Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-09-19

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unrivaled excellence as table birds, the
ease with which they can be prepared
for market, their docility, the suitable
ity Of the hens for Matching early broods,
being exemplary sitters and mothers.
and last, but by no means least, the fact
that they are in their prime when most
fowls are too old for use.
But no breed is perfect, and the Dork-
ings have their failings. They degen-
crate more than other breeds from inter
breeding, and soon decrease in size sum
less fresh blood is introduced. They do
not bear confinement well. hence are net
profitable in restricted quarters; neither
are they good layers. They are liable to
suffer on wet soils, but, as has been told,
are most valuable table fowl, and
therefore a profitable breed to rear in
wide. well drained or graveled yards,
. Ist.
Seven Years. Experience with silos.,
Seven years experience with silos at
the Michigan Agricultural station leads
to the following conclusions The silo
should be built Of lumber, and located
as near the feeding place as possible, and
on the same level. A silo 90 feet deep,
10 feet wide. and IA feet long. viii be
sufficient for six months feeding Of ten
cows weighing 1000 pounds each, which
will consume 600 pounds of ensilage
daily. For the silo the corn should not
be harvested until well matured A
great deal of the feeding value has been
lost in the past by cutting while too
green and succulent. Silage corn should
never be fed alone to obtain the best re-
suits, nor in too large proportion when
combined with other fodder. Silage
and clover hay combined make q most
excellent mixture for coarse fodder.
These, with bran. shorts. corn meal,
etc., in proper proportions, make tho
most economical food for young cattle
and for making milk and beef.
Fast Horses.
Raising fast horses is monopolizing
large capital with skill and experience Of
professional breeders. who secure the best
bred mares and stations and maintain .
track and trainers Farmers who have
not all these facilities cannot compete
with professional breeders: besides. II
everybody raises fast horses there would
be greater surplus than now.-Western
| Aariculturist.
Poultry PIekinss.
Eggs should be gathered daily and
stored in q dry place, not a cellar. Fifty
degrees is safe temperature. Eggs In
tended for Matching should be gently
turned once day, Egg cases holding!
two or more dozen are convenient tor
this purpose. It repays the farmer to
properly care for the eggs and not per-
NIT them TO remain, longer than a day
in the nest,
Never use ashes or lime to mix with
hen manure. If either is used. away
goes the ammonia, which is the most
valuable part of the manure Every
morning with shovel and scraper the
floor of the hen house should be thor
oughly scraped and the accumulation
placed in barrels in a dry shed close at
hand. When enough has been stored it
may be used in a se1ni-liquid form
In warm weather whitewash and ear
bolic acid should be applied freely to the
interior Of all henhouses as well as nests
and roosts. We usually whiten upevery-
thing about the poultry quarters every
three weeks the yeai' around a white
building is moro attractive thar :. aingV
one. The fowls like il, ana this alone is
= good reason fer keeping it so
They have a Eight TO q rarity.
The monopoly press is sick because the
farmers and wage workers are taking a
hand in politics. The men who have
been running the political parties seem
to think that the proper place for those
who create the wealth and pay the taxes
is in the fields and workshops, except on
the day of election, when they should
sally forth and vote for the men who are
nominated by the bosses and rings.
| When the people adopt the methods
of the bosses of the two old party lead
ers, and have their candidates nominate
ed for Office, they at once become politi-
cal criminals, and the bosses talk of driv-
ing them out Of the party.
If the people see proper to organize
for political purposes, whose business is
it? They have as much right to have
party as the corporations The trouble
is with those who have been running
the politics for several years. They
don't want to give the old parties over
to the control Of the people, as they know
that when the people take hold of poll
tics those who have been running tlB
country politics will be compelled to
give way for better and more patriotic
men.-San Antonio Labor Journal.
Seeding with Grass.
You may sow grass seed al.,ne if the
ground is clear from weeds md the sur
face is fine, rich and me- dow, covering
the seed with brush ''Aarrow, smooth
ing harrow, plank dra 4 or roller. If the