Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-02-11

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TIM grain lido d ! leather belt next
the pulley drives best and wears besk
II il said that wood saving 10 rendered
much easier by occasionally Cling the
saw with kerosene.
ArrRR chickens are amonth old cracked
N and wheat screenings are better for
them than dough.
BoNE-Dusr is . lasting manure, and
viii continue to fertilise plants for years,
when not ground too fine.
A CROSS between hne-blooded lioht
Brahmas and partridge Cochins win pro-
duce the largest fowls known.
Lass Of appetite, thirst, diarrhna,
general weakness and blueness Of the
comb are the principal symptoms Of
chicken cholera.
SrAAsFuRT salts, night soil, and all
manures rich in chlorine, when applied
to land ON which tobacco is raised iniure
the combustibility Of the leaf.
You've stock fattens much more readily
than old stock. Pigs, when they have
attained their growth, fatten at a less
cost than when older. The same is true
of steers and all other animals.
RACK feeding Of horses is wastefui.
The better plan is to feed with chopped
hay from q Manager, because the food is
not then thrown about, andi 10 more easily
chewed and digested.
Thick lime ~whitewash, thinned with
a strong decoction of tobacco stems. ap-
piled to fruit trees, is recommended as
q preventive against rabbits and other
animals gnawing them during the winter
season.
6uN-wARMED water is regarded % q
fruitful source Of cholera, diarrhea and
other diseases in chickens. Be this a. it
may, cool, fresh water should always be
supplied. Stagnant water, containing
organic life, is especially to be avoided.
FoR scabby legs in poultry, take equal
parts Of lard and kerosene oil, and thick
en- with sulphur into q paste. This
should be rubbed upon the legs until
the scabby parts come of, when they
should be smeared with sweet oil.
CATTLE like q change Of diet occasion
ally, as men do. Keeping cattle on hay
or straw alone is q little like living
or bread, or potatoes, or meat alone,
with nothing except that one dish.
Therefore feed some roots, as well as hay
and meal or shorts. If you havn't the
roots on hand, be sure and have a sup
ply next winter.
THE Land and Home say that the
canker worm, which attacked an orchard
of over 5000 trees in Ontario county, N.
Y, last year, were brought to the ground
dead in q few hours by showering the
trees with a mixture Of two pounds and a
half Of Paris green to 200 gallons Of wa
ter. A force pump threw q stream high
above the trees, where it broke into
spray and sprinkled every part.
In nearly all soils ashes are beneficial.
They are twofold; they supply to plants
inorganic constituents which they re-
quire, and they act chemically as SOL
vents upon other salts in the soil, or
they neutralize acids, etc. They are
more beneficial ON sandy and gravelly
lands than on clay. For plants that con-
tain q large percentage of potash and
phosphoric acid, as carrots, turnips, po-
tatoes and cabbages, ashes are an essen
tial manure.
MANY little farms well titled, with man
Industrious, sober farmers to till them,
constitute the highest degree Of agricul-
tural prosperity. The greater number
Of persons who own land in any COM
munity, the more interest will they take
in its improvement. People who rent
land as a rule care nothing for the soil
they work, further than what it will
yield them; but o man who owns land
wants to see it's fertility and productive
capacity kept up, not alone for his own,
but for his cbildren's benefit, who will
inherit it after him.
To TEST the richness of milk, procure
any long glass vessel-a cologne bottle
or phial. Take q narrow strip of paper.
just the length from the neck to the bot
tom, then mark it off with 100 lines at
equal distance; or into fifty lines, and
count each rs two, and paste it upon the
phial, 80 as to divide it into one hundred
equal parts. Fill it to the highest mark
with milk fresh from the COW, and allow
it to stand in q perpendicular position
for twenty-four hours. The number of
spaces occupied by the cream will give
you it's exact percentage without any
g~uesswork.
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CAREFUL observation of the growth Of
crops will enable the farmer to ascertain
the wants Of his soil, while by the appli-
cation OF q few general principles he may
pc leo to the general Improvement OF his
lands. u, WITH Q good sun exposure, his