Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1886-01-07
Farm and stock Notes.
From North Dakota Farmer.

Farm and Stock Notes.
From North Dakota Farmer.
However rich the soil it cannot be
productive without culture.
The more intelligence the farmer
brings to his work the more successful
he will be.
Over five hundred acres of ilax were
grown IN the vicinity Of Darlington,
Oak, last season.
Good farming consists in making the
largest possible profit on the smallest
space and at the least expense.
There are now one hundred and sixty
three farmers alliances in Dakota, with
u membership of nearly 5000.
1 A species OF Towering vine called
larkspur and wild parsnip is supposed
to be the source of the fatal poisoning
OF cattle on some of the Montana ranges.
A Cleveland Bay horse breeders as
ISOLATION has been organized under the
laws OF Illinois, with Il capital stock OF
$1,000, III shares OF $40 each, and u stud
book will shortly appear.
Whatever cows you may havcto Win
ter, if in milk, keep them warm and
fully fed on rich food to the extent of
fair digestion. Ii store cows, feed so as
to keep in good condition for spring.
Nomatter what kind of stock you
keep horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poul-
try, or dogs--do not breed from inferior
specimens of the masculine gender.
1t is claimed that eggs at fifteen cents
per dozen are rs economical for food as
beet steak at ten cents Il pound.
Meal fed to poultry should always be
mixed with boiling water, which part
tally cooks the food. a common error
is to make the food too wet and soft. in
which state it becomes injurious to the
4 fowls, compelling them to take more
water than their nature requires.
A correspondent of the California
Rural Press says he cleared his poultry
house of III ties, with which it was over
run, by sprinkling the inside with the
water in which the potatoes for the
/ household dinner had been boiled. Two
applications cleared them all out.
There is no need of bothering about Il
cows p ulse to find out if she is well OF
not; simply look at her nose. If well
it will be moist and cold; if feverlsh
dry and hot. She is like u dog in this
respect A staring coat or ahollow eye
are also points indicating trouble. and
as symptoms of disease they are NOR.
to be dreaded than the dry nose.
How milking is done in the Island OF
8 Jersey is thus described: "Tall bucket.
narrow near the top, with widened
mouths, are used. A linen cloth is tiet
over the top, then smooth sea shell il
pushed down into the depression to re
celve the milk. The shell prevents th
wearing of the cloth by the streams o
milk. then the milking is done tn
strainlng is also completed"
Binders and check-relns should b
discarded from our horses, and Il prope
system of training adopted in thei
steed. The latter has almost entirel
disappeared in England, and its use ha
been prohibited i'll the army, by genera
, order, for several years. When the in
0 teiligence of the horse is appreciate
0 and properly respected, there will b
lutte necessity for covering his eyes an
= Fastening up his head.
o A leading swine grower of Illinois
0 who has been at some pains to inquiI
as to the facts, estimates that at lea:
y one-third of the hogs of central Illino
o have died of hog cholera within tt
% present year.
% To clean your horses names or tai
y - from dirt and dust, says the Sportsma
d and Breeder, put little Kerosene q
10 them, and then wash them with hora
10 water, which will prevent the hi,
y coming out.
IS 1t is claimed and generally accept'
that the Jersey Reds are decened,
I, from the large importations of Berl
siiires when these hogs. rs they d
I years ago, had Il much coarser bod
with pendent ears, and were Oft
, marked with red.
1t is quite common when farm
) keeps three, four, or more cows, tn
= the best milker brings more net pro-
i, than all the others, and often what
a made from her goes to defray losses
= the others.
n Turn out the sheep into the air a
!, to water early iii the morning. so as
let their quarters get thoroughly air
J. out; then, if the weather is bad. r
them back again, but let them ha
fresh air and water.
,g We are asked ii stock will not grt
m larger and of better quality iu Il ct
ne than in warm climate. Well. we 81
h. pose the question may be fairly ;
es swered in the Affirmative: A cold {
IS; mate is more invigorating.
nd Give to the COWS none but the b.
re. and puFest food. With no other sso
! "a, tI,,.s on ous..ntisl for tho rt,,,sorz II