Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-04-21

ion q 10000 vUlanss . ~ dsssssd
Iwine.
WooD aGhes 90 80 q thebssElsE6lisr
- fcE ezasa, nd ase szcellsnt.t . make
! vigorous nd Thick ccveging q oraas 70
Tn chinSh bae. 10 destructive 70 the
wheat crop. and thu bed bag 10Th be-
10 The aame order. ~ one has winm
and the other u wing3esA
nnDucrHo III NE milk snd chessssold,
Together With butter, 10 ! but&ek end
I'd, The average product 81 III ccWs in
tho eountry = lsas than 7Oi pounda per
COW.
Hzxuns Kentucky blne eraaa y ap-
pearing - Q volunteer in OG1ethorpe
county. Ga. Some farms are betng COW
ered with II, and II y roofing ons the
Bermuda grass.
LucnRxH. or Alfalfa, i deemed profit
able In Canada. according to tho Ottawa
(Canada) School Of Agriculture, having
: season from April 70 October. We
shall be pleased TO know under what cir
rumstances II WA grown.
On BoILrER, the chemist a the Agri-
nultursl department, says Illinois can
supply the United States with sugar by
niaing sorghum, the secret Of the crys-
talixation Of that plant lying simply in
the time TO gather the plant.
BARox LrEBuo ays. 1.-THE only
method BY which You can advance and
Develop agriculture h BY experiments;
that i the only plan; Tor there Is no
branch 0f industry 70 completely built
mp BY experiments . aexiculturesH
AMMONIA escapes rapidly IN vapor
from hot dung heaps. tt presmoemAy
BE- shown BY waving abit Of cloth wet
with muriatic aci6 IN the vapor. when Il
ammonia i present dense white clouds
win be formed
Pnor. BEAI, Of Michigan, says: Ashes
are good for the peach and for the peach
tree, at any season Of the year, summer,
winter, spring or fan. Potash, the
principal ingredient Of ashes, il good for
all fruit trees inside and out.
In, France butter h sent unsalted to
Market since In this condition Ito favor
and aroma can be best tested. Salt
hides many faults in butter. The whole
sale dealers salt and barrel it mp imme-
diatsly for expectation to England and
TIM condition Of the public roads is
the measure Of the civilization Of the in
habitants. Good roads facilitate trade
intercourse, promote comfort and cOnven-
fence, increase the value Of real estate,
add attractiveness 70 the neighborhood
and stimulate individual Improvement
On Of the quickest and best remedies
for lice in the poultry house il said TO be
kerosene oil, injected from = common
squirt can into every nook and crevice.
Two or three applications win suffice 10
clean the house, and loon the fowls viii
be found free from the pests.
KxxP the stables clean. Clean out
the manure every morning and scrape OF
card Oh Al filth hum the animals. The
stable should b. made 20 warm that the
manure viii not freexe 1t might. A
lower temperature viii either demand 4
larger amount Of food or the animal viii
falf On IA condition.
THsRs II no doubt Of the hurtful
character Of son mut, and the cattle
should be psevented from devourine
stalks affected With il. Where the cattle
are worth more than the labor of SAVING
them, this may be done by throwing oul
mutty stalks by themselves and burning
them.
LAYma hens need Q good deal Of lime
in order that the eggs mAy have thu
proper thinness Of shell. Nothing better
can be given than raw bone, crushed
fine. They m Of special value on &C.
count Of the fatty matter contained II
their cells. Bought bone meal il, how.
ever, TO be avoided, y i IL apt to con.
tain putrid matter which will sicksn thu
hens.
THHRH are farmers who toll Ill day
and almost every day in the field, wheI
. daily half hour spent about the house
and garden in making home attractive
would add more to their real happiness
than all their toll. For, after al, home
10 the true source Of lasting joys. For
tunate are they who have happy homes
-blessed are they who make then
happy. /.
BuD-vARIATIoN 10 fully recognised
now, and new varieties are produced q.
well a from seed. Botanisfs, however
continue to record examples, the latesI
Of which il Fritz Muller, who, writing
from Brazil, says that : banana, which
for years produced reddish fruit, ON,
season sent up . stem which bore yellow
fruit: and he aaks whether all the varie
ties Of bananas may not have originated
in this wayf This il the general belief
- they do not perfect seeds. Al tn
varisties 1T sweet potatoes II Americ,
are produced by bud yaxiation-ths