Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-25
AGRICULTURAL


TIE sooner thinning il done after the
fruit il ret, the better. Two-thirds or
one-half Of the quantity rot may be
often removed with advantage.
FoR throat distemper, grate fne .
small, green, wild turnip; or If dry, give
. heaping spoonful, mixed with bran or
oats. II ID good for cough also.
Loss Of appetite, thirst, diarrhua,
general weakness and cyanosis Of the
comb are the symptoms Of chicken
cholera.
A GRAVE mistake il made by farmers
who think that stock must not b fed at
home after the first appearance of gras.
Stock will show this false economy all
through the season.
SoNE one who has experimental In
the matter says that . handful of bran
scattered in each hill of potatoes when
planting win in crease the yield one
third.
FoR potatoes and tomatoes take one
wheelbarrow load of earth where the
vine is to stand and fill il with half coal
ashes and half soil. The yield viii be
nearly doubled thereby.
APPLY around your trees almost any
substance that will cover the soil and
shield it from the drying rays Of the
sun, and from the evaporation of moist
ure.
A SOFT, firm, velvety akin IL nearly
always found on q rood COW. and 4 thick
hard hide ON . poor one. A soft firm
skin denotes rich milk, while q soft,
velvety skin indicates quantity of milk,
A DAIRYNAN says: Never keep q
poor COW the second year. No man can
afford TO keep . COW that will not maxi
from 200 to 40 pounds Of butter OF IL,
equivalent every year.
THE following rule in blowing is re
commended: Never turn up over one
or two inches of unfertile subsoil in one
season; and, when &C turned up, the LAND
should receive . dressing Of manure"
Do cabbage worms trouble your
plantsf For every hundred of cabbage
take q quarter of q pound ofblack pep
per and put it in . box large enough t.
sift out we'll. Go into the patch before
the dew is of and pepper the cabbage
Two or three times will be sufficient.
THE cessation of the pressing work Of
earlier weeks allows the orchardist Il
give his trees the needed pruning. AL
dead and useless br anches should O
course be cut away and those which Grove
one another. Cover all largo wound
with shellac varnish, or paint.
A MILLER of Halliday, ILL.,, who los
many hogs from cholera, has found tina
dry bran, slightly sailed, is . good rem
edy for it. If the hogs refuse to eat i
starve them until they do. Another
farmer claims that if hogs are givel
what salt they need in a clean pasture i
will hsve tho desired effect.
An old poultry raiser. who believes IL
milk for fowls, says: at il meat ant
drink both. Some of the finest chickenI
l ever saw were raised upon the free uss
of milk with their food. Hens lay a
well, or better, when furnished with
this than upon any known article ofierec
them"
EVERY family finds more or lesl
bones accumlating. Burn them with
your wood, and the ashes thus enriched
10 one of the most valuable of all feItil
izers: Money can not buy any article
which will 10 fertilixe your soil. Bone.
thus consumed will quadruple the value
of wood ashes, which in themselves are
among the best of soil enrichers.
FREQUENT cultivation is essential Il
successful corn growing. The cultiva
tor should be kept going this month
through the corn and root crops about
once . week. It matters not that there
are no weeds in sight, it is not alone tt
kill the weeds that we cultivate and hot
but to loosen the soil, and by that means
to stimulate the growth.
A GREAT mistake is made often In
planting corn early. Indian corn re
quires warm ground and hot weather,
and it will not grow until these condi.
tons are present. II planted previous
to this time the kernel is apt to rot, and
1t the corn does come up it is not ft for
much. Corn early planted has . gaunt.
let to run in the usual summer draught.
SEE that the fruiting canes of black.
berries and raspberries are properly tied
up to the stakes or trellis. The young
shoots now growing will form cranes
for next years fruiting, and should be
attended to. Cut away all except three
to five to each stool, and tie these to the
support - soon Is old enough. The
young canes should be pinched of at
four feet for raspberriea Cut away the
old canes after fruiting is past.
The rye ground, after having been
cleared, may be Immediately prepared
and planted with fodder corn or oats,
the latter to be followed with late tur-
nips - the oats r cut for feeding; or
Hungarian grass may follow the rye,
and b cut of in time for sowing rye
again next fall. A good plot of cab.
bages will be found useful for fall and
early winter feeding Of cows, and ii
plants have been provided for, they may
BE- set out on the rye ground, or some
other piece of rich, moist soil.
TIE borery of the peach and apple
tree should b looked to. No surface
remedy il of no use with these destruc-
tive fellows after they are once In the
tree. The use of the knife and probe is
the ef5ectual means of reaching and de-
stroying them. They can be detected by
their "ear-marks' of dust and depres-
sion in the bark. It il not necessary to
girdle the tree in Incorporation, in many
cases very little use of the kind il re-
quired. A few hours spent in this man.
ner will often ave many valuable trees.
CURIN0 hay in the cock Is preferable
to sun drying. The sweating and fer
mentation improve, and prevent heating
In the NOW or stack. The writer prefers
to put up hay, after the dew il oH, in
moderate large cocks-four feet wide