The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-14

suppose we Snould use ourselves IN
that way. Eat hearty and take no ex-
ercise. No one need be told what the
result would be.
There is something else to look at
in the management of the cow besides
the quantity of milk she gives and the
pounds of butter she produces. Her
general health is 10 be looked after.
Her powers of endurance are to be
considered, and is it not ~overtaxing
them to add grain to grass in summer!
The belief that ensilage will prove val
liable is founded upon the estimate of
the value of green food, which esti-
mate places it at the head of foods.
We do not know that that proves any
thing conclusively, but it is in the di-
rection of q sharp conflict between
those who are inclined 10 think that
grain would be useful when grass is
plenty and those who believe that we
feed too much dry food in winter.
The Moth ers ofTo-day.
ST. Louis Rcpu bl'can.
What has became of the good, SEN
sible, oldiashioned women, who
raised Their girls to be mothers of
babies not the eternal ''darning-
needle and butterfly of society? Dress
is the goal and gu deepest to-day, and
little girls scarcely out of the + bibs
have balls. b rth-day fetes and dinner
parties in Their honor, keeping them
awake in the night air in ridiculous
finery, hours after refreshing sleep, SO
necessary to CHI ldhood and future wo-
manhood should have begun to make
new blood and bones and brainmattcr.
Dress. dress, dress. This is cultiva-
ted in the child from her infancy, when
the old-time child was making mud
pies and learning her ..Ab, Abs
Silk slips. valencienes lace Overdue ses,
silk stockings on her poor little shan
Ky legs, thin slippers and decollete
gowns, these occupy the modern little
sinners thoughts. 1t is not her fault
that when grown she must refuse the
man she loves because of his inability
to keep up this panorama, but her
mothers children should be kept away
from night scenes, kept in warm cloth
ing plain at that and taught to swim
as absolutely necessary, made to
swing Indian clubs to make muscle
and to eat plain food. BOYS are
taught cverythn g for the preserving
of health, girls everyth' ne for its de-
struction. VIII the women of the flu
ture have blood and muscle? How
many young girls, reduced in fortune,
sit down and wall because they have
been totally unlearned in helpful ways,
and, although a women's estate, gan
do nothing honorable or self-sustain-
ing.
Every woman paints q little, builds
tropical vines and flowers on plush in
Its way as the t me-killing Iastime of
rich women with homes to decorate.
And here is where the great disaster
and leak is. The young girls suddenly
poor are not helped and given tropical
roses to build for gold sofas when they
are dying for the lack OF work, be-
cause rich home-owners are themselves
artists in this way.
No matter how well-to-do parents
are there ought to be umbarellas kept
for rainy days. Girls as well as bows
should be fitted out in armor for the
painful struggle which may, and so
often does, come in early LIE.
But these are trite words. old argu-
ments and mothers go on tying sasnes
around baeN waists, RAISING a iiock of
macaws, which, by and by. there will
be no market for, because PLAIN geese.
chickens and guinea hens viii be more
useful, if not SO pretty.
Indian Corn.
The northern limits of the successful
cult walton of Indian corn or maize vary
in different parts of the world. On the
northeast coast of Asia. corr cannot be
cultivated at 80 degrees north lat tude.
although in the interior it natures as
far north as 81 deg ees. On the eastern
shores of America, the northern limit
of its growth is 80 degrees and on the
western it reaches about 81 degrees,
while in the intermediate country it is
known to 90 as far Us 90 degrees. The
fact that it thriyes further north in the
interior of continents than on the
shores is thought to be due not alone
to the cool ng influence Of ice ccuInu
lat o Il on the coast. but to be depended
largely on the greater amount Of sun
light received in the dry regions far
from the oceans. In Norway, corn
grows in latitude 20 degrees. the eli
mate being not only warmed by prox-
unity to the gulf stream, but the skies
being very clear as we /. Even in the
most northern regions, where the shade
temperature is very low, vegetation
may grow in sheltered spots exposed
to the sun, and luxuriant scurvy grass
has been found on Walden Island, be-
yond so degrees north altitude.
Farm Notes. ~
Millet, next to clover, is considered
the best forage crop.
Be very sure to cut the clover hay
before the bloom begins to fade, or it
will make very poor feed.
Plants require various kinds of min
eral matter, and derive them entirely
from the soil, but different plants re-
quire different proportions in order to
have luxurant growth.
Good tillage does not consist in stir
ing the soil only often enough to kill
weeds, but in stirring it often enough
to keep it mellow. whether there are
any weeds to kill or lot
During the flow of milk from the
first calying is the period in a cows
lifetime to make a good mixer; and
the two first months is the most i'm
portant time in which to induce milk
production.
Sheep like a little clean straw scat
tered on.the shed every day. Stir up
the soiled bedding. and then spread
evenly half an inch or so of fresh straw
on top. The sheep will lie down. and
you will see how much they will en-
joy it.
Spring water is the best for live
stock. Running creek or river water
is the mex best. Pure well water is
the equal of either, if drawn and given
in clean troughs. Stagnant water
lacks vitality necessary to perfect ami
NAL health.
.Shronshire and Ham nshire downs