Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-07-05

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feed.
You need not expect full returns at
the egg bucket from ens that roost in
trees. Good comfortable houses pay
this cost in n year.
The farmers of eastern Washington,
eastern Oregon and northern Idaho
have formed an organization to con-
troll the price Of grain and will build
their own warehouses.
There was a slight decrease last year
in British arabic land and a decrease
in grass land. Eightyseven per cent
of all the agricultural land in England
is occupied by tenants.
The time to begin narrowing the
corn field Is as soon as the seed Is
In the ground. Did you start then?
If not, make up for lost time by faith
full cultivation from now on.
Nothing. is gained by sowing corn
Be patient and wait until the condi-
tons are right. TIE corn comes on
better and stronger if you do.
Piles in swine may be relieved by
giving one or two tablespoohfuB Of
sulphur to each hog afflicted until I'M
provement is noted and then every
other day until cure Is effected.
Knock out feas by scattering fine,
fresh powdered lime over their haunts
or kerosene; or Persian, insect powder.
} Give 'em plenty. But do not have any
dusty spots under a floor, or elsewhere,
where they can breed and multiply.
Dehorning cattle is no doubt cruel,
at the time Of operation, but those who
favor 1t maintain that cattle which
have been deprived Of their horns eat
out of the same trough without doing
injury to n another, and greater
safety Is insured during shipment to
market.
The government Is after the Western
thieves who have stolen thousands OF
acres Of valuable coal and mineral
lands by fraudulent entries, perjury
and bribery. Many of these lands
were sold to the railroad coal compa.
MES at less than So an acre, on which
the coal royalties alone would amount
to thousands. In most of these cases
the thieves are the men who ride in
private cars and control great bust
ness enterprises.
Recipe for making harness oil Take
two quarts Of fish-oil, two pounds OF
mutton tallow, n pint of castor oil
one-quarter pound of ivory black, one
half pound Of beeswaX, four ounces OF
resin, one ounce of Burgundy pitch
Put these ingredients into an iron ket.
tie, place over a slow fire; boil and
stir for half an hour. Let settle for
fifteen minutes, and then pour off all
but the sediment into another vessel
Use cold. After oiling the harness
wipe it off with a dry rag. Neatsfoot
oil will answer If fish-oil is not obtain
able.
I 1000 PuIlets in One House.
Professor Gowell, of the Maine ex.
pertinent station, on his farm, kept
1000 pullets in one house, on an area
of 4OOx2OO feet, or a little over two
acres. Each fowl had four feet space
of house room, which would naturally
be considered rather limited quarters
and was only made possible by having
them in large focks and a curtain-front
house. These pullets laid from 600 tc
900 eggs per day during December and
January. If 1000 laying hens can as
has beer demonstrated, be successfully
kept on about two acres of land, then
five acres are capable of supporting q
complete plant for 1000 hens and grow.
ing stock to renew the layers, and such
a plant, with proper management
should pay from $1,000 to $1,000 pei
annum net profit. 1t is only necessary
that the man have the ability.
Cutyvorms.
AS the cutworm seems to work most.
" during nights that are cool, ~ceasing
to do much harm after the nights be.
come warm, many methods for destroy.
Ing them have been suggested. 1t has
bng beer known that sod land, or land
covered with growth that has not been
recently disturbed, contains more cut.
worms than land that has previously
been cultivated and kept clean, as the
moth deposits her eggs where instinct
proppntc bor ~ nrovidn an ahrp6o poc