Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
THE FARMER.
Agricultural Improvement.


when weitake into account the fact that
paid the various agricultural colleges by
young men in agriculture and mechanics,
and the various amounts appropriate d
by the different States for the encourage
ment Of agriculture the sum of $57O,-
oOO is annually expended for the sup
port of the experiment stations of the
various States, organized underthe pro-
visions of the Hatch billy, we ought to
look for marked improvement IN the
line OF actual progress in every branch
OF farming industry, and the question
that most naturally and forcibly pre-
sents itself is: Is the progress as great
asNit ought to be under the circum-
stances? Are the farmers themselves,
as class, taking that interest in the in
vestlgations i'll progress that they ought?
1t is to be feared they are not. The
number of wide-awakc farmers who are
anxious to learn what is being done for
Fheir direct benefit appears to be COM
baratively small. This ought to be SO.
: Abe farmer, as a producer of necessary
aticles of consumption, should take the
same interest in his business and be as
anxious for its success as he who is en-
gsged in manufacturing or commerce,
andsshould study the ways and means
carefully and intelligently, being ready
to adopt any or all methods that prom
Use success. It is somewhat difficult to
eradicate from the minds of old farmers
the prejudice against scientific or book
farming, but there is hope of the gener-
alton that is coming on. 1t makes little
difference what name system of labor
takes if it brings success, and it is for
thesinterest of all farmers to consider
all methods and then adopt the best
Glrmantoaun Telegraph.
I Agricultural Notes.
! n CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio
Farmer is authority for the statement
that pork packers can tell the breed of
the hog by the shape of the ham as it
comes from the cutter. The Berkshire
ham is round; the Peland-China is
nearly round, a little elongated; while
the Chester White ham is long and COM
paratively harrow.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman recommends aconite in doses
of threefourths of an ounce of the
tincture as specific for milk-fever.
The first dose is the quantity named
above; the second, given six hours later,
was half as much as the first, and the
third, half as much as the second. She
was then we'll enough to eat little hay,
and in three OF. four days was turned out
with the other cattle, cured.
A CONNECTICUT farmer and owner of
fine stock with irreproachable pedigree,
sold a valuable calf for rs cents year
and refused all nourishment. Its new
AZ Iouion1 1,,oh1a ne Ix,s,,
ing Che animal up on eggs. These were
easily sent down the throat by being
placed in the mouth, while the shells
remained behind and could be removed.
The calf thrived, soon learned to cot, and
lis now worth $50.
WHEN spokes and felloes shrink and
the wagon tires become loose, it 10 the
custom to have the tires reset, at the
usual expense of so cents each. It is far
cheaper and better for the wheels to sat
urate the entire woodwork with het lin
seed oil. lt.can be applied with rag
causes the timber to swell and FIJI the
tires as when new. With coat Of hot
oil once in a year or tive there will be
NIB loose tires, and the wheels will last
very much longer.
\ HORSE appreciates q comfortably
fitting harness rs much as he does a
properly fitted shoe. The latter, when
set too tight, or with nail driven into
or near the sensitive tissues, produces a
positive lameness. Under this condi-
tioh Of things he is promptly taken to
the shop for relief. But he may suffer
nearly or quite as much from tho chatting
Of badly-ftte collar, or a narrow
belly band drawn too tight, or from q
sheck-rei shortened up SO as to form of
itself one of the severest punishments.
Either of these conditions produce rest
iveness in the dullest brute, and in the
case of an animal of nervous tempera-
ment and having thin, sensitive skin,
he lis liable to become frantic, the sbtuse
owner or driver seldom approaching the
origin of the difficulty.
THE STOCK-BREEDER.