Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-06-07
FARM AND GARDEN.

yearns for machine that will cut and
shock corn run by horse power.
The activity of the hen is demonstrat-
ed by the fact that collectively IN this
country they produce annually nine
thousand million eggs.
IT should be borne iu mind that rad.
ishes must have plenty OF room, and be
grown quickly, or they will invariably
be tough and wormy.
Do not ycarn too much after more
acres. Remember in these latter days it
does not require The tilling of call Gre
ation" /" to obtain livelihood.
The national Pathological Association
will be held in Philadelphia in Septem-
Der next, beginning on Wednesday the
18th and lasting three days.
The small farm is now becoming very
popular. The intensive method of pro-
ductlon does not require @ man to be like
Alexander Selkirk, "Monarch of all
survey"
The farmer who experiments is no
longer mere drudge, but learns to love
his calling and improve his methods, and
to develop better manhood than he who
follows dull routine.
LEANING corn says the Ohio Farmer,
was originated by Christopher Leaning,
Hamilton County, o., sixty years ago.
1t was extensively grown along the Little
Miami and generally known as Leaning
corn.
PERSONS who desire a cheap luxury
during the summer and fall should plant
sweet corn ut intervals of week TIL the
last OF June. BY that means they will
have supply OF ears fit for the table till
the occurrence of heavy frosts.
PREPARE now the poisoned plaster
wherewith to fight the potato bug.
Use one pound Of Paris green 20 bar
rel of fine plaster, mix it thoroughly, and
keep the barrel in a dry place ready fol
use.
Coop hay caps can be made as CHEAP
SIS they can be bought, OF cheaper
Take square OF 54inch shceting, hen
it and make loop ut each corner by
which it can be peSged down to til,
hay cock.
Our soils, in the majority of cases
still possess abundant fertility. Mos
that Is needed is such preparations ~
will make it available for cropping. In
creased cultivation is the secret and Ike,
of increased yields.
LIKES produce like" is reasons inter
pretution of natura's law. "What MAJ
soweth that shall he reap"is God's direc
| enunciation Of the same law in spir
ltural sense. The importance of goot
seed is apparent 1t is vain to expect
| good crop without it.
BREEDING sows should be allowed t,
make their own nests. In This, MS j.
nearly always the case, brute instinct il
superior to mans ingenuity. If III,
weather is warm they want very littl,
material. Dry grass or straw is the bes
to supply them with.
A PORTION of the milk on farms, usu
ally going 10 the pig trough, may b.
diverted to the use OF the poultry witt
great advantage. Eggs are worth q
cents a dozen and poultry 90 cents
pound when pork brings but 10 cents
pound In the market.
The best way to apply fertilizers ol
sandy land is to spread them broadcas
on top Of the soil, between the rows g
the crops, aud then, as the rain dissolve
them and they leach down, the rootlet
of the crop will absorb the gceater par
of the elementsof these fertilizers.
The Russian mulberry can be easil
raised from the seed. Sow them in gaI
den drills or boxes. If i'll the latte.
transplant when the seedlings have mad
two inches of growth. If in drills, IL
them remaiA n year before transplauting
Cover them with hay or straw for tn
| winter.
TIE famous Greeley farm IN Chappa
qua, Westchestcr County, N. Y, Wi
before long be sold upder the provision
of Mr.. Greeley's viii The farm con
tains eighty acres, and has severa
buildings upon it, including Mr.. Gree
ley's big stone barn. The old house il
which he wrote his works on farming
was burned several years ago.
THERE are certain crops that tn
farmer must always grow, still it is
wise policy to put insome crop that hi
nelghtors are not going 10 raise. il ev
erybody is gong to grow early potatoes
then put in early cabbages. 1t toes no
pay to grow crop that will glut tn
market.
The Early Conqueror is not only on
of the earliest tomatoes, but one of III
most productive varieties. Vine of me
dium size, irregular aud frequentl
slightly corrugated. Its color is II beau
tiful crimson scarlet, sometimes dotte
and splashed with gold. The quality
excellent.
A BILL has passed the lower house c
the Massachusetts Legislature granting
bounty of 81 a ton on sugar beets
sorghum or sugarcane, which shall b
used in the manufacture of sugar. Me-
Jersey last year gave a bounty of 81
ton on cane and one cent pound o
sugar. We arc glad to see the exampl
being followed elsewhere.
One of the best of the early varieties
potatoes is the Beauty of Hebron.
some sections it proves earlier than til
Early Rose, and in others 1t is reporte
as decidedly later. The vine is vigorous
growing very rapidly; it is very produ,
tive, the tubers lying compactly in th
hill. The tubers are similar i'll shape t
the Early Rose, but shooter. The ski
is tineed with pink at first, but become
pure white during the winter. Flies
SoiANt W bhS SIhshS, SSSh III lhl SlJSC
MEMS, and of the finest quality.
MAKING some comparisons betwec
Wall Street and Texas, paper says tht
the land in the former location sells {
the rate of fifteen million dollars a
acre, while in the Lone Star State it ca
be bought for six cents an acre, and til,
in Texas steer costs fifteen dollars
while New Yorker would gladly pa
fifteen dollars to have Texas stee
taken away if it happened to be in h
yard. IL may be added that Wa
Street +" steer" sometimes costs rs muc
as good-sized patch of land in IL
same region.
AMATEUR stock-raising is sometime
profitable. Three gentlemen in Ne
Jersey suburb ten months ago pal
81, 900 for bull-calf six weeks old. E
was a nice little beast, sired by Duke
81 Darlington, whose dam, Erotus, ..wc
the distinction of making IT'S pounds
butter i'll eleven months and SIX days
lS79-S0; and he had solid color, d fiji
: yellow skin n first. class eacutcheon or