The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-04-29
Piekings From tic Papers.

Mas 40 lax VC1t 10S0 you GhA HAS0
TO calves. Mixed with corn mealit is q
great milk producer for COWS.
II you desire to know how good a far
iner q man is it is necessary to examine
the crops that he grows, rather thar to
know the number OF acres he cultivates.
Grass needs q solid, firm soil to grow
freely and live long. Yet it Is hard work
to get the ordinary farmer to use the
collier after or before sowing grass seed.
The best marke. for the products OF the
farm, orchard or garden is the family
table, n the most profitable products
are usually those hat can be used at
home.
In the wheat regions of the northwest
farmers arc looking out for means to
diversity their crops. Flax will receive
more attention this year than ever before.
This is a move in the right direction.
1t is of no advantage to have feed before
animals all the time. Whether it be grain
or ~roughness, the better and more eco
nomical plan is to give them what they
will eat up clean.
The more thoughtful, studious and busi-
nesslike the farmer is, the more will lie
prosper In his vocation, and the more
honor will he be accorded by his fellow
men. Get your boys started right IN this
matter.
There is much good evidence that the
more water cows can be induced to drink
the more milk they will give; and some
datrymen led extra amounts of salt to ac-
complish this end. But the cream or but
ter cannot be increased by such means.
In order to have q COW do well through
the summer she must be in good condition
when she ZONES to grass. Otherwise you
VIII have to- feed and pamper her, and
this is something that the %dairyman
rarely finds profit In doing.
One advantage from storing manure
under cover is that 1t is dry, and conse-
quently, easily handled at any season.
Those who " hauled wet manure out
from . wet barnyard will appreciate this,
b same expenditure OF feed, care and
time upon a we'll bred animal means a
much larger percentage of profit than
when o scrub is the recipient. The way
to prove this is to try it.
h high figures that have recently
ruled for hogs will doubtless greatly slim
ulatc that industry this year. Everybody
Will rush into them and prices will 20
down. This is the usual way, and history
will only repeat itself.
There Is no season OF the year when
the stock needs better food or closer care
than in the early spring. Both the
weather and the first succulent feed that
they crop in the freshly started pastures
have a relaxing effect, and some grain
and good dry fodder is needed to counter
act this.
The idea that young animals must be
hardened" by some forced exposure to
rough weather is now out Of date. Give
than Cr0nd phnifo~ n Nd - - q So -
the weather is settled and the pastures
well started. Then turn them out and
they will harden themselves fast enough.
Oats are much better spring ration thar
corn for the work horses They contain
more protein for muscle building and less
of the heat producing elements. Ground
together in the proportion Of two pounds
of oats to one of corn they make the ideal
spring ration for horses.
Scrub stock on a farm is the same as
weeds. Tho farmer should be as eager to
get rid of one as the other. Poor stock
takes the room and nourishment that
might be devoted to something much bet
ter and infinitely more profitable.
Keeping the stock c~ontented is a great
factor toward keeping 1T thrifty. Com.
Portable quarters, clean food and plenty
oflt, and kindly, gentle treatment are all
GbAAo w dIe
given an animal will rarely be restless,
and will have nothing to keep it from
converting food into some valuable
product with the greatest %rapidity.
The best seeds will not grow so we'll in
poor soil MS in that richly MANFRED. The
best milk cows will become poor mixers
II they are not properly fed and cared
FOR. So with hens. Feed for eggs and
any breed Will give them-some breeds
more, some less.
a hop vine makes as fine a covering for
a trellis over the back door or the out.
buildings as some of the plants tina are
ornamental instead of useful, and there
are many. purposes to which good, bright
hops can be put IN the family economy.
Alfalfa, when once established. Will en-,
dure an amount of heat and drouth that
would kill any ordinary grass or clover
Ihis makes the keeping OF live stock pos
slble, and even profitable, in sections
where it otherwise could hardly exist
But we have not yet seen the test, in any
place where red clover would grow, which
has proved its superiority over alfalfa.
Given two farmers, with equal menta,
and physical attainments, and each Will
capital proportional to the number Of
acres which he cultivates, the man Will
the small farm gets more comfort and sat
tsfaction from his work and quite as mucl
net profit as the one with the larger farm
The dairy farmer who makes the dairy
his first care can also go into some collat
Gral ofagriculture without preju
dlcing his main interest, A good garden
some good young stock, small field.
OF clover, oats, corn and wheat, all vel
anu direct from the dairy, will hell
toward a profitable income.
mr., l..nA -..- H. 80 -
in raising good cattle may be found in tn.
fact that the men who handle that sort ar.
not complaining about business. When
ever the cattle market is depressed it j.
the poor stuff which suffers flrst. TIL.
profit on that is so slight, at the best, tina
1t does not require much of a drop to be
y come entirely eliminated.
When we have learned to make tn.
whole acre as good as the best square foo
or square rod, and every acre on the farm
as productive as the best acre this conn
try will support several thousand time.
Its present population, and export enough
to buy the crops it does not raise, as SINH
lar increases In p~roductiveness may b,
made In almost any OF our farm crops
Food growing as a science, producing tn,
largest possible amount on the smalles
possible area, is yet in Its infancy, and w,
have much to learn yet.
3oou management ana average lntclll
gence and industry will nave no trouble
in making not only a good living, but lay
ing up some money in most sections of til
central west on 100 acres of good land il
cultivation. Farms of this size, too, ar,
best adapted for social enjoyment and in
tellectual culture. They allow Of goot
roads and near %neighbors. schools ant
churches, which can seldom be supported
! Ia sections where large farms prevail
Indiana Farmer.
While the business of fancy poultr,
culture has grown considerably the pas
year, there is no doubt about the fact tha
poultry farming has greatly run past al
= expectations. Farmers, who formerl,
thought poultry the most Improbable oc
cupation they could get into, are now en-
gaging in the work and are gradually see
: ing the necessity of close attention to TIN
matter. There certainly is money in sucl
staple articles as poultry and eggs.
A Hopeless Case.
Lady-What is the matter with IN,
husband?