Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-12-03
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GIVE the potato ashes, lims, super.
phosphate, bone hour Or plaster.
CH0fPED onions, with 1 little ginger
mixed in, ID said to b . aure cure Tor
chicken cholera.
BorH In chemical and mechanical
properties the soil from old pastures ID
best for pottinu plants.
AkxRICAN honey in the comb has
become Q popular article Of diet in
England. and very large shipmsnts are
made.
Mn. WILLIAM AFRICA, of Hunting.
don, Penn, hss In his garden 3 vine
that has produced 700 pounds Of pump
kins.
A RADisH two feet In circumference
and thirty inches in length hes bsen
raised By MI. Ferrell, At Exton, Chester
Valley, Penn.
BLACxBERRy and raspberry bushes
should BE- planted in the fall, - they
make such An early start In the spring
that the shoots may get broken.
The quickest way to expel foul air
from . we'll is to heat . bar Of iron red
hot and lower down 1t into the water.
The sudden formation Of steam b effect
nal.
A correspondent Of the Posghnom, In
writing from Watertown, Mas., states
that he has been successful In curing
warts on the teats of COWS BY simply
bathing with water ia which beans have
been boiled.
MILK M mot kept clean are liable TO
impart to- the milk . dangerous fermen-
tive poison. Several cases 81 sickness
have been traced to this cause. Skim
milk or watered milk IL . virtue com
pared TO putting 1t in dirty cans.
There b one matter that most farmers
neglect, viz: to have = large quantity of
coarse pure sand In their celian or out.
houses where roots, ETC., are wintered.
There u not . root or fruit that W know
OF that will not keep better in saud than
out Of II.
Mn. DANIEL WKss, Of Heidelberg,
Penn, had = hen disappear some time
ago, and when she returned FIVE weeks
later she had under her q r eix youne
chicks and twenty diminutive quails.
The whole dock seem to appreciate her
protection and follow wherever she
goes"
MANY farmers are now purchasing
cattle for winter feeding. There are
few farmers who do not find this profita-
BILE. The stock brings remunerative
prices in the spring and summer, and
rich manure for the land has also accu.
INFLATED.
A CoRRFsPoNDENT Of the Ameicom
C.ttsvdtor says that pear trees need 4
great deal OF water. He has watered
some Of the pear trees in his garden with
liquid manure every day this summer
and fall, and it 10 surprising to see how
the fruit has increased In size and
quality.
The best way 10 winter geraniums is
70 cut Of every leaf and bud and set the
plants into . box of sand, or sandy loan
IN the cellar. It put into pure sand an
occasional watering afterward may be
needed. II loam Is used the watering
given when first put in will do for the
winter.
WICK says in his Monthly, that the
trailing arbatus will grow almost any.
where If tl~ansplanted at the proper time,
which ia from October to the beginning
Of December, when the flower buds are
formed. In the greenhouse or fernery
1t will bloom, Of course, earlier than out
of DOORS
THE first year q sleeps front teeth are
eight in number, and are all of equal
size. The second year the two middle
shed ont and are replaced by two much
larger than the others. The third year
two very small teeth appear, n either
side of the eight. At the end Of the
fourth yesr there are six large teeth.
The fifth year all the front teeth are
Large. The sixth year al begin to show
signs of wear.
The Hartford (Ky.,) Ners nays that
IN b garden or q Mrs. Caleb Grow, at
that place, q peach tree IL bearing q full.
grown pumpkin. The paper SAYS
This tree bore none Of it, natural fruit
this season; but, nevertheless, there
hangs the healthy growing pumpkin,
l,ust asit had grown from the blossom to
is present size, which IL considerably
larger than . mans head.n
When once you have determined to
fatten an animal for beef, let the process
Be q quick ~ possible. Any stint in
feeding at such times will tend t. make
the meat tough and dry. Stalled
animals will fatten more readily than
other. and young animals require richer
food than older o 9 In winter fatten.
ing do mot forget that much depends up
on the warmth of the stable. The warm
Or the cattle are kept the less food will
be needed.
A FARMER can mot work his farm
safely without knowing all about his
coil. Every field should be studied 81
TO the effects Of certain methods Of
fertiliseEs upon 1t. Then the owner can
act with reasonable certainty. The plan
Of experimenting with fertilisen should
be followed mp In successive years until
the character of each field b known,
This y the best season to experiment
upon fall crops, and no time should be
lost II It b to be done;a rear will thus be
saved.
We have never hsd the beat Of success
- sbOFing caOneGe Tor winter. The plans
recommended have sometimes failed,
something depends ON the season. BY
placing their heads down In rows We
have sometimes taken them out in GOOD
rider, and again We have had every
head badly rotted. We have seen It
recommended to set them in trenches
about the depth of the cabbage, the
roots down and earth adharinU- II 1.
said that immature heads viii 6ll If
handled thus. II il also recommended
70 cut the stem of smooth, even with the
bee Of the head, and ct them ON an
esrthen door in the cellar. It b claim. |
cd they viii absorb moisture from the
earth ana keep plump and Grip al
winter.
A NOVEL system Of a~griculture has
fof 2 number Of years been psacticed on
. farm il Hartfordshire, England. The
owner, MI, Prout, instead Of harvesting
ne crops himself, divides the fields into
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