Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-12-16
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The well fed pullet is an early layer.
Between two fields-keep the fence
clean.
The dirty egg is sign of ill-kept
poultry yards and houses.
Good feed and good care at this
time makes the winter layers.
A horse suffers just as much from
boiling his food as does a man.
Plant a good bed of iris next spring
II you have not attended to it this
fall.
Pay more attention TO the condition
OF your soil and spraying and less to
pruning.
1t is hard matter to overfeed the
pullets at this time for the extra nu-
triton is put into eggs.
There is no stock on the farm yield
ing better returns in proportion to
the food consumed than hens.
1t does not pay to plant crops in the
peach orchard. Some people do it but
we believe it is bad practice.
The farmer who turns off a good
bunch of hogs each year can always
get credit at the bank if he wants it.
Plenty OF grit. ground shell, char
coal ano good water should be at the
disposal OF the poultry at all times.
Present deeds are the best explana-
tons of past deeds. Time spent in
explanations is generally time mis-
spent.
Good strong seed put into fine but
firm seed bed, with all weeds elimin-
ated, are the factors that insure good
yields.
If you have no sorgum seed of your
own, make an effort to obtain load
of some one who has grown a patch
for molasses
The dairy should have the very best
equipment possible, but the first ap-
pliance to pure milk production is
common sense cleanliness.
Poultry may often with advantage
be kept in the orchard. This makes it
possible to engage in poultry keeping
on a considerable scale without any
cost for land.
Owing to the high prices of poul-
try it looks as though it will be neces-
sary to put combination lock with
a shotgun attachment on the hen
house door this fall
Those who we're anxious to get out
of hog raising a couple of years ago
are now knocking at the door to get
in again. Hog raising, like everything
else, has it's ups and downs.
Nature never made a greater mis-
take than when she deposited sand on
the surface of certain farms instead
of placing it down ten or Is feet SO
that it would be out of the way.
A load of sharp sand, or small grav-
ell would be a good investment, and
should be obtained before too late; al
so a pile of crockery for grit, either
broken into bits now, or else stored to
be broken as needed.
Pure water is essential for the cows
health and for the purity of the milk
Filthy or stagnant water Is filled with
disease germs destructive to the
health of the COW. About IS per cent.
of the milk is water. How necessary
then that the cow have good, clean
water in abundance.
Many farmers are Indifferent about
their seed corn. They think they are
particular, but they have never studied
the subject thoroughly enough to get
right down to bottom principles. The
difference between an ordinary stand
Of corn and the best possible stand is
very great. There is no great diff
Guilty In the way of selecting good
seed corn. Intelligence and care are
all that is necessary.
A firm in Ohio has invented a new
kind of pillow that will stir the soil to
q depth Of IL or is inches without
using any more power than is re-
quired to run an ordinary 16-inch plow
six or seven inches deep. This firm
claims that they have principle in
VOWED in the construction OF their
''tilling" machine. which makes it pos
sible to absolutely guarantee that this
can be done. II such is the case
there ought to be . broad outlet for
this implement. because farmers gen.
orally are coming t. believe that It
pays to stir the land 10 . good depth,
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