Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-16


vKRY weak. lime water will hill worms
In flower pots.
A FEW drops Of ammonia added to q
gallon Of water and applied once Z week
to all pots of flowers wil much good and
keep the pots and earth from souring.
A SMALL quantity Of superphosphate
dropped upon potatoes when planting
increases the yield, and ID q remedy
against worms and insects, by which scab
and other diseases are produced.
COARSE fodder, such a corn butts,
straw and over ripe hay, 10 improved
one-quarter to one-half Of it, value by
steaming before feeding. But the gain
in steaming good hay Is uncomfortable.
LIBERAL feeding IL true economy.
The aim should b to induce animals Of
all kinds to eat all they have . good
appetite for and digest, by changing
food and also methods Of preparing It.
BUY no fertilizers without knowing
precisely what they consist of. Peruvian
guano, and other reliable fertilizers,
when genuine, always havea brand upon
their bags, with q statement Of their
analysis.
Coon dairymen contend that milk is
partly absorbed when kept for q long
time in the udder, also asserting that
COWS MIXED thrice daily produce more
milk and butter than II they were
MIXED only twice q day.
ONE of the most marked evidences of
poor farming is indifference to the quail.
ity of seed. Let our readers give this
subject special attention, plant and COW
only the very best seed to be had, and q
large crop will reward the trouble and
expense.
THE celebrated English farmer. AL.
derman ]. J. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall,
has but six acres Of permanent pasture,
and yet manages to keep on an average
| 200 sheep, and from fifteen tn twenty
head of cattle. All food is cut up, no
roaming at large is allowed, and sup.
Elemental food Is invariably given. The
sheep are always within iron-hurdled
folds, removed morning and evening.
To prevent saddle gals the saddle
should be lined with some smooth, hard
substance. Flannel or wooden cloth ia
bad. A hard-finished, smooth rawhide
lining, similar to those of the military
saddle is properly fitted to the horse'A
back, there will be no gals, unless the
horse is very hardly used. Calls should
be washed with soap and water, and
then with q solution of three grains of
copperas or blue vitriol to one table
spoonful of water, which will harden
the surface and help to restore the
growth of the skin. White hairs grow.
ing upon CALLED spots can not be'pr event.
ed.-Nebraska Farmer.
In arecent discussion of the profits OF
wheat growing in England, the curious
fact was developed that the product OF
the straw has become in that country
more important than that of the wheat,
This is not because the yield of wheat,
in proportion to the straw, is less than
formerly, but it is due to the fact that
straw IL now 90 extensively used in
chopped food for animals, and enters
into 30 many manufactures, that there ID
. demand for all that is raised, and il
brings a good price. This is true ia
some extent ia our older farming sec.
tions, and especially in those towns neal
large cities where q considerable demand
exists for wheat straw.
An exchange says: It is something
to know whence comes the poison OF
poisonous cheese. The history of the
case l have given, shows that it comes
from disease germs is the milk itself,
originating from suppurative infamma.
ton in the milk-producing organ-the
cows udder. The lesson to cheese max.
ers Is plain-never use milk from q COW
which shows tenderness, redness, OF
swelling OF her bag, even through the
milk may exhibit no i'll signs to the eye.
The germs of disease are there before
blood appears in the milk. Run no
risks; for serious consequences to health
life, and your wi and reputation
may ensue. Customers are very ehy OF
buying again from q dairy that has
ono produced and sold poisonous
cheese"
SET a green hand to prune trees where
limbs of any size are to be removed, and
the chances are, ten to n that he will
commence at the top and saw through
the limb until it falls of its own weight
tearing down the bark and wood, in
ficting a great, ugly wound, which may
require years to heal, and which, if not
carefully projected from the weather,
will cause such decay ~ to destroy the
tree. The method commonly recon-
ended to prevent injury is, to begin at
the bottom and cut half way through,
and then finish at the top; or with very
large limbs, to have them supported by
q crotched pole or pitchfork held by an
assistant below; but We have found a
better plan, and quite q easy, to be to
make two cuts, the first ct = convenient
distant, say q foot from the point where
We wish the limb removed. This short
stump can, except in the case of very
large limbs, be easily held in one hand,
while the final cut is made with the
other.-Frut Recorder.
WHAT shall we grow . q field crop to
SELF We answer, hay. First, because
grass is indigenous to nearly all soils Of
New England, hence costs less to seed
down the grass; once seeding lasts a
number of years, we must SOW seed for
every crop. Second, If grass is cut be-
fore it ripens its seeds, the soil is not
exhausted of its mineral a. is
the case with grain, left to ripen and
perfect it's seed. Third, the cost of
growing and harvesting il less than for
any other crop. Fourth, good hay
always commands . remunerative price
in our home markets. We might speak
in this connection of what are termed
garden crops of vegetables and small
fruits; which are grown BY many farm.
ers to be sold - = money cropA An
acre of land sometimes will bring In an
almost fabulous amount of money; vet
considering the vast amount of labor ex.
pended in growing and marketing the
crop and its liabilities to injury from
worms, insects, and frosts, the growing
of small fruits and vegetables for our
markets At the present time will hardly
compare with the hay crop for profit
Charles II. May. Wsodsock, ".
putuomsA Kidd.