The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-04-24

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In 1850 the city Of Philadelphia
maintained a town bull"
The permanent prosperity Of all cour
tries depends mainly upon the system
OF agriculture pursued.
A good formula for making grating
wax Is: Resin 4 parts by weight
bssswaA ? parts: iallew 1 part
. >u.re ~e1...ng i.Gsr .so,rnus Il
about right for farm work. II is not
| advisable to have him heavier.
Ii seems the sees!less apple Is a fall
ure. Horticulturists claim 1t Is only
a novelty. and canuot be recommend
led
The Census Bureau estimates that
there We're 100000 animals siaugh-
tered at the various stock yards In the
United States last year.
The milk bringing better prices Is
all the more reason why you should
weed out the poor cows aud Increase
the margin Of your profits
In very many Instances poor results
on the farm are due more to farming
methods. or rather to the lack of them.
than anything else.
Throw out the stalks OF corn that
have fungus growths on the ear. Then
burn them. These fungus-growth stalks
should never be found with corn stalk
shocks.
Don't place any dependence on the
free government seeds sent out by the
congressman. The best seeds are none
too good. Procure the catalogues OF
reliable seedsmen and order from
them.
The total clip OF wool ia the United
States for 1907 was 29S. aoo4. 40 pounds,
including the washed and unwashed
product. or the total output there
were 13o,35o.11S pounds OF secured
wool, valued mt STS.2G3. iG5.
The Importance OF coed feet on
horses is an old story. However. from
the way people disregard the need OF
giving proper care to this matter In the
colt, as well as the mature horse, II
calls for constant r~eiteration-
There Is 10 better place TO cart the
ashes than the cabbage plot. They
should never be used on the potato
patch, for the reason that the lime in
the ashes is apt TO assist In the pro-
duction of scab on the tubers.
One set OF people seem TO be too lazy
to breathe. while others are so busy
with their business affairs that they
forget that they have a body and a
soul to care for. Between the two
there Is room for a very happy me-
dunn.
A South Dakota farmer recently
traded for a herd OF Shetland ponies
what Is supposed to BIZ one OF the
largest horses In the world. The ami.
NAL In qaestion stands eighty-one
inches high and weighs nearly 1900
pounds.
tuberculosis germs die hard. Ac-
cording to scientists they may live for
six months In dry. dead material
Nothing short OF ten or fifteen hours
OF sunlight o an hour In boiling wa
ter will give them a case OF pneumonia,
while freezing seems to be invigorat.
ting.
IL the failure to get a start In clover
Ii due to the same causes as with al
falfa. 1t is quite likely that in a good
many cases insufficient seed ls sown IA
give a proper stand. Especially IL this
tho case where no nurse crop Is sown
and where. II the clover plants do no,
get a good start OF the weeds, the
weeds will swamp the clover and
smother 1t out. True. clover seed ID
expensive, but this furnishes addition.
al reason why. IL Ii Is worth while
sowing the crop mt all. enough should
be sown to produce q satisfactory
'stand.
Effect Of Mother ON Chick.
Prof. Gowell OF the Maine AgricuI.
tural College II one Of our most able
experimenters. and his methods could
BE- followed with advantage by oil
poultry men. In addressing a recent
gathering Of poultry men he said:
THE constitution that you find In q
chick comes from the treatment the
mother hen has. Constitution ia some.
thing that II born with the animal,
and you cannot get II into the animal
after II Il born. It comes from in.