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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
Figuring on AsiatIc Markets.

American butter-makers are looking
longingly toward the Asiatic countries
for an outlet for butter and cheese. 1t
seems more than probable that the
near future will see a large trade built
up in Japan and China. In neither
country is dairying likely to assume
any proportions, as dairy cattle can
not be easily raised and kept, under
such conditions as now exist. Espe-
cially is Japan a country without do
nestle animals of the bovine type. The
Japanese are rapidly advancing in civ
~ilization and increasing the range OF
their food supplies. Butter and cheese
must come to be important articles OF
diet with them. Then the question
comes, Whence the supply?" Den
mark and the other European coun-
tries will be at an immense ~disadvan-
tage on account of the great distance
their product must be carried before
finding a market. Even Australia will
not occupy the advantageous position
that America does and will. Moreover
it seems likely hat some parts Of Alas
ka are yet to become the Genes of
dairy operations, and as the shores OF
Alaska lie so far in the direction of
China and Japan any considerable
supplies from that coast could be sent
across in short time. 1t is believed
that the time is coming when the
Chinaman will no longer be content
to eat his rice without butter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
A Few Pointers.

November is rather late to make a
stir among your fowls, but better late
than never" and if you have "foul"
houses bestir yourself and get them
cleaned in good shape for winter. Not
only clean thoroughly, but make them
more comfortable; put a window in the
south and white-wash the walls for
two purposes to make the house clean
and to make it lighter. If your roosts
are not broad, and on a level, fix them
so without delay. Is your hens bath
ing apparatus in good order, with a
good supply of bathing material? A
strong, roomy box makes a good bath
tub ard road dust makes good material
to fill it with, but we like some saw
dust, coarse, or fine sand to mix with
1t, as the dust itself is too light to carry
the lice off when the hens shake them
selves after a bath. We have better
success in freeing them of lice when
the dust is not too fine. Sifted coal
ashes make a good bath, and the Gin
ders are nice for grit. Don't let the
chicks go into winter quarters with lice
about them, they will repay you by not
laying if you do. Haul UP a load of
gravel for grit and place a part of It
at least where it won't freeze and so
will be handy to get when the ground
is frozen or covered with snow. Make
lots of nests, and fill them with clean
nesting material; straw can't be beat
en-; renew it at least twice before
spring. If any of your fowls have scaly
legs annoint with a mixture of coal-oil
and lard before severe cole weather
comes. 1t is cruel to put 1t on in very
severe weather. Have the roosting
house dry and free from draughts il
you would have your fowls free from
roup. Turkeys are better off to roost
in a shed open to the south, than in a
house. One Of Canada's foremost tur-
key raisers found it to be so to his
cost. Make a warm place for the
ducks to roost, and cover the ground
with lots of litter, renewed every few
days. If you will need any more ducks
as layers in the spring, get them now.
They don't like being changed around,
especially near the breeding season.
One drake to five ducks, the first OF
the season, later n to seven will be
enough. Be sure and have a scratch
ing place for your hens; a shed adjoin,
ing the roosting house if possible, but
II not. drive them to the barn or some
building each morning and make them
scratch for their grain in deep, fine lit
ter. Houses need not be expensive
The warmest house l ever saw was
~ nh ~H
logs. Don't believe all you hear and
read against the feeding of corn. Take
good poultry journals, and read them
then use your own common sense. re,
membering whats n mans meat Is
another's poison.-Emma Clearwater.
in Farmers Review.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
Selma. Rutt.r

If there is n one thing that tbe nro-
gressive dairymen are anxious to have
brought into execution it is that butter
snail sell on its own merit, writes E. F.
Brown in Epitomist. The idea of one
person spending considerable time In
producing a good grade of butter while
another goes through the work just
lor the sake of getting the work off
hands regardless Of cleanliness,
and then receive the same price per
pound is wrong. 1t is on the same plan
that II you grow nice, large potatoes
and grow very small ones-all COW
cred with the scab-while yours have
been treated to prevent this disease,
n a l should exact just as much a
pushel for my inferior mes as you do
Tor your good ones. Would that be
right? Even If it was justice, could l
DO such a thing? Could l find a dealer
that would buy them? You know the
answer too we'll. You know that it
could not be done. Yet the grocerymen
pay just as much for the poorest butter
as for the best. This cannot help but
discourage the most ambitious dairy
men to throw OF all regard as to clean
illness, workmanship and what other
skill Is necessary to bring about good
results If the groceryman will pay
just as much for an article that costs
only one hours labor as he will for one
that costs two hours labor, then he Is
encouraging the careful, painstaking
da1ryman to leave off his extra two
thicknesses of cloth when straining his
milk; that 1t is all nonsense to dust
the manure from the cows udder, just
as well have 1t in the butter, except
that it is a waste of plant food, for all
particles Of manure that get into the
milk go off the farm. Let us suppose
that all. grocerymen would drop out Of
the butter and egg business, and that
some firm in each town would make
that their business. What do you
think would be the result? Don't you
believe that butter would have to sell
according to its quality? OF course you
do, and SO do l.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26

The matter of arranging farm build
ings so that in all things they will
be most convenient is neglected in too
many instances, says Farmers Guide.
Time is money to the farmer just the
same as it is to the business man or
mechanic, and when he is wasting time
by not having everything convenient
ly arranged. so that work can be push
ed right along, he is losing money.
Things do not have to be very badly
out of shape to cause a loss of half
an hours time each day in doing up
the chores about house and barn. That
is, the feeding and caring for stock
three times a day may take this much
extra time by water and feed being
stored at inconvenient places or far
apart. Suppose that by being prop
erly arranged the farmer could save
a half hour each day, he would in a
year saw $50 hours. or eighteen days
of ten hours each. Thus we see that
in time alone it pays to have every
thing so arranged that it will be pos
sible for US to do the most work in the
least time possible.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
Evergreen Planting.

W D. Boynton, before the Wisconsin
Horticultural Society:
Comparatively few evergreens are
planted in our cities, as they will nor
withstand smoke and dust. The grea:
bulk Of our e~vergreens must be planted
on our farms. Many plant in straight
lines, thus boxing the premises ir,
This rectangular planting should bt
avoided If possible. For ornament on
the lawn, plant evergreens in groups
if lawn is large. Plant single trees on
small lawns. The pines are good for
this purpose. Norway spruce is too
coarse for small lawns, but is the best
kind for windbreaks. One use of ever
green's is for screens and hedges. The
American arbor vitae is best for these,
1t is much better than the wild cedar.
For low ornamental hedges on your
street front there is nothing like tho
American arbor vitae. A great many
have an idea that they must buy an
evergreen that is we'll grown up. Use
a hundred, and in two years you will
have a good ~full-top tree, whereas il
you buy the full-top tree at first it
will cost you $40 a hundred. Hem
locks do not succeed we'll here. The
best time to plant is in the spring,
just when the growth is starting. You
can prune evergreens to almost any
extent. 1t destroys the beauty to prune
too much. The beauty of the ever
green is its natural growth.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26

Making the farm pay in these days is
an art, and a lost art TO a great many
farmers, says Farmers Home. The
art of profitable farming is not a de-
veloped scheme or wrinkle" which
enables one farmer to "get ahead" of
another farmer; it consists simply of
changing methods to suit changed
times. No manufacturer would think
Of working his factory in the anne way
and with the same tools that his father
used fifty years back, and for the same
reason farming as practiced a half cen
fury ago is no longer profitable. OF
the many industrial classes, none are
extended more privileges than farmers.
Both by public and private organiza-
lions the art and science of agriculture
is constantly studied, and the results
Of experiments often determined only
by the expenditure of thousands of
dollars, given to farmers free of all
cost. Each state maintains, more or
less with governmental support, at
least agricultural experiment sta
ton. Public lectures are held through
out the farming districts, and printed
books are distributed to all who ask,
free ven of postage.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
neighborhood drains naturally into
them and cannot escape. They should
never be planted to any but the most
hardy crops.-Farmers' Review.
Destroy ng Round-Headod Borers.

oA 1NS8Go
F. H. Crittenden, assistant entomol-
ogist of the Department OF Agriculture,
gives further information on how to
handle the round-headed apple tree
horer. The following Is from a bulle-
tin issued by him:
Destroying the Adult Insects.-The
mature beetles are very shy and so
seldom seen on this account that it is
doubtful If any method of destroying
them is feasible. They are attracted
to lights at night to some extent, and
some meet their end in this way. Very
early in the morning. Immediately aft
er breakfast, the beetles may be found
upon the trees, If sought for in their
season, and may then be beaten off in
to an inverted umbrella by striking the
branches with a stout stick.
Kerosene as a Remedy.-A great
variety of substances have been recon-
mended to kill the borers in the trees,
but up to the present time only a few
nave given satisfaction. For the bene-
hit of those who have not had expert
ence with this borer 1t may be neces-
sary to state that 1t is of no avail
whatever to inject kerosene or any
other insecticide into the round holes
made by the beetles in their escape
from the trees. A correspondent oil
this division, Mr.. T. B.. Ashton, who
has had many years experience with
the borers, states that there is no bet
ter way to stop the depredations OF
this and similar borers than in the use
OF kerosene applied freely wherever
the castings Of the larvae are to be
seen ~protruding through the bark. The
Kerosene is absorbed by the castings
and, carried by capillary attraction
permeates the entire burrow, where 1t
comes in contact with the larvae. which
soon succumb. The amount Of kero-
sene that 1t Is necessary t o use is sc
small that it does not endanger the
health Of the tree.
Clean Cultural Enthusiastically
clean culture, the best preventive fol
insect injury of whatever kind, should
not be neglected. A nursery should
not be started in new localities where
crabs, thorns, June berry and Other
wild food plants Of this species grow
In great profusion. nor In the vicinity
OF neglected orchards, nor shoult
rank growths of weeds, grasses, bushes
and briars be permitted to accumu'
late about the trunks Of the trees
When a tree is seer to be injured be
yond recovery it should be taken gu
and destroyed before the following
spring, that the larvae that it contains
may not have an opportunity to de
velop and reinfest the healthy growth
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26

For convenience frosts are classed as
freezes which accompany or follow
the great continental storms, and
frosts which are dependent upon pure
ly local conditions. Freezes which are
foretold by the weather bureau bring
with them such immense volumes or
cold air that nothing can be done
either by individuals or by communi-
ties to ward off the damage they DO.
Frosts, on the other hand, differ from
the freezes in that they may affect only
a single field and may therefore be
readily combated since they may be
foretold by the farmer himself. When,
at night the air is dry and still and
the sky is clear, the conditions are ia
yorable to a considerable fall in the
temperature. If these conditions oc-
cur in the autumn or in the spring the
freezing point may be reached. This
fall of temperature is due to the radia-
ton of heat into space and the evapo-
ration of moisture which Tobs the
earth of still more warmth.
Accompanying the fall of tempera-
ture, however, is the deposition of dew
from moisture held in the air. This
condensation of moisture raises the
temperature by releasing the heat that
held it in the form of vapor. Thus
the formation of dew acts as a break
in the cooling process. Now, upon
this break the fruit grower must seize
when he thinks that there is going to
be a frost. He must fill the air with
moisture. This may be readily done
by means of a spraying nozzle, every
thing within reach being thoroughly
drenched. This moisture in the air
will form a sort of blanket or cloud
over the sprayed region.
Another artificial cloud and one
equally effective may be made by
smudging. Smudges are nothing more
than smouldering fires of any kind Of
rubbish that will produce large guam
titles of smoke n little or no fame.
The smoke acts in the same way as
the water, namely by preventing the
loss of heat, and is generally of easier
application than the water method.
The two methods may often be used
together since they do not antagonlze
one another. But the grower wants to
know when to expect frost. If at one
hour after sunset he finds the air still,
the sky cloudless and the temperature
below 40 degrees and in the course of
a couple of hours it has fallen to be-
low 40 degrees he should conclude that
frost is likely to occur and should
make final preparations for smudging,
or spraying, or both. When the 35 de-
gree mark has been reached he should
lose no time in turning on the water.
The smudges may also be lighted at
the same time. If the sky become
cloudy or if a breeze spring up early
in the evening it will usually be safe to
take a full nights rest. The clouds
check the radiation of heat from the
earth and the breeze keeps the air stir
red up so that it cannot settle in the
pocket-like formations where it is sure
to do most damage. AS a means OF
keeping the air stirred up it. may be
said that frost injuries have been pre-
vented by tanning mills operated in
the hollows referred to. These land
pockets are coolest because the cold
air from the high ground in their
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26

free from vermin. Almost Invariably
other ailments, except, of course, colds
and cases of roup, are mainly due to
vermdn. The hens that are infested
with vermin are so debilitated that
they readily succumb to diseases, and
are also more apt to get colds and
roup than hens not infested. 1t is dur
ing warm weather that eternal vigil
ance becomes necessary to keep down
insect pests that abound where neglect
allows them to once get a foothold.
Every known device must be utilized
during summer to keep the vermin
pests of the poultry yard in check.
The first and most important consider
alton will always be cleanliness of the
most thorough nature. Wild fowl
rarely ever become infested with YER
min to any great degree because they
are not confined to restricted quarters
in large colonies, like domestic fowls.
Under conditions such as it is neces-
sary to resort to in keeping domestic
fowls the vermin pest takes advantage
Of every neglect. When the summer
season arrives, which is so propitious
for the increase of vermin in the poul-
try yards and houses, extra exertions
and all known methods must become
the order of the day, Finely pulver-
lied soil kept under cover will afford
the fowls a chance to indulge in dust
baths-nature's plan for Kidding birds
of vermin. If some tobacco dust, in
sect powder and once in awhile pow
dered sulphur, is added to the dust
bath, either will hasten the extermina-
ton of the pests.
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slip shoa Horse preeainr.

=
Judge a farmer by the team he drives
says the Western Agricultural. If
he drives scrub horses ana mules, his
farming is done on the scrub plan and
he will raise scrub colts, because he
will breed scrub mares to the cheapest
stallion, with no regard to improve
ment; only the color must suit his
taste, but he cares nothing for size
Inc quality that 60 TO make up the
market requirements; he cares nothing
for the market-he does not breed to
suit the market, but to suit himself,
and never has a good horse to sell. An
exchange says one who is not a plug
farmer should be ashamed of a plug
team. Let him raise his own horses
and do 1t to some purpose. He will
be silly to breed his large mares to
anything short of a pure bred draft
stallion. Horses of a good class will
DO FAR more work, and the rearing Of
them will cost no moro than will that
OF poor ones. Owners Of good stall
lions are reporting larger business, and
this aCtokens a healthy condition in
the Eorse breeding industry; and II
we will only bear in mind that good
horses are the kind wanted, we shall
neTer again have a large surplus on
hand, n year after another, but little
to do but eating off their heads. 1t
is a pretty heavy drain on a farmer to
carry several head of idle horses
through a long season. There is no
way to figure profit out of them. Sell
them, and save the figuring and the
oats.
Two good brood mares will bring
their owners $500 yearly, at a cost of
500 for service fees, mi will do the
work of the farm at the same time.
While a five dollar fee may bring a
$70 horse, for his $25 he can have an
animal worth 5000. Get no offspring
OF an unsound or tricky animal. Never
act upon the theory that a mare which
is good for nothing else. is good for
breeding purposes. The fluctuations in
the prices of horses is almost wholly
with those of low grade. There is a
certainty that when breeding to a good
animal, the progeny will sell well four
or five years hence.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
Hoods pills cure all Liver Ills. SS cents
A Bridge of Collins.

When the British forces were march
ing to Pekin i'll 1860, after the capture
Of the Taku forts, one of the rivers be-
came so swollen with the heavy rains
that it was renderer almost impassa-
bic. While in this quandary a bright
idea suddenly struck n OF our Off
GERS. Being well aware that the Chi
nese generally order their collins years
in advance and keep them on the prem
lses, and, also, that they are perfectly
alright, he consulted with his brother
officers, with the result that instruc-
tons were given TO search all the
houses Of the village and collect every
coffin. With the aid of a few empty
casks the soldiers constructed a pom
toon bridge of collins sufficiently strong
to bear the artillery, and the river was
thus passed in safety.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
t~ivatlon of Ii Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, vitIculture and
Horticulture.


The practice Of sowing grass and
cloverseed with crops of grain is a
very common one, and undoubtedly
has many advantages in rich soils and
in a favorable season, the most mark
ed of which is the choking out of weeds
by the vigorous growth of the grain,
says Pennsylvania Farmer. In many
cases, however, this method fails. A
bulletin Of the department OF agricul-
ture points out the fact that this Is
especially true in dry seasons when
the supply of moisture is frequently
insufficient for both the grain crop
and the grass. In this case the grain
instead of acting as a nurse crop &C
tually robs the young grass plants OF
moisture, and thus becomes injurious
instead of advantageous. n Claim
that grass and clover plants need pro-
lection from the sun is pronounced
by the same authority to be entirely
without foundation, AS the Wlscou-
sin station has shown, there Is apso-
lutely no necessity, under ordinary CON-
ditions. for sowing oats. barley or n
other grain with grasses for the pur-
pose of yielding shade and protec'ion.
Young grass and clover plants are not
injured bv direct sunlight and sun neal
anv more than other plants OF our
fields" Experiments by the Wisconsin
station C"ring d number OF years h@So
shown that grasses and clover so"n
nv themselves on properly prepareu
soil spring I'D at once and make rapiu
growth. bearing seed heads the same
wear. If all conditions as TO terIlii'S
of soil, moisture, ETC., are 1aVotaoie'
a very excellent crop of hay can DC
secured the same season" one opJe'-
ton to this method of seeding grasses
is the presence Of weeds, but these
can usually be checked by unnln d
mower over the fields when the weeus
are six or more inches high, settlhs
the cutter bar so that the tops OF the
weeds are removed while the grass
plants are not touched.
In order that this method OF culture
NAV be successful the soil must De
quite free from weed seeds n OF lair
fertility. 1t should be carefuliy pre-
pared before seeding, and from TWO
to three times the usual amount Va
grass seed should be sown. 1t IS proo-
ably best, although not fully demon
strated, to SOW seed very early in the
spring. Finally, it is of the greatest
Importance to check the growth Oh
weeds, which may be done by tAe
method noted above. The system mere
under consideration is not put forth as
suited to every farm and all farmers
but eminently adapted to meeting the
wants of those who desire to secure
with the least possibility Of failure a
fine stand of grass and clover. To such
we can recommend the system as hav-
ing been sufficiently tried to prove sat
isfactory when properly followed u
The results obtained by the Wiscon-
sin station have in general been borne
u by those of similar experiments
at the New Jersey station. b ex-
periments by this station, however,
differed from those conducted by the
Wisconsin station in the fact that at
the former the seed was soWn in the
fall instead of in the spring.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-01-26

Street s~weepings to the estimated
amount Of three million tons are col
leeted every year in the cities of the
United States. Most of this material
is either used for filling or thrown
away; but the department of agricul-
ture learns that in some places farm
ers secure the sweepings for fertilizing
purposes, and that the farmers in such
cases., with few exceptions, report ex-
eellent results. Since the disposition
of such refuse is sometimes a serious
problem, the fact seems to be worth
consideration on the part of town and
country alike. One of our worst faults,
Is a people. is a persistent disregard
of the truth that to prevent waste in
all such ways is to increase wealth.