Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-10-27
seAs6hAsLE FAM NOTES.

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BIZ The system 0f ensilase, clover and
gfass ctots can be preserved III
heir green state as wen a Corn.
4 Massachusetts correspondent sdys
hat It pays to COW rye III the TALL twice,
some In September and somein October,
% feed the stock next sprihg.
ONE-HALF ounce Of salt to the pound
Of butter is the rule of sailing adopted
by the makers of the celebrated butter
which sells at a fancy price in Boston.
If the food which a healthy COW con
sumes in July is like that which she con.
sumes in October, the milk which she
produces should be substantially the
same.
ALL bulbs and plants that die down to
the ground in autumn may be protected
by covering with leaves, straw and 10
nure, but plants that retain their leaves
in winter win not bear such protection.
EVERY dairyman sheuld bear this in
mind, that poor butter OF cheese is all
ways the first TO feel the effects of a dull
market. The best products are always
inquired for, wen on the poorest mar.
kets.
KEEP your farm buildings and all
your premises absolutely clean. Use
absorbents such rs dry earth and ashes;
and all offensive gases will disappear
thereby promoting health and prosper
ity.
NEVER allow a mudhole to remain
around a well. If your water is muddy
and impure throw in q speck of lime to
purify it. If animalculse appear in the
water throw in . half gallon of salt to
make them settle to the bottom.
THERE is nothing easier than to re-
move warts from q cows teat. Pull q
hair out of the cows tail, tie it around
the neck Of the wart as close to the teat
as you can get it. In q few days the
wart will drop of.
PoTAToEs, or any other root crops,
may be grown in q young orchard. l
would not do any injury to grow corn,
but grain crops should not be attempted.
They take from the soil the very
elements which the trees require.
HORSES have been known to get blind
from standing in dark stables. The
stables should be so lighted that the
light will not fall directly on the horses
eyes. The windows should be at the
real of the stalls.
An Indiana farmer gathered old bones
and reduced them by placing them in al
ternate layers with ashes, and the next
year use the mixture on a melon hill,
and raised the largest crop of melons he
ever saw.
A KANSAS farmer makes the sugges-
ton that rape-seed be sown as soon as o
wheat crop istaken of, to serve the two.
fold purpose Of growing forage for sheep
and hogs in autumn and to keep down
the growth of weeds liable to flourish.
A CORRESPONDENT advocates cultivat-
ing corn with the double cultivator and
a span of horses in preference to a sim
gle cultivator and horse. because il
is more economical than q single cult
vator and n horse, as it saves the H.
Dor of one man.
THE washing of the seed-wheat to
avoid smut is to be commended. A
solution of biue-stone, of the strength OF
M pound to a gallon of water, is used
by many. Others use a strong brine,
and some dust air-slacked lime over the
seed, which are previously moistened.
In young horses sweeney, or wasting
of the muscles of the shoulders, is Of
ten a consequence of unsteady pulling
with an ill-fittlng collar. Cupping the
shoulder will not do. Apply for some
time once o day a portion Of equal
parts of oil Of turpentine and tincture
of cantharides. Shake the bottle while
applying the contents. Liberty, out
doors for a run and exercise every day
in suitable weather is important.
s. G. Moon, Morrisvil!e, Pa, pinches
off the ends of the young shoots Of bear
ing grapevines as soon as they have
made three leaves beyond the last bunch
Of fruit. His argument is, if this is
not attended to the vines will make a
great amount Of wood at the expense oil
the crop of fruit. He furthermore
keeps young vines which have not come
into bearing carefully tied up, for if al.
lowed to fall on the ground and blow
about they do not make athrifty growth.
A MASSACHUSETTS farmer says that be
has planted the following crops after the
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vines pulled with good success: Squash,
horse-radish, cabbage, all kinds Of tur.
nips, sweet corn, tomatoes, spinach. rye
for fodder, clover to plew under, corr
fodder and string beans. By getting two
crops from the land the peas do not cost
much, except the cost of the seed, pick
ing and marketing. The second crop il
the profitable one, as there is but one
coat Of manure applied Aor both crops.
PRor. A. E. BbouHr, Of the Colorado
Agricultural College, gives this advice
regarding seed-eorn: "Always selec,
even. rowed ears and ears whose rows are
straight, not irregular ON the cob. Ears
that taper are the best because better
protected by the husk; and then, too,
the silk-the female part of the plant
remains alive longer. My reason for &C.
Letting the top ear for seed is that it is
always more fully developed, more uni.
form and more vigorous in its germi-
nation, having been better fertilized
| when in the silk"
GEORGE GHDDEs approves of the fol
lowing for Q farm gate: Two boards, IL
feet by 6 inches, fortop and bottom; one
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upper Cat top of gate) TO foot of latch
post; one, IL feet by flour inches, to cover
the top OF gate; two. 4 feet and 4 inches
by 6 inches, for hinge post; five, same
length by 4 inches, for latch-post, and
three vertical braces. He makes the
space, counting from the top, 8, Z, 6 and
5 inches, d~iscarding any hinge project
ing above the gate, and binding all to-
gether by a strong hinge at the top,
around the uprights, the ends Of the
hinge being well bolted.
THE method of selecting and saving
seed corn, prncticed by q New York
farmer, is, when husking, to select, from
stalks having two o. o ears, the
Finest and best ears-those having a
small cob, well tipped out, row regular
and straight, bright and clear seed, and
with no. strange kernels. On such he
leaves three or four husks, and when a
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