Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-11-05

AGRICULTURAL.
STORE potatoes in q dark, cool place,
and in shallow bins.
LEAVE all winter pears on the tree as
long as there Is no danger Ut severe
frosts.
TAKE the topmost q of corn for seed,
and select it from those stalks which
bear the greatest number of earn.
Fowl houses and yards should be well
drained; low, damp grounds are very
unhealthy for chickens. A hillside is
the best location for q poultry house.
CLOVER or grass lands require lime,
that in the form of stone lime or mari
should be artifcially supplied where the
land is deficient.
COOKED vegetables n good for young
stock. Cook and mash and mix with
scalded corn; it is a healthful and eco
nomical way of feeding.
Corn stalks and leaves are more nu
tritious If cut green. Much 10 lost If
the shocks are permitted to remain until
late in the year.
ADDITIONS should be made to the
manure pile on every possible occasion.
The amount of fertilizing material regu-
lates the farmers prosperity.
No one breed of cattle, horses or sheep,
best for all localities and purposes, will
be the wise and sensible platform upon
which all good farmers and breeders must
stand.
If chicken growers will cut some sods
before frost comes and pile them up
under cover, they will be found very
handy to throw to the chickens when
winter comes.
In gathering late potatoes all that are
dug should be put away safely before
night. At this season it will not be safe
10 leave this tender tuber exposed wei
night, al q slight frost may spoil many.
II strawberry beds are protected this
winter, it il of importance that the
material used should not cover the soil
with seeds. Probably straw or even the
leaves and small stalks of corn are a.
good as anything that can be used.
The varieties of winter wheat possess
the habit of " t~illering'' to q far greater
extent then spring wheats, which gives
the former q preference among growers
on account of its average higher yield
per acre.
To" milk q potato hill" dig down
where the earth Is cracked open over q
potato hill, and take out the largest pota.
to. With q little experience you can
soon learn to find one or two large pota-
toes in q hill, and leave the balance OF
the hill undisturbed, to mature.-Prac'
teal Former.
A FARMER has experimental with
manure taken from his barn-cellar under
cover and exactly the same manure
dropped just outside of the cellar, and OF
course exposed to the weather. The
crop from the former was Just about
double that from the latter.-L0aoeL
Courier.
In order to prevent the injurious
effects of late spring frosts upon the buds
of fruit trees, German gardeners practice
the plan of digging trenches in the earth
near the roots Of the trees, and filling
them with blocks of ice, which are Gov.
cred with the soil. This is done on
nights when frosts are anticipated, and
it Is said with good results.
ANOTHER enemy to wheat growing is
reported in the shape of a weed some
what resembling cookie. In some parts
of the east it has become 80 abundant az
to serious alarm, especially 80 in
North Carolina, where it springs uI
simultaneously with the grain, and near
~ smothers it. The people have given
it the name of "Dutch cockle."
MANURE applied broadcaat to mead
ows early in autumn or later, If it IA;
not been done sooner, increases the lux
uriance of the growth before winter and
gives the grass an early and luxuriant
start in the spring. Manure, which wa,
to coarse or fbrOus early in the seasor
has rotted enough, if piled in heaps, t.
spread well.
In applying night soil to pear trees
which he does c in two or three years
MI. Baldwin Coolidge, of Lawrence
places it in a series of holes dug around
the trees, and from four to six feet from
the tree to the nearest edge of the holes
The place is covered after the night sol.
is applied, and its effect upon the growth
of the tree is wonderful.
A FARMER writes: The surest anG
most profitable crop is the osier or baaket
willow. I have had good success in rails
ing it on my cranberry lawn; q mucl
bottom well drained needs no manure
1t must be cut close to the ground every
year, which will cause it to grow thick
er and finer. Prices range from five t.
wen cents per pound, and will it Gu,
twenty tons to the acre after the frs
year. A man can cut from seven hun
dred to one thousand pounds 8 day with
q large pocket knife.
A FARMER writing to an exchange
says: II had a mare some years ago
that had a large wart on her side, where
the harness rubbed and kept it sore. Ir
summer the flies made It wore. tt
prevent this I put on . good daub of tar
and in q few weeks the wart was killed
and disappeared. I have frequently
tried it since On cattle and horses and
seldom had an occasion to use q second
application. The remedy is simple and
efIectual."
A GOOD way to preserve sweet pota.
toes for use in the winter or seed in
spring is to dry them well in the sun
after taking from the hill, and, placing
them loosely in small boxes that hold q
half bushel or more, add dry sand or dust
to fill the interstices and place the boxes
where there is no possibility of freezing
and where the air will be dry. A back
chamber v the kitchen fire is a CAPT.
tai place for them.
UNLESS the mangels are 70 be stored
in the cellar outhouses, We must provide
. receptacle for them outside. Shallow
pits may be dug in any dry place and q
canvas covering or boards placed ovel
them until the weather becomes cold
Then cornstalks, seaweed OF salt hay