The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-12

For humble foot In poultry. paint the
corn literally with tincture OF Iodine
daily for a week. II this Is done In
the early stages the corn can be spread.
Good bacon Is great food. 1t always
tastes like more. Quantity compared.
man can turn more acres with fewer
"hog trouglis' ON it than on any other
meat
Most men make the mistake OF
spreading the manure too thicAly. In
NEST cases II will be better to cover
a larger area with the same amount
The spreader solves the whole diff
Guilty.
The Missouri State Board OF Agri-
culture has asked Ernest kellenstrass.
the poultry fancier Of Missouri. for a
portrait Of the famous hen Peg. which
he recently refused tt sell to Pader-
ewski for 5000
The proprietor Of the Green Hill
dairy, near Burlington. N. j.. sold his
immense herd Of Jerseys and Alder
neys and reseocked the farm entirely
with Holsteina He believes that the
latter are less liable to have tuber-
culosiA.
BY the investment Of SIS or $50 In a
good writing desk hat can be put un-
DER lock and key. some men can saw
q hundred dollars worth OF fuss,
worry, mental discontinue and house
hold rumpuss that arise from having
the house.
Science 10 getting o~bstreperouA. 1t
has butted into the making Of butter.
The golden product Is now as conven-
donal as tho blue bib-overall. There
n no chance for originality. The rich
u favored, ~delicately aromatic product
Of the old shallow cream pans and
dash churn is no more. That's what
we pay for being scientific.
1t IL quite common to hear persons
say that our butter at the present time
II not as good quality as butter was
ten or twelve years ago. This does not
look reasonable, as dairy and creamery
methods have improved 30 as to make
d~airying almost a new industry. A
more reasonable conclusion In that the
standard OF excellence In butter u high
er now than then
There are two or three things that
ought to be remembered in making the
hotbed. or cold frame, AZ 1t h perhaps
more properly called. First use fresh
horse anu that will heat Coax II
down and let 1t warm up considerably
before putting In the earth. and don't
pack the earth down % tight az to pre-.
vent the heating. process. Three OF
four inches Of soil, depending some
what upon Its texture. ought to Be sui.
6cient. Let the earth warm thorough.
y before planting the seedA Water
frequently and raise the sash on warm
days, and b surs to have horse blan-
kets ready when ths Thermometer goes
down to sero
The person who sets out IN orchard
tor the 1rst time usually makes the
mistake Of ~selecting too many varie-
ties. It ID far better anG moro "a tits.
factory to select two OF three hardy
standard varieties. fall or winter. al
the case may be, and pass up the JOB
OF using several acres ~ an expert
mental plot for thirty or forty varie
ties that the nurseryman may urgs
upon you. Perhaps the wisdom OF
having but two or three varieties ID
not fully realized until the trees come
into bearing AMI one has the market
Ing OF the fruit to attend TO. witt
many varieties and ~ many seasons
Of ripening there ID much delay and
putter work in picking and disposina
Of the fruit. while the prices one car
get for little dabs are not 20 satisfac
tory ~ for good sized consignmsnn Of
but two OF three ~varietiea
Geld StosaGs EggD.
The egxs stored In this country las,
1ear amounted 10 liz, 1871 $40 dozen, n
which 33.75o.0OO dozen were stored n
Chicago. These storage egys sold a
IN average Of 18A cents q dozen, 4
little les than raj paid for them
Under normal conditions they would
have sold for 10 cents 4 dozen. While
In storage eggs are kept 1t q tenn.
perature s'ightiy above the f~reezin,
point, they are never allowed to freeze
except when stored In bulk In tin cans
Eggs are phced In cold storage In
ApFfl and May and begin to entsr til
0artat In September.
The Hes ~ . DosGDevoo.
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