The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-09-19

give Indications OF not being particularly
valuable they should be separated from
the rest OF the flock and be prepared for
market. Two or three weeks Of good
feeding in rather close quarters will put
them in good condition and they will
bring nearly as good a price in the mar
ket as broilers in the spring.
Conveniences for Farmers.
During a recent trip the writer saw a
farmer struggling to lift q heavy basket
OF vegetables over the tail board of q
farm wagon. After assisting the old gen.
tleman he was asked why he did not re-
move the tailboard. 1.-The durn rod is
! rusted," was the reply. There are too
I many rusted rods on farm wagons and
tools. 1t sometimes seems as II farmers
| would go without conveniences rather
h contrive some method Of saving
themselves work n time. How familiar
Is the sight Of the plow being laboriously
hoisted Into the high farm wagon for
transportation to the fields when a light
stone boat or sled could be easily and In
extensively built which would be Just
the thing. 1t is easy to keep the rod In
the wagon end In working condition and
also to carry in the wagon a board down
which to slide or roll the heavy baskets
and barrels, 1t is easy to cut a hole in the
side of the hog pen through which the
feed may be poured into the trough in
stead Of lifting heavy receptacles over
the fence. These are but few Of a hun
dred or moro conVeniences that every
farmer ought to AVE and which cost
ht.n InSinly the time to make them. Why
not spend some Of the days Of winter in
such work?
Chronic Cough In Cows.
Because the cow has a cough d. not
jump to the conclusion that she is IN the
"A vut - r. n - mt
are that the trouble Is due to too much
dust in the grain given which causes irri-
tation in the throat. II the COW is other
wise In a healthy condition the cough
may be generally cured by keeping the
manger or feeding box free from lust and
applying the following blister on the
throat after clipping the hair from it.:
Mix In one ounce of lard two drachms OF
powdered cantharides and one drachm Of
biniodide Of mercury. Rub 1t we'll into the
kin for fifteen minutes and wash of. at
the end OF two or three days then apply
lard every day, fastening the animal SO
that she cannot rub the blister. Keep
the stable clean and see that all food is
wet with water before being given to the
Fall Setting of Strawberry Plants.
In any locality where the winters are
not too sever the fall setting OF straw
berry plants may be lone with success and
six months gained IN the fruiting season.
The most serious objection to the fall,
setting Of strawberry plants Is that the.
soil Is not usually properly prepared.
Quit q common practice Is to pillow under
ar, old field Of sod In September and set 1t
to strawberry plants in October. Straw
berry plants ought never to be set direct
~ In SOD land for such ground is usually
well filled with white grubs which Will
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soil for strawberry plants is the sod land
which has grown a crop Of corn, assum-
Ing, of course, that such soil has been
while.tnSc corn. II the ground is
well prepared n enriched and the plants
carefully set there can be no objection to
fall planting.
Fall Seeding the Pasture.
There are many pastures throughout the
country that could be made to furnish
good grazing for an indefinite period IL
they had some attention each fall, al
if the work was well doneit ought
not TO be necessary to do IT every all.
This reseedtng should be cone during this
month and the plan should be to go over
the ground with a sharp tooth harrow and
scratch ~ quite Deep runriing the narrow
in both directions SO as to make aRgood
beedz for the seed. If there5i is more or
less In the pasture lot orchard grass
OF alsike clover will be the best to use.
h field Ia quite open blue grass and
timothy may be used to advantage. In
seeding alsike clover and orchard grass
together use two quarts ofSthe clover and
q peck OF orchard grass to$the acre. Add
Ing two pounds ofsblue grass seed to the
mixture named Will improve the seeding,
then u. the is q fair growth OF the more
hardy grasses already on the field the re-
suits will give5one a pasture OF consider
able value. After sowing the seed the
ground should beharroWed lightly
Combating the Fall Web Worm.
Most farmers are familiar with the fall
Web-Worm shown with the moth In the
illustration. AT this season OF the year
the trees used FOR shade and many Of the
fruit trees are coVeredsw with masses OF the
web. The}warras are about half the size
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