Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-10-29
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j. FACTS FOR yARxx1s.
In giving accounts of the yield Of
milk some give it in pounds, and other
in gallons. A gallon Of milk weigh,
! about 81 pounds Milk isusually bought
; BY the 100 pounds at factories. It takes
not quite u gallons to weigh 100 pounds
The American Agricwltuyist says the
jersey red pigs grow rapidly to an enor
NOUS siEe, but the flesh Is nearly all fat,
where this isnot an objection, this il per
haps the best breed for one who desires
to procure heavy pigs 1t an early age.
In the year 1901, q year of scarcity,
apples, instead of being converted into
cider, were sold to the poor; and the
laborers asserted that they could stand
their work on baked apples, without
meat, whereas . potato diet required
either meat or fish.
IT is poor economy to keen sheen.
whether ewes or wethers, after their
teeth become poor, except 1t may in the
exceptional case of high-priced and ex-
ira breeders. From FIVE to six years il
oil that any sheep can be probably
kept for wool or breeding.
A GOOD beginning is said to be half
the battle. ia young farmer bexius to
save money BY denying himself unneces-
sary luxuries, lives in plain style, and ia
aided in his efforts by . prudent wife.
he can, under ordinary circumstances
DO more than merely obtain living.
HARVESTING machinery should be
cleaned and stored away. The bright
parts may be kept from rusting By coat
ing them with parafne OF tallOw. One
the best preparations to protect iron
steel from rust ia made By melting =
pound -s ct fbzspb. ltRQt .SSltAufurtant4s =
DON'T wait until killing frosts before
saving your seed corn. Go into the
field and gather the ripest and finest ears.
Take nothing but the best; hang 1t up,
or put it on . scaf3old in tho loft of any
building; don't pile it up in big piles,
but spread or hang it out thin, and $50
that there il . good circulation of air
about il.
The Cleveland Bwyeau says: An old
darkey has given US his remedy for get
ting rid of cabbage worms, which is ~
follows: He gathers . lot Of dog fennel,
puts It into . barrel and pours water over
1t, lets it stand about twenty.four hours,
and then pours the water On the cab
bage, which will kill or drive the worms
away.
THOSE who have stock to fatten and
to dispose of in some way, should now
feed them well. In addition to good
pasture, give them q few ears of corn
each day. Very few people will buy
stock that are thin in flesh. Buyers
want fat cattle, fat sheep, fat hogs, and
even fat horses and mules. If they are
thin, many q sale will be spoiled.
Corn put into stock will bring . much
HIGHER price than IL hauled to market
and sold by the bushel.
A WRITER in the New England Faynse,
who tried numerous experiments in set
ting fence posts by reversing, sailing anG
charling, il satisfied that charring die
no good. Sailing dry posts was bene
fetal, but upon green ones it wa useless
The best thing was reversing the ends
OF the various kinds of timber of which
posts are made, red and yellow cedal
rank the highest for durability, asid.
from the effects of any preserving pro
cess. Swamp oak, / think, is conceded
to be next in order, with upland whit
oak following.
THIS is the time of year to put fat OF
to stock that is designed for market thi
winter. Ike animal should never b
surfeited, but should come ts its food q
every meal with q keen appetite. Whel
an animal refuses tn eat, from any cause
for q single day, it is set back severa
days. Good feeding consists in givinl
an animal all it will eat without destroy
ing its appetite. After feeding for fat
tening has once begun, there should b
. steady increase of food up to the poin
of suficiency, and never q decrease
Put the fat on during the fall months
it can be done at much less cost than il
cold weather.
GoINa in debt was q very commol
habit few years ago. 1t was altogethe
too common among farmers. 1t is no
30 common now. Farmers have seen tn
evil of it. They have seen it il mucI
easier to get into debt then it Is to &c
out of it. It is like getting into quick
sand. Every effort to get out only sink
one deeper. The cash system il far bet
yer. 1t makes one more economical. ]
is better todeprive ourselves of luxuriel
than to pay too dearly for them after
wards.
The stock kept upon q farm afford
the owner . ready contingent market fo
all the grains and grasses raised an
this market IL never overlooked, but th
demand is always greater than the sup
ply. Cultivated fields are subject |
wear and tear, and, like man, require
repleniahing with food. The be-
way to furnish 1t is to consume al tn,
Is raised on the farm; in fact, this il Ii
only way to make the land respond Lit
orally to our behests; hence the farms
has . double inducement, and should q.
upon the suggestions that point out th
right way.
THESE humble looking structure
which divide field from field. farm fro1
farm, and confne sojourners ON Il
highways to their appointed place, it
estimated cost the people of the Unite
States 81, 1850, OO0, 600, and require q
millions of dollars, annually, to kee
them In order. Besides the direct CO
of fences, the land which they occup,
and render worthless il IN importaI
confederation. The xig-xag rail fence
with stakes and riders, on an ordinaE
farm, occupy five per cent. of the lam
or Ave acres in every hundred.
A ooRBEsPoNDENT of the Nmc;mno
, CoSsmevcial says that he has found Il
cornfelds excellent places for sheeI
After the corr IL laid By, the sheep ms