Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
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The Iowa State Register asks and
answers the following question: Why
has England been able to keep up the
fertility of her land for over a thousand
years of constant cultivation? 1t is be-
cause they keep sheep. England has
nearly one sheep for every acre of ter
ritory, while the United States has only
one for every thirty-4our acres.
.-Wall-baskets are made up in novel
shapes; the oblong form is especially
fashionable. Such a one can be COW
cred with blue satin, embroidered in a
floral design, the receptacle for papers
having a valance of dark blue velvet
cut in vandyke, a tassel depending from
each point.
Destruction of Ants: A correspond
ent in the Tropical Agriculturoltst says:
''Iake a white china plate and spread a
thin covering of common lard over it.
Place it on the floor or shelf infested by
the troublesome insects, and you will
be pleased with the result. Stirring
them up every morning is all that is re-
CURED to set the trap again.
"A writer says that he has v
failed to cure garget by the use of
beans. He feeds one pint of bean meal,
mixed with other meal, for four success
slve days, and has found that quantity
sufficient to cure the worst cases. He
thinks if COWS were fed with bean meal
several times a year they would never
be troubled with garget.
Many horses are actually killed by
kindness. Letting them stand in the
stable from one weeks end to another
without any exercise of any kind be-
cause they might hurt themselves if let
run loose, is very injurious. To keep
them in the right condition it is neces-
sary that they be exercised every day
N. Y. Times.
"A great many farmers, says Colo
mel F. ID. Curtis, in the Country Gentle
man, comfort themselves with the no.
ton that if they change seed with some
other farmer they are doing a big thing.
This is a mistaken idea. Seed should
be Improved and taken from the farm
where it is grown, and to which it has
adapted itself. At home is the place
for improvement. The idca that the
little germ of a seed a carry the good
qualities of a good farm with it is RI
OlCulOuS.
While, in a degree, the heat of an
animal is produced from its food, and
therefore warm stables and steamed
food and warmed water seem. conom
ical; yet it is doubtless true that ami
mails are often greatly refreshed by
drinking cold water. The thirsty man
does not warm his ~favorite beverage,
even if it's effect be recognized in the
saving of food. The human system
seems to require cold drinks at times
N. Y. Herald.
"A correspondent in the Country
Gentleman writes: cit is often neccs-
sary to haul water for quite q distance,
and it is sometimes desirable to haul it
in Il barrel that has one head removed
for convenience in dipping it out with
a pail. This may be done without the
water stopping out much, if Il cover is
made two or three inches smaller in
diameter than the top of the barrel, SC
as to rest on the surface of the water
and not on the top of the barrel. 1 have
been obliged to haul water for some
time past for q part of what we use at
the house, and find that but little is
wasted when covered in this manner