Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-23
AGRICULTURAL

DURING its period of growth Indian
corn draws from the soil thirty-six times
Its " weight Of water.
A TEAsPooNFUL of coal oil to a gal.
Ion of water will exterminate all the in
sects that infest garden plants and beau
tiful flowers.
A HORSE fork should Re in every
barn. In the hurry Of haying, the cost
of a horse hay fork may easily be saved
in one week, by rapid unloading.
THE common method with manure
now is, to keep it as near the surface,
and to intermingle it with the soil, as
much as possible.
Mn. LAwEs' experiments have proved
that pigs store up or utilize 20 per cent OF
the dry substance of their food, sheep IL
per cent, and cattle 8 per cent.
Coal TAR applied hot to roof will
cure it of leaking. Take an old broom
or tie rags on al old broomstick, and use
this for spreading the tar over the de-
sired places.
A RUN in a good piece of grass will
greatly help the calves. The more they
are pushed, without over doing it, during
the first years growth the better the
mature animal will be.
To have a fine velvety turf, the NOW
er must be frequently used, usually AZ
often as once a week. Use the sickle in
corners near trees and shrubs, and other
places not reached by the mower.
lF farmers we're as careful to save
their oats, hay, fodder, ETC., in the best
possible condition, as they are to have
their food properly prepared, the cattle's
food would be made more ~palatable.
IT is useless to say that good crops
come from luck. 1t is not 10. The Sc.
cret is in selecting the seed with care,
draining the fields, keeping out the cat
/ tie and having sound fences. Thrift is
what honest men thrive by. Rogues
have luck, if getting along only Ii luck.
TREES have no business in a farmers
vegetable garden; that is to say, a tree
there is a weed and a nuisance, however
valuable in its proper place. The fruit
garden, is itself not less important or
valuable than the vegetable garden, but
the two do not go we'll together.
The average quantity of pure milk
needed for a pound of cheese is ten
pounds. 1t varies during the season,
and also in proportion to the amount
of cream in the milk. A smaller guam
tity of rich milk than of poor is required
to make a pound of cheese.
As soon rs the upper portions of the
straw of the cereals become yellow, no
further increase takes place in the
weight of the seed. If the grain be not
cut down soon after the appearance OF
this sign, its quality deteriorates and it,
weight diminishes.
To make a wire fence hog proof, il
must have five or six wires strained very
tightly, and have posts not more than II
or at most "A feet apart. A good pos
and rail, or board fence is preferable t
a wire fence excepting where timber il
very costly, or where the snow drift
badly.
A MARYLAND farmer thinks he ha,
found a "sure cure for Canada thistle
It consists in sowing the land infested
by them with buckwheat early
in the spring, allowing it to grow till il
is in full blossom, turning it under ant
again reseeding with the same grain
The last crop is harvested when ripe.
WHEN the horse shows signs of shy
ing at an object, do not beat him, bu
lead him up to it, allowing him to stant
and look, as he closer; and afte
he examines it a few times he will no
fear anything of the kind again. Ii
passing by hedges with a colt, throw in
stones and stop him until he takes no no
tice of the noise.
The American Agriculturist suggest
that when sheep are turned on to til,
: grass q daily allowance of salt should b
given. A ~tesspoonful for each sheep j
sufficient. The safest way to give tn
salt is to provide a lump of rock salt il
a convenient sheltered place, and leav,
it SC that the sheep can so to it wheI
they wish. Salt prevents indigestion
: and greatly ~discourages parasites in tn
intestines.
; SLACK one peck of lime, and Will
hot and at the thickness of cream, add
, pint of linseed oil and quarter of a poun'
f Of dissolved glue. Let it stand half
day before using. This for interior wall
is far superior to simple lime and water
1t is also first, rate for outdoor work
1 though expensive. For building
fences, ETC., slack clean, fresh white
lime under water; add q pound of SUI
phate of zinc to every peck of lime, an
half a pound of salt.
ONE-YEAR-oLD grapevines, set thi
q spring, should not be allowed to gro'
more than one shoot. Remove all otf
P ers, reserving of course the stronges
If other vines were set, these should nc
Q be allowed to bear, az if it is necessar
d for them to become thoroughly estat
lished and prepare for fruiting. Kee
all shoots tied up to stakes II t~rellise
On old vines the fruit will be great
improved by thinning after the cluster
are set, leaving only two bunches'to
shoot.
FROM experiments made in Scotlan
to determine the results of a change {
seed on a crop of oats, it was found th
crop grown from seed which had bee
. newly brought into the district yielde
:, 46 bushels per acre. and weighed 4
pounds to the bushel; while upon tn
same land the crop grown from see
which had long been sown in the neigl
q borhood yielded only "a bushels per acI
and weighed but 32 pounds to the busf
e ell. An analysis of the two crops show
that an acre Of oats grown without
It change of seed produced 5000 pounds {
substances valuable as food, and All acr
grown with a change of seed, 1,404
4 pounds.
In regard to the various method
r suggested for destroying the cabbag
t worm, Prof. Riley says that few liquor
. will prove more effective than hot waite
judiciously applied, though n poun
of whale oil soap dissolved in about 81
Q gallons of water, OF even strong tea ws
y ter, may be used to advantage. The az
d ~plication should be made several time
during the year, as it will be more efie'
e tual when the worms are young. A
preventive measures, the worms may b
d induced to transform under fiat piect
is of boards, land upon any objects that wi
raise them about an inch from the SUI
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