Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-30
AGRICULTURAL

WHEN the agriculture Of . nation
declines, you may expect 70 see the
Handwriting on the WALL" her doom
IL sealed.
On q farm in Berk's County, Penn,
was recently POUNDS chickens nest con-
tanning 164 eggs, all Of which were In .
condition fit for use when found.
HAVE q sharp spade or thin chisel
and cut under ground every plant OF
burdock, poke weed or other biennial or
perennialplant found growing in the fence
cornersor other places likelyto be infest-
ed. and you will o find your yearly
crop of weeds diminished,
THE thriftiest calves should be close
" watched when turned to pasture, lest
they be attacked with "black quarter"
This il the effect Of too rank and watery
food, which impairs digestion. An
ounce Of Epson salts may Be given with
advantage to each calf when turned out
a. precaution against frequent danger.
TIE Science of Health says: off far.
mers would avoid cooling the body
after great exertion, if they would be
not to 70 with wet clothing and wet
feet, and if they would not over-eat
when in an exhausted condition, and
battle daily, using much friction, they
would have little or no rheumatism"
A CORRESPONDENT, noting in the
Harrisburg Telegraph that hogs are dy-
ing in some parts of the State from q
strange disease, states that they can be
cured by the following remedy: Dry q
long red Spanish pepper in the stove and
~pulverize It. Administering this to the
hogs in q quart of sweet milk four or
i've times q week. 1t never fails to
cure.
r. TOWNSEND, of Ann Arbor, Mich
igan, writes that his fine wool ram 'Su.
perior," in his first two deeces, yielded
ffty-one pounds of wool. His first
fleece as q yearling weighed nineteen
pounds, and this year his fleece was
thirty-two pounds. His weight, shorn,
was 1873 pounds. This is placing his ram
amongst the F. F. VISOR full aeaced
Vermonters.
Nh. G. T. POWELL, of the Chatham
New York Courier, gives the timely re-
minder that an hours work each week
through the season on the roadside in
front of your farm will keep down all
~noxious growth, make the premises mere
attractive to passers-by and prevent the
b~roadcasting of weed seeds that the
winds would otherwise carry vel the
fields.
IT Is reported that boulders may be
broken up by drilling . deep hole in the
rock at the proper point, and then fit
into the lower portion of the hole a cyl
indrical ingot Of lead of corresponding
diameter. Then drive q mandrel, or
rod, down upon the lead. By repeated
blows of a hammer the lead will be ex-
banded laterally, and being inelastic,
the pressure will accumulate, and at
length rupture the rock.
CHICKEN lice can be destroyed by
the free use of sulphur about the roosta
and in the nests. If the hen house has
become filled with these pests, remove
the fowls, close up all ventilation, and
then burn q pound of sulphur in some
iron vessel or on the ground, and keep
the fumes in for twelve hours or more
After which ventilate, clean out, white
wash all the wood work and walls, and
zee that the houses are ever afterward
kept clean and sweet.
MANY persons look upon celery as a
plant for the rich and luxurious. 1t il
just ~ good for the lsboring man, and
for the farmers hard working wife. 1t
is easy raised, and may be made to last
through the winter in q good cellar.
Sow the seed In beds or boxes, and prick
out into other beds once or twice to give
more room. 1t may then be planted in
trenches, or in rows on the surface, Civ
ing space enough to bank up for blanch.
Ing in autumn. Any good seed cata-
logue will give directions for handling.
DURING the alternate thawing and
freezing of the fields Of winter grain and
grass in spring the roots are much dis.
turbed and often 80 exposed as to dry up
and die. This is what farmers cali
"winter killing" which occasionally
does such great injury to grain and grass.
Much of this may be avoided by passing
owe the field with q roller a. soon
Is the soil is sufficiently dry to allow
. team upon it. This presses the roots
into the soil, leaves the fields smooth
and is q practice to be generally com.
mended.
CHICKEN cholera is n of those dis
eases which will sometimes yield to very
simple remedies, then in other instances
resist the most powerful. Red pepper,
brandy, laudanum, and similar medi-
cines are used with good results in most
cases, but they should be given in small
doses, and mixed with the food, which
should consist mainly of soft cooked oat
or COR meal, with onions chopped up
6ne. One of our most successful New
Jersey p~oultrymen has found common
garden cue, either fresh o. dried, . sure
cues for chicken cholera. It Is used by
cutting up the leaves and mixing It
with the food.
A GENTLEMAN who has had some ex.
perience at onion raising writes to the
Maine Former that he leveled of . place
twenty-four feet square, where . COW
had been yarded, and spread ON abushel
or more of wood asaes and mixed them In
with . hoe and rake. He planted in
rows ten inches apart, and in hills about
one half that distance, pressing 1t hard
with q board upon which stood. When
the onions came up he gave them . good
supply of water that had been made
tepid from standing in the sun, and that
was we'll saturated with new manure.
The result was twenty bushels of fine on.
ions, and no bugs or worms. Onions
should be planted early.
Remedies for 0unstroke.
DR.. James, of the New York Roasd of
Health, has Issued the following circu-
lar:
"Sunstroke 10 caused by excessive
heat, and especially If the weather is
muggy." It ie more apt to occur on the
second, third, or fourth day Of . heated
term than on the first. Loss of ale ep,
worry, excitement, close sleeping rooms,
debility, abuse Of stimulants, predispose
to it. It il more apt to attack those
working in the sun, and especially be.
tween the hours of IL o'clock in the
morning and 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
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