Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-04-07
sgAsoNABle FARM HINTS,

egAsoNADlE FARM HINTS,
THREE pecks Of boiled potatoes, fed a
lay, warm, is q remedy for diarrhea in
SEPTEMBER calves escape the trying
neat of summer, and can be pushed
the winter with grain.
In is in order now to haul out and
manure. The spring rains will
carry its fertilizing matter into the soil.
LOSE no time in selecting seeds and
for planting. Consider the
merits Of each variety and plant only the
best,
DAMAGED corn Is exceedingly injurious
food for horses; because 1t brings ON
Inflammation Of the bowels and skin dis
eases.
MANY trees become hollow, or fall into
premature decay, from the rain pene-
trating through old saw-rents made in
pruning.
ASHES saturated with kerosene and APP
piled to cucumber and squash plants in
the hill will be q great help in keeping
Of striped bugs.
FIVE years ago barb wire fierce was
little more than an experiment.; it is stat
ed that 30, 1000 miles Of this fence will be
set during the coming season.
In trimming off branches they should
be cut close to the trunk, 80 that no dead
stumps shall disAgure the tree, also
that the bark may readily grow '
SALT and ashes mixed In the drink of
hogs has a great tendency to ward off
disease. A solution Of copperas is also
often useful to purge them from worms.
ExcERcIsE great care In the selection
of calves for raising. An extra dollar
spent in procuring a thrifty IN with
good limbs win be a better investment
than if placed at interest.
PENNY economy and pound extraya-
gance is often exhibited by farmers in
purchasing grass seed containing foul
seeds for a fe : cents less per bushel than
clean plump seed would cost. The mi
croscope Is a valuable aid in buying grass
seed.
GERMAN authorities recommend the
use Of salt Mt the rate of $50 pounds per
acre for clover and other leguminous
plants, for wheat and flax, $50 pounds;
and for barley and potatoes, 800 pounds,
to be sown broadcast in the spring sea-
son, before the heritage has attained any
considerable growth.
AN eastern farmer says the best way TO
get rid of wire-worms is to starve them
out by planting two successive crops OF
buckwheat in fields infested by them,
keeping the land well cultivated during
the time the crops do not occupy it, SO
that the worms can find nothing to feed
upon. The worms will not eat buck
wheat.
CHIP dirt taken from under the wood
pile is known by most people to be an ex-
cellent fertilizer for many kinds of shrubs
and trees, and in view Of these self-evi-
dent benefits derived from the use Of lie
cayed wood, We believe farmers can de-
vote a few days time to no better work
than hauling sawdust for next winter
use as bedding or an absorbent OF liquid
manure.
If your cows teats are sore from any
cause, wash them clean with warm water,
and then apply glycerine while they are
moist. Two or three applications will
cure the worst case and render the teafs
soft and pliable. For caked bag use
fresh lard as hot as you can handle it.
Apply with a rag or brush, ndthorough-
~ rub it in with the hand. 1t never fails
to effect a cure in a few days.
PoTAToEs in the cellar need looking
after now, whether they are to be used
for planting or for the table. If stored
in bins they should be picked up, and if
barrels are plenty, it is well to use them
for storing for the rest of the season.
Have the barrels little less than full, and
then nce in every ten or twelve days
pour them from one barrel to another.
This will keep them from growing sprouts,
which so much injuries them, either for
eating or planting.
A FIRsT-cLAss authority tells MS thAt
the good OK should have a long, lean face
and bright hazel eyes, which show capa-
bility of the OK to work on a hot day.
Very large horns at the base denote lazi-
ness. Full breast, straight back, wide
ribs-by which is meant the ribs that
round out nearly as wide as the hip
bones-and wide gambril, are evidence
of strength. Straight knees, broad toes,
pointing straight forward. show an OK
that can travel on hard roador pavement.
An experienced farmer says: 81 haye
thoroughly tested planting potatoes
whole, in halves, quarters, eighths, and
in one, two and three eyes, and my con-
clusion is, that cut to a single eye on a
piece, and two pieces in a hill, is the
best economy for the most profit. Ipre-
fer planting in drills three or three and a
half feet apart, dropping the pieces to-
gether every ten or twelve inches. 1t is
true that, in this way of planting, there
are not az many potatoes, but what there
are grow to good size for the table, and
will yield more bushels to the acre than
more seeding will give"
FARMERS who do not make gilt-edged
butter and do not always find a ready,
renlunerative market for the same, may
keep it for a rise in the price by packing
the same in sweet tubs and spare Jars and
covering it with strong brine, or by MAX
ing it into rolls which are done up in a
cloth and kept in a barrel of brine, but
in this case it must be borne in mind that
unless the brine is fully saturated with
salt, it will draw the salt from the butter
and so injure it, or, again, unless the
whole is perfectly submerged, it is liable
to become tainted and so extend to the
brine and thus eventually injure the
whole.
w. J. BEAL says of Alsike clover:
Botanists do not consider it a hybrid. ]
have twice tried to make crosses with
this and white clover, but without success.
I have never een any plants which were
intermediate between Alsike and white
clover, though Ihave een bees working
on the flowers Of each species where the
plants were we'll mixed. If the plants
a be crossed We shall expect to see new
hybrids. The stalks sometimes grow
four to six feet in length, but they fall
down and the leaves decay toward the
base OF the stems. The stems recline
but do not take root like white clover. II
is valuable for pasture and makes good
hay, though it's habit il not well adapted
for meadows.
Now is the time to have the grapevine
trellises put in order and the grapevinea