Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-23
Farm Notes,


ventilation" does not mean drafts
on the stock. SO chink up the cracks.
When pruning remember low, COM
pact. vigorous tree will give better re-
suits than i tall. slender one.
Many insects will be killed if land IN.
fected with plant lice, cut worms etc.
is nlowcd before freezing weather sets
in.
There cannot be a thoroughly good
farm unless there is Il good water sup
ply. II your farm is wanting in this
spare no effort to correct it.
The 1880 butter product in this coun-
try would require 1000 freight trains
OF thirty cars each and each car car
rying twenty tons to transport it.
The modern fruit grower must con-
stantly use insecticides. Get all the in
formation possible this winter so as to
intclligenty combat fruit pests next
season.
One thousand Virginia farmers with
in Il radius Of twenty miles of Norfolk
are said to have shipped $1,000, 600
worth of early fruit and vegetables to
Northern cities last spring.
SON Sollic Clover Sceu III autumn on
winter grain. This may do south Of
the latitude of Southern Kansas but
north of that line better wait until
April.
If you have an old lot or abandoned
road which is to be cropped next sea-
son, plow it this fall so the frosts will
have an opportunity to mellow the
ground. Plow again in the spring.
Save the liquid manure by using some
| absorbent material for bedding which
can be spread over the fields Straw,
SawuiiSr old hay. leaves etc. are good
and most Of them obtainablc in all
places.
When green crops are plowcd under
for the purpose of enriching the soil.
an application of lime will often be of
the greatest benefit. 1t helps to cor
rect the acidity of the soil that often
results from the too rapid fermcnta-
| ton of tnt green stuff.
The fence law which works the
greatest good to the greatest number
is that which compcls a man to fence
| his own cattle in. rather than to fence
other peoples out. Where this is once
tried it is not easy to persuade people
to so back 10 the old way.
a heavy clay soil will hold water
| like Il basin. and no crop can do its best
| if the plants have wet feet. A sub
soil plow that will break deeply with
| out lifting the under soil will make the
! cropping Of such land much more
| profitable than it has been before.
| Pine tar to which little resin has
| been added is excellent to apply to
huskins gloves. mittens and finger
stalls to prevent wear. BY its use
these articles will last twice as long.
II can even be put OH the bare hands.
! The tar is healing and is Il good pro-
| rector rs well.
If the sowing of a crop is not rightly
done. all remaining labor will be in
vain, so far rs the effort to produce Il
full yield is concerned. We have seen
men who leave this most important OPP
Grafton wholly to hired help. If there
is any one thing that the farmer should
do himself it is to SOW the seed.
In order to be wholly successful a
| farmer should make his plans a long
time in advance Of the day when they
must be put in operation. The best
| way is to mature a plan of operations
that will require some years for fully
carrying out. This brings better re-
suits than the changcable way that
some have Of trying one way this year
and another the next.