Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-20
RURAL ECONOMY.

SO limited and unusual Ii the impor-
tation of wheat into France that, In view
of the present short crop, elevators are
building to handle grain from abroad.
On. ANDERSON Of Scotland, estimates
that COW, we'll fed, will fuxniah %
amount Of manure annually which Will
yield lO8 pounds Of ammonia, 90 pounds
Of potash and g. pounds Of ph0sphoric
acid; and that these elements represent
. value Of $22.7 rs, based on their availa-
bility, a compared with artificial fe1tilis.
ers In which they are found.
GUINEA fowls are among the most &C.
tive destroyers Of the Colorado beetle, .
writer claiming that ono guinea hen will
protect An aero OF potatoes. Whether
or not they poaeas such . surprising c.
pacity Of gixsard, they certainly prey on
the beetle, - we'll - many other insect
pests. They lay moro egp then other
poultry and their egxs are uneoualed
for cake and other culinary purposes.
Cows that have acces to water at all
times will drink often, but little ut 4
time, and return to their feeding. Cows
deprived Of . sufficient supply Of water
fail in milk and Hesh; and when they
are allowed to fsii, not only In milk, but
In condition, also, It Ii almost impossible
10 bring them back to their proper yield
Of milk and condition of 1eah, ct least
without extra expense and trouble.
In selecting an animal for breeding
or fattening, obtain having . large
chest-the part containing the lungs,
heart and the larger blood.veMela, all Of
which have an important function TO
perform In the process of nutrition. It
II we'll known among cattle mon that
animals with small chests do not fAtten
readily, and they are remarkably sa1cep-
tible to the influence Of exciting causes
of disease.
THnRR has been much discussion
among dairymen - to whether the morn.
ing's or nights milk ID the richer. A
popular belief hAs long existed that
mornings milk wa richer than niRht's
but Prof. Voelker found the opposite e
be the fast. He believes, however, that
the superiority Of the milk at any par
ticulaF time depends more ON the natur,
and quantity Of food which the COW,
may have consumed during the four O
Ave hours preceding the milking than
upon any other cause.
MR. PETER HENDERSON gives ~ tn,
cream of all strawberries, mentioned II
order of merit, 1st, Pioneer; End, Fores
Roee; Sd, Beauty; 4th, Sharpless; 9th
Monarch of the West; 9Th, Borden 30
7th, Jutunda; 9Th, Charles Downing
He places Pioneer hrst because he deem
1t the earliest, while it is of q 8. goo,
quality and a. large ~ Monarch. d.
Hexamer, however, tells US that, ik
all of Durand's seedlings, 1t require
high cultivation. he also thinks tina
either Nicanor, Duchesse or Duncan, |
earlier. We have not tested Pioneer
Duncan II, with m, the earliest, tho
little else can be said In its favor.
From experiments made BY Bousaiu
gault, extending over . period Of NOR
than twenty years. In which all tho ms
nure applied to the growing plants Va
carefully weighed, % we'll q the harvea
of each year, while the quantities O
chemical constituents were accuratel
derterminsd by analysis, it VA ascel
tanned that on m average the annua
harvest gained from he soil twice i
much nitrogen, three times - much ca,
bon and hydrogen, and four times q
much oxygen - had been given to it Il
manures; presupposing that tho Who'll
of these contained in the manure Va
aaimilated by the plants, which VA il
reality not the case.
A HARTLAND, Niagara County, N. Y
farmer, who had been greatly troubles
with the canker worm, has discovere,
An efficient remedy for the pest. a
procured an ordinary force pump, q hos
and finely perforated sprinkler attache'
TO 1t, and with the apparatus placed o.
the top Of 3 f~orty-gallon cask filed Wit
. solution of Paris Green, he drove ]
into the orchard and began the work Q
destruction. Tho trees were LITERAL,
alive with worms, and Q thorough sprint
ling wa required to reach thsm al an,
this WA given. The result exceede
all anticipstions, and q though sewers
examinations Of the orchard have Gnc
been made, not worm has bsen found
From experiments made In Scotlan
to determine the results of .. change Q
seed on . crop Of oats, It vas found tn
crop grown from seed which had bee
newly brought into the district yielde
46 bushels per acre, and weighed 4
pounds to the bushsi; while upon th
sams land the crop grown from see'
which had long been sown In the neigh
borhood yielded only "a bushels pc
ACRE, and weighed but 50 pounds to th
bushel. An analysis of tho two crop
} chow that an we're Of oats grown withou
} Z change of seed produced 630} pound
OF substances valuable - food, and o
IN acre grown with . change Of ::seel
1,4043 pounds.
! UHwAszED wool contains from 40
70 per cent Of waste matter, tbs large
part of which il washed down on
streams, to their great damage. Of TIL
large percentage OF waste, from IL
10 per cent, according to the kind Z
wool, IL . grease or oil containing valus
able properties; and the remainder
largely made Of nitrogsnous matter
potash and phosphates, In . very suitabl
condition to be returned to the col
Some woods contain sands and minor,
dust to the amount of 10 or 30 Per cen
Now, - the total amount of washed an
uuwashed wool used In this country
, . estimated ct 250,000,O00 pounds pc
, year, It will yield approximately froz
112,000.000 to 116yOO0,O00 pounds q
secured wool or As per can't, 46,O0O,O 90
pounds Of grease. or Is per cent: IN
30, OOO, 900 pounds Of fertilissrs. q j
per cent. It h believed that this slass
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