Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-06-02
sEAsoNABlE FARM HINTS.

REASONABLE FARM HINTS.
A GOOD carding Of animals q this sea-
stimulates the akin, and thus assists
the changing Of their coats.
OK clean land drills may give the best
returns, but Il weeds are paenty. hills
will be better, as they allow q oultiva-
tion in two directions
THa aniouft Of Hesh-fortning food Is
greater in oats and oatmeal than in any
other grain, being about sixteen per
cent, and the amount Of fatty substance
is double that contained in wheat
A FARMER in Iowa estimates that the
profit Of raising one tw~o-year-old short
horn steer for market is equal 10 that ON
eighteen scrub steers which have to be
kept three years or more before they are
saleable.
Tin Cbnnecticm farmer ssys .that
Mr.. e. Bailey; Of Little Compton. r, l.;
has kept 1000 to 1,2OO hens during the
past i've years, and. realized from each
an annual profit Of Sill Large f1ocks
are not uncommon in that vicinity, the
poultry interest being largely developed.
WHEN putting mp perches use some
judgment, at least In placing them 30 far
apart that the fowls can not peck one
another. This alone is q fruitful cause
Of many injuries happening them in their
endeavors to escape from their belliger-
emit neighbors.
LAYING hens need a great deal of lime
in order that their eggs may have the
proper thickness Of shell. Nothing bet
ter can be given than raw eggs crushed
fine. They are Of special value on NC
count Of the fatty matter Contained in
their cells.
Few realize the necessity Of manuring
orchards. When once planted th6trees
are to remain on the same soil thirty or
forty years at least. They in Q few years
exhaust the food in the soil that they are
most fond OF, and then they will cease to
be productive and thrifty unless proper
" fed.
An early rolling of clover to settle the
roots that have been raised by frost will
be especially appropriate after the open
winter just passed. Fifty pounds Of
plaster per acre will often have as good
effect a. the larger doses of 100 and 200
pounds that are recommended. Wood
ashes ON many soils will be found q use
full application.
Corn, unlike the other cereals. will
bear the direct application Of manure in
liberal quantities. For immediate re-
suits, well rotted are always
best, but that taken unfermented from
the barn-yard may be applied to corn.
Long manure may be placed under,
while short manure may be spread upon
the surface and worked into the soil by
the harrow and c~ultivator.
PoTAsH dissolved in water. or I've from
wood ashes, is the best wash for the
trunks and large limbs of fruit trees.
Whitewash should not be used, as il
closes the pores of the bark, which
should be kept open in order to insure a
healthy tree. Potash or I've answers
every purpose which whitewash would.
with none of it's objections.
PICK up my stones that NAV have
been raised above the surface be the nc
ton of frost. The roller may be used ia
bring the surface into good shape for the
mower. Meadows arefrequently injured
by the tread of cattle before the ground
is fairly settled. The grazing of mead.
Ows in spring is at the expense of the
hay crop. 1t is better to keep cattle ir
the barn until the pastures are ready &c
furnish them q full ration.
JERUSALEM ART1cHoKEs are growingi in
favor; they m relished by nearly all do.
nestle animals. They may be left in the
ground all winter, and when dug in the
spring are crisp and fresh and the most
acceptable change in the feed. The
round, short variety called Brazilian >
is best. The seed is cut the same az
potatoes, burrows made three feet apart,
and the pieces dropped about twelve OF
fifteen inches apart in the turrow and
covered with 4 few inches Of eartH.
LAND for sorghum should be such Of
would produce a good crop of corn, and
prepared in q similar manner. The
ground for early amber is checked of
three and one-half feet each way, taking
care to check it regularly, 90 that the
crop may be easily worked both WAYS,
with these distances, about two pounds
OF seed to the acre will be required. By
hills no elevation of the ground is
meant, but the term is in common use
for the spot, or place for the seed. For
sorghum the ground should be level.
About ten Or twelve seeds r to be
dropped in a place and covered.
w. T. HEARNE, OF this county, one Of
the most successful as well as scientific
farmers in Kentucky, after testing the
valuable fertihzing qualities of salt sown
with small grain, is convinced that the
yield Of wheat is largely increased there
by. Last year he sowed salt with a por-
ton Of his wheat, and the yield was
much greater than on other portions not
sown with it. This year he has eighty
acres Of wheat, ON all of which he has
sown salt. He also applied ittohis oats.
as he says it certainly ought to be good
for that crop also. The experiments
made by Mr.. Hearne have induced a
large number of Kentucky farmers to try
this fertilizer, and we hear Of it's being
sown by farmers in other counties.-Ler-
ingtcn (Ky.) Transcript.
IT must be admitted by every one
familiar with farm work, that the labor
problem is q difficult one, and it NAV
fairly, from its Importance, claim the
first consultation in deciding upon the
plan Of operations for the year. The
largest possible crops may not contain a
profit, if the labor in their production
has not been well planned. One Of the
most important advantages to be obtain
ed from . systematic rotation Of crops
consists in the. Judicial distribution Of
labor throughout the year 60 that there
may not be . surplus at n time, aud q
deficiency at another that will require
the employment Of extra hands at the
highest wages.
Opening the "Neva."
One Of the most interesting Of st.
Petersburg holidays the breaking up
Of the ice In the Neva. It occurred this
year on Sunday, April 18th. and vas