Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-01-18
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largely in WI wv during the first few
weeks. aftef, lIf.h the rate of increase
diminishes to as2nsiderable extent.
AN Ohio farr 4 says "I can make
more pork clean, shelled corn,
soaked twelve hours in pure spring
water than 4 "a with new, soft corn;
keep my pfsy = better condition, and
! my tcedips ~ aud pastures viii. not
be coversI.s plm:
I Ayss.sl8A ped il i.rArabfe,
but some good may be done by feeding
on damp and axatiye food and avoiding
too mitch exertion and severe work.
You may also do good by giving the fol-
lowing for month or longer, every
morning: Liquor arsenicales, ounce;
tincture belladonna, 2 drachms tinct-
ure ginger, draehm, Give as a drench
in little water.
KErr on grass during the summer,
hogs are in prime condition for fattening
blythe LIST Of September, and, with good
teeth, good digestion and good health,
they will fatten rapidly ON corn, and, by
turning the grain into pork very rapidly,
bring to the farmer better profit for
the food consumed than if fed during
the summer on corn. A moderate ration
of corn or ground feed occasionally may
be beneficial. but, except it be desired
to fatten for the summer market, the
best results are in the direction we have
Indicated.
NEwLY-PLANTED trees are greatly ben.
Gifted by having mound Of earth or
mulch banked up around them the first
winter. An exchange says "This
should extend, cone shaped, as high up
the stem as possible. 1t not only stead
les and protects them from .swaying,
and from freezing and thawing during
winter, but alGo prevents mice and other
vermin from gnawing the tender bark
for these depredators usually do not as
cend these hillocks in search of food.
This mound, and the addition of hay
bands, is also useful If you bave tcnae2
fruit trees.
An "Ohio Man" offers aword to those
who advocate eaus,Lg manure when the
ground is frozfn. He says that he tried
II qsare I, Us rssi, finding tha5 . vast
quantity of iduaxsssasare. NOD s..k.s.- its
departure il was dear lesson. When
the ground is frozen is good time to
haul out manure, but it should be left
in small piles, SO that it will not heat
until the ground thaws, when it should
be spread. But the latest experience of
many excellent farmers goes TO show
that the best results are obtained from
barnyard manure by hauling and at once
spreading as fast as it is made.
| A WRITER ON timber-cutting says ths
best time to cut timber is in the autumn.
There is great difference in the lasting
qualities of wood. that cut in the fall
being much superior. There is but lit
tie attention paid to this by cutters, be-
cause they well know that purchasers
will not inquire what month it was cut
in, and will pay just as much for timber
cut in March as September. If the quail
ity of the lumber is good, and it is well
sawed, it is al that is required. No one
looks forward to the time when the build
ing is 20 be repaired and portion OF it
new timbered, because it was not all cut
at the same season of the year.
REFERRING to the somewhat disputed
point as to the best age to kill animals
for market, an excaange gives as Its
opinion that the best beef is young beef,
reaching its greatest point OF superiority
at from 2 to 3 years of age. The same
is true OF sheep and swine. A wether,
for the best mutton, should be in the
market at years. As general rule
250-pound pig is better in quality aid
more profitable than hog weighing
800. The point of appreciation OF
quickly-matlring animals is being
reache,l.- though somewhat gradually,
and il remains to improve the various
breeds, especial care being had to select
animals to breed from tnat come TO ma
turity at an early age. --r4'
THE Live Stock Journal, in regard tc
feeding cows, we'll says: There Is less
excase for feeding good milch COW
stingily than any other farm animal,
She does not ask any credit, she makes
prompt daily payment, and her produe'
is a cash article. If he has not the food
at hand, prudence and good Judgment
as well rs humanity. require him to fur
nisli her full rations at oil times, with
out regard to favorable or unfavorabl'
season. We always counsel dairymen X
make an earnest effort to produce all thu
) food for their herds upon their owr
farms, but the first principle of proita
bile dairying requires that they Civ
abundant food to keep mp an even flow
of milk, whether they produce or pur
chase tho food.
The trouble with most persons VIII
keep horses, no matter whether for farr
work or for driving purposes. is the
, feed too much hay; and to this can b
, attributed the general sluggishness ofte
! manifested by the horses until they hav
. beeu working couple Of hours, Will
, their wind is also much impaired. Nigh
! is the only time when hay should b