Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-05-21
RURAL ECONOMY.

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A SOLUTION Of carbolic acid in 800
PARTS Of water has been found effective
Tor scab. A strong decocti0n of tobacco !
IL = good wash, also.
For throat distemper, crate fine q
small green wild turnip, or, If dry, give
. heaping spoonful, mixed with bran or
cats. Never fails. Good for q cough,
also.
In Matching turkey eggs sprinkle
them the last two weeks slightly every
other day with water that has had the
chill taken Of. Some moisture seems to
be necessary for turkey eggs.
Nh. L. s. CoFFIN says: az would
almost - noon think of being without
salt, - oil meal or faxseed, with a herd
of cattle. Then again / suppose there
is no bedding that Is equal TO aax straw
for hoga."
FROM 80 to go bushels of oats should
be the least satisfactory yield, and the
aim should be to have the ground in =
condition to produce this instead of the
Is to 80 which is the usual harvest.
The whole secret IL fertilizing the soil.
STALE bread moistened with sweet
milk is recommended very highly as
good feed for young chickens the first
few days. When . week old they may
be fed on cracked grain scalded. When
old enough to eat grain give them
plenty of It.
The main object of a fair is of course
the good of the farmers, that is
the good which he derives from compar.
ing his own products and processes
with his neighbors. Therefore, the
display of agricultural products is the
first thing to be regarded.
TREAT the family COW to . little oil
cake meal every day, and she will quick
~ responded in more and much richer
milk. Try it. Fresh ground and pure
1t contains q larger percentage of gluten
albumen, starch, sugar and fat. Best
spring feed for all kind of stock.
HENS should not be allowed to dis
turb the settlers by laying in their nests.
Broken eggs and q bad hatch will result.
If the sitting hen cannot be isolated in
any way cover her with an empty coop,
basket or box, being careful to have hel
come off every day for feed, and water,
exercise and dust bath.
WHITEwAsH sticks much better wher
put on hot. If the lime be Stacked ir
hot water in which rice has been boiled
until thoroughly dissolved, and rom
salt added, it will be greatly i'm.
proved. Now is the time to apply the
brush. 1t helps the appearances if vel
done.
A SUCCESSFUL daryman feeds hi,
cows night and morning the year round
and in each feed puts q teaspoonful of
salt. He considers this method of salt.
ing COWS preferable to the usual one Of
giving animals salt once or twice q weel
and thinks this method adds largely to
the amount of milk given.
Every family finds more or less bones
accommodating. Burn them with your
wood, and ashes thus enriched is one OF
the most valuable of all fertilizers.
Money can not buy any article which
win 20 fertilize your soil. Bones thus
consumed will quadruple the value Of
wood ashes, which in themselves are
among the best of soil enrichers.
IT il of among the very best mixers
and buttermakers that nervous animate
occur, and we cannot afford to- have
their value thus impaired. No violence
should be allowed between the COWS al
any time; but if you have impatient
help or are quick tempered yourself, lei
some person who does not get mad &C
easily milk the nervous cows. A cruel
man ought never to have charge of any
stock whatever.
A FARMER, on the subject of oats,
makes these remarks: Those who have
strong soils and yet tolerably dry, and
have the very best of oat land, and those
who have not much, watch every chance
to get in the seed early, If they would
have the best results. Those who know
this, and yet have land for oats which
they feel they will hardly be able to seed
before the end of April, sometimes pre-
pare the land in the fall, and then SOW
the seed on the snow in February.
THE top of . fruit tree, to secure
the best results in color and flavor of
tho fruit, should be kept open to the
admission of air and sunlight. If some
branches grow too fast for the harmoni-
GUS balance of the tree pick out the
buds ct the end and thus force the
growth into the other branches that are
not 20 thrifty. Five years of cultiva-
ton and watchful pruning and you will
nnOAR hasa NnoarSnn <o ounNw 1A~-n
branches. It IL . terrible loss to q tree
to allow branches to attain . large size
only to be slaughtered.
Roof crops have done much to redeem
the agriculture of England. The sugar
beet il doing wonders in France. It
may be that in the west We can not
stand the work necessary for raisingand
feeding roots to live stock for their
nutEiment, while c0rn and hay are 10
cheap and abundant, yet it Is possible
that - . condiment, and for variety,
roots would pay ~ well - any crop We
can raise. Have any OF our readers ever
tried the experiment.
A Few warm days will often tempt
tho farmer to doff his flannels and take
his chances on the rheumatism or 4 hard
cold, ~ it may turn out. The same
feeling assails the housewife, and she
takes up the carpets, opens the windows
and stores the stoves away in the barn
for the summer. A week of cold winds,
or . four days rain, dispels the illusion,
and cold feet blue noses, coughs,
sore threats and Group among the child
rem are the rewards of q haste much moro
ambitious than wise.
6PR0UTIKG the white potato will ad-
vance the crop two weeks. They should
b cut 20 that aoout two eyes are allow.
ed 10 each piece, and these should be
planted in hot beds with . very thin
covering Of soil; or 1t is better to plant
in boxes and set these in . hot bed, 20
that after they are properly sprouted
they can be ct once carried to the place
Of planting. II the nights should be
any way cold, protect with . thin cover-
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