1
should be we'll sprinkled and freely scat
tered from the head to the tail; Alonf
the back bone, using an abundance O
this most excellent and cheapest of al
cattle medicine.
WHEN . young horse acts badly IL
harness, 1t is because he has not beer
properly taught his business. To Will
and misuse him is to spoil him. A hors'
il naturally willing and docile, If vel
used, and much may be done by kind
ness, patience and judgment in removing
the Ill effects of wrong treatment. 4
colt should be trained when young, AND
gradually taught his duties, the creates
care should be taken to avoid frighten
ing OF irritating the animal, and mucl
patience should be exercised. If tn,
animal refuses to do what il required
punishment will make matters worse
| aomafhins shonld Ia dona 70 disfucf Il