Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-03-19
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the value Of the sheep and half the valu'
of the cattle.
To ave the posts from decay, dip tn,
ends to be set in the ground in petrole
um or paint, or char them.
SHEEP fatten quicker when loose il
pens Of half a dozen, than by any
method of Sailing or tying up escf
sheep.
A FARMER by the name of Junning
10 Cook County, ILL.,, raised last veal
100 tons of squashes from forty acres Of
land, and had n good corn crop besides
Pick up the odds and ends that are
going to waste around you. Hides
horns, hoofs, bones, wax, moss and many
other ~trif1es, have a cash value.
THE best way to keep maple molasse,
fresh the year round, is to make them
the thickness you desire, and then can
them . you would fruit. In this way
they will be kept from fermenting.
WHETHER the evening or morning
milk of the COW is the most solid in but.
ter, is what is engaging the attention oi
scientists. 1t is claimed that the even
ing milk produces nearly twice the but
ter that the morning milk does.
Az a. the warm weather comes
on lice and ticks become active, and
annoy the animals greatly. A mixture
Of lard and kerosene oil, put on the back
and brisket of cows, calves and sheep
will have q good effect.
In order to properly fumigate the
poultry house, put into burning sulphur
. pound of old tobacco leaves, or q piece
of common resin twice as big as an egg,
and close the house perfectly tight.
Insects can not live in that kind of an
atmosphere.
To make hens lay the whole year,
give each hen half an ounce of fresh
meat every day, and mix a small
amount Of red pepper with their food in
the winter. Give them plenty of grain,
water, gravel, and lime, and allow NO
cocks to run with them.
QUITE a large trade was transacted
between Montana Territory and Mich.
igan the past year in apples. To 20 to
such a rigorous climate the apples were
wrapped in thin pa per. All kinds OF
fruit command ready sale amongst the
people of all the territories, but the sup.
ply heretofore has been furnished mainly
from California.
FATTENING beef animals pays; but
trying to fatten inferior animals is q
waste of energy, time and labor. The
animals should be selected with special
reference to the rapidity with which
they will ~fatten to the quality of the
beef, fineness of bone, ~compactness of
body, and small amount of O1al which
the carcass will yield.-American Agri-
cultural.
The man who plants an apple orchard
does not expect to get any return of
consequence until it is ten or twelve
years old; but he plants for all. He
knows that, If he wants to sell his land
before the trees bear fruit, the statement
on the sale bills that the farm contains
al orchard of fruit trees Just coming
into bearing will help the bidding
wonderfully; and it will be the same
with trees when once the exact position
of the timber question is understood. A
piece of woodland properly planted and
well located will come into use before an
apple orr hard will; and q farm of 100
acres which could advertise that it had
five acres of young forest ten years old
would bring far more than interest on
cost.
KANSAS lisa good state for fowls, and
ought to be especially 90 for early
broilers. The clear, sunny skies have q
quickening influence on hens, and our
go to prove that laying
early. Ifcarefully provided
with warm shelters, having southern
and fed with cooked, vegeta-
bic food, meat and milk, fowls will Law
in February, and commence
to set in March. BY proper care, warm
quarters and suitable food, the chickens
will keep healthy, grow rapidly and be
ready for broiling in May, when they
find ready sale at good prices. Eggs in
February, March and April keep fresh
longer and sell at better prices than
later in the season. Early chickens are
more healthy and harder, if they have
proper shelter and care, than those
Matched later in the season. In fact
this is true of all farm stock. Early
calves and pigs are healthier
and grow mor rapidly when they come
if provided with comfortable,
sunny quarters and proper food. The
egg and fowl produce Of a farm can be
made, with ordinary care, q source of
profit, in addition to
q large amount of very
wholesome and palatable diet for the
The thrifty matron will have
accommodations provided for her fowls
and encourage them to lay and sit early,
and she will be we'll satisfied and repaid
for any extra trouble and eare the effort
may cost.-Er.
COUNTRY folksare in general 50 fully
occupied with affairs that they have no
time to discover how lonesome they real
y are. So far as this is concerned we
think it q misfortune. We are too busy:
work to hard; we take two few or no
holidays; read and think too little. and
do not spend sufficient time in social
culture. There is no reason why those
who plough the soil, or" whose talk is of
bul:ocks,' should not experience the
which are the result of
formal social life. In business, at bar
in pursuit of dollars, no man il
seen ut his best. He is tkorny, spiny,
his back up a. q porcupine's might
be, at his business Let one doff his
working clothes, and enter a room full
of his neighbors-men and women,
and maidens-and he is a man of
another kind. He naturally falls into
he ways of al intuitive kindness; the
LONG Of his companion what he would
hat he should do to him. He "lets
out" to please, and, after an eve
hing spent in social converse, he retires
With many rough corners and asperities
toned down. For q few days the infu.
'nce remains. 1t would be permanent
t it could be reinforced now and then.
md the good results would be most
lgreeable and useful. There is no
.lifaculty in bringing these good infu-
noes to bear. Two or three persons
nth energy and some magnetism about
hem can put them in motion with ease.
Vow is the time to begin the effort