The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-08
FARM NOTES.
Points for the Farmer

GOAL ashes are q helptul mulch
shrubs, but. plants will not resas
grow through the ashes.
All stock that do not have tha
vantages OF pasture should be pivss
meal OF grass, or bulky food, al. AZ
once a day.
A farmer with quantities Of exnss
ence says; "Of all the kinds 81 cats'
food l ever grew, sweet fodder corn
the best"
A poor COW in the dairy is like ada
tool in a carpenters hands, reauirs
the expenditure of a large percepts
OF energy to obtain a small percens
Of result.
Although the silo is undoubte
best adopted to thickly settled region
with comparatively small farms hiu1
priced land and prominent live st6oI
interests, says Major Alvord 10
C~ultivator, ensllage feeding seems
be equally approved in the West. a.
it Is said several hundred new snos
will be built this year in Wisconse
alone.
The county commissioners OF STUN
mar county have ordered 2.SSo
d raohms OF strychnine for distr,bn
ton among farmers to be used ii ~
terminating gophers. Early Fl n,
spring on organized and general Effort
will be ~inaugurated to rid the COUNT
OF the little pests.
II the meadow becomes filled NTH
moss it is a certain sign Of cold. xsk
poor soil beneath. Moss cannot as
place the cultivated grasses where ia
ground is suitable for the Later
though it will thrive where they vB
not. Merely dragging such pieca
with a common fortystooth drag and /
sowing grass seed will sometimes Is
new them, but it will be far more Il
tective il the surface is covered witk
manure in the fall and then draqpsa
towards spring to mix the particles Of
manure with the surface soil.
Every spring in the Northern stata
and also through the fall and wintas
farther south, says the American cm
tivator, roads are often impassabs
from the deep mud with which They
are filled. Grading, unless done with
stone and gravel on top often onig
makes the mud deeper. 1t is water
that makes mud. When this fact /,
fully appreciated, the answer IS = II
difficulty is easy. Get rid of the va
ter by drainage OF roadsides, and no
amount of bad weather will make The
roads muddy except for a little whia
on the surface.
An ls-year old Bluehill girl. who's
nearest neighbor lives a quarter o.
mile distant, kept house for her faith
er and mother to make a visit a Wink
ago, stayed all alone day and night,
took all the care OF a yoke Of oxen, a
horse, three cows cad a hog. a large
flock OF sheep, ard hens and chickens
to numerous to mention. At thesame
time she did the fall spinning, aud
harnessed her own horse to take ha
butter and eggs to market. Last sum
mer she picked and sold $25 worth 81
berries and made trousers at Twelve
cents per pair, enough to clothe her
self.-Ellsworth tMe.1 Americas.
PoINTs IN CHEESE MAKrNe.-one who
who is we'll posted in cheese dairyine
being asked. what was the great point
in cheese making, said, "Knowing
when to dip" BY that be meant
Knowing when to salt" Another
point equally essential is to get the
whey out of the curds aud also out Of
the cheese. The first can be done BY
fine cutting and. few other Gloss
points, and the second by proper
hopping and pressing, both OF which
are often neglected. Beginners II
cheese making would do well to make
a note of these important points
and be governed accordingly ia their
operations.
Boys who wish to leave the farms
should remember that great profit
and sudden riches and safety never
20 together. Those who get rich last
take great risks, and hundreds fail
where one succeeds. The gains from
the farm are slow, but q good livins
and fair accumulations are reason'
ably certain. Not one industrious
farmer in a hundred fails, while only
FIVE business men in a hundred sue.
coed. Besides, the farmer. on the
average, secures q far better return
for the capital invested than the
average business man.
A singular accident, resulting in The
burning Of a barn, is mentioned By
eTsase Connecticut Farmer. and shows
the need Of constant care when q Ian.
tern is used: sMr. Burr went out ia
hitch up his horse. He carried a Ian
tern and vet i down. He had partly
got the harness on when the animal
made d grab st the lantern, caught Il
in hts teeth, and raised It from thk
floor. The globe struck against a pin
in a post, which shattered the Qlobl
into fragments. Some hay was
hanging from q loft overhead, and II
q moment the flames shot nm into thu
rafters and snyeIoped the inside Of sh'
structure ID q mass OF flame. DR.