The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-07-27
AGRICULTURAL

USEFUL FARM HINTS.
Il the mower ready?
The old hen had better go.
If thou useth dull hoe it proveth
thou art dull.
Young man. don't be afraid to ask
| her; brace up.
Speak little. speak truth: spend little,
pay cash.
Some men are prone to make Sunday
Q weak day.
He that brings up his son to nothing
breeds a thief
If you expect the land to support you
1t must be well taken care Of.
Attend to the feet of the work horses
as carefully as you do the feet of the
drivers.
Mind you the women folhs are or
more real account than anything else
on the farm. Don't slight 'em.
Ducklings usually start their moult
when about eleven weeks old. Market
them before they begin.
When you give your cellar it's spring
cleaning. add little copperas water
and salt to the whitewash.
You cannot afford to be farmer
unless you know great deal about it,
but If you have the impression that
i oil oh co1t =
save you.
Kindness and the use Of curry comb
and brush will cure a kicking COW.
Never tried it on mule.
| If you act the rascal with your farm
by robbing it of all its fertility your
administrator may find it difficult to
pay probate court expenses.
The sugar corn will ear better If not
too much crowded. 1t needs sun and
air around it to grow to perfection.
A sloppy watery mess should never
be given young pigs, for by gorging
themselves with 1t they will become
pot-bellied, have indigestion and the
scours.
There is honey in the comb even In
the curry comb. 1t will swepeten the
temper Of the horse, and. like the genu-
Inc honey, it 10 only obtained by In
dustry.
It is said that opportunity has long
hair in front. but that the back side of
her head is bald. He that grasps her
by the forelock can sleep well at
nights.
| Some one has written that laziness
and labor are brothers. If this be
true one of them was surely changed
in the cradle. Labor is welded to in
centive. Laziness is a rusty old bach
elor.
While we are lamenting our lost win
ter wheat in the United States, we can
console ourselves with the fact that
the crop is very large in Argentine.
Dig hole deep and wide in which to
bury your prejudice, and after interring
it dig up plenty Of good judgment and
lay your plans with 1t instead of with
prejudice.
|
that everything Is put in its place. A
| hoe left in the field and allowed TO rust
may not amount to much, but number
| Of hoes and number of other tools,
| especially of they include some of the
more complicated and expensive farm
machines. often add up bill that is
| formidable.
How many farmers keep accounts
with their crops. or know the relation
Of cost to the amount they are sold for
On what crops or animals profit or
loss is made? Without these accounts
he may have fairly good guess at the
profit or loss on any specific crop. COW
or hog, but he cannot tell accurately.
| or be in position to make such change
as will inure to his profit.
and let his feet down on the ground.
Even If used little on the road. shoes
are not usually needed at this time Of
year. At least let the hind feet go bare
and have tips on the front feet. The
idea is to get the frog down on the
ground so 1t will grow and the foot ex-
pand as 1t should. The bigger horse 8
| frogs are. the fleeter he will be. and
| the easier his motion. They insure a
smooth, supple action by keeping the
heels of the hoof we'll spread. thus
giving room in 1t for the multitude of
little muscles to work naturally.
| Serious internal disturbances show
themselves in the staring colt When a
hore's digestive organs are upset" he
is uneasy. paving. stamping and acting
badly. Administer pint of raw lin
seed oil. or, If the case is not bod
one, begin feeding oil meal, little at
time. Glauber or epson salts to the
extent of large handful put in each
feed, until pound or more has been
used, will regulate the system. open
the bowels and cool the blood. Put a
little table salt with the medicine to
induce the patient to eat It.
If the most and best hay is desired
1t is not a good plan to pasture the
meadow in the spring of the year.
Some farmers enormously think they