Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-20

nAISANA eoAuS"
The dairy without the Babcock test.
er is like the engine without a gov.
ernor.
Pine tar generously applied to the
noses Of the sheep Mt shearing time
will prevent grub in the head.
Little things done in season will
tighten the big tasks and make farm
ing more pleasant and profitable.
Preaching economy doesn't amount
to much. You must practice it, but
there is such a thing as being too
economical.
Three common faults, in butter max
ing are overripe cream, OverchurninG
and overworking. The first means
strong butter, the second and third soft
butter.
Many lovers Of fine horses are am
bilious to breed their own driving
horses, breeding high class trotting bred
mares to Hackney or Coach stations
tor beauty and action.
One farmer recommends as 4 pre-
ventive OF ravages on the sheep 1ocks
by dogs that h sheep owner place
with bis flock a billy goat that will get
along very well with the sheep and de
fend them from the dogs.
A Mississippi steamboat which car
r1ed away a cows calf was followed
thirty miles by the bereaved animal,
swimming all the time. When the COW
was about to be drowned from eX-
haustlon she was rescued by fisher
men.
The onion crop Of Texas is becom-
ing an important factor IN the large
eastern markets. Texas onions are
crowding out Bermudas and prices Of
the latter are steadily falling. 1t IS
said that the quality Of The Texas
onion is almost if not equal to that Of
the famous Bermudas.
Be careful to furnish a good dust
bath for fowls, for it is the only nat
ural means the bird has Of Kidding it.
self of lice and mites. Provide a
house free from vermin, then provide
the birds with a good dust bath, and
the question of lice and mites will be
| reduced to a minimum.
1t is estimated that the farmers Of
Colorado finished more than a million
sheep and lambs last year, mainly on
alfalfa. 1t was a bad rear for the
sheep business, and it is said that the
loss will be about 81 per head. How
ever, no credit is given for the great
amount of fertility returned to the
land. .-r. '+
More horses are injured by enforced
!dleness than b. work. Days that
horses are not at work they should
run in a box stall or yard. Their hair
a little longer, but they will keep
healthier and be in much better shape
for next seasons work for having their
regular exercise every day, either in
the harness or out in the yard.
There were ifty-six calls upon the
Wisconsin dairy school last year for
men to fill good positions in cheeoe
factories, and f1fty-three butter-mak-
ers were wanted. In addition to these
there were numerous requests for men
skilled in the operation of creameries.
The college was unable to supply all
the demands, and yet some farm boys
prefer to sell neckties in a city store
On a salary Of IS per week rather than
to take a, course at the agricultural
college.
An English stock journal tells of a
famous veterinary surgeon who was
once called on to docide a question
of blindness in a 1orse, concerning
which two Londc< vets differed. He
entered the yard where the horse stood
and, without examining the animals
eyes, ordered a halter to be put on him
and an eDpty bucket to be placed in
the middle Of the yard. Then taking
the halter he led the horse in a direct
line for the bucket. The horse went
forward and %blundered over it with
his forelegs. Blind, without a doubt
was the verdict.
Hints to Mushroom Growers.
In turning up a portion of a bed
maggots may be discovered in the
manure. A few may do nc perceptible
harm, but a. large number will eat up
the spawn, leaving not even a thread
to develop a single mushroom. Many
kinds Of insects are apt to swarm in
warm cellars, together with the egg
laying varieties which cause the mag
COTS, regardless of foul air which may
often accumulate and which is an in
Jury to the mushrooms. In each sue
ceeding bed in large cellars insects fol-
low up the new beds and become more