The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-07-31


Thirty lowAeaded apple trees are
enough for an acre.
A money making combination II the
sow and the sow. Give the latter warm
tkim milk.
One u the best medicines In the
world for delicate women or men Ii
work In the orchard
Rake any leaf and twig and other
rubbish from the ground beneath the
grape vines and burn them. Don't wait.
Bordeaux mixture In only good when
IN the trees. II doesn't amount to much
on the shelf OF the drug store or In our
mindA
Dnirying II q ready money business,
ing can compare with It for enriching
the farm
orchard viii bring better returns than
5000 invested In the stock Of freak
fruit companies.
For Strawberries pillow under q crop
OF cow peas and then add from Loo
to l.JOO pounds OF ground bone and
800 pounds Of potash per acre.
Pastures would last longer and pro-
duce more feed II stock were taken
of occasionally. and the grass given
an opportunity to get a fresh start.
The late, wet season has been pretty
hard on young chicks and they will.
therefore, require careful attention all
summer to bring them through In good
condition.
Three common faults in butter max
ing are over-ripe cream, over churning
and over-working. The first means
strong butter. the second and third
soft butter.
Dairying implies n prosperous COM
munity OF wide-awake, up-to-date far
mers. All not belonging TO latter class
had better think twice before enter
ing the field.
A Missouri farmer with fifteen feet
Of beard has recently been photograph
ed. Thirty years g he made a wager
that II a certain man vas not elected
he would never touch q razor 10 his
face and he lost.
One New York dairyman sells his
milk for seven cents per quart the
year round. and with good Jersey and
Holstein cows his herd produces on an
average OF SIS worth OF milk per
month 1t requires IS pounds out OF
every 100 pounds to pay expense&
To separate butter from the butter
milk I get q yard Of cheesecloth, wet
1t Is cold water and spread over the
top Of a crock. I then pour the but
termilk and butter into the cloth from
the churn. Taking II UP by the corners
and working 1t back and forth easily /
am soon able to drain out all OF the
buttermilk and have the butter ready
% put into q crock and salt.
PPoAt On Hogs.
The cost OF feed will largely deter
mine the profit OF hog raising, and the
feed got from pasture II the cheapest.
Rye will stand much frost at each end
Of winter and will greatly lengthen the
pasture season. II sowed early
enough to get a good start before cold
weather. bur clover oil hairy vetch
might be preferable, since either would
be more heterogeneous and build up the
red meat after the manner OF wheat
,ran.-Progressire Farmer.
Animals Their Own Doctors.
when you see pigs wallowing In
he mud. or birds taking a dust bath.
you should marvel" said a nature stu
dent, "for these creatures are then
doctoring themseives-they are getting
rid OF parasites.
when a dog loses his appetite, he
goes straight Cd and eats dog grass.
HE UfiHks Hiu Tbuuu at once Cats.
In like circumstances, 60 to cat grass.
Cows and sheep take certain medicinal
herbs.
Monkeys have been known 70 dress
wounds with leaves. Latreiili cut OF
an ants antennae, and other ants
came and covered the hurt parts with
healing nuid secreted In their
mouths- It 10 even said that birds
have been known to set their own bro
ken legs.
Certainly animals know all about
fever. Fever-stricksn. they battle In
cold water till the temperature falls
again to normal. And an animal with
limb almost severed heroicaily CON-
,lstes the ampusatiou with its teeth.
New Orleans Times-D Democrat
Plantla0 Trees leS rests.
The rapid denuding Of our forests
and the consequent scarcity Of timber
for all purposes, especially the cheaper
kinds In the rough for farm require
ments. renders the planting Of forest
trees Of great importance. There are