Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-23
AGRICULTURAL.

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OnlOnA paxmips and lettuce can not
now b put IN the ground too soon.
MAKE ! shallow basin in the ground
not faE from the kitchen, and al with
coal ashes ~ II ID made, and ON this
throw night slops, wash water, etc. An
immense amount OF the very best Of
fertilise1s can be made In this way.
PURE air and water are Of even more
Importance than exercise In tho r of
young animalA They are often huddled
together in houses altogether in houses
altogether insufficient in size, and in
which the atmosphere 10 almost con.
stantly impure from the product OF
respiration.
MosT OF the diseases OF cattle are
caused by wrong treatment-t0o much
feed at one time, too little at another,
too rich at one time, too poor 1t another.
1t cattle and horses were fed, and water.
ed, and used properly there would be
little disease.
To clear cistern water add two ounces
powdered alum and two ounces borax to
: twenty-barrel cistern Of rain water
that II blackened or oily, and in q few
hours the sediment will settle and the
water b clarified and 1T for washing,
and even for cooking purposes.
II, after the wool has grown to some
considerable length, sheep or lambs be-
come annoyed with lice or ticks, wash
the lambs in . strongdecoction Of tobac-
co. Another way is to take . pair Of
bellows and inhale tobacco smoke; they
blow the smoke with Q considerable
force among the ticks. This will prove
instant death to them.
The liquid yieldings Of animals are
worth m0fe--good authorities say one
sixth more-pound for pound, than the
solid excYements, and they are saved
with greater care by the best European
farmers and gardener. All the leaks in
the stable are not in the roof; those
often In the door are quite - objection.
able and are the cause of . great deal of
waste.
In preparing ground for squashes,
put . liberal amount of manure in each
hill and cover it with two inches with
soil. Then cover the whole with coal
ashes with which the whole il filed, and
the soil ON the manure covered. The
seed are then planted in the ashes di.
rectly over the manure. At each hoe.
ing, scatter . fresh supply of ashes
around the plants, and grubs will never
trouble the plants.
CONFINEMENT and want OF cupa-
ton are among the chief causes why
fowls eat feathers. The former il often
inevitable in winter, but the latter can
be avoided by burying some OF theil
grain food in sand and allowing them to
hunt for it, which will afford them
paatime and healthy occupation. Give
them some green food, fresh meat two
or three times . week, burnt bones,
oyster shells, charcoal, clear water and q
clean hennerv, and il all this doesn't
cure them Of the habit, wiring thei,
necks for they are incurable.
THOUSANDS Of pigs are lost every
year because there 10 no record kept OF
sows were bred. We have also known
cows to drop their calves and mares theil
colts, tied up in the stables, for the
same reason. Only year ago . friend
of ours lost 4 valuable mare and colt In
this way, and it proved q very seriou,
loss to him, too. A record should bt
kept in all such cases, and it should in
clude not only the time of service, bu,
the date of parturition, 90 that q glance
would show when to exercise the proper
care. Once IL enough to make the nee
esaary calculation, If it ID put upon re
cord in the proper manner.
IT il folly to keep old sheep. They
should be turned Of to the butche,
while they are in their prime. It doe,
not take half 70 much to fatten them
then. When they get old and thin, in
order. to put them in condition tc
slaughter, the whole superstructure
must be rebuilt. Four sets Of lambs are
all . w should bear; this will brins
her to Ave years, and this In an are When
with little extra care, she would round
up to fine and full carcass. Excep.
tons may be made when the breed il
scarce and the blood is more durable
than anything else.-Mw York Tribune
Now, at the beginning of the season
all farm implements should be nut IN
proper condition for work; plows should
be made sharp, harnesses, single trees,
gates, fences, In fact everything should
be put In order. II all this has been At
tended to and there is NO blowing O,
other farm work on land, clean up YOU,
yard and lot, burn up all old, useless OF
worn wooden tools and put away the
iron. 1t corn has not been planted
prepare the land q soon a. possible, and
overlook and select your seed. Watch
everything closely, read what is coins
on all over the country, as well a. the
columns devoted to your interest. and
learn from the experience Of others, q,
we'll - from yourself how to be prudent
and prosperous
SPEAKING of tanning with the fur on,
IN English writer tell the Country thai
he has . cats skin, pliable as kid, free
from smell and the hair still clinginQ
firmly, which two years 2 wa dressed
according to his receipt, which he says ID
equally safe and unfailing in all such
cases: Nail the fresh skin tightly and
smoothly against the door, keeping The
! skinning side out. Next. with : broad
biaded blunt knife, then scrape all loose
pieces OF fesh and fat, then rub in much
chalk and be not sparing Of labor; when
the chalk begins to powder and fall of
take the skin down, fill it with finely
ground alum, wrap closely together and
keep 90 for two or three days; ct the end
OF that time unfold it, shake out the
alum and the work Is done.
IT il the opinion of some Of our best
breeders that the impure mating Of Z
hen, It but for once, renders her forever
afterwards . cross. This view il urged
by Wright, our greatest authority on
poultry culture, BY Burnman, one of
the fnt Of our American writers and
breeders. and receives assent from Dr.
Mikes in bis valuable work on "Stock
Breeding" Felch, ON the contrary.
Whose strain Of light Brahmas 10 unsar-
passed. contends, after years of expert.
ence, that there 10 no ground for the
opinion. Being somewhat incredulous.
/ instituted the mast sprinc the ~followino