Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-06-23
s~GAsoMAUlE FARM Z

TO be more profitable than peppermint:
Several Wayne county, New York, farm.
ers are raising the shrub.
To PREVENT club rot in cabbages an
exchange says throw . tablespoonful 81
fine salt around the stalk Of the cabbage
noon after il ID planted. This will make
it uncomfortable also for the cut worm.
In the cultivation Of the kitchen gar
den, long, straight rows Of vegetables
sufficiently far apart to allow the Guilt
vator or horse hoe to be worked between
them win greatly tighten the hand work.
Or four different fertilixes for melons
poultry droppings, well-rotted COW
manure, barn manure and bonedust-an
Indiana farmer reports that the best
yield Wa obtained from hills to which
the bonedust ives spilled.
WINDOW gardens or small conserve
tories, which are troubled with ants, are
easily rid Of the pests by sleeping some
piecesof bread or q sponge in asolutionof
sugar. They will leave everything else
for that, and are thus easily entrapped
and destroyed.
SULPHUR has been found to sure Group
In fowls when applied a. follows: Open
the affected fowls beak, and with a tube,
which may be formed Of paper, blow
half q teaspoonful Of sulphur down the
throat. Three applications have been
known to cure.
A NEW butter worker is described AZ
follows: When the butter comes in the
churn it lie dumped into q cloth and it's
contents placed in q revolving upright
cylinder. This 'sbuzzes'' the milk out
with a perfectly wen pressure, leaving it
dry and in good condition.
CuRcULIo stings the plum while it 10
quite small. The trees should be Jared
in early morning, beginning when they
are just passing out OF flower, and the
sluggish beetle caught on a sheet opened
beneath the tree for the purpose. After
wards those On the sheet should be
burned.
The culture of the castor bean is at
tracing considerable attention in Los
Angeles county, Cal, this year, and a
larger area of this valuable product has
been planted than ever before. The
Azusa and Los Nictos farmers are giving
special attention to the industry.
Col. RIc HARD PETERS, of Atlanta,
Ga, tells the Southern Enterprise that
he prefers q December lamb to a later
one; and those born after May he kills
as soon an this can be done with safety to
the ewes udder. "The a why
they are worthless is not very clear, but
the fact is well established, so far as the
south is concerned"
The mustard plant, so small in this
country, in the valley Of the Jordan is
often ten feet high. Sometimes it is as
tall as q horse, and it's rider. It's stem is
about one inch thick. Small birds, such
as goldfnches and innets, settle among
the branches in aocks for the seed, and
sometimes much larger birds are seen in
these trees.
Not only is necessity the mother of in
ventiOn, but also providence and thrift.
Waste not, want not, is a good maxim
and one which the American farmer does
not very generally heed. He may not
al, but he certainly wastes magnificent
opportunities,
To prepare liquid manure to be used
upon q flower OF vegetable garden. fill
q hogshead holding sixty gallons with
water, to which add q bushel of horse
manure, or half q bushel of hen Drop
pings, or the same quantity of SCOT, OF
six pounds of Peruvian guano. Stir the
whole two or three times a day for q few
days; then allow it to settle and use the
clear liquor.
A VERY pretty ornamental hedge may
be obtained by planting sunflower seeds
two OF three inches apart and cultivating
the plants after they make their appear
ance. It can be male OF service in re-
stricting poultry late in the season. Its
appearance can be improved by planting
morning glories so that the vines will run
over the sunf1ower stalks.
The size of the COWS a dairyman may
desire for his herd is somewhat a matter
Of fancy; but other things being equal
when the cost OF feeding, ETC., is taken
into consideration, the medium-sized
COWS m the most profitable. Cows are
machines for making coarse food into that
of . more concentrated and valuable
form, and like other machines, there il
a size that does this work with the great
est ease, and with the least waste, and
therefore the greatest profit.
A FARHER on the line between Iowa
and Missouri has been experimenting
with the COW pea a. q weed exterminator,
cocklebur and Spanish needles having
taken possession Of his orchard. He saws
that sown~ broadcast, the peas viii not dc
it, but planted in drills, and cultivated
like corn, they will kill out the weeds.
The peas he planted were mixed, but
mostly the whipporwin stripe.
THE London Liue Stock Journal Of
recent date says that q COW belonging tc
Mr.. Walker, Seamer, Yorkshire, dropped
three calves, all Of which were alive and
doing well at last accounts. Eleven
months to q day, previously, the same
COW had two calves, and, a. these two are
living and thriving, the COW, which il
seven years old, has presented her owner
with five calves within less than twelve
months.
An increase Of insect life will come with
OF the tent caterpillar win hatch into the
worms" which will begin at once their
ravages upon the foliage. Fortunately,
these destructive caterpillars put up 20
Eign," without which they might escape
notice. They pitch their "tents" at
once, and, though these are ct first small
they may be readily seen in the early
morning, when the dew makes them con-
spicuous. Take the tent when the
whole family 10 "at home" and crush Il
under foot Various devices are sug-
gestod for this, but the hand, with OF
without : glove, il the best For the
higher limbs : pole with . swab attached
may b used.
An old teamster Of fifty Year, expe-
rience ays he has never had . case Of
the gals upon his animals where the
following preventive wa adopted
namely, to rub the collars inside, every
few days, with : little neatsfoot oil, and
the moEnent any dirt il found sticking
like wax wash il Oh with warm soapsuds
and then Oh A yoke from oxen or col
lar from : horse should not be removed
| when brought into the stable from work.