The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-27

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Remember the Importance OF the
Kitchen garden.
The dairy without the Rabsys-S sest-
er lis ike the engine without q sey
ernor.
Little things done In season viii
tighten the big tasks and make farm.
Ing more pleasant aud profitable,
Preaching economy dossn't amount
10 much. You must ~praetic. II. bat
there In such a thing as t-slng too
economical.
Dairying Is a ready money business.
and no other branch OF lIv. stock keep
Ing can compare with II for earscslins
the farm.
Three common faults In butter max
Ing are ovevripc cream. ovcrchurnIng
and oyerworklng. The FIRST nseans
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.
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ventive Of ravages on the sheep fiocks
by dogs that the sheep owner place
with his 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
ried away q cows calf was followed
thirty miles by the bereayed animal,
swimming all the time. When the cow
was about TO be drowned from ex-
haustion she was rescued by fisher
men.
The onion crop OF Texas IL bccom-
Ing al 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 IL not equal To that OF
the famous Bermudas.
BE careful to furnish a good dust
bath for fowls. for II IL the only nat.
ural means the bird has OF Kidding it
self OF lice and mites. Provide n
house free from vermin, Their provide
the birds with n good dust bath. and
the question OF lice and mites will be
reduced To a minimum.
It Is estimated that the farmers Of
Colorado finished more than a million
sheep and lambs last year. mainly on
alfalfa. II was a bad rear for the
sheep business. and II Is said that the
loss viii be about 81 per head. How
ever, no credit Is given for the great
amount OF fertility returned TO the
land.
More horses are injured by enforced
sdleness than by work. Days that
horses are not at work they should
run In a box stall Or yard. Their hair
may not lie quite rs close and even be
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 ffty-six calls upon the
Wisconsin dairy school last year for
men TO Ill good positions In chee1e
factories. and ifty-three butter. max.
ers were wanted. In addition To these
there were numerous requests for men
skilled In the operation OF crcameries.
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 s. per week rather than
To take q course at the agricultural
college.
An English stock Journal tells OF a
famous veterinary surgeon who was
once called on TO decide a question
Of blindness In a horse. concerning
which two London 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 empty bucket 10 he 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 Numbered over II with
his forelegs- Blind. without a doubt"
was the verdict.
Prospers ~ Peanut Farming.
Seven years z Mrs. Jennie X. Cass
found herself confronted with the prob
lem OF bringing up and educating six