Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-02-24
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Parsnips improve by freezing.

from cold weather.
Even in the winter you can keep
the farm looking neat.
The corn grader helps the crop by
culling out the weak kernels.
The manure shed is one of the most
valuable buildings on the farm.
Milk is a great poultry feed. That's
why the dairy hen is such a profitable
one.
When fattening fowls in confine-
ment see that they have plenty of
gravel
Sixty-nine entirely new varieties Of
roses were shown at recent French
exhibition.
Examine your trees from the nur-
sery this coming spring and see that
they are free from crown gall.
It is of Importance that the brood
SOW be kept in vigorous, thrifty con-
dition, not too fat but full of vitality
1t Is said there is only enough
broom-corn to furnish one broom to
each housewife in America this year.
Of
and quality of the food determines
the flavor and nutritive value of the
eggs.
The Chilean government has sew
eral engineering corps In the field
studying different methods and sys-
TENS of irrigation.
BY skillful pruning peach trees may
be forced to spread out and to have
a succession of bearing wood from
close to the ground up.
The cows udder should be well
washed and dried with coarse cloth
before milking, and the mixers hands
should be washed after every COW.
Turkeys are much more clearly in
their habits than chickens and their
surroundings should always be kept
free from decayed food or filth of any
kind.
1t is admitted that growing pigs
placed on rape at about rs to the acre
will for two or three months require
only half as much grain as styled
animals.
Butter made from pasteurized sweet
cream has better keeping qualities
and remains free from Objectionable
fiavors a longer time than butter made
from sour cream.
Young trees may require stalking II
planted in windy, exposed places; but
see that the ties cannot chafe the
trunks. Bands of cloth or leather can
be arranged to prevent this.
One thing in connection with horse
breeding which cannot be too strongly
insisted upon is that If it is worth
while to breed at all 1t is worth while
to feed the young ones literally.
One reason why so many beginners
fail in the sheep business is that they
have been led to believe that sheep
can be kept with little trouble or care
and that profits nevertheless are sure
to accrue.
A good time now to haul out some
manure on to that raspberry patch. 1t
makes a good mulch for winter and
early spring. Later keeps down the
early weeds and above all adds fer
tility to the soil.
To the farmer who is willing to use
little pains and gumption there is
good money in sheep. 1t is not neces-
sarily easy money, but very satisfac-
tory returns may be obtained with
proper management.
Most folks believe that onions are
not injured by freezing, but neverthe-
less severe freezing will surely spoil
them. Light freezing won't hurt them
il they are thawed out gradually and
not handled while frozen.
The Canada thistle is a greater pest
in some sections than in others, for
the reason that 1T is better adapted to
some soils and climates than to 9th.
ers. In the latitude of Illinois it is
reasonably easy to control and IL
never serious pest.
City poultr y1len find 1t pays to buy
bones ut the meat market in order tc
feed their hens green cut bone. But
the farmers usually slaughter enough
meat in winter to make the purchase
of bones unnecessary. A good bone
/ cutter will chop up bones, gristles and
waste parts Of an animal and be cleal
J gain.