Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-08-12

Sow cover crop in the orchard
after the last cultivation.
Dry and clean stalls should be pro-
vided for the calves.
Grain ration every day for the grow.
ing lambs. That means early market
ing day and cheap mutton.
The good idea is worth sticking to-
but be sure 1t Is good one before
risking too much upon it.
The crop of flies on the farm can be
reduced considerably if the manure is
kept cleaned up.
Better for the horses to be out in
the pasture at night than in the hot
stable.
Manure put on the soil in big chunks
Is not readily Incorporated with the
soil and may do more harm than
good.
A mixture of salt, copperas, lime and
ashes is god for the hogs and should
be placed where they can have access
to it at all times.
One way of cultivating the orchard
is to fence them and then turn in the
hogs, and after they have cleaned
things up pillow and cultivate.
If there is no pasture for the ram
provide paddock in which he can ex-
ercise. 1t is shortsighted policy
which would keep him shut in the
barn these days.
The rainy days are godsends to the
farmer not only because of the grow
ing crops but because it affords him
time for repairs and inside work which
he would otherwise neglect.
price why should not milk go up also?
There is not enough margin of profit
| for the farmer under the present scale
of prices.
Does every COW in your herd re-
turn you profit? you cannot know
unless you have tested the milk and
keep record of the yield. Use the
scales and the Babcock tester. 1t is
the only way
If by careless handling q piece of
farm machinery lasts you only five
years when it might have been made
to do good service for eight years or
| perhaps ten years, see what loss
your carelessness has cost you.
On the bare places in the
meadow scatter liberal sup
ply of timothy and perhaps
a sprinkling of clover on the top
of the ground. A good time to do this
is when the earth is moist after a
storm or when storm seems to be
coming on. This will make the soil
open and ready to receive the seed,
thus making more probable good
catch.
In discussing the feeding of cows,
Ex-Gov Hoard of Wisconsin declares
that when the American farmers wife,
few years hence hands her husband
the shopping list there will appear the
following: Chocolates for daughter
Susan, taffy for little Bill, and a gal
Ion of molasses for the COW! Cows
like sweets" he said. / feed my
herd a regular ration of molasses ev-
cry day, and find that they thrive on
it. 1t makes their flesh fat and their
skins glossy. 1t gives Zest to their
appetities and helps their digestion
1t increases the quality and improves
the quality of their milk, for it puts
the COW in a good humor, and good
humored cow is the best mixer"
Wheat and oat straw have value
of about six dollars per ton for feed
and four dollars a ton for bedding il
handled right. Much straw is wasted
from careless ricking. If possible put
all the straw in one large rick close
to the barn. The straw should be
thoroughly tramped down, keeping the
middle full. When the grain is
threshed by large steampower there
should be three men at least on the
rick to properly place the straw as il
comes from the carrier A large, high
rick, well put up, and after it settles
nicely topped off and wired down
will shed rain perfectly.
Paralysis in swine most often fol
lows overlooking of rich heterogeneous
foods to animals that are closely con
fined. Pigs do best when allowed q
considerable range and not fed toe
highly. AS this affection involves the
spinal cord, it is not only liable tt
prove fatal, but is not, as a rule, sat
isfactorily treated. First, remove the
cause. Cut down feed and allow plenty
of range, and If not fed too literally
they will forage about and get exer
else. Young pigs only partially para
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