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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Horticultural Hints.

The Worden grape is growing in ia
vor as an earlier and better sort than the
Concord. The vine is hardy and free
from rust and mildew, while the fruit is
sweet and pleasant to taste.
SPRAYING fruit trees is q sure method
of saving the fruit from insects. All
intelligent fruit growers are satisfied of
this. One pound of London purple to
$50 gallons of water will do the job, &C.
cording to Secretary Hammond of the
Illinois horticultural Society.
GRAPES can be protected from the rot
to certain extent by scattering air.
slaked lime over the vines and grapes
every two or three weeks. If the ground
be we'll lined after the grapes are
harvested, and later in the season
all leaves, grass and weeds burnt,
with another application in the spring,
the rot can be prevented. AS the spores
remain on the ground the use OF the
lime destroys them.
WHERE raspberries and other small
fruits are grown in the garden and the
labor is not great for SO doing, they
should be banked up with dirt as pro
lection to the roots and canes against
frost. Trees are also benefited by hav-
ing earth banked against them. The
earth should be removed early IN the
spring and the ground leveled.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

ing scale of two hardtacks equal one
spoonful of coffee; two spoonfuls Of
sugar equal one of coffee, etc. Sugar
graded at 25 cents; coffee, SO cents; a
square inch of plug tobacco, 25 cents.
Eve drew rations every ten days,
and the boy who went broke at the
game two days after the drawing, had
to spike for grub" the eight remain
ing days, or until another issue.
Zone day while playing in the
trenches Biddy sat in hard luck-Bid-
dy generally did sit in hard luck, and
was short on rations; everything he
had was up. Number one raised the
blind; number two called. Biddy
looked at the pot, and a shade came
over his face-his rations were all up;
looked again at his hand, and his face
ightened; studied moment, went
down into his 'starve-bag' and brought
to light an enormous cucumber pickle,
held it reluctantly out, and queried:
Boys, whatn ye low me on that?'
Instantly three pairs of eyes bulged in
amazement. Where did he get that?
How did he come by it? Instantly
three stomachs craved the unaccus-
toned luxury. An ardent desire to
possess the succulent anGi-scorbutic
arose under every blue blouse. Go on
it? Why. that's worth the last chip.
Everything was put up, cards drawn,
hands showed down, and Biddy raked
in the pot, a phenomenon for him to do.
Many a comrade in the succeeding
nights went feeling for that pickle, but
Biddy always took it into the blanket
with him. Often was it thereafter
produced as the dernier resort, and
when it decayed and became no longer
merchantable, his bank stock was gone.
But before the dissolution came many
a good hand was laid down by an op-
ponent upon production of that hoary
| pickle.'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Better Horses for Far,ners.

Most good farmers are shrewd enough
in business to know that they cannot af-
ford to work poor or inofensive horses.
The poor horse is worse by far than q
poor tool. 1t ought to work daily, for it
costs something to keep it every day in
the year. Many old horses past their
prime are kept by farmers at greater
cost than good horses would be. They
have to be heavily grained all the time
to do, perhaps, one-half as much work
as a younger horse would in their place.
inefficient it lessons the efficiency of
whoever works with it. Efficiency in
farm work is the practical test on which
value depends.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Hints to Honsekeepers.

REMOVE spots from furniture with
kerosene.
WHAT this country needs is more hus-
bands to keep their wives scissors and
kitchen knives sharp.
If you keep your flour i'll q bucket set
it on high, dry shelf; don't leave it on
the floor or it will become musty.
To 1AUNDER red table linen: Use
tepid water, with little powdered
borax, which serves to set the color;
wash the linen separately and quickly.
using very little soap; rinse in tepid
water containing little boiled starch;
hang out to dry in the shade, and iron
when almost dry.
If glass dishes and tumblers and other
articles OF that ware are put into kettle
and covered entirely with cold water,
and the water is allowed to boil quickly
for q short time, and it the kettle is then
removed from the stove and placed in q
cool spot until the water has become
cold, the articles will be SO toughened
in the process that they will not break
easily. Keep the kettle covered tightly
until the water has had time to cool.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Sam milks, he hits her on the hip, and
says, Hist, you old BRUTE"
THE PoULrRY-YARD.

BE careful of your fowls and avoid
danger. They contract cold very easily
now, especially if permitted to roost
where there is draught. Guard them
from the cold Winds from the northeast
Ii you do not, there may be lively time
stamping out the roup.
by crossing Plymouth Rock cocks
with large, coarse hens, you can pro-
duce an excellent chick for a market.
They grow very rapidly, haveyellow legs
and skin, and always look we'll when
dressed. Remember this when you make
Your mating for market.
MUCH is said about the Douglas Mix
ture. 70 make it, says the american
Agrsc1ttWr3st, take one pounl. of sui
phate of iron and two ounces of sui
phuric acid and dissolve in one gallon
of water. Add one tablespoonful Of
this mixture to one gallon Of drinking
water for the birds.
Popcorn does not contain as much
fat or oily matter as yellow corn, and for
that reason the grains are considered
the best for feeding to poultry, but pop
corn is probably worth more i'll the
market than it's value as poultry food.
and will not be extensively used in place
of the yellow field corn.
PROMINENT American poultry breeders
are importing large numbers of white
Dorkings, as we'll as focks of the gray
and colored Dorkings. Their excellent
market Qualities iare being gradually
recognized i'll this country. One serious
drawback to their introduction has been
the American preference for yellow skin
and legs, which in no manner indicates
quality i'll table fowl.
PIGEONS are not troublesome, and af-
ford much interest to those who have
time to attend to them properly. The
fancy kinds, such as pouters. tumblera,
fantails, barbs, owls, and carriera, may
be kept in the same loft, but they must
be mated first. This must be done by
combining pair together away from the
others. After the pigeons shall have
been all mated no danger will arise of
distinct breeds mixing.
QUITE trade is now done in the tail
feathers of turkeys. The feathers On
the second and third joints of tile wings
are also in demand. These feathers are
made into feather busters, and even the
small feathers are sometimes stripped
and applied to use in the arts. In this
age Of progress nothing is lost or thrown
away, and all kinds of feathers should
| be saved. The commission merchant
receives them on consignment, and will
send You full instructions in regard to
the proper mode of saving them if YOU
will address them. Some poultry ship.
pers calculate the feathers pay the ex-
pense of dressing the fowls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
", the ,amount VARYING according to

", the iamount varying according to
ize of animal and kind of food given.
With the best chance for pasturing
stock there will be nearly or quite two
hundred days of barnyard or stable feed
ing. Thirty pounds per day for this
time makes total of 5000 or three tons.
II all this has to be purchased it will eat
into the value of pretty good stock at
present prices of feed. With ordinary
stock the farmer can only make himself
whole by feeding it with rough fodder
that would not be readily salable, but
may be changed into valuable manure.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
THE ORCHARD.
Green Crane Vine Cutting,

A young shoot of the grape vine, if
trimmed Of leaves and nearly buried in
sand, with one bud above tho surface,
will form roots and make q healthy,
vigorous plant by fall. Possibly its
wood will not be mature enough to
stand the winter, but it may be protected
out of doors with covering OF earth, or
taken up and wintered in bcx Of sand
in the cellar. We have done this some
times to get choice variety cheaper
than it could be bought, though the
pleasure of succeeding in the expert :
ment must Offset the labor which it in
vnlvas
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Horses Improving.

Farm horses are much larger than the
average of twenty years ago. This is
due to the large importations of Perch
eerons and Clydesdale horses, which
have been crossed on the native stock
throughout the country. Improvement
was formerly made through the thor
oughbred running stock, which i'm
parted endurance and speed, and the
result was an excellent foundation for
the use of the heavy draft horses for
crossing. Good farm horses now weigh
0s much as 1.6OO hounds.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
THE HOUSEHOLD.
To Clean Kid Gloves.

One of the simplest and best ways by
which light colored kid gloves can be
cleaned is this: Put the gloves on your
hands, take an old and very soft hand
kerchief, wet it in sweet milk, and rub
it on a piece of white soap-Castile or
any toilet soap will answer the purpose
then apply to the soiled parts of the
glove. Do this until the spots disap-
pear; then wet the entire glove and pull
it and stretch it until it is dry. If you
are faithful it will not dry in wrinkles
One word of caution should be added to
the above; lavender-c olored kid gloves
cannot be cleaned in this way, as they
will fade and look spotted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Seen from the Cottage Porch.

Trees about the house make it more
homelike and attractive, and shield it
from the cold winds of winter and the
hot sun of summer.
A grapevine over the out building
will not injure the building, will in
crease the attractiveness of the premises,
and will furnish wholesome, agreeable
food at slight cost.
When the garden gets as much atten-
ton as the swine lot, and the fruit trees
as much feed and care as the cattle,
there will be more health and good
humor on the farm, and just as much
money.-Americam Agriculturist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
T.o1v.Rea,Ied Orchards.

The whole tendency of modern tree
planters is to have trees, especially for
fruit, headed low. The tree is less ex-
posed to winds, its fruit is more easily
gathered, much OF it being low enough
for man to pick while standing on the
ground or mounted on a short step-lad-
der. The fear that the tree may be in
the way of cultivation should not make
it necessary to prune high. After the
to keep the grass down, is better than
cultivation,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Hints Oh, Cooking.

When we wish to extract juices from
anything We put it in cold water, and let
it gradually reach the boiling point. SO
when we wish the viands to retain their
juices and use the water only as me-
dunn for cooking them the opposite
course must be pursued.
Starch enters largely into the compo-
sition of many vegetables, and on the
prevalence of this element depends the
digestibility of the vegetable. To free
this element and have it thoroughly in
corporate itself with the other elements
in the vegetable, great amount Of heat
vegetables should be put down to coob
in boiling water.
Some authorities claim that even
though the water is boiling it extracts
considerable of the starch, and there
fore considerable Of the nutritive ele-
ment, and that steam is the only agent
that should be employed in cooking
many varieties, potatoes, for instance.
There are as many opinions against as
for this method, and while it undoubt-
eddy seems probable, still equally good
results have been obtained from the
older method.
Chemists say that potatoes should al
| ways be boiled in their jackets, as there
are various elements Qetfllucutil W luS
| wholesomeness of the vegetable that are
absorbed by the skin, and the potatoes
that are peeled before boiling retain
some of these elements.
Those who are accustomed to have the
potatoes peeled before being boiled
think they have a peculiar taste if they
are boiled in their skins. Of course it
| is all the effect of Imagination, but no
amount of talking will convince them
of that fact, SO if the potatoes have to
be peeled see that quite a thick skin is
taken off, because there is Il very bitter
acid lodged in cells quite near the skim
and if you must get rid of as much Of
this as possible. The water, of course,
draws most of this sout, but it is not as
effective as the absorbent nature has
provided.
Soft water should be used in cooking
vegetables, and the only way city folks
can soften water is to add little salt to
it. Six Or eight potatoes will need
teaspoonful Of salt added to the water;
turnips and parsnips require about the
same, that is, teaspoonful of salt to q
quart of water. Ii any scum should
happen to rise to the surface when the
vegetables are boiling, it must be care
fully skinned off.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Rental Value of Ewes.

A Montana sheep breeder offers to rent
ewes at SO cents u year, the man taking
them to have the wool and increase, but
bound to return the full number at the
end of the specified time. AS the sheep
are worth perhaps $3.50 each, the capt.
talist makes 20 per cent. for his money
and risk. This seems large, but in the
Territories farmers often pay higher
rates than this. Two per cent. month
there. This is "a per cent. q year, ana
as it is often compounded several times
in twelve months, it amounts to consid-
erably more than this.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
THE FARM,
Pork,

:. Pork made from considerable por-
y ZION OF apple diet is peculiarly sweet in
navor. Hogs will fatten more rapidly
on sweet apples than sour, if apples are
principally depended upon; but if grain
is fed with apples, the sour will do even
peter than sweet, as the acid will assist
In the digestion of the grain. It would
DC better to feed corn for few weeks
before y killing to harden the pork
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Tho Turning Point of tho War.
AJOR CHAs.

AJOR CHAS.
Hilton, Of the
Palmer House,
Chicago, in the
course Of a con-
Iversation with
an old soldier
related t Ii i s:
81 have often
heard men ask
what was the
turning point
Of t he wal.
Major Thomas
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE FARM,
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.

Some Valuable Information for FL. p,o,,.
man, Stockman, Poulterer, Nursery-
man, and Everybody Connected with the
Farm,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

Mic Accounts of the Stirring Scenes
Gr"t ssed on tho Battlefield ana IN
H,-Old Comrades Recite Experiences
1s, thrilling Nature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

CDOfuH.
W The sutler of peach brandy fame
Well known to all the boys,
Whose iron-clad dried apples
Soled or pegged, he sold for pie.
Cheap jewelry, prize-package men,
Wore all we'll known Us beats.
ror one might read a newspaper
through envelopes or sheets;
Phi oh, We sutler, tbs of him
That wicked thoughts arise,
With those who suffered years of pain
From eating his army pies.
There's men who should be pensioned now.
Who'd thank their lucky stars
n they had only been half killed
With sword or bayonet scars,
Instead of stuff ring worse than death:
For they now realize
TIE sawdust, rails. aud spikes and malta
They had eaten for army pies.
The bareback was so alfred tough
We broke them with u brick,
And for 81 change we'd buy pie.
So galvanized and slick;
But. oh, when they were out of sight,
They generally took the prize,
AS we eat rails or rusty nails
AS the suffers army pies.
sheet-iron filled with sawdust
Would have answered Just the same.
But let US hope, for half his lies
He'll not be held to blame
For time our wrath has blunted DER.
With age we've grown more wise:
We trust that mercy may o'ertake
All the dealers in army pies.
There's many freaks Of army life
That, Phoenix like, remain,
But none that give the boys at least
More pleHsurable pain;
So let this subject we've discussed
BE given where's and why's.
What will the future soldiers eat
Instead of army pies?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
The Suffers Army Pics.

= BURNS, FOURTEENTH PENNsY1yANr,
CAVALRY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
THE STOCK RANCH.

Amount of Winter Feed.
A COW or horse will need from twenty
eight to thirty five pounds of feed per
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

The Philip Best Brewing Company
is the largest institution of the kind
in the world.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Dairy Notes.

IT is we'll to remember that to make
the finest favored and longest keeping
butter the cream must undergo ripen-
ing process. The ripening is very tardy
when the temperature is low, therefore
keep your cream where it is warm.
PROF. HENRY gives the following as
q good ration for dairy COW where corn
fodder constitutes the main portion of
the coarse fodder: Corn stalk, cut, if
teen to eighteen pounds; clover hay,
five pounds; bran, six pounds; corn meal,
four pounds. This may be fed either
twice or three times day as the feeder
prefers"
THIS is the experience of man who
had COW that was MIXED week after
week by hired men. He observed that
the amount of butter he carried to mar
ket weighed about a pound more on each
alternate week. He watched the men,
and tried the COW after they had finished
milking. He finally asked the girl who
took care of the milk if she could &C
count for the difference. why, yes.
When Jim milks, he says to the old COW,
$50, my pretty muly, So But, when
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

PRINTING, first press in the United
States, at Cambridge, Mass, John
Daye, 1899.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Kept His Word Like q Soldier.
ME Atlanta Consti-

ME Atlanta C01asti-
tuition relates this
, interesting war rem
Niniscence: Lieut.. G.
) A. Coryell, formerly
4 of the One Hundred
y and Forty-frst New
w DIRK Volunteers,
STwentieth Army
1Corps, was W 18th
fisherman on the fa-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
Dorset Sheen


With all breeds Of sheep common to
America the season for coupling is from
Aug. 20 to Feb. 1, and the lambs drop
from Jan. 10 to July l. Many sheep
owners never separate the rams from
the flock, and lambs are dropped in such
aocks as above. The Dorset sheep is the
only exception to this rule. 1t is ma
tive of South England, and one. of its
chief characteristics is it's fecundity and
its ability to breed at an early season.
The Dorset takes the ram in April, yean
in September, and the lambs are ready
for market ut Christmas. Many of the
ewes produce and raise twins or triplets
and are ready for the ram Immediately
after yeaning, SO they may thus produce
two crops of lambs in year. In locali-
ties where market lambs can be disposed
of, this popularity might be turned to
good account.-Farm, Stock and Home.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
THE DAIRY.
Treatment of Cows.

Many dairymen can profit by the sug-
gestions contained in the following adj
vice, given by an old farmer to his hired
man. 1t is related by correspondent to
the American DGirymau:
Don't hit that cow" called out an old
farmer to his hired man whom he caught
with uplifted stool over the back of one
of his animals.
The laborer reluctantly lowered the
threatening utensil and glowered sui
lenly at his milk despatched front.
John, you're new man here, said
the farmer kindly, "and I see that you
don't know my rules. Inever allow help
to abuse my cattle, the first offense
condone, the second merits their dis
charge"
But this beast nearly kicked me over,
jammed q milk pail, and dashed its con-
tents in my face" explained wrathful
John.
"She has mover raised hoof against
me, and have owned her seven years"
answered the farmer calmly.
Perhaps you have never MIXED herr"
Il have-hundreds of times. think
I know the trouble, John-so, Bossy,
so," and the owner petting her reassur-
ingly, called the mixers attention to a
bloody scratch on one of her teats.
JOuu Opeueu las eyes.
That's what made her step away from
me at first" with an air Of conviction.
What did you do then?"
John looked confused.
II hit her clip with the stool and
then went on milking"
| And then?"
| and then she kicked"
Exactly; and you would have done
precisely the same if you had been a
COW; it's cows only means of defense
! when she's sanctioned. Now, John,
when one of my COWS exhibits uneasi-
ness under your hands again while milk
ing, do not display any temper, but deal
gently with her, and at once search out
the cause of the disquietude, for there
must be one for which she is not blam-
able. If it results from scratching or
chapped teats, you will find over the
stable door (where always keep it for
that purpose tallow to allay the irritant
distress. And, further, we do not want
to handle COWS as if they were machines,
only abstain from venting our rage on
them through a sense of fear or pru-
dence; but we must be compassionate
toward them, gain their good will by
| treatment SO gentle and considerate that
our presence in their midst awakens in
nocent and eager anticipations on theil
part of some relishable bit of fodder for
the manager, OF a kind word from the
owner"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
BROTHER
of nina cal,N-
BY D. G. CAMERON.

BROTH ER
of mine serv-
ing in t h e
Seventeent Ii
r g Il l a L S
during t Ii g
; siege of Pc
Vt e L s b IL rg
tells the fol-
lowing:
" A large,
p ow Ell + II l,
roo1-natllred
CO IN l. a d e
by the name
of Welch-a
brothe of
Col. WEIGH,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
How We Talked.
BY JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.

HE fact has very often
been stated that the
American soldier in
our great war, both in
blue and gray, was,
generally speaking, a
person Of intelligence.
He knew what lie was
fighting for, or, more
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

of the Sixteenth Michigan, who was
killed at Chapin's Farm-was dubbed
Biddy WEIGH. The boys were won't to
nlay a little game of draw at times.
Wien payday passed in the dim dis
lance and greenbacks were hown they
played for rations. valued upon . sao'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18
1o0DY BATTLE-FIELDs

,,r.1SING REMINIsCENcEs m
ESii THE REBELLION.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-18

A1n--Auld Lang syne.n