Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-06-21
FARM AND GARDEN.

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anxious to sell you Russian white oats.
SEE that your fowl are not infested
with vermiD. Hens ,,jH not lay freel,
if they are annoyed by lice.
| HENRY WARD BEECnEn established
the Indiana Farmer and Gatdenrrat In
dianapolis, the tst OF JANUARY, 1915.
The iirst agricultural paper publishef
in the United States, or anywhere else
was the American Farmer, commence,
in Baltimore i'll 1919, which lived fiftee1
years and was succeeded by the Farme,
and Gardener in 1884.
GEESE seldom lay the second clutcl
OF eggs in a season, and care shouIt
thus be taken to gather the eggs Will,
fresh and put them carefully ava,
where they will not get cracked or dis.
turbed until the goose is ready to set.
Prot. Wiley, of the Purdue Univer
slty, Qndiana's agricultural college) has
been appointed by Commissioner Lorins
chief chemist OF the agricultural depart
ment of the United States. This is ,
worthy compliment to Prof, Wiley. bul
serious business for the Purdue ulliycr
| sity.
WHAf is needed is less land and more
improved cultivation. 1t has beer
clearly demonstrated that improved
methods give better results at less costs,
This being the case, it is folly to do one.
third or one-half more duty to secure
the same compensation that could bc
realized for less Labor
ONE thing is noticeable in the reportt
OF extra aordinary yields of corn last sea.
son. The use of commercial fertilizers
was the exception, not the lule. In a
majority OF cases the soil llas been oi
ordinary fertility, and the fertilizers .em
ploycd have been those manures pro
duced on The farm by ordinary methods.
Cows that arc soon to come in should
receive careful and regular attendance.
Overlooking with rich food should be
avoided. but good, sweet, nutritious
food shotild be given, that their health
be kept Ill the best condition; nor shou!.!
1t be forgotten that they should have
some exercise, as well as good light and
air and pure waten
WHY scme farmers are poor,-rhcv
do not keep up repairs; they are welded
to old methods, they give 10 attention
to details; they think small things not
important; they regard labor as a mis-.
fortune; they have no method or sys.
TEN; they are wastelrl! and eXtravaeant.
they let their gates sag and fall down
tbey consequently enjoy poor health;
they are Ill town too often to "sce a
man.
A FARMER who has used barn cellar
lor thlrty-seven wears, says in the New
England Farmer, That lie would lot un-
dertakc to farm without one, and adds:
- consider the manure 10 be nearly
twice us strong as that thrown out III
heaps against the side Ct barn iu the
Old way" Any other mau' s verdict Will
he much the same who takes proper care
OF such a cellar by using absorbenls to
"tix" the gases.
LIE farmer who raises sufficient farm
stock to consume the hay, fodder, corn
and oats of his farm need to worry but
little what prices for these may be ut tue
end OF the suasop. He can always Count
on realizing u profitable price for them
III the sliapeof pork, beef or mutton that
he has to sell. The constantly iucreus-
lug dcm1pds for tiioat prediction insure
the success OF this plan for Ibis genera.
ton at least.
GRow tomatoes on moderately rich,
d ;, soil. Grown in poor or shallow
son, they do not produce well, the fruit
is small and of Indifferent iia1or. In II
very rich soil they grow too much to vine
and foliago, then ;lIso they are not in-
clined to be fruitful, aud woat fruit they
do produce is small and OF inferior quail
lily. With the moderately rich, deep
cultivation und full exposure to tho
sun, the best results may be obtained
HE setting ben that steals her nes, is
generally successful with all her eggs,
but why this is SO has been a
puzzle not only to farmers, but
to scientific men as we'll. When
eggs are placed under ben 1t is not
OILY a matter Of gness liz selecting the
best, but the hidden eggs are ALWAYS s
fertile. One thing in their favor is they
are never disturbed and aie surrounded
only by tile pure aud duhcontaniinated at-
mosphere.
The Intelligent farmer should know
what amount of each kind of f, ed is
necessary for Il full grown horse or COW,
what the per cent. of waste is in feeding
the coarscr foods, aud what combinations
OF food will make the best and most
profitable ration for milk, flesh, or force,
and thus he enabled to use the raw ma
terlal OF the farm intellIgcntIy and profit
ably, and there is no way, il which lie
eau ind satisfactory answer to these
questions SO well rs by careful cxper-
iments cn his own farm.
pOrTrTRy mamma 10 ;,Jaoi;,.l =, .,l:
with guano, both being very. rich in
ammonia, and therefore powerful plant
stlmulants. When used it should be
hrst mixed with some other material
such as pnlyerized clay, dry muck or
plaster. Where earth il used, mix two
parts of it to one OF the manure, if
plaster use equal pr, portions. 1t may
be dropped direct on potatoes but on
corn 1t should be spread on the hills
after planting. This forms II fertilizer.
rs far as it goes, equal to the highest
pciced commercial fertilizers.
THE farmer who owns his own soil
makes u great mistake when he cx-
changes it for store goods iu anticipa.
ton of becoming merchant. Where
one succeeds a hundred fail, from the
A>Se '''ao IVY hhoW uOluiuE ;tDOuG IlC
new calling; having exchanged GER
tninty Tor an uncertainty they soon fiud
their inability 10 compete with the
larger and more experienced business
men, and the result is their utter ruin.
No man lives longer and no man is more
happy than the farmer. Remember this
and be governed by it, Grm,dy County
dr0us.
PROF. ARNOLD says in the New York
Tribune, that there are but few foods
that will stimulate large flow of milk,
equal to brewers grains. but there is nc
butter IN 1t When used rs IN exclusive
',let tue milk OF COWS consuming it soon
ceases to produce any butter. When
used as partial feed the butter product
wiii be gauged by the other food used
with tue grains. As the grains increase
the weight OF milkand decrease is value
Tor butter production, it is very unfuir