The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-09-08
FARM NOTES.

and use them well.
The general aspect of the dairy ami
NAL is thinner, sharper and more angu
lar than the feeding animal.
1t is surprising to see what great
change little paint will make in the
appearance of farm buildings.
The Farmers Alliance was introduced
into Mississippi in March, 1887, and
now has 1900 lodges and 10000 men,
| bers.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science will hold its
next annual meeting in Cleveland, Aug
Ia to p, inclusive.
Many of tho ready-mixed paints are
valuable and cheap, and the painting
can be done by one of the boys or hired
man at odd times.
A hundred rods of fence on n farm
above actual need become tax on Ia
Dor and material that may better be
cut off by removing the fence.
A new veg BILE fiber, called "ga-
mootic," is IL. ported from Celibes into
Holland, and is made to take the place
of moss and hair in upholstery.
It is estimated that to collect pound
of honey from clover $4,000 heads of
clover must be deprived of nectar and
| S,750,000 visits from bees must be made.
Watering troughs by the roadside at
| convenient distances are highly ap-
preciated by travellers and are pretty
sure indications of kind and hospitable
| farmers.
A good coat of paint viii preserve
the buildings, add to the beauty and
attractiveness of the premises, and
transform old rundown farmhouses
into neat and tasty homes.
Going to law is expensive, whether
it be for the purpose of securing JUS
| tice or revenge, and is almost most
certain to end in disappointment and
loss of money to both parties.
1t is queer idea some farmers have
that grass will grow after soil is ex-
hausted by grain cropping and that
| grass will restore fertility after it is so
far gone that seeding must fail.
One way to make your boys dislike
| farming is to be continually finding
fault, complaining of the hard lot
and slavish life of farmers and telling
them of the eaze and comforts of city
| life.
! Burned bones are useful in the poul-
| try-yard, but do not equal those that
are procured in the ground condition.
Bones from the butcher, pounded into
| pieces, are preferred by the hens, as
they contain more or less meat.
al al Ia, L., -
| Jerusalem artichokes for hogs fewer
are planted every year. While large
crops of them are sometimes raised,
the average yield appears to be very
small and dependent on the season.
Experiments in raising alfalfa are
being made at the Iowa Agricultural
college. 1t is likely that this forage
plant will grow in Iowa and do fairly
well, but there is no prospect that it
will be rs valuable for stock food as
clover and grass.
DR.. Salmon says there are two con-
tagious diseases known rs hog cholera,
one affecting the bowels, the other the
lungs. The one is the genuine hog
cholera, the other the swine plague.
/: is possible for an animal to have
both diseases at the same time.
Sheep are one of the best-paying
things that can be had for north Da-
kota. One farmer got three sheep two
years ago, and from them he now has
eleven. Another farmer had in 1883,
with addition to other stock, 100 sheep,
and he has now $50 besides 40 young
lambs.
The pig that brings the farmer the
most money is not the one that yields
him the greatest profit. Fall pigs win
tered over and fattcned the next fall
are almost invariably expensive ami
mails. Where corn is fed To- cattle
whole, few pigs may be kept TO fol-
low them without much outlay, but
only a few
To make hens lay, says an exchange,
put two or more quarts of water in a
kettle and one large seed pepper or
two small ones, then put the kettle
over the fire. When the water boils
stir in coarse Indian meal until you
have thick mush. Let il cook an
hour or so; feed hot. Horseradish
may be chopped fine and stirred into
the mush rs prepared in the above di-
rections.
Several reports of death from hand
ling animals diseased with CHAMBERS or
blackleg are reported. If the virus OF
these contagious diseases enters the
blood through scratch or wound,
blood-poisoning, and a frightful death
follow. The fact is not generally
known, and it ought to be carefully
borne in mind, and ncighbors ignorant
of the nature of these diseases eau
| toned.
One of the principal causes of heaves
in horses is the feeding of dusty OF
dirty hay. Ordinary clean hay can al.
ways be fed with safety if cut up,
moistencd. and mixed with ground
grain; but to feed the musty or dirty
sorts is very injurious. Glover, owing
to its liability to crumble, often gets
dirty, even after storage, and should
never be fed without being previously
moistencd.
The cheapest and best mode of keep,
| IN linn ont Of tho npultry-bpusa ia n