Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-07


Do not neglect to cut SEED potatoes
ten days OF two weeks before planting.
HARRoW the wheat and rye Acids.
Better harrow twice, abouta week apart,
and then SOW the grass seed.
THE value of . COW depends much
more upon the length of the milking
reason than upon the quantity Of milk
given for . few weeks.
ROLL all the grass lands ~ soon ~ dry
enough TO get ON. Onehundred pounds
Of land plaster to the acre on the clover
fields will give . big money reward.
PoTAToEs cut ten days or two weeks
before planting, and sprinkled with
plaster, will sprOut earlier and grow bet
ter than when cut and planted ON the
same day.
In the eastern states cattle are fed fol-
the manure, and If they get for their
beef what their cattle and feed costs,
they think tho manure pays them well
for all other outlay.
WORMS at the roots of plants can be
exterminated by watering with Z solu.
ton made of fresh lime and water, used
after the lime has settled. 1t will i'm.
prove the plants.
EXPERIMENTS with borax which have
been carried out in the dairy connected
with the agricultural station in Florence,
Italy, have, it appears from all accounts,
proven that borax has q wonderful effect
In assuring the preservation of butter.
ONE of the mos. marked evidences Of
poor farming is indifference to the quail.
ity of seed. Let our readers kfte THU
subject special attention plant and SOY
only the very best seed 70 be had, and 1
large crop viii reward the trouble and
expense.
The National L9ve Stock Journal very
emphatically says: "And every editor
who has three grains of common sense
ought to know that burnt CORE is NO
more . cure for hog cholera than it il foz
smallpox. There is no specific for thil
disease; and the man who relies upon
any of the nostrums that are sold, OF
any of the sure cures, like the above,
that 20 the rounds of the papers, will
find himself disappointed"
A DWELLING that presents an attrac'
tive appearance inside and out, with lawn
and comfortable out-buildings, creates
. home-pride in the boys and girls, and
helps to make the farm attractive. 1t il
not from such places that the boys and
girls are in such haste to rush away tc
the village, but, instead, they possess {
love for the farm, and stay on it ~ long
~ circumstances will permit.
CATTLE when changed from green t.
dry feed lose in a short time from 4 to
per cent of their live weight. A steel
may gain fifty pounds Of flesh in 1
month when first changed from green t.
dry feed, and yet weigh less than when
on green feed, and he may oon gain In
the spring 100 pounds when first put or
to green feed, and lose it all ard more
too while being shipped to Chicago.
ORCHARD grass and clover ahould bt
sown together, and as they mature about
the same time, ut least two crops q yeal
can be cut from the same ground, making
In abundance of feed. Quantity of seed
to the acre, one bushel orchard grassland
one gallon clover seed; time of sowing
- early In the spring Is will admit or
the land q heavy brush or light harrow
Pres are sometimes subject to partia
paralysis OF the nerves of the lumbar
region, by which motion of the hind
quarters Is rendered difficult or impossi
bic. 1t sometimes results from inflam
nation of the covering membrane of thu
spinal cord, caused by exposure to cold
The remedy is to rub turpentine or mus
tard paste upon the loins, and to give
teaspoonful of saltpetre in the food ono,
. day. Dry pens, and protection from
rains in the hot seasons are the besi
preventives.-Exchamge.
TOUGH potatoes are two and 4 hal
times more nutritious than the turnip
by chemical analysis, the difference doe
not appear in feeding cattle, where tn.
turnip is much nor agreeable to thu
animal and to the assimilation of tn,
organs. But for the purpose of rearing
young cattle no better food can be givel
to the animal than raw potatoes in on,
ample meal daily, along with hay ant
straw. For store pigs in open yards tn,
raw potato forms an excellent food, ant
when steamed and mixed with meal, NJ
better food can be found for the feedinl
of piga.-Delapayian,
THE Springfield Republican, call atten
ton to q trait of farmers In which, i
thinks, they differ, a. regards each other
from the members of any other guild
" Each man Is eager to show his neighbo1
any new discovery or acquisition which
he has possessed himself or that il likely
to help on the business of farming. /
he thinks he hasa good thing he want
others to know about it, whether it b
the result of some successful experiment
in raising . crop, IN improved breed o
cattle, or variety of vegetable or a pack
age of superior seed which has com,
from . distance. Apparently he doe
not for q moment entertain the idea tina
it would be to his profit to keep sucl
knowledge or specimens to himself. Ant
If another farmer comes to see him, b,
is pleased to show all his possessions, ant
there are no corners of the place b,
which the visitor is hurried becaus
some experiment is going on there which
the owner does not car to have seen, q
IL often the case when . visitor make
the grand rounds Of q factory. Con
trast this habit of the farmers with tn,
way that neighboring merchants ans
manufacturers do their business. Why
when it was first proposed to connect tn
paper mills In Holyoke with their Office
in this city by telephone, objection va
at once raised that the paper maker
might possibly learn each others secret
a. . consequence.