Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-05-01
FARM ASGARDES.

work this month, Bear in mind that
1ees are not to ls set" posts are set.
Dut trees should b'.planted."
Gun statesmen should bear in mind
snat with confined destruction Of our
forests the time sll come when there
VIII be no wood to take 10. Boston
/ OAU1oN is neGsary, in using com.
merclai fertilizersn the garden, that it
ls not brought inirect contact with the
seed. Thoroaghnixing with the soil is
the only absoluwafety at all times.
THE Kansas SITE Agricultural Socie-
" agrees uponIae following distances
apart to plant trs; Apple trees, SO feet
each way is noneoo much; pear, stand
ards, l6 feet; dvrfs, 10 feet; peach. 90
feet: plum, 10 ~; cherry, 20 feet.
ALWAYS have!tl hand paper of COP
per riyets of assrted sizes and piece Of
Shed leather fof,utting strings to keep
can be readily nended, or those threat.
ened in tugs, laes, straps, etc., either
py riveting orsewing with the stout
leather string.
Ar the meetilg of the Fruit Growers
OF Western Nsg York, DIR. Sturteyant
said that he hid received collections of
apples from Hlifax. Maine, Massachn-
setts, WesternNew York and Michigan.
and that in fiatr they were found in the
order named; and while the quality dim
lnlshed, as they went west the size in
creased.
Asto the question how shall the hor-
t1culturist maintain the fertility of his
soil, DR.. Kedle recommends green ma
nurlng as the easiest way of accumula-
ting humus in the soil and enriching the
orchard. Red clover stands at the head
OF all plants for this purpose. It should
pc sown between the rows, and when
full grown turned under.
EVERY ice-broken tree furnishes brush
to pick up this year, and the question
arises whether we shall burn 1t out of
the way at once OF save big, tidy pile
mandy by the garden to touch off and
raise wind on frosty night? Thirty
years ago farmers were 80 frugal that all
such brush was chopped small for kind
llngs. Coal makes the difference.
AN agricultural writer has found salt
sprinkled on manure heap an excellent
application both for summer and winter.
he says: In warm weather it attracts
moisture and keeps the manure from
flre-tanging or burning from excessive
fermentation. In winter it keeps the
heap from freeziYg solid, and at any sea-
son 1t makes khe manure more soluble.
WHEN popcorn Ia gradually heated,
and 80 hot that the oil inside the kern els
turns to gas, this gas can not escape
through the hall of the kernels. but
when, the interior pressure gets strong
enough it bursts the grain. and the ex-
plosion is SO violent that hshatters it in
the most curious manner, aud in much
less time than it takes to tell how it is
done.
BE as careful in selecting the swarms
to rear your drones from us youare the
queens, for the drone is the male hee and
the progeny will take after them as they
were indolent or energetic, and wewant
good stock on both sides. Get GOOD
queen of some good breeder to keep yGur
stock to the standard, and do not allow
so much in-and-in breeding as has beer
heretofore.
CAPT. JORDAN, of the Bremer Count,
Live Stock Association, Waverly, Ia
is of the opinion that eventually tn
American horse breeder must come t,
the position now held by the British
breeder, namely, breeding special AMI
mails for special purposes. One kind Q
horse, he holds, is needed for draf
horse, one for a roadster and another TO
riding horse.
AN Australian paper says: A lamb
dropped at Woorvoma, province o
Victoria, in April, and shorn on the 12tl
of September, gave 6 pounds of yer,
fine wool, belly trimmings not included
His girth behind the shoulders was 80
inches; be measured 43f inches iron
the top of the head behind the horns t.
the butt of the tail. He pulled the seal
down to 100 pounds.
a CORRESPONDENT says that youn,
horses should never have shoes imposed
upon them until it is we'll proved tina
they cannot do without them. He pre-
diets that the day is not far off whe,
some humane benefactor of his kind ant
! horse-kind will produce breed of horse
having such firm, tough feet, in addition
to all other good qualities, that shoeinl
Will be unnecessary.
THE Rural New Yorker warmly advo
Gates oats and peas as an excellent greer
food for mich COWS. For this purpos.
one and one-half bushels of peas ant
two and one-half bushels of oats arr
sown. AS peas are not easily covered
by a harrow, excepting the Acme, which
covers them perfectly, the seed should
be sown on the narrowed ground ane
covered by the culdvator or plowed in
The Dominion Cattle Company, which
has now nearly 81, 600 cattle on,the 2S4,
900 acres os the Cherokee reservation
which is leased for two cents an acr,
from the United States government, ha
thus far proved a decided success. Las
year it's capital stock, amounting to al
most $3.50, 900. brought net profit 0
$3.50, 900, out of which dividend of Q
per cent. has been declared.
A WRITER on the subject of the diet Q
the farmer says that mutton and lam
of his own raising should be so common
on his table as to make unnecessary III
continued use of sailed meat or of tn
weekly, or almost daily, visits of th
butchers cart. Fresh fruit and vege
tables, bread of wheat, rye or India
corn, sweet butter and fresh eggs, wit
a nice bit of lamb or mutton, make up
most appetizing bill of fare.
The negroes of Sumter County, Ala
have farmers club in successfr
operation, with some very practical feat
ures worthy the consideration of whit
folks. If any member fails to attep
| properly to his team, or keep his fence
in repair, he is fined from ST. to $40, an
the money is collected out of the frs
proceeds Of his crop. Membership i
such q club would prove expensive to
good many white farmers.
CHICKENS when first Matched shouI
not be hurried out of the setting nes
For twenty -four hours, at least, from th
time the earliest commence to sho
themselves, tits better to leave them III
der or with the hen mother. They nee
no food for from day to day and
half usually. When they get stron
enough to venture from beneath the
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