Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-02-03
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Give chickens pure water.
The duck seldom becomes broody.
Provide plenty of ventilation for
your hen house
On many farms a good dog is need
ed for various causes.
When alfalfa Is cut and fed green to
dairy cows its entire value is saved.
Land plaster Is soil stimulant and
while 1t increases growth at first 1t
will in1ure the SOIL
Give the hens plenty of room, plenty
OF ventilation. So shall your egg bas-
ket hold January eggs.
Many tests at feeding to increase
the butterfat in milk have shown that
some other factor is necessary than
feed
Two smaller silos are better than
one big one. They are easier to fill
and easier to feed from and the silage
keeps just as well.
The da1ryman who has a good sup
ply of forage and feed and bunch OF
good dairy cows to feed it to will strike
pay streak this winter
The best way to treat manure with
acid phosphate Is to use 1t as an alb
sorbent in the stable the same as is
advised for floats or gypsum.
Pigs, as a rule. sell for less per
pound In the market than hogs. In
the market swine under 1870 pounds
in weight are classed as pigs.
Nothing SO stimulates the entire sys-
tenn of the hog as pasturage. and 1t is
especially beneficial during the win
ter months, whenever 1t can be pro-
vided
The value of manure does not de-
pend wholly upon it's fertilizing prop
critics: 1t adds humus to the soil. 1t
is especially beneficial to gumbo and
to mucky soils.
Unless exceptionally high prices are
paid for it. milk is fully as econom-
ical source of nutrients as other ami
NAL foods, but dearer than most staple
vegetable products.
There Is every indication the specu-
lators will make big profits on the
butter they have in storage This
will have a tendency to make prices
good again next spring.
Tfllage opens up the soil to the
ameliorating influence of the air and
sun, giving the newly sown seed a
warm and invigorating bed which is
a necessity to perfect termination
The production, care and applica-
ton of manure is given the least con-
sideration of the three. in this coun-
try. caused. no doubt by the bound
less extent of virgin soil. found by
our forefathers.
Although the factor of keeping clean
both milk and cream may not appeal
to some farmers as much as 1t should.
there is one phase Of the subject that
may. That phase is cleanliness as
guard against the dissemination OF
disease by milk and cream.
While our hardest varieties of
roses may endure the evaporation of
our trying winters. they will. how
ever, come through stronger and give
better results the coming season IL
they can receive fair measure of
protection during the winter.
OF course, pigs will live and make
some growth on good clover pasture
without any grain, but this feed is al
together too bulky for profitable re-
suits, hence the desirability of feeding
a liberal grain ration while the pigs
are on pasture for a maximum profit.
Some experiments made at the
Pennsylvania experiment station show
that 1t is a mistaken view that hill
strawberries are larger and better
formed than those grown in a matted
row, providing the matted row is
narrow one. Both hills and wide mat
ted rows produced fruit somewhat in.
ferior to that from narrow matted
rows.