The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-01-23

tyerd.nr and dishonest enough 10 believe any
! body will be deceived BIZ such silly trick, as
/ the Kelly Perraul. whI,ewashing committee
/ Ii is altogether too thin Ia blind the eyes oi
any but fools.
I OuR WINTERS -That universally recog
nizrd authority. the ''olirst inhab'an,.' has
neysr before witnessed such severely cold
weather in Idaho Territory as has been expe
rcnced here duriog the present winter. The
nrrcur, has often descended 10 twenty, and even
twenty. four degrees below zero; but Ne believe
!, was never known 10 COT geal until last Friday
night AZ tina. time the mercury marked thlr-
" on, below zero in Idaho City; thirty three
in placerville. and a, Ccn.rrsille aud Pioneer
il is reported IL have congealed. which takes
place a, forty degrees below zero AZ B'isr
CITY .w-n'y-eieh' degrees below zero Is r"p"r-
led; al Horseshoe Bod twenty: and a; Faux
store thr,y--ieht degrees: these are the only
points reported on Snow n. Horseshoe Bend
i abou. twenty nches deep. - learn from
Hon r II Robb Who came up from there 4
day or ,wo ago; a. Boise City. Rrv. NJ. Lyt-
III. depth Of $40" II about = inches. Great
fear. are entertained Tor the saf,ty of stock
"a feed i far from pIrnt'fa. and unless IL"
cnd t,aiera.~< speedily. Immense numbers Of
cattle and sheep must perish. Snake river i
frozen OYER 50 tia; boats cannot cross-as least
il is az reported here-and the rail Is carried
across by men on foot The severity az this
winter whether destructive Ia stock ar not,
should teach farmers and stock rneu the neces.
si.y at being prepared for emergencies OF this
kind: for although our winters are, in the main
remarkably mild considering the locality. the
experience II last winter and this demon
s,rates the fac. that the miin-ss of our eli
mat. is rot always - BE- relied on. If farm.
ers would winter stock through with SAFETY
they mus, be provided with n least two months
feed at the beginning nf every winter Not
that il will h. necessary Ia feed" every sea.
IA the presen. NAV come. But some farmers
tell us they have not the feed and cannot pro
duce it, and il may be that good hay land is
scarce in this part Of the Territory. but We
knaw of tracts Of considerable extent. now
uard for grain and vegetable growing. which
If sown to grass would yield good crops Of hay.
which We believe would be- of more value TO
the farmer than the crops now grown. Again.
there has been In past years. immense amounts
Of straw suffered 10 60 Ia waste. which if saved
would be- eagerly consumed BY cattle and 9th
err stock during the winter months. This should
BE- carefully saved and good sheds provided, in
the construction of which it can be used, and
still be made to serve as provender when need
ed. Stock well protected from the storms will
half the feed which will be required when they
are exposed: the cold affecting them more than
hunger. Hereafter every farmer should save
mp every bit OF straw on his farm, and what
ever else his stock will Eat and live on. and if
he is SO fortunate as not to need it himself
some one else will. and it will bring him mon.
ey. As a last resort, and in case it is true that
there cannot be feed enough produced on the
Payette, Boise aud Snake river valleys for the
stock to subsist on during the Winter months,
then Long valley alone produces. annually. hay
enough to winter hundred thousand head of
cattle. Gould not some ingenious stock man
devise some means of utilizing this East natu
raj production. 1t does not seem necessary
that the country should be in danger of impov.
erishmcnt every year by the starvation If
its herds. when the best Of wild hay is pro.
dnced in inexhaustable quantities. within
hundred miles Of our doors
DEAR George" said an Indianapolis belle.
- a,E wllin. to marry ynn il we have to live
nB bread and wafer" WE'LL" responded the
enthusiastic George. "yon furnish the bread.