Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-02-26
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AGRICULTURAL.
Do not forget that turnips aasist win.
ter feeding Of cattle.
W0Ax not ! rod Of land more than
you can work well.
WHEN commencing your sesrieul
tural lifs rsngnb& that Industry,
sconQmy nd integrity will insure sue
g.. md form the bsst capital that can
D. employed.
TIE temperature Of . cellar may b
suddenly raised By burning q saucer
full Of alcohol. A kettle Of live wood
Goals will soon warm Il up to the dedrsd
point, but considerable carbonic acid
gas viii be generated.
ALTHOUGH their products sell for
much lower prices than they did q few
years ago, sheep are among the most
profitable animals which Z be put
upon . farm. but, In order to yield the
highest returns Of which they are capa-
be, they need to b properly cared for.
Avon hollows, inyines ana any spon-
" black land. Even II well drained,
men and k!Ows trees which are likely
g be s9ccuient and shortrhved. Gold
ar settles IN the hollows, which are
colder than the hills; for IN orchard,
choose land that II high or relatively
high. The land may slope in either ID.
rection. There 10 not much choice un-
les the land 10 very steep.-PSofsssor
D'.
CARROTS form . paiatable and nutri.
tious fo0d Tor Almost every species OF
MOCK. Iney may % gwen upb0iled,
mixed vain cut nay OF straw. There
are lev thingn that Will better support
the hof1e, while colts arc brought into
excellent condition when fed with them.
10 the COW they afiord .. wholesome
1000, colorin& and havorinG the butter
aereeeoly; Ine hog ease carrots favon-
ously, q tnrives upon them.
IT nay afford Q crumb Of com fort to
American agricultusists who a.e dread.
ine the results of ovcfspgoduction. to
Know that Eugii.h writers like NJ.
CAIRO nave iorcaDly summed up the
broad view O present state OF mat
ters, when they tell ~ thai quite one.
hall OF each ioaf consumed n England
ID OF foreign origin; that one foassh
part OF their whole meat and dairy pro-
duce comes 70 them from across - SEA,
and that almost the entire additions
which may hereafter be sought 70 al the
y multiplying mouths OF their dense
population must be drawa from other
lands.
THREE yearn aaoS Ban soved clever
seed on . rrass plot. After which he ran
the roller over K: the next YEAR there
was : fine crop. In 1876. he aeain
seeded with clover and rolled a. before.
and had the name success. Since than,
all the grass lands are eown with clover
and timothy - early q the spring -
they can b gotten on with the team to
roll them, q It has kept . good sod.
Ihh spring he purposes sowing orchard
grass with the other seeds, thinking It
will not only give . larger yield for first
crop, but make the second crop more
valuable.
In saxouv. WHARF the cold water svs-
tenn n carr{ed ont In lsrre dairiesr an
apparently e6ectual plan has been Sit
upon for preventing tie milk Cunning"
guddenly In tempestuous weather. "A
thin iron wire chain il passed through
the milk-pans, the ends of which are
Kent oonstantlv n cold water. Dr.
Fleischman, Of baden, testiaes to the
p~racticabihty OF this method, Tor. he
observes, authorities on the subject
maintain that milk 10 les sensitive to
the electricity OF the air than to the
tsmpsrature that surrounds T. more
Immediately; Inc TACT that milk kept
In enameiied or timed vessels y len
liable to sour IN q 9 weafhgr - thought
to speak well tor this new theory.
A CONTEMPORARY ' "There ID no
reason why farming may not be made to
pey much oftener than it does, Very
lew have learned to regard It - . busE.
ness. It il sort Of chance work all
round Most mon look on IL - sort of
real estate transaction. They hone q
day to sell out 1t q big figure, hence are
afraid to improve their farns with q
view TO agricultural operations. for fear
that whoever buys the land will not
care for these little things. We have
often heard some improving. farmer
ridiculed for his expenditures BY come
knowing ones, who were very sure 20
and . get nc more lor hn place
than u ne nae thrown MS money IN the
art"
THERE are many ways of making
grain trouGhs for sheep, but they are
best constructed 20 that they may be
revolved. Double boxes may be made
hv aim vlv ~nsil;n~ thru hc.ri. <o~eAha.