The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-04-10


make 4 practices Of selling "a their
hens IT the end q the seeoad year.
mya the Rural World. yet they profess
that the hen has juss cosnHassaced g
make a pro6t for them for she In ~
her bess-iayinx the greatest nusntes
Of eggs-durln; her second year. They
then ali the places 81 snch heas with
puliess. The sheory IL erroneous. -
the nrss cost Of the hen, that of rails
ing her from the egg 10 maturity. mnss
be paid bach before the ben can give .
profit. and this cost must ae added fe
the second year. Ii Is a fact that the
hen herself can be sold and the cost
returned, but the longer she Ii kept
the cost OF the first year Is divided To-
svery year she ls on the farm. II -
this nnt cost OF the ben. that II % ire
qusntiy overlooked. that make the
profit turn Z q loss A ben VIII last
q long time II she IL properly cared
for, and for egx-proincinS purposes
there - no necessity OF selling Oh a ben
Just ~ soon a. she begins TO lay nicely
and regularly A ben In her second -
third rear - quite young. and The
chicks Matched from her egxs are usu-
| ally stronger than those Matched frCm
the nrst egxs Of the puilets- II the hens
are killed OF every second year theirs
| win scon Be q decrease In the vitality
Of the stock, especially II the eggs fro0
the hens are handed down rear aftes
year and used for Matching purpossal
Keep tho hens until they are 4 years
old, and he result win b better layers.
stronger chicksxand still you VIII have
he price q the hen when she y sold
~ vosssass NJ wsesnss.
4 misty moon indicates rain the NOR
row q akfer.
When t0e temperature su0dsuly falls
thsss b . storm coming from the South
whm the temperature suddenly rises
thers u q storm forming north Of you
Whenever heavy white fross occur
. Storm = forming within 1000 miles
north o. northeast Of you
When small whirlwtnds Of dust form
In road o. plowed land It II IN indt
cation q heavy showers room.
wh@ isaves q bushes and treo
turn IN IT, wind, remaining ~ . w
season q sudden rainfall may b. II
psctsd
While Q rosy sAy At suDdo~n indi.
Gates fair weather. a well a. . gray
NY In the morning. the opposite condi-
ton usually means rain
Tlsscy and delicats clouds ARE indi-
cations % 6ns weathsr. with moderate
hrsassA Rolled and ragged clouds m
Indications Of strong windA
A rising barometer ~foreseiis leo
wind or rain. . falling barometer mors
wind OF rain A high barometer indl.
Gates nns weather. low barometer bad
weather.
Dew and fog indicate fair weath<r.
When the atmosphere near the hori.
Son II very clear. causing distant OBJ
jects to appear nearer than usual. II ID
an indication OF rain.
Idly from the south or southwest there
win b . cold hailstorm On the morrow
II Il b In summer. and II In winter
there win b. q snowstorm-
Cumulus clouds always more from .
region where . storm II In progress
when cirrus clouds are moving rapidly
from thu north q northeast there win
b rain In twenty-four hours. no matter
how cold Il n
In northern ATTITUDES heavy norfh<n
II gales occur after the barometer
rises from . very brw point. a rapid
rlse indicates uncertain weather. A
slow rise. nne weather. A rapid fall
indicates stormy weather.
A. stormy weather approaches so
birds az inland. seeking fossf VITA
fowls leave low. marshy ground for
higher localities Frogs are umusuassv
noisy before a rain and sheep hnsale
| together before d storm Cattle draw
. near the harms or sheds.
The wind always blows In 4 csrrie
| FOR storms, and when from the north
the hcaviest rain II east AZ you. II
from the south the heaviest rain il
north a. yuu : II II blows froN she east
the heaviest rain IL south. The wind
never blows unless rain or snow II fall
Ing within loo miles of ron.
A rosy sky at sunset. 6ne weather:
Z red sky In morning. had weather.
much wind and perhaps rain: d --av
sky. ins weather soft-lookins clouds