Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-04
THE FARM.


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Every observing bee-keeper has no.
ticed the effect upon our calling of un,
profitable seasons, ike that just closed.
Many will become discouraged. others
will be Indifferent and careless, and
the result will be a great loss in bees,
combs and fixtures. 1t is a noticeable
fact that such a poor season is almost
sure to be followed by Il good one. This
being the case. every prudent and far
sighted b~ee-keeper will see the desira-
bility of keeping his stock in the best
possible shape, and of holding himself
Areadiness to make the most of IA bet
- season when it comes. We should
remember that this is but Il temporary
embarrassment. We should avail our
selves of every advantage to winter our
bees successfully. Preserve all surplus
combs and boxes, and keep them in
the best possible condition for use the
coming year. Seasons like this just
past are full of experiences that ear
not be acquired in any other way. The
readers of these notes who continue in
the business will more than likely meet
such yicissitudes in the future. In.
stead of being discouraged and falter-
ing, we should learn lessons that will
be Of value to us in bridging over re-
verses to come. In this, as in all other
callingS, only those will succeed who
prove themselves equal to the emer-
gencics Of the ''otf years and the
embarrassment to which all occupa-
tons are liable.
DON'T TURN THEM INTO THE CORN
1t is the commo practice among
down the corn fields with cattle and
hogs. While the conditions Of agri-
culture with them may make "A defence
for this daring the early winter, we
must warn II readers that from this
time feeding cattle and pigs in orr
fields can be only "A losing operation.
Very little nutritious food can be found.
In fact, the animals are often allowed
to roam over them, simply because the
farmer has become accustomed TO turn
ing them into the liela in The morning,
not because he expects them I? tnd
any food. While the ground is frozen
Folld, pastur%G is harmless at least.
But now thaws are frequent. and the
tramping of hogs. not less than OF
cattle. will DO the fields great damage,
which can be repaired only by much
labor on them IN the spring. A hog or
steer will make five thousand good,
hard clodS. every day it tramps over a
soft corn field, and at the same time
tramp of considerable flesh. while it
gains nothing. Keep the stock in the
lots, and give them what hay and
straw thy will cNt. The animals
should not be allowed on the pastures
and meadows at this season.
CLOVER FoR THE pRAlRIEs.
Professor Bcssey, dean of the Ne
braska Agricultural college, writes to
the American Agriculturi,t for Novcm-
Der:
a few years ago the pioneers in
western Iowa seriously doubted whether
clover could be grown in that part of
the state. They have since learned
that the clovers. red and white succeed
better than in many portions of the
older states, The same history is now
repeating itself in Nebraska,
No well-informed man Doubts that
clover will grow well in the eastern
counties of the state. Should there be
any question in the mind of any one,
let him come and visit the campus Of
the state university, upon which red
clover has for several years been in
c"easing with great rapidity and ac-
tually driving out the wild grasses.
Near the town of Seward, about thirty
miles west of Lincoln, are extensive
clover fields upon which the owner cut
not only n heavy crop of hay, but
gathered "a large yield of seed. 1t Is
significant that the red clover seeds
very acknowledgement more SO than
in the states eastward. 1t is n COM
mon experience that considerable seed
will form the first year: that is. when
the clover was sown in the spring, there
will be "A good deal of seed formed in
e following autumn if stock are kept
-. This explains why it is that red
clover tends to spread so rapidly when
once it obtains Il foothold. White
clover not only produces an abundance
of seed, but its reclining stems take
root in their ~wcll-known fashion, and
thus a small patch spreads year by
year until it covers acres.
CHICKEN CHOLERA.
The symptoms of cholera are great
thirst, II nervous, anxious expression,
greenish droppings. and rapid prostra-
ton. It's work is done quickly. usual
ly killing the birds in twenty-four
hours or less. When it attacks a flock
the sick birds must be separated from
the others, and a thorough cleaning