The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-08-10

FARM yitE5:
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Breed In May for fall pigs.
Don't get into the habit Of trading
horses.
The oiled collar wears itself and the
horses shoulder less.
A crust is good thing on pie, but a
- dining on q corn field.
II you have rough pasture. fence
Il and turn in brood sows.
Teasing or tickling horses renders
them vicious and irritable.
Be sure there are no lice on the colts
when they are turned out to pacture.
Don't let too many chicks run to-
gether. Big docks are prone to disease.
A stout buckskin string tied to some
Dart Of the harness often comes mighty
handy.
Be sure that your cows are treated
kindly and not hurried to and from the
pacture.
The cows should be MIXED both clean
and quickly. and at the same hour ev-
cry day.
II the little colt does not get milk
enough feed it milk with oat meal
cruel in 1t.
The duck is the coming fowl. Post up
sn raising ducks and increase your
Nank account.
Clean. fresh water is indispensable
Tor poultry. Don't let them suffer for
4 this summer.
Keep the hens well supplied with grit
70 keep them healthy and to produce
nrm-shelled eggs.
Instead Of throwing stones at the
scratching hen, mend the garden fence
and keep your pets tame.
You can afford to pay good price
fDr good bull. A poor one is reck-
lsss extravaganza as gift.
The earlier the weed is killed the cas-
tsr the task, the more effective the job
ard the less injury to the corn.
II there Is no fishing In your neigh
borhood make some. It is a poor farm
that won't support fish pond.
The corn planted in ground in good
condition will pass the corn planted two
weeks earlier in cold. wet ground.
Corn put in cold. wet ground will
make only q sickly plant, but the grass
and weeds will make good growth.
The folly OF farming without fun IL
fslly found when the boys begin to
talk about enlisting-for . campaign Of
I'm IN town.
II corn and potatoes are not up. har-
row promptly when the soil 10 dry
enough after q heavy rain. There IL
msney In It.
Attractive appearance often makes
market where none existed. and the
appearance Of things 10 usually In con-
lrol Of the producer.
\ we'll that II not clean and 90 con-
seructed 40 to keep out all contaminat-
Ag leakages - misnamed. It should
- known - alex
{ Keep sharp eye on the laying quail
atiss Of your hens. 30 that when the
Zine comes to Gull you can get rid OF
- improbable one.
II your horses or COWS shrink from
you Ia fear when you approach them
4 y evident that some one about the
Farm needs lesson In Kindness.
II takes lots Of good service from
dog 70 pay for the neas and foul smells
~ PRODUCES: and it's lucky for the dogs
that % few OF us cast up accounts.
= flower bed ID not 80 contemplate
ass<o be unworthy Of a few minutes OF
! mans labor. It may afford As much
pieasure In IL way AZ cornaeld or
eeW.
i Keep ! barrel Of lime in the hen
Mousse. with shingle stuck in It. Ev-
~ rev days then It 10 handy to scatter
lms around whore It will do the most
geed
Time u not gained. but lost. by
planting corn before the ground 10 well
warmed; and the ground may be cold
when the sun and even the air are
cutie warm.
the man who would get up q corner
q the necesaAries OF life and reap
i.