Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-12-06
farm Notes:

If we have drouth: it is wise to ex.
anime and ''locate" all moist spt,ts,
springs which 10 not fail, and indica-
tons which may lead to water. The
time is favorable for deepening wells
and opening hidden springs in pastures.
40 that cattle may always have wafer.
TIE failure Of water in a pasture is often
q serious thing; cattle suffer greatly,
aud 1t is much trouble to drive them to
water or bring water to them. Artiti-
cial basins may be constructed to hold
the water that falls in Summer showers.
A clayey spot--if possible natural
basin-is selected. the basin formed.
and pigs fed upon the ground when
somewhat moist, to pack It down.
-. Inc cssssrst9s qsf cos.tsg gs!lsI
and its extirpation: There is no easy
way to extirpate ox-eye daisy and leave
the grass growing. The land should be
put through a course of rotation. Well
cultivated and clean-hoed crops have a
tendency to reduce it. and q dense
growth of clover smothers it down.
Some wears are required to clear the
soil thoroughly of the foul seeds. We
visited farm of some $50 acres some
years ago, on which the ox-eve daisy
had been completely eradicated. not a
solitary plant to be seen, in region
where other farms were white with it,
the process Of determination being two
heavily MANFRED successive crops Of
corn completely titled and kept clean,
followed with wheat, seeded coponsiy
to clover. The few struggling weeds
which remained we're grubbed up.
'.B. +. F." of East Bethany, N. Y,
writes to the CuttiUat0' and Countrv
denflemam cure for kicking cows, as
follows: Take snap ring. attach a
half-inch cord about a dozen feet in
length. put the snap in the kicker's
nose, draw the cord around her. letting
it rest on her gambrel joints or below.
Let person stand at her shoulder and
hold the cord just tight enough so that
1t shall not slip down to the floor. ANY
one can then proceed to milk her with
out trouble. This course of treatment
pursued for one week has never failed
to cure the most obstinate kicker, and
without any struggles or harshness.
There is perhaps more hay injured by
not being dried enough than by being
dried too much. One extreme Is equal
~ as bad as the other. Clover, for in
stance. if allowed to become too dry in
the sun, will lose all of its leaves and
its blossoms, and the stalks that are left
are OF little value. On the other hand,
IT put in the now too soon it will become
NOW burnt and equally worthless.
The English hop crop is reported to
have been visited with an attack of fiy
so virulent and general that there is
reason To fear the destruction of the
crop unless the parasites depart soon.
Small numbers had been seen before,
but fortnight ago they arrived in le-
gions over the entire hop-growing loca-
ton.
The value of the hay crop in New En-
gland. according to the statistieian of
the Agricultural Department at Wash-s.
.ngrs'.', - ss. falinMa: Maine. Sxs.460.<Ns
'4o; Massachusetts, Sl5,S3l ,456; Yer
mont. Sl2.293, ll2; Connecticut, &12..
l6s.So0; New Hampshire. S7.925. 255;
Rhode Island, Sl,72S,2lO. Total, $780,
3S3.604.
A hog of the proper sort should not
only be extremely wide through the
shoulders and fore parts, but that great
width should be carried all through the
carcass. SO that when fat they are lust
as wide through the hams as at the
shoulders. A broad, weli-covered loin
is also I'm essential point.
A net profit of nearly 5000 per acre
was the yield of straw berries to John c.
Wheeler, of South Vineland, who gath
cred ll.439 quarts from three acres of
The prnaurf is aanoj n ,h,
first cost of the ground.
CRAB grass is persistent grower.
After cultivating to eradicate it. place
the accumulation of grass around to,na-
to vines. Strawberries. etc, as it furnishes
an excelaht mulch.
Hen manure carries much less water
than stable manure, but more NITROGEN
and organic matter. The proportions
Of potash and phosphoric acid are near
y the Same.