Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-03-06
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, is the largest
wool market in the South.
1T is estimated that 10000 Colorado
acres are planted to alfalfa.
;, IF potatoes show signs of decay, dust
them with air-slacked lime.
in Florida good fertilizers for Irish
potatoes are dried muck and ashes.
:, THnnE is said to be nothing better
than barley for fattening young geese.
SUPPORTS for vines including trel-
lises for grapes, should be made ready.
The woodwork may be painted. or
treated with several coats of petro-
leum.
If any pruning was left unfinished
last fall, complete it in the first mild
spell.
ONLY one-third of the acreage Of
North Carolina has been reclaimed from
the primeval forest.
In herds of cattle where all are with
out horns, there is no more evidence of
fear than in focks of sheep or pigs,
HEN manure is good for onions.
There is some dispute as to the value
OF the addition CT ash to that fertilizer.
FLORIDA growers aid the heading Of
cabbages by sprinkllng little salt into
the heart aud tying up the leaves with
twine.
IT is now said by competent author
tiles that the horn of a steer or heifer
is no indication of the age OF the
animal.
MAINE reports about fifty cheese fac
tories, the number of COWS to each rang
ing from 60 to 800, about 100 being the
average.
MANY farmers who secure for them.
selves all the labor-saving improvements
are slow in arranging similar helps for
their wives.
Now is the time that the horses will
show care. A horse well kept in winter
is better able to endure the hard work
of summer.
IT is said that the annual value of the
dairy products of Illinois, more than 400
creameries and cheese factories, is near
ly SlG,0C0,000.
THE New York Tribune suggests that
we know next to nothing yet, OF milk.
and wants some expert to devote his life
to ats investigation.
The sheep returns for 1888 show an
Increase more than sufficient to offset
the loss in 1882 in England and sat.
isfactory gain in Scotland and Wales
also.
The Mennonites in Nebraska build
dams across the ravines on their
farms, and in this simple way store
up all the water needed for their
stock.
WHEN your molting fowls seem to lag
and suffer, and the new plumage is long
in coming, as if the fowls had lost
strength, then is the best time for iron
and tonics.
The largest COW in America, it is
believed, belongs to John Pratt, of
Chase County, Kansas. She is three
years old, twenty-five hands high and
weighs 5000 pounds.
LESS grain and more grazing tend to
q better development of frame and mus.
Gle than when corn is fed to hogs ex-
clusively. Build the frame first and Law
on the fat afterwards.
II it is intended to set out shrubs,
ETC., the coming spring, the selections,
whether for home supply or for market
should be made while the matter can be
properly considered.
The dairy interests of this country are
far greater source of profit than even
our mines of gold and silver. During
last year our producers marketed $780,
600, 900 worth of butter, cheese and
eggs, and 100000, 600 worth of milk
and cream.
New JERsEY offers a bounty of 81
for every ton of sorghum raised in the
state for the purpose Of manufacturing
sugar and syrups and $40 for every ton
of sugar made therefrom. In couapI-
ance with these offers the state actually
paid out So, 900, and will probably be
asked to pay much greater sum this
year.
PRoF. e. NJ. SHELTON, of the Kansas
Agricultural College Farm, having tired
of the necessarily wasteful way OF feed
ing loose salt to stock. now tinds that a
six inch square lump of rock salt in a
box to which the animals have free &C.
cess OF all times is an economical and
healthful plan which proves 'entirely
satisfactory"
The manure from certain number
of fowls, says the New York World,
if carefully saved and properly applied
will pay fer their keep. 1t should be
kept dry in winter and be mixed with
an equal bulk of plaster. In spring
work it over making as fine as possible.
At planting time put teaspoonful in
each hill fer corn or potatoes, mixing it
well with the soil, so that the seed
does not come into direct contact with
il. 1it4sl-3 -
IT now looks as though hop growing
in this country is, at no distinct day, tc
have its center in Washington Territory.
It is said that Mr.. e. Meeker, of that
territory, is already the heaviest hor
grower in the United States. Accord.
ing to reliable data the average yield oi
hops per acre in New York is 55e
pounde; in Wisconsin, 445 pounds, il
California, 1884 pounds and in Wash.
ington Territory ], ,S17 pounds.
AN exchange claims that full feeC
of hay to horses, following the feeding
of concentrated food, is wasteful, fol
the reason that it crowds the first on
of the stomach before proper digestion
has been accomplished. And so, ii
orderto secure best results, hay should
be fed first and the concentrated foot
afterwards, which leaves it to becom,
digested with no danger of being crowd
ed away or out OF the performance of it
desired purpose.
The Irish Farmers Gazette says thai
the silo is fast gaining in favor, ani
adds: Encouraging accounts of silc
opening come from all quarters. Nh
merous faults in carry ing out the process,
are being discovered, but in nearly ev
cry case elements of success are pres
emf. The clio, we think, is destined t.
play prominent part in the future o
British agriculture. Let us hope tha
farmers may tiud in it some compensa
ton for their serious reyerses of recen
years."
| G. NJ CLAY, in the Rural New York
er. says: "The peach tree, if allows.