Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-08-20

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THE Farm
shrinkAgs ~ Hay In the mow.
The assertion 40 often made by dealers
In hay ~ to the amount OF shrinkAge In
hay In the stack or NOV when placed
there In the condition In which It is
usually drawn from the field. suggested
to the chemist Of the Kansas Expert
ment Station the propriety Of making
some observations on the subject. Ac-
cordingly,, says the FaTTaevs' Rcpie,c,
Is opportunity presented, thirteen
samples Of hay were secured Tor the
purpose.
The plan Of the experiment was to fiji
a bag OF very thin muslin with the hay
while 1t was being hauled from the field,
and to bury 1t In q m0w Of hay aad leave
It until the whole was certainly air dry.
when the bag was to be weighed and its
per cent. Of loss or gain determined.
Accompanying this, and AZ y necessary
part Of the experiment, determination
was made Of the total mount Of water
in the hay at the time 1t was hauled in
and the sample taken; and also that yet
contained In 1t at the conclusion Of the
experiment.
The thirteen samples were as follows:
No. 1, blue grass; 3, orchard grass and
clover; 4, millet; 5, ditto; 6, clover hay;
q, prairie hay; 8, 8, 10, II, IL, and Is,
ditto. The samples were buried at DATES
ranging from June 4 to Aug. 9, and
| eleven of them were taken out On the
/ 1Rfh "A ne NJ Yl1Spov.knp Tim Hpak a. ~ ealA&
therefore, were kept In the NOV for .
period OF almost six months, while the
shortest time any was kept was four
months. The samples were weighed put
into the nov and again when taken out,
and from the difference between these
two weights the gain or loss was: calcn-
lated. Nos. l, 2, 3, and 1 showed a loss
as follows: No. /, 5.7l per cent; No. 2
1905 per cent; No. 3, 90 per cent: No.
4, 14.25 per cent; No. 6, ~(clover) showed
q gain of FIT per cent. The samples Of
prairie hay showed an average loss Of 3
per cent.
Commenting on these results the re-
port says: Excepting Nos. i, 2, 8, and
10, the loss Il too trifling to be OF mo-
ment. Even in these excepted eases the
shrinkage is much less than many sup
| pose. No. 2 lost 10 per cent. This
means that a ton Of the hay as hauled In
would weigh only 1880 pounds in the
winter, and that II a ton of this hay
weighed In mid-winter Is worth -, the
ton weighed at the same time the sample
was buried would have been worth $500.
This is worth considering, but in most
eases the loss Is much less than this.
In two cases the sample weighed more
| when taken out than when put in. 1t is
nothing more than might be expected
that a very hot sur and a brisk, dry wind
would SO dry out the hay that it would
absorb moisture from the air, when
| placed In abarn.
THE conclusion TO be drawn from
| these rusults is, that II the hay is not
obviously green and ill-cured no great
shrinkage need be feared, and there is no
| great loss In weight from drying. In
case the hay is coarse or has many large
stems, greater care and time are obviously
required in curing it."
Farm Notes.
THE manure of COW Is better than
that Of horses for general crop purposes.
The egg production of America is
| equal In money value to the entire pro-
ductiOn OF iron.
THE price Of good cattle has steadily
increased, and there Is prospect Of profit
In cattle raising.
BREEDING ewes should not be allowed
to get poor in any season in flOcks where
mutton is the chief basis Of profit.
TURPENTINE added to tobacco decOc-
tion, In the proportion OF q tablespoonful
to q pint, makes an excellent remedy for
scab in sheep.
EDUCATION" says the Indiana
Farmer, sis learning to observe and
Think That's the education every
farmers boy should get.
THERE are eighteen establishments in
| the town OF H~ammontown, N. j., (sevcral
Of which are run by women) where the
raising Of chickens for broilers Is reduced
to . science, and made profitable. The
chicks are Matched artificially, and raised
under brooders, and finished of for mar
ket at the age Of ten weeks.
BRITIsH exchanges report that . most
stringent law for the repression OF frauds
In the MANURE trade has just gone into
operation in France. As long ago as
February, 1883, a law was passed by the
Legislature, enacting that any one found
guilty OF selling adulterated manures
should be punished by imprisonment of
from six days to one month, together
with . fine.
THE time to be SOLICITORS about the
growth OF young farm animals is now.
| and oil the time until maturity. The
idea that young stock can pr0fitably be
kept on refuse fodder all winter, in a
bleak barnyard. OF on poor and scant
| pasture In summer Is silly-abOut as
! Sil1u M ~ ia IN cs.t,vncn that (tAVnrpWnur aud
| State Legislatures will legislate In the
interest Of farmers when the latter vote
the Irregular" ticket at each election,
without question.
A COLONY system has been introduced
Into Southern California which attracts
favorable attention. Tracts Of land are
laid ont In small holdings and appor-
toned among q body Of immigrants, who.
upon arrival, find everything ready for
work. A body Of colOnists from Holland
who arrived not long ago at MERGED.
found houses built and gardens aud or
| chards arranged. more than Ewo thou
sand acres having beer planted with
fruit trees and vines, and fifteen English
families were established q few weeks
ago at Bakersfield. In Kern County, each
receiving 4 forty-acre holding similarly
prepared.
G0rDEN-RoD honey, when fire. from
admixture with any other Kind OF honey,
Is Of = peculiarly bright straw color,
rather thin IN texture, aud has u flavor
when first gathered decidedly resembling
3 weak dccoction Of the plant, and it Is
as little inclined to grannlate as any
other honey with which | am acquainted,
says . correspondent In tho AmcYicdn
Bee IOMT1all. I have had 1t remain
liquid = year or lore, but 1t Is not often
that we can get IL free from mixture With
other honey, because bonesct. Wild
celandine, wild asters, etc, all bl005R
about the same time with golden-rOd.
| Honey from wild asters will granuInte