Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-09
AGRICULTURE


TEE old queen always goes with the
swarm.
MANY . fine horse ID ruined BY driving
him too fast immediately after . hearty
meal. II the journey must be resumed
without delay, the horse should be
very slowly for . half hour or
more, when the speed may be safely In
creased. A good horse is too valuable
animal to ruin by injudicious haste.
HENS do much better when allowed .
free range outdoors than when confined.
In France it has been found that with
fowls allowed considerable freedom
twenty per cent only of their eggs fail
to hatch; with less freedom forty per
cent failed, and In close confinement
sixty pei cent were not Matched.
COLLECT some SCOT from a chimney or
stove where wood is used for fuel, put
into an old pitcher and pour hot water
upon it. When cool use it to water
your plants every few days. The effect
upon plants Is wonderful In producing a
rapid growth OF thrifty shoots, with
large, thick leaves and q great number of
richly-tinted roses.
II, after wool has grown in consider
able length, sheep or lambs become
annoyed with lice or ticks, wash them in
q strong decoction of tobacco. Another
way is to take q pair of bellows and in
hale tobacco smoke with considerable
force among the ticks. This will prove
instant death to them.
Asparagus must be allowed time to
grow its foliage, and prepare nourish-
ment for next years crops. From not
understanding this, many exhaust their
beds by cutting too late. The old rule
to stop when green yeas come is q good
one. When cutting ceases, let the tops
grow; their shade will keep down the
small weeds, and the few large ones
that may appear are to be pulled by
hand.
The Cultiuator says of squashes:
"The seeds of the different varieties are
apt to mix when planted in close proxim-
ity, and hence it is rather hard to get
pure seed, the seed-growers often being
too careless about the location when they
have seed. Unripe or partly decayed
squashes are often fed to stock and
make good fat. They should, however,
have the seeds removed first, az these
have = diuretic effect very injurious to
COWS.
The original S%outhdowns were the
purest blood of any English sheep.
their improvement was accomplished by
judicious selection from various Aocks.
Great symmetry of form has been
attained, large size and fattenine
qualities. By aso of their purity,
they have stamped their fattenine
qualities more certainly upon their of.
spring than any other English breed.
Lord Walsingham's flock is the most
celebrated.
WE learn from the Western Rural
that French chicken-producers find
that feeding the fowls with boiled OF
steamed carrots, chopped into small
pieces, rapidly fattens them and impart.
an agreeable flavor to the flesh greatly
relished by epicures, and that fowls
thus fed sell more rapidly. The expert
ment at least is worth trying here. i
spring chickens could thus be increased
in weight and SAVIOR in q few weeks botl
producers and consumers would b<
benefited.
CAT1LLoN, q French Psychologist
found that the addition of from seven {,
eight grains of glycerine to the dali,
ration of q lot of guinea pigs increased
the effect of their food * that they gain
ed from one-tenth to one-ffth of thei
weight in q given time, while a secon,
lot fed on the same ration, but withou
glycerine gained nothing; when th,
dose of glycerine was changed to tn
second lot they gained in weight, an,
the first lot gained nothing. Larg
doses of glycerine, however, cause de
rangement of the digestive organs.
A GENERAL western practice is t
plant corn on stubble land. The in
creasing use of artificial fertilizers ha
shown that vi may often ignore rots
tions, and repeat the same crops whel
We desire to do so. English farmers ar
depending less upon " rotation" and GU
farmers are losing faith in the necessit,
for it. Experience is showing that "
can supply the soil with the element
needed to grow any crop whateve
without regard to its previous condition
and that n good and profitable a crop O
corn may be grown upon stubble A. upol
q sod.
WEneed to double our number of sheer
Let no n indulge n single fear O
an over production of either mutton o
wool. Gould our focks be tripled o
quadrupled they would add not only t
the comfort and healthfulness of tn
people, but to their intelligence and &c
briefly, as well as to the ~productness O
every field used a a sheep pasture. w
hope that every farmer who reads this
will ut once consider how much his in
terests would be subserved by adding
score of sheep to his stock. These fuI
nish choice food, and their increase an,
feeces are always in demand, and that
too, at fair prices.- Chicago Drover'
Journal.
No quarter should be given to tn
insect pests which remain year ate
year simply because we permit them
The potato beetle exists 80 plentiful,
because some careless farmer actual,
breeds myriads of them. Many field
of potatoes were abandoned by them las
year, and the neighboring country wa
thus stocked for this year. This Is on
insect that might be abolished by ,
combined effort of . year or two
Another ID the cattle gad-hy, which maj
be found now in the backs of the COW
and oxen in small Jumps or tumors
called MARBLES. The grubs may b
squeezed out of these tumors through
the breathing holes and destroyed
Otherwise they will escape, change t
fies and continue the mischief.
THE desire for large animals is no
always judicious. With COWS it l
questionable II the largest are the best
when the cost Of feeding is considered
There are cases In which . dairyman'
fancy for large, snowy animals may b
justified, and it may be granted that
stable filed with large, snowy, Dutch O
shorthorn COWS Is a very pleasing OF
hibition. But when We come to fgur