Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-05-12
HINTS ron FARMEn3.

An excess Of sGlt in the food ietards
the fattening Of animals
BbfrxR mutt be packed Wills ber1s6uy
fresh. Immediately after the hnal work
ing il should be put away II the
packages.
TIM secret for manuring the corn isto
keep the fertility near the surface
when applied, andi II il rare when another
course Is advisable.
To increase the yield Of rich milk give
COWS every day water slightly warm and
slightly sailed; in which bran has been
stirred at the rate Of one quart TO two
gallons Of water.
The soil Of q young orchard may
be kept In cultivation until the trees
begin TO bear; grain should never be
grown except Indian corn, but potatoes
and root crops are the best.
Cows when they expend vitality in
labor eat more, when they expend II in
keeping warm they need more, food, and
when they either lay on fat, or produce
milk, or grow, need food in proportion.
TMcTURE Of iron is q practical remedy
for foot rot in sheep. Keep the sheep
on q dry floor, pare away the loose
horn without injury to the vital parts,
and then make daily application Of tine
ture Of iron.
PorAsH is absolutely necessary TO sue
cessful potato growing. The easiest and
hest mode Of supplying it is in the form
Of wood ashes. It Is furnished also in
soft coal ashes or in well-rotted yard or
stable manure
An exchange says that white oak fr.
6ins soaked Tor two days in our min,
then washed out and soaked one dA&4aI
strong brine, and then rubbed thorough
" with salt make the best vessels for
packing butter.
Mn. JosxPH BARNARD, Hopkington,
n. H., tells the People that the EN-
glish white potato has been raised from
this place from fifty to se~venty-ive years
and upwards Of 100 years on the farm
above, and IL the only variety that has
not gradually run OUT"
In some places rats have become q
great pest in farm houses and barns.
Copperas is the dread Of rats. In every
crevice o. every hole where q rat treads
scatter the grains Of copperas and the
result is q stampede Of rats and mice.
But look out for poison.
II the soil il full Of angle worms, it
is also, doubtless, lumpy and hard to
pulverixe when broken up with the
spade or pillow. In this case draining is
the principal remedy. An application of
salt, also ashes or sand, for mechanical
effect win prove beneficial.
In the manufacture of butter the
custom has become general after churn-
ing to wash the butter with cold brine OF
greater or less strength, not only TO
wash it onc but twice, If the first wash
ing does not remove every trace Of but
termilk.
FRuIr trees can be pruned at any
time, provided only small limbs or twigs
have to be cut. The rule should be to
so prune the trees that no large limbs
would have to be cut. Cuts made in
june will heal sooner than at any other
time; but it requires more care at that
time as the bark peels 30 easily.
Mn. x. A. WILLARD expresses the be-
lief that !" ropy' milk is due to weeds.
bad water and bad treatment to COWS.
and Professor Englehart once said he
knew it wa a weed. DR.. Lehman has
known it to stop when COWS were changed
from good to bad water, and as for
weeds the disease appears at all times.
In following the old rule of sowing
from two to four bushels of oats to the
acre, remember that on a heavy clay land
you viii want more seed than on q light
soil. On any ordinary land three bush
els viii give the best crop. The earliest
sown fields are usually the most product
i've.
A CANADA correspondent recomm0ndB
when butter will not come placing q
small piece OF fresh butter in the churn,
which will cause the globules to gather.
If that fails, the best way is to put that
cream in q vessel and that vessel in an
other containing hot water ON the top of
q stove. Bring the cream to- tempera-
ture Of eighty degrees, then churn.
DURING the past winter experiments
have been made by poultry dealers of
giving skim milk rs poultry food. The
trial has proven o success. The milk
takes the place of animal food which is
hacking in the winter, and the result is
that IN a warm room with plenty Of light
and southern exposure, there is no diff
Guilty in getting an abundance Of eggs.
CHIP dirt taken from under the
w0odpile is known by most to be an ex-
cellent fertilizer for many kinds Of shrubs
and trees, and in view Of these SELF
evident benefits derived from the use Of
decayed wood, farmers can devote q few
days time to no better work than hauling
sawdust for next winters use as bedding
or nm absorbent Of liquid manure.
THE depth to pillow depends upon CIR
Cumstaalces and conditions. different
soils and requirements. Nearly all the
root crops require deep blowing anddeep
tillage. In old ground which he's be-
come infertile by constant cropping,
deep blowing 10 beneficial in bringing 20
the surface the fresher and richer sub
soil. On sod ground shallow blowing is
best for crops whose roots do not pene-
trAte far into the soil, ~ in the case Of
corn, etc. Generally, however, deep
cultivation ID best, as the soil ID less sub
jest to extremes Of wet or dry weather.
The small mites that infest chick
n may be eradicated by using plenty
Of sulphur about the chicken house. Il
should also be freely scattered in the
nests used by the hens. II you have
young chickens infested with these mites,
mix q little sulphur with lard and apply
it to their heads and also under their
wingA Your chicken-house should Also
be well cleaned and fumigated with burn
ing sulphur, but not when the fowls are