Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-02-14
NUMBER IL.
Farm Not.s.

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Purchase small trees with plenty
roots rather than Large ones with few
roots.
Ii you have choice potatoes to keep
for seed put them In box OF sand In the
cellar. They will not spront nor freeze.
Cows in milk require but little exer-
else to maintain good health. Thn quiet
er they remain the richer their milk will
be in butter. s.,
Sunilower seed given to q horse at
each morning and night feed will keep
him in good spirits and give his hair .
sleek appearances.
TO keep apples late, pack them In
tight barrels in plaster lgypsum). This
will keep the mir away, and, if the ap-.
pies are originally sound, they will mot
rot for months.
lis better to set fruit trees in the
Fall, when the sap Is comparatively At
rest. and when the soil and atmosphere
favor root growth vstlssr ahaM sh01y
growth. Cut in the roots we'll and take
pains in transILanting.
1t is COOL idea to select potatoes that
are to be planted next Spring as they
are dug this Fall. and then give them
good care in the winter. Choose tubers
from vigorous growing plants and those
that are fully maiuret;. sa
Frozen roots, or, indeed, frozen food
Of any kind, is very pernicious to swine
and all other stock, as IL i, apt to scour
them badly. aud in any event disturbs
their digestion and renders the other
food taken into the stomach less nutri-
tiOns to the animals. A.
The lookout for the honey crop Of
1882 (according to Bradst,cet's) Is but q
little better than that of 1851. New
York State, n leading honey producing
center, wiil run short Of its general good
average, but tins dciieienc, will be- oil
set by gains in Illinois. Michigan and
other Western States which produced
less than usual in 1881. Californis
promises n quarter crop this yeal
against u totalfaiiure in 1891. This will
constitute The surplus over the quantity
Of honey marketed in 1881.
For keeping apples the essential re-
quisities may be summed up thus: Pick
without bruising; store without heating;
winter without fros,ing; use one or more
thermometers; preserve an unchanged
temperatures; guard against air cur.
rents; give needed ventilation: remove
ripe specimens before decaying; separate
the fruit room from all other apartments.
With these precautions and care. such
apples IS the Baldwin, Red Canada.
Swaar. Fameuse and Northern Spy may
be kept fresh into June and July, as
we have had an opportunity for testing.
The cellar Of many farm house has
caused disease which could have been
avoided with a little extra care. Decay.
ing vegetables and fruit fill the cellar
with their unhcathful odors aud gases,
and these arise TO the rooms above
through cracks and creyices or through
the open door,, and the family is COM
PEELED to inhale them. This may be
reniedied by carefully asserting out all
dccaving vegetables once or twioc .
month. and by opening the cellar win.
dows ut night and closing them through
the day. Ventilation is the secret. It
Is q good plan to connect a. ifue from this
bottom of the cellar With <he chimney
by which noxious gases will be- removed.
Don't put of this matter of ventilation
until it is too late.
Many complain that onions do not
keep. The trouble is in keeping them
90 warm. The onion is bulb, y plant
It rest, and the least warmth starts II
into activity. 1t is mich better that on.
ions should remain frozen through the
Winter, provided they can thaw gradu
ally. than to put them into cellar or
other warm place where their yegefa.
tive powers will be aroused, II put in
large heaps onions will be sure to spoil;
but If spread In thin layers and covered
with hay and straw, so that II frozen the
thawing will be gradual. they will keep
well through the Writer. 1t Is the Gus
tom with onion growers to get their
crop to market rs soon MS possible. II
they were to provide proper storage
they would realize much more from
them when sent to market later in the
season.