Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-06-12

IN cattle, is caused by decayed teeth.
A few years ago he saw in his herd
young steer having swollen jaw The
animal was promptly ropad, his teeth
examined, and one which showed de-
cay was knocked out. In day or two
the animal recovered. Since that time
his men have orders to watch for signs
of @big jaw" and on its appearance to
resume their dental operations. He has
had no "big jaw" in his herd since
adopting this plan, of which those
scientific gentlemen who pry into the
secrets of nature and her jaw with mi
croscope and great curiosity should
make note.
EVERY farmer who undertakes to
raise squashes must exercise consider
able ingenuity as well as patience, in
order to prevent them from their in
satiable enemy, the squash bug. A
Massachusetts farmer found the fol-
lowing plan successful the first seasons
Spread the main part of the manure
upon the land and plow under, putting
one shovelful of finely composted ma
nure in the hill, with handful of salt
thoroughly mixed with it. If the mag
got should appear, pour water mixed
with Paris green about the roots of the
plants" He only found it necessary to
make two applications of Paris green,
which, being applied before the plants
bloomea, could do no harm.
CURRANTs are not only healthful
and refreshing in midsummer, but are
always profitable crop if properly
cared for. John 81. Hale, in the Con
necticut Farmer, truly says that there
is money in this crop if it can be dis
posed of at six cents per quart, and the
price is rarely less than ten cents.
Every farmer should go through the
neglected rows of old bushes in the
spring, cut out at least one-half of the
old wood, shorten in the remainder,
plow in good coat of manure, dust
with powdered hellebore when the
worms appear, and the increased size
and yield of bunch and berry will make
him think he has one of the new yarie-
ties which shows SO generously in the
colored picture of the nurserymen's
catalogues.
MORGAN BUTLER, of Oneida County,
N. Y, has for fifteen years cut an aver
age of more than two tons of hay per
acre from meadow seeded with fescue,
oat-grass, bent grass, Kentucky blue
grass, timothy, vernal grass and clover.
This list shows the importance of seed
ing with great variety of grasses. No
one alone could produce SO large crop
for so long time. The mixture of
seeds is one of the best where the land
is to be seeded two or three years. The
clover alone can be relied upon after
the second year, as it is biennial. Un-
less it has been fall sown not much tim
othy will be found in the meadow the
first year. The decay OF clover roots in
the soil will make the grass much more
permanent than it can be made without
manuring where timothy has been
sown alone.
Wool has been raised in California
thirty years or more. The earliest rec
ords are from the books of the late
Emile Grisar. These show the yield as
far back as 1854. OF course the prod
uct at that time was small. It was not
till 1857 that the clip amounted to
100000 pounds. Two years later it
was double that quantity. Three years
later it was again doubled. 1t took five
years to double it again. That was in
1867, when the clip was 10,2SS 900, or
nearly ten times as much as was pro-
dnced in 1857. In 1870 the clip of 1867
was doubled, and in 1875 the clip Of
1870 was doubled. That was the last
doubling that has ever been made. The
clip for 1875 was 43,532,00O pounds, or
100000 pounds more than was pro-
duced last. The bonanza year in this
line was 1876, when the clip was &c.
551, 900. 1t was So, 10000 in the fol-
lowing year. In 1888 it was 4O,S48,OOO
pounds.
PROF. GEORGE a. Cook, of the New
Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station,
concludes, after much experimenting
with the feeding value of ensilage, that
it is wholesome and nutritious food,
milk made from it fed daily to COWS
having been uniformly satisfactory in
quality to the numerous customers who
have used it; but when compared with
finely-cut dry fodder it has not, in most
| of the experiments made, been found
more nutritious. The fact however,
should not be forgotten, that most of
the dry fodder raised by farmers is
much reduced in value by exposure to
the weather, or by imperfect curing. It
is well-known that the use of rye as en-
silage, or dried as fodder, has not been
successful on account of being too
tough after it has been headed out. A
good remedy hat been found in cutting
rye while it is yet tender, and packing
it away as ensilage. This early cutting
leaves the land ready for crop of fod-
der corn or millet. Such rye ensilage
was kept at the station thirteen months,
and was readily eaten by cows; and the
milk yield was about the same as when
they were fed on green and fresh rye