Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-11-22
FARM AND GARDEN,

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New oats are not good diet fo
horses, and should be fed sparingly.
THE cranberry business of the state o
| Wisconsin is estimated to be worth
million and half of dollars.
JAMES NPE, Wisconsin beekeeper
says that for this season his bees hav,
stored over 10000 pounds of honey.
DAIRYNG in Minnesota is increasing
the number of creameries in the stat,
having doubled during the last year.
BEEKEEPINa is an occupation in which
profit and pleasure are happily com
bined. tbs we'll calculated to ostrengthe,
and develop the mind.
In figuring up the cost of keepin,
poultry, the valne of the droppings fo
fertilizing purposes is an item which
should not be overlooked.
BUcKwHEAT, which has been injured
by the frost, should be plowed under
its effects on next years crops will, il
all probability, pay for theloss sustained
this year.
A RED-PoLLED bull exhibited at
recent cattle show in Norfolk, England
measured eight feet and three inches il
girth. and was appropriately named
"Falstatf.
| TEXAS farmers sold last year S59, 900.
900 worth of cotton, $53, 100000 worti
of cattle, $1,000, 900 worth of wool ane
mutton, and $1,OO0,O 1000 worth of horse.
and hides.
The advantage of heavy clay soil il
that it is not easily exhausted, I
cropped too severely nature interpose,
her protest by locking its fertility il
clods until the land receives bette,
treatment.
The roofs of barns should be steep
and if of wood the surface either painted
or the shingles dipped in lime water, t.
make them more durable. Straw anf
DIRT collect under flat-roofed shinple,
and cause rapid decay.
CRYsTALIzED carbolic acid dissolved
and fed to hogs with bran slop is founG
by Nebraska farmers sure cure for the
hog cholera. It has been tried seyera
years and with uniform success. The
pure article resembles camphor gum.
AN unknown disease, thought by some
to be bloody murrain, has broken ou
among the COWS in Newburg, N. Y.
One dairyman, Mr.. Samuel j. Hewitt
of that place, had thirteen COWS. All
were attacked and all died within half 8
day.
In some experiments a year ago it wal
found that lands top dressed with ma
nure produced much better wheat thar
where an equal amount had been plowe6
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heavier on the portions of the field top
dressed.
AFTER preparing wheat ground thor
oughly it is a good plan to roll it dow
once more to make the seed bed more
compact. For winter grain the role,
is more important than the harrow OF
cultivator, which loosen rather thar
compact the soil.
The selection of potatoes for .see6
should be made in the field when dug
Select the fairest, smoothest potatoes
with good eyes; put them in COO
place, and on no account part with then
before planting time if you would insure
good crop next year.
Much is said about the development
of the country by opening new lands te
cultivation, in the far west. But tha,
this is not all clear gain is evidenced by
the decrease in cultivated lands in some
of the older states and the lessened pro
duction of what is titled.
IT is quite common and very good
practice to cause food for animals to be
slightly soured before feeding, to in.
crease its digestibility. Yet that ensil
aging green forage does this is reckone6
one of the disadvantages of that system
by Its over. Jealous critics.
A PROMINENT Californian who has tift,
acres IN the raisin grape, says whenever
grapes become Improbable for raisins
ne can make money by feeding them tc
hogs. He contends that grapes will
fatten faster than any other known foo6
from two to three pounds per day.
THERE is great advantage in seedins
pastures with different kinds of grass ir
order to make perfect covering oe tbe
surface. If the grass is to be mown jhe
seed should be limited to varieties that
are ready for cutting at the same time
but for pasture this is not important.
The hop fly, which produces the louise
that infests hop-yards, is an importa
ton from England. It works its wors,
late in the season, and hence the earle,
varieties of hops are less liable toiniury,
Since the introduction OF this pest the
season for hop picking is much shorter
than formerly.
In first-prize English farn of 25e
acres, 100 acres are in permanent grass,
The proportion of the best land in Eng
land under cultivation has long been de.
creaslng, and it is this which gives the
bitterest point to the complaints of Eng.
lish stock breeders of American competi.
ton in cattle and dressed beef.
CALLED and sore shoulders in horses
are often caused by the name working
under the collar while pulling. This
can be avoided by plating the name and
tying it up in such manner that it can.
not touch the collar. It not only in.
jures the shoulder, but the name also
which is one of the beauties of The
horse.
IT is hardly possible that many Eng.
lish people are honestly afraid of import
ing foot and mouth disease from this
country. We have none of it, but it be
nOoves all importers OF cattle to be very
careful. In England this disease attack
ed more than one hundred thousand
cattle within the six months ending June
80, 1883.
THERE is no attachment to a ploy
more important than the small plow.
which runs in front and half turns one
to two inches in depth. 1t is invaluable
on sod or stubble ground, effectually
putting every green thing under, ana
leaving on the surface mass of fine
soil, which little tillage converts into
good seed bed.
LATE in the fall is the best time to ma.
nure pear trees. At this season the ma.
nure produces no unnaturally vigorous
growth. By the time that growth nexi
season begins, the manure will be even.
ly distributed through the soil and the
trees will be less liable to blight than 4
fresh manure is applied in the spring O,
withheld altogether.
MORE care is needed to prevent waste
in threshing. Of late years there has
been constant strife between owners