Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-08-03

not left unused.
Average eggs weigh about eight tt
the pound. One dozen eggs thus weigf
one and one-half pounds.
If the best profit is realized, not only
the wool, but the mutton and the lamt
must contribute their part.
Where the proper separation cannot
be secured and assured, the procuring
of manly varieties cannot be too strong.
ly guarded against.
The retail value of the vegetables
which may be grown In a carefully
planned md well-kept garden greatly
exceeds the cost of their production.
The potato beetle IS said to have
twenty-five parasite enemies, yet, not
w~ithstanding these and all sorts Of pol
sons used in potato fields, it deties an
Inhalation.
Crooked rows do not admit Of the best
cultivation. Where corn has been
dropped out of line the crooked way,
lutJe SuOu'u nc Il IlpNI wv ~
cultivation the first time over, for 1t
cannot be rectifed the second.
The man who say Il am afraid l
can't succeed" had better let the farm
alone. The farmer Of this age should
come very near knowing what he In
tends to accomplish, and then he should
go at it with hammer and tongs.'
A good, big draft gelding is the best
proposition on the farm. He Is able
to do good work and his owner can put
his own price on him. The buyer wants
him at almost any price. The demand
for really good horses is greater tina
the supply.
The English sparrow is insectivorous
for a few days just as its young are
Matching, and only then. 1t is because
of this simple fact and the further fact
that the sparrow Is an enemy Of other
birds that it Is not included in The pro-
tective laws of the different STATES.
Sheep are high, and 1t would not be
a good plan to 60 into sheep raising
on a large scale at this time by buying
many. But sheep raising very certain
~ will continue a good business, and
1t will be wise to buy any that can be
had at a bargain wherever they are Of
fered. .r.,. H..
There Is a good deal in knowing how
to adjust the cultivator and the tenders
60 that the work is properly done. The
tenders should be just high enough SO
the pulveriZed dirt will fall under them
and about the corn. Leaving a strip OF
uncultivated ground about six or eight
inches wide for fear Of covering up
some Of the corn is a dangerous prac-
tice.
The way to get ahead of the scarcity
Of help condition is to combine several
implements in any way possible and let
n man do two mems work. The man
who drives one team attached to a har-
row and leads another attached to an
other harrow Is hardly up to date. He
should attach all the harrows side by
siGe and drive the horses abreast. That
Is the modern method.
A certain county fair was once In
the hands Of some %racehorse men, and
it failed. It was recently reorganized
by farmers and made a county agri-
cultural fair, and all the farmers of
county brought their products and
stock there and gave at least one day |
to it and it Is now on the road to sue
cess. To make g fer a success 1t must
be made strictly a fair and not q fraud.
The Agricultural Society of Indiana
will expend $1,000 for an airship this
year and will pay $1,625 In premiums.
Farmers and stockmen who have seer
enough balloon business" would like
to see the premium awards "balloon-
They would like to see something
more given for stock and farm prod
ucts. Fair managers should not lose !
sight Of the necessity Of attracting the
exhibitor as well as the visitor.
Cows will often get choked with a
mail potato or other hard substance
In food. To relieve them, take of fine
tut chewing tobacco enough to make a
ball the size of a hens egg dampen
It with molasses SO 1t adheres closely,
lift up the cows head, pull the tongue
and crowd the ball as far
1own the throat as possible. In a
short time it will cause sickness and
romiting and the obstruction will be
out.
A man had a strawstack in his field.
BE did not have time to haul it away
pillow the ground, so he forked the
remaining straw about until it was
luite equally distributed over the
and planted potatoes under the
straw. The potatoes anne up through
he straw, needed no cultivation and
we're not bothered with weeds, and in
he fall he reaped quite q crop of
nbers. This is a good way to utilize
n old strawstack bottom.
1t Is seldom that one who has al.
had a garden and enjoyed it's
Of fresh fruits and vege-
realizes how large a part of the
bill of fare it furnishes or the
Talue of the products which are got
rom it until he moves to a large city
n Is otherwise so situated as to be
,orced to rely entirely upon the grocer
" peddler. In addition to being com.
,elled to pay cash for what before cost