The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-27
FARM NOTES..

IuC salt ana Tar Wncfe Inc SnceD cau
lick them and tar their noses.
TO fatten sheep for market rapidly
very little exercise should be allowed.
Almost any kind of grease or oil
properly applied will rid the hogs Of
lice.
If the SOW is to be bred for a spring
litter full feed her while nursing fall
pigs.
With good shelter and plenty Of good
fodder sheep will need very little grain
in winter.
Mulchng of any kind that shades
the soil helps to retain elements OF
| fertility in the soil.
Fatten every SOW that is vicious or
poor breeder or mixer. Prolific.
kindly dams keep as long and do as
well.
Nitrogen abounds in soils that are
we'll filled with humus or decayed veg
etable matter. Keep up the green
manuring.
The animals that require the least
amount of grain during growth in pro-
portion to their value are horses, cat
tie and sheep.
Much dry corn should not be given
to the sow while sucking her young;
it has tendency TO promote feverlsh
condition, which is dangerous for both
sow and pigs.
The skm-milk of dairy is worth
more to feed to calves in winter than
in summer, but it should be fed warm,
and can still further be improved by
the addition of little oatmeal.
Hogs need great deal of water,
especially in hot weather or if they
are eating corn. If they do not have
it in abundance, and pure in quality,
then look out for disease among them.
1t is a great mistake to suppose that
sour milk is better than sweet for feed
ing or fattening pigs. In fact sweet,
wholesome food of every sort is always
stock.
1t is very good plan of manage
ment, when the blackberries and
raspberries are through bearing to cut
out al of the old bearing canes, as this
will give the new growth better op-
portunity to grow.
Hog diseases usually come from a
disarrangement of stomach and bow
els If a sick animal have all food re-
moved from sight for two or three
days it will Frequently recover without
further doctoring.
A field of sugar beets may be profit
ably grown for the hogs and fed in the
late winter months when they arc get
ting tired of dry feed 1t will help
toward carrying the stock hogs
through economically.
Glover hay and ensilage make a fine
ration for dairy cows, but in q long en-
out wheat bran, even when the cows
had clover hay at libitum.--W. t..
Massey. PracticuI Farmer.
Let any intelligent person 90 over
l the State, especially in winter, and
taste the butter on the hotel tables
The result will be surprising, and will
t. show the necessity for the establishing
, of dairy schools in every school dis
t trict.-A. r. Eastman.
: There are three kinds of farmers,
those who sneer at agricultural papers,
those who expect the agricultural pa
per to think for them. and those who
, read agricultural papers for principles
which they apply in the exercise OF
their own sound Judgment.
The Southwestern ,~tOck'ul0U saws:
"The largest s;ile Of registered cattle
= that ever occurred in Texas WAS con-
,, summated Ut $p0tford on Septem Der
,, 27 The GUntrr herd Of shurthorns.
100 head, WAS SOLD to Mrs. Richard
King, Of Santa Gertrude, IcN., and ths
price paid was %lJJ,0J0.
g N. Gray. of FoXcraft. Me, writes as
a follows concerning the renovation Of
old pastures. Il have had better sue
, cess with bone meal and ashes than
| blowing. can plow most Of my pas
r lures, but | have had better success
+ with 100 pounds bone meal and ten
+ barrels of ashes to the acre. If any
, one will give better and cheaper
V way should like to hear from him. j
L Study to know the capacity of your
o farm and your own capacity in caring
p for swine. When you learn the mum.
Der YOU are most successful with be
n content with this number till your skill
:. will allow an addition. Too many
), make a failure. A man handled seven
|, brood sows and their offspring with
u wonderful success, while an increase
n at once to twenty head brought hin
:. an unprofta BILE return and distaste fol
S the business. -St0ckndU and Farmer
6 Beware of patent churns and al
tangled devices for bringing The
. butter quick, or for getting more thai
% the ordinary quantity from giver
~ amount of milk. For the home dair,
Il nothing is better than the small rect
. angular or swing churns, and >non'
. will bring much more than five pound
', of butter from 100 pounds of full,
"a averaged milk. Agents and peddler
- who want to sell you recipes and i'm
u plements which will do more than thi
Il are as bad as lightning rod men.
j. H. Brown. of Kalamazoo County
J. Michigan. writes the PyUcticUl fGTMe
y to say that for the past two years h
has been taking especial note of tn
farmers who leave their farm tool