Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-02
AGRICULTURAL

house, but also have them in the pasture
by the watering place, near the barn.
and wherever cattle, horses, and sheep
are to be provided fol.
To clear cistern water add two ounces
borax to q twenty barrel cistern of rain
water that il blackened or oily, and in Z
few hours the sediment will settle and
the water be clarified and ft for washing
and even for cooking purposes.
A LITTLE dry sand covered over pota.
toes when they are first put in the eel.
ler will destroy any unpleasant odor
they may have. A sprinkling of dry
air-slacked lime will mitigate 4 tendency
to rot.
A sPR1NKLINa of fine plaster or sui.
phur over tho leaves of the strawberry
1t the 1rst appearance of the blight Is
suggested ~ q remedy for this disease,
which has made such sad work with the
foliage Of this delicious berry.
ONE of the plainest indications of uu.
successful farming ID to ee manure
ling to waste, or unemployed. When
this il seen there 10 no need of looking
b yond the stables, and yards to find out
t g condition of the farm, or to Judge of
he success of its owner.
Coon hen manure from fowls which
have been literally fed Ii worth ~ much
~ guano. 1t should be put into barrels
- soon ~ taken up from the chicken
house, kept in . dry place till wanted,
= little plaster mixed with It, and before
using pound up fine. Apply it same as
guano.
Corn cobs dipped into molasses and
suspended from limbs In the plum trees
has saved many . crop of plums for a
Moreland farmer. He has done this for
many years with success. The cufuulio
will lay his brood into the sweetened
corn-cob instead of the plums. From
six to twelve prepared corn.cobs are
sufficient for an ordinary sized tree.
THE practice of washing sheep before
shearing is very disagreeable, and ia un.
necessary. Nothing is gained in the
price of VIOLIN fact, the usual deduc.
tion made by wool buyers for unwashed
wool leaves an advantage to the seller
The practice is dangerous to health Of
both men and sheep, and may we'll be
abolished.
The thriftiest calves should be close
y watched when turned out to pasture
lest they be attacked with " BLACKBURN
ter" This is the effect of too rank and
watery food, which impairs digestion
An ounce Of EPSON salts may be giver
with advantage to each calf when turned
out, as a precaution against this frequent
danger.
CLOVER fields will be benefited by
the application of q bushel or two o.
plaster, as early this month as possible
there is no better place on the farm to
put wood ashes on clover. Oircum-
stances already referred to are tending
to make clover q more important croT
than We have regarded it rs . prep
aratiOn for wheat and for green
feeding. For this use some Of thu
annual varieties may be sown.
The Troy Tines says: "a farmer
who has had ten years experience in
Colorado claims to have found a SURF
remedy for the potato bug scourge
His plan is simply to plant n or two
fax seeds in each hill Of potatoes. HI
says the bugs will shun it every time
and for ten years he has been successful
in raising potatoes while others have
failed. The proposed remedy is simple
and costs almost nothing to try it,"
OXEN and beasts of draft are in some
places better than horses. They require
different treatment from horses, and
especially in the spring, when warm
weather opens. Sufficient time should
be given for them to feed, and being
slow OF motion they should be driven
accordingly. In working email farms
oxen will be found more economical
than horses, and a pair will be useful on
q large farm.
DISCUSSIONS from time to time occu.
Ply pages of print as t. whether worm.
eaten peas or other seeds will grow.
Some assert positively they will not,
and others are certainly that they will.
The fact is that if the weevil does NOT
injure the germ they will grow as well
as If there were no holes in them, but il
they eat out the germ the pea can no,
grow. This is the whole matter in q
+" nutshell."
The OxAivdtor says of s4uashes;
"The seeds of the different varieties are
very apt to mix when planted in close
proximity, and hence it il hard to gel
pure seed, the seed growers often being
too careless about the location whence
they have seed. Unripeor partly decay.
ed squashes are often fed to stock, and
make good fat. They should however,
have the seeds removed first, AZ these
have 9 diuretic effect injurious effect to
cows"
A FARMER says: "Four years age
my farm wa fearfully infested with
rats. They are 30 numerous that / had
great fears of my whole crop being de.
stroyed by them after it WAS housed; but
having two acres of wild peppermint
that grew in q field of wheat, cut and
bound with the wheat, drove the rats
from the premises. I have not been
troubled with them since. while my
neighbors have any quantity of them.
l felt convinced that any person who il
troubled with these pests could easily
get rid of them them by gathering q
good supply Of mint and placing it
around the walls or base of their barns"
IT has been proven that by plant
20 A~~AA0 larger yACAu VI JUN V0u
be produced than from hills. In place
Of hills three feet apart each way, make
drills three and q half feet apart, and
drop the seed every eighteen inches. In
the first ase there are 4,840 hills and in
latter 3,4OO to the acre. Two stalks
may be grown in each hill, OF If there
are their stalks in the former case,
here will be 1850 stalks and is, 800 in
the latter, with one good ear to the stalk
which Is possible-there will be 145
bushels in the one " Q and 168 in the
other to the acre. If this il possible, and
there h no doubt of IL, why, then, ehould
1t not be attempted
A GOOD deal depends upon the treat
ment which the COW receives. If well
fed, 1t ia unnecessary to dry them Of
three or four months before calving.
Yet a. they are pretty generally treated.
1t needs all the time to recruit their
exhausted energies, and gathering
strength for their new demand. A COW
giving milk requires double the food