Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-11-03
seAsoNAsLe FARM NOTES.

sEAs0NABlE FARM NOTES.
FINE seed, such az grass, needs but little
covering; q quarter Of al itch b enough,
and less will do.
! NOT only preserve potatoes in pits
but keep cabbsa1yn the same way, and
they come oue-le spring white and
crisp.-L +. H.; Braintyee, Mass.
A SUCCESSFUL sheep raiser says that If
a bell he put On one Of the stoutest of
the flock it will protect the sheep from
dogs.
PoRrIoxs Of Kansas have been visited
by clouds of butterflies Of large size,
with long black bodies and brown spot
ted wings.
Ii the land is not well drained, when
all else il done in the wheat field, make
the necessary burrows with the pillow, for
carrying off the surface water during
heavy rains.
MIXING fowl from different localities
is the most fruitful cause of chicken
| cholera. The different breeds Of game
fowls seem less liable to this disease
than any other, and if kept free from
contact with strangers " are not likely
to contract the malady.
REMEMBER that deep blowing for
wheat where the soil admits of it is q
great protection against winter kill
ing. The breaking up Of the subsoil OF
hard pan, allowing the water to escape
below the roots, prevents the alternate
freezing and thawing Of the rootlets Of
the plant.
/, In answer to the question, What dc
You estimate the annual cost Of raising
sheep to be ?" propounded to seventy.
one different correspondents by the Com.
missioner of Agriculture of Tennessee,
the cost is variously estimated at from
rs cents to 81. Several Of the CORE.
spondents put it at 80 and 80 cents.
IT is believed by many bee-keepert
that rye-meal is the best possible sub.
stitute for bee-bread, when the latter il
not in full supply. The meal should
be put in shallow boxes near the apiary
and a few pieces of comb near it will at.
tract the attention of the bees. This
food causes the swarms to be larger ano
earlier than any other.
ONE who has had a varied experience
in it's culture says: It seems rs if celer,
was n Of those crops that deied al
known rules in it's culture; so that the
most successful ~raisers often meet witt
failure in obtaining a crop on account O.
some slight neglect in trimming, trans.
planting, watering or bleaching.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Far.
mcr says that he has found, by exper.
fence, that six Cotswold sheep will moi
consume more food than q COW. and ar.
more profitable. For a lamb of THU
breed, weighing 125pounds, SIS. so is OBJ
tanned. He estimates that six ewes viii
produce eight lambs per annum ant
fifty pounds of wool.
ACCORDING to +. Nerlinger, the direct
application of peat to sandy soils doel
not give such good results as to allow O
dispensing with other kinds of manures
although the yield is greater than if III,
soil had not been MANFRED ut all. HI,
recommends that before use the pea
should be first mixed with lime and sta
BILE DRAWINGS.
WASH your horses and cattle occasion
ally in this weather wi til carbolic soar
the flies are not partial to it, and vii
trouble your animals much less. Also
don't be too particular to sweep dow1
the spider webs in your stables; spiders
eat flies, and every fly caught in a cob
web is removed from all further temp
taation to bite your horses.
VIcK in his floral magazine, says tina
strong plants of pansies transplantet
into boxes OF pots at mid-autumn can b,
kept in cold frames until early in winter
From this stock they can be taken al
they may be wanted and brought int,
the house and kept IN a low temperature
or about so degrees, and neal the light
They will bloom freely.
A BEEKEEPER says: "For successful
w~intering the bee must be kept bus,
rearing brood allthis month. When tn
season for honey gathering is over ant
the weather becomes cecil bees will no
rear brood, or but very little. 1t mat
ters not how much you may stimulate
the queen to lay large numbers of eggs
the workers will remove the greater par
of them.
MIX little sulphur with salt and feet
occasionally to sheep. 1t will effect
ually destroy sheep-tlcks. The sam.
remedy applied to cattle troubled will
lice will soon rid them of the vermin. TIL,
use Of sulphur with salt will repay tn,
trouble Of keeping a supplyfor cattle anG
sheep. If a mixture of n part of sui
phur with seven of salt be freely appliei
there will be no trouble with vermin.
A LETTER from Pennington, Midh.
narrates the following remarkable occur
renee: Rex Woodwork, of Pennington
has o cow fifteen years old that CAV,
birth to two calves under rather pecu.
liar circumstances. On Thursday, Sep
TENDER 10, she dropped o fine heifel
cali, nothing unusal being noticed at tn,
time. Two days after she gave birth t.
another. also a heifer calf. Both calves
are of the same size and well matched
and are the second pair of twins from
the COW.
In the Indiana Farmer mention il
made Of the Bokhara clover, now on
trial in the experimental plant of Indiana
State Agricultural College, and spoke
of as bidding fair to become a valuable
addition to the forage plants of the
States. It is of o remarkably thrifty
growth, and can be cut two or three
times during the season. It is also an
excellent bee plant. The Farmer
recommends it to the attention of far
mers who are DESTROYS of growing
cheaper fodder for stock.
MANY persons now keeping bees re-
ceive no profit or benefit. Bee-keeping.
when properly managed, is a remunera-
tive business, and is especially adapted
to men who have been debilitated OF
who are advanced in life, and ladies' who
are dependent on their labor for their
support. It is an easy vocation, and
within the ability of invalids. Many
who r not sufficiently strong and
healthy to perform hard labor can At
tend to an apiary, there being but little
labor required after they are once put
into proper condition.
FOREST leaves are excellent to supply
the stable yards, and where straw Is