Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-10-25
Peach growing is a constansIy
creasing industry in Connecticut.

creasing industry in Connecticut.
The manure of COWS is better thar
that of horses for general crop pur.
poses.
A German agricultural paper ad.
yocates cutting straw for bedding ir
stables.
The egg production Of America is
equal in money value to the entire pro
dvction of iron.
The price of good cattle has steadily
increased and there is prospect of profit
in cattle raising.
Parchment paper is not only cheaper
but in all respects superior to cloth foi
wrappages of butter.
First-class dairy cows are not for
sale, as a rule. and those who want the
best mixers must raise them.
1t costs no more for transportation (,
market of fine gilt-edged butter thar
the poor stuff that brings next to moth.
ing.
Breeding ewes should not be allowed
to get poor in any season in flock
where mutton is the chief basis o
profit.
The outlook for European crop 1,
not good, and 1t Is certain there will
be a fair demand for American pro
ducts. .
In establishing a dairy school Wis
cousin has set an example that othei
States in the dairy belt would do wei
to follow.
Turpertine added to tobacco decoc.
ton, in the proportion of a tablespoon.
fnl to pint, makes an excellent remedy
for scab in sheep
Education" says the Indiana
Farmer, lis learning to observe and
think" That's the education every
farmers boy should get.
j. j, Payne. of Warsaw, XIV, gather.
ed 200 bushels of S~harpless & Crescent
strawberries from an acre Of ground,
and sold them at an average of s. pei
bushels.
The Lotoa Homestead believes that Q
golden opportunity Is offered to youDs
men to win fame. aud as much wealth
as is good for them, in the line oil
breeders CT improved stock.
Keep milking quarters clean and
free from strong odors. Milk is q very
ready absorbent and will take on the
taste and smell of the barnyard by re.
naming a few minutes In a foul stable.
A golden ball of butter. finely flavor.
ed, with al odor suggesting of grassy
meadows and cooling streams. season.
ed with just enough salt for the palate.
is a food fit for men or gods. Talk
about oleo as a substitute! Bah!
The dairyman who sticks to the
business through good and ill report,
whether prices are high or low, IS the
man who will win success in the end
providing, OF course. he knows how tc
make an article that will sell on Its
merits.
There are thousands of people in the
larger cities who will pay remunera.
tive prices for an extra good quality
of butter put up in an attractive form.
The good butter : makers and their
liberal customers should manage in
some way to get together.
Checse-making is one of the growing
industries of Ontario. The govern
ment has encouraged it by aiding the
dairy associations by printing their re.
ports and by instruction given at the
Model Farm and at farmers institutes.
The cheese of that province is now
taking high rank In English market.
There are eighteen establishments
- ska oD 80 la.,u1n
Several Of which are run by women)
where the raising of chickens for broil.
ers is reduced to a science, and made
profitable. The chicks are Matched
~artificially, and raised under breeders.
and finished of for market ut the age
Of ten weeks.
Governor Hoard. Of Wisconsin, says
the wheat yield in his county has
risen from a product of eight bushels
to eighteen per acre since dairying has
been adopted by farmers for enriching
the soil. The next step. no adds. ie
to produce dairy products cheaper. to
get more milk aud butter without in
creasing the number of cows or cost OF
keeping them.
New York gives $40. 900 q year to
support agricultural institute work and
an equal amount for the experiment
station. Wisconsin leads all the States
in liberal maintenance Of farmers in.
stitutes. making an annual donation OF
$4,000 for that purpose. Inasmuch n
farmers pay q bulk Of the taxes it IL
proper they should share to ONE ex
tent the benefits Of the public treasury.
Farmers are no unlike other people.
and are quite as much in need Of q lit
tie change and rest now and then as the
merchant or the professional man
whose duties confine him to city life.
The chief use of u vacation Is to wider
the horizon of our views, to give US
broader ideas of life. and give us an
insight into the ways In which othe,
people live, whose circumstances are
different from n own.
The American Shorthorn Breeders
Association by resolution authorized
the Secretary to arrange with the man.
ayers of State fairs for the payment oil
premiums for the production Of mill
and butter from pure-bred shorthors
lows. on condition that actual test,
shall be made on the fair grounds
Illinois, Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas. and
other States, have accepted the Offer
and will arrange for the contest.
w mar! Alone at dinner, Gertiep"
Yes; while we were boarding George
dined with me, but now that
we're housekeeping and I do my
cooking. he u SO busy at IN Office he
ever has time to come TO = home