Dakota farmers' advocate. (Canton, S.D.) 18??-1890, 1890-07-18
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
Selected and Original Articles On Var
ious Topics of Interest to Rural
Readers.
I Series Of Disconnected Sketches ID,payt-
ing Many Valuable Suggestions on
Farming.
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
Remember that different soils re-
quire different fertilizers, and want no
others.
Will varieties of buckwheat cross
and mix? is one of the questions of the
day.
Brains as we'll as farms are capable
of cultivation. Never lose sight Of this
fact
A coating of varnish thoroughly APP
piled will preserve eggs in any ordinary
temperature.
There has been very great demand
for sugar beet seed at the Agricultural
Department.
4 When your soil needs potash only,
what is the use of putting on other fer.
tilizing ingredients.
In eighteen Of the great agricultural.
sheep raising states and territories
there is no dog tax at all.
A soil may be overfed and troubled
with indigestion as well rs the animal
system. but it is oftener starved.
Try to find out the best way of doing
everything you undertake and be sure
that you do not do it the wrong way.
There is nothing gained by crowd.
ing crops. Numbers of plants do not
compensate for the loss of size and
quality. .-.. 1;-.......
Colts should be handled early and
petted. but never teased. They are
tractable crea ures and very responsive
to kindness.
1t is not fancy but real stock that the
farmer wants for business. There is
not much that is fancy about farming.
everything is real-yery.
Flowing by steam in the Walla Walla
valley. Washington. costs only 40 cents
per acre. BY horse power it has here
tofore cost 50 per acre.
Barren is the house and yard that is
not beautitied by flowers and foliage.
The farm residence destitute of orna.
mcnt or shade is unfit for tie abode of
Avn =;
Success in gardening depends on
the seeds. It is Il waste of time and
labor to use inferior seed. Be cautious
and procure seed from the most relia.
BILE sources only.
Whenever the shoulders of a work.
horse are CALLED the harness should be
examined to remove the cause. A
horse in such condition should not be
made to work until a cure is made.
Apples are used us food at the ex-
pertinent stations in making tests, and
the results demonstrate that if they
cannot be protitably shipped to market
they may be fed to stock with advant-
age.
The agricultural optimists of Kansas
are figuring on Il wheat crop Of 4O.-
900. 600 bushels in that State this year
The thrashing season is yet little
way of and it may tell different
story.
Glover hay, cut very fine and scalded,
is an excellent ration for growing pigs
that have been weaned. A mess of the
cut clover given once a day will pro.
mote their appetite and keep them in
health. ..
Major Fleming of Fargo, N. D., will
experiment this year in the way of cul.
tivating wheat. 1t is claimed that six
pounds of seed per acre, properly cul-
tivated, with favorable season will
yield fifty bushels.
A correspondent of the Live Stock
Indicator says. Il can invest 81, 600 in
sheep and burn every pound of wool
produced for five years and make more
clear money than can be made on cattle,
horses or hogs in the same length Of
time"
Sioux City will build another corn
palace this year, provided, of course,
the qOrn is forthcoming in due season.
But there has never been a total fail
ure of the corn crop in Iowa. and this
year is not likely to be an exception to
the rule.
A Kansas newspaper says the corn
still remaining in the hands of the
farmers of that State is at present prices
worth about as much as the entire crop
was worth when it was gathered. And
yet it is estimated that nearly 100, OOO.-
900 bushels have been sold.
"A SeuI!Cl1i:lu "lu LUX regular CXOE'
else on horseback. and subsisted prin-
cipally on milk, was asked by sick
man who was taking Il course of drug
treatment how he had such good health,
and what doctor he employed. He re-
piled: My doctor is a horse and my
apothecary is a cow"
Throughout France gardening is
practically taught in the primary and
elementary schools. There are about
20. 900 of these schools. each OF which
has garden attached to it, and is
under the care of q master capable of
imparting a knowledge Of the first
principles of horticulture.
A calf born in fall on winter is worth
two born in spring for profit. A
spring calf is so young that it gets little
good from pasture the first season, for
by the time it can fight iics success
fully and crop grass enough to really
aid in nourishing it winter is at hand
and it is placed on dry food.