Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-06-11
AGRICULTURAL

tatoes: also abundant manuring and |
rood preparation Of the soil. The latter
often doubles the crop. 1
SHEEP, owing to their shyness, should
be treated with great kindness. Their {
treatment should be such that they Will
actually learn to entertain an affection
for their keepers. |.
Cows should never be pastured with
pigs, sheep, geese or chickens. They al
render the grass offensive to the neater
animal. The horse can pasture with
neat cattle.
A LITTLE dry sand covered over pota-
toes when they are first put in the cellar
will destroy any unpleasant odor they
may have. A ~sprinkling of dry, air
Stacked lime will mitigate a tendency
to rot.
IT is supposed that eating rich clover
pasture wet with dew or recent rains IL
dangerous to COWS as producing bloat.
But when dry there is but little danger,
if the cows are not too hungry and un-
used to such food.
PRor. RILEY says that for feeding
silk worms there is no appreciable differ
ence between the Usage Orange and the
Mulberry. 1t would be q step in ad-
vance if the hedge should become the
feeding ground of the silk worm.
} LET no time be lost in the use of a
harrow in the corr field. So 0 o as
planted start the harrow and keep it
going. Corn pays. The most effectual
way to raise good corn is to show the
weeds no mercy. Now is the time to
J head them with the harrow.
On CAKE must be fed to COWS alone.
For cows that are dry feed two pounds
of oil cake with four to six pounds OF
corn meal per day. Avoid sameness in
diet. Cornmeal alone is likely to put
the cows system into a feverish con-
) dition.
Mr.. CHAs l.. SHARPLEss, Philadel.
> phia, has sold T. S. Cooper, Coopersburg
. Pa, the Jersey bull Chelton Duke, price
$500. This was the bull of the Cetenni-
:. al Prize Herd, and was out of the Imp.
Duchess, that made thirteen pounds OF
butter per week on grass alone, and If
4 pushed with grain would have made a
much larger yield.
t A MOST valuable remedy for heaves,
and said to be a sure cure: Forty su.
), mac buds, one pound resin, one pint OF
ginger, half a pound of mustard, one
pint of unslacked lime, one pound epson
salts, four ounces of gum guiacum, ell
ounces of cream tartar. Mix thorough
ly and divide into thirty powders, ano
give one every morning in their feeo
? before watering.
Ia FEATHERS should be thoroughly driet
before using them. If feather beds
smell badly, or become heavy from wan
of proper renovation of feathers, or iron
J.. old age, empty them, and wash the feath
= ers thoroughly in a tub of suds, spreat
&c them in the garrett to dry, and they viii
!. be as light and good as new. Never la.
=. the pillows or feather ticks to dry in tn
!. sun; lay them in q shady place, wher'
o. the wind can purify them. Heat make
r feathers rancid.
A WRITER in the Farm Journal seem
to have a proper understanding of tn
:, farmers position at this time, and yer
l. correctly remarks. "The margin c
profits to make farming pay is not t
III run off on side issues, and 80 neglect tn
.; business in hand, but by higher cultivs
,u ton, improved methods of tillage, ecor
a omical management, and by greater in
III dustry seek to swell the profits. Pr
IN miscuous mixing the trades will do ver
we'll for gentlemen farmers who are nc
dependent for their bread and butter o
te farm products. For those who are d.
n pendent, it is better policy to do OF
OF thing at a time, do it we'll and with a
Z ones might"
THE use of salt in the cart of farl
animals seems to aid an economical d
~ gestion, and assists assimilation OF tt
y. requisite normal amount of food viii
it is also believed that it makes the f1es
IL IL harder and gives the animal functions
& more regular and healthy action. /
England the average daily allowance
Is, salt is for calves one per da.
III year old animals three ounces, fattenin
oxen six ounces and mich COWS for
ounces. Sheep, it is said, will new
Ell stray from Enclosures where salt is kel
F. for their constant use, provided,
OF course, running water is also found
the pasture.
ad CONSIDERABLE quantities of parsle
are used for flavoring soups and garnisl
ing roast meats and the like in autum
and winter. The culture of this herb
a very simple. 1t is own early in spring
ne in a rich garden bed, in rows, fftee
a inches a part, and cultivated the same
ne carrots and other roots. If it is desire
"a to use it in winter, the roots are tran
,rs planted to a bed in September, an
ne the sashes placed on in November, b
Tn banking well and covering, the bed wi
not freeze unless the weather be yer
1t severe. The roots may also be tran
ny planted to greenhouse in the fall, an
will then bear repeated clipping, tn
AT artificial heat maintaining a cOntinuoI
growth.
A CORRESPONDENT wishes to kno'
ne the origin and way to prevent warbl'
ar getting in the backs of cattle. The eg.
rd which produce this MARBLE are laid by
large and beautiful CAD fly, on the bac
of cattle, in August or Septembe
&c; They are scientifically called estrus Boz
and are much larger than the horse DO
fly. The latter flies lay their eggs Q
ar; the hair of the horse, while the cattle ga
re, flies deposit their eggs in the skin, by Il
De means Of a sharp instrument, whit
AZ causes great pain to the cattle, makiI
Or them run and below about the pastur
as At this season of the year they are sti
les in the ~cattle's backs, but will work the
ire way out in June or July, and fall to II
ed ground in a ~chrysalis state, where,
about forty or fifty days, it comes for
a beautiful bot-fy. Cattle owners ca
to by moving their hands along the cattle
Mt back feel the punches caused by the
,m MARBLES. With the fingers they can
cal squeezed out and destroyed, which {
est farmers should attend to, as no Gait
of can thrive with them. 1t is difficult
ha prevent them from being deposited
IRE the cattle, as the eggs are placed und
est the skin and can not be found or reno
i'm ed until they assume size enough to
k; late. They can be found and remoy'
nd felt in the winter or spring. They are
Ike nauseous and disagreeable animal, al
We very annoying to stOck.-IoWa Sta