Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-24
The Neglected Hedge Fence.

There is nothing more unsightly
than neglected hedge fence, says a
writer in Homestead. have seen
them on both sides of the road, which
is made impossible by snow drifts in
the winter time because of them, and
in the summer time they make the
road so exceedingly sultry and hot as
to render travel very trying to man
and beast. Hedge fences, like evil
traits of character, naturally tend the
wrong way. If had a fence Of this
kind it should be kept in good order
if had to hire an extra man, but to
prevent the employment of the extra
man. would rather have some other
kind of good fence. AS pass by them
this time of year, looking like an In
diana deadening, with few oranges
left on them from last years crop,
feel sorry for the man who owns a
farm with a neglected hedge fence
along the highway. believe the best
use that could be made of them would
be to cut them out, make posts out
of all the trunks even down to two
inches in diameter, which will make
good stakes, and then keep the growth
down by some means and put up
good fence, using the posts the hedge
furnished to make it.
Effect of Cold Shown on Michigan
Peaches.-The peach crop in Michigan
will be very small this year. About
the only counties in what is known as
the Michigan peach belt that will have
a crop worth considering are Berrien
and Van Buren,, where the reports in
dictate that they will have respectively
rs and z per cent of an average crop.
The counties along the eastern side of
the state make much better showing
than those in the interior. There is
a marked similarity between the per-
centages, which indicate the prospect
for a crop of peaches in the various
counties, and the low temperatures
reached in the respective counties dur
ing the cold weather last February.
The temperature in the counties on
the west side of the state, with the
exception of Berrien and Van Buren,,
of the counties on the eastern side of
the state.-Michigan Crop Report.
Glover VS.. Timothy Hay.-No dairy
man, alive to his interests, has any
business to feed timothy hay to his
dairy cows. This hay has the highest
market value and about the poorest
feeding value of any. hay upon the
market. So let the horseman have the
timothy and the dairyman the clover
and rowen hays. Suppose dairyman
has produced lot Of timothy hay
upon his own farm: there is no reason
at all why he should feed the same to
his cows. Better far to sell this tim
othy for its ma.ket value as horse hay
and buy clover hay with the proceeds
for the cows. This practice will re-
suit in a big saving to any dairyman.
Plowing.-Plowing is an important
factor in saving soil moisture. The
reason why lands wash so seriously is
that the blowing is too shallow and it
is frequently done when the soil is in
an unfit condition. The pillow should
be run as deep as possible, being set
slightly lower each year until the top
soil is eight or ten inches deep. The
best blowing is that which leaves the
soil in the finest state of division.
Cloddy or lumpy land cannot hold a
large amount Of water; therefore it is
important to plow when the land is
neither too wet nor too dry.
Whey for Hogs.-A Canadian cheese
factory which makes from 120 to 14O
tons of cheese in a season utilities all
tho whey in growing and fattening
hogs Of which it keeps about 400 dur
ing the busy season. This prevents
what is one cause of trouble at some
cheese factories sending home sour
whey in the milk cans which taints the
next days milk. The pigery is sit
uated at q distance Of 600 to 700 feet
from the factory and kept as clean az
possible, that 1t may not give on Of
fensive odors to faint the milk.