The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-21

OOV HOSSneaQS, there must have bee
1924 ships employed, equal to %
vessels per annum. During the pas
quarter of century the yield has bee
increased from about 100, 900, 90
, pounds to about $50, 00O,0 900 pounds.
The monthly report of the Kansa
State board of agriculture says: Tn
month has been exceedingly favorable
for fruit, and there will be large croE
OF all kinds, except peaches, in all por
tons OF the state having bearing trees
The counties lying along the southern
border of the state in the south cen.
trail section will have an abundant
peach crop, the promise being more
f1attering than for several seasons
past. The second tier of counties
from the south, in this section, will
have fair crop of peaches-much
larger than that of last year. Nearly
every county in the state, outside OF
the sections named, reports total
failure as to peaches, the severity of
the winter and early spring preventing
a crop. Small fruits, especially
grapes, promise to be abundant IN all
sections.
1t may not generally be known that
the English walnut is The most profit
able of all the nutbearlng trees.
When in full bearing they will yield
about 800 pounds of nuts to the tree
The nuts sell at cents per pound; or
1924 to the tree. If only twenty-seven
trees are planted on an acre, says a
Los Angeles orchardist, the income
would be $549 per acre, or, from
twenty acres, $1,000 per year. The
Los Angeles orchardist has placed the
number of trees Per acre entirely too
low. Double that number of trees can
be advantageously grown on an acre.
Experiments in ostrich-farming in
Victoria having proved successful,
Queensland farmers are recommended
to adopt the industry, for which the
climate of their colony IS peculiarly
we'll suited. The Cape government,
probably to check Australian and
Californian rivalry, have placed duty
of f100 pair on ostriches exported. |
This is very fortunate circumstance |
for the pioneers of ostrich farming in
the countries named, as it greatly in
creases the value of the birds which
they breed.
A local paper strongly advocates the
establishment of butter factories in
south Australia, on the ground that if
the present low price of wheat is to
continue the farmers must engage in
or go to the wall, and
private dairylng is too badly managed
TO be successful. Not one dairy in
fifty. 1t says, is properly constructed,
,he rudest appliances are used, and
he overworked farmers wives or
hired girls are unable to do all that
could be done with great saving of 4
abor in factory.
If you have a shrub, herbaceous
liant, or tree of any kind, that is diff '
icult to kill, but which you wish to be /
I'd of with the least amount of trouble d
nd expense, do not attempt to kill it b
y cutting off at the roots at this sea- d
on of the year, but let il alone until
q full leaf, or until near the time b
1hen it ceases growing for the. year. Il
uly, or early in August, will be il
uitable time for most trees and shrubs. 8
,hile herbaceous plants may be cut off u
lose 10 the surface when they are in b
Ill bloom. a.
A curious phenomenon is reported q
'om some of the vineyards in the \
rovince of Malaga. According. to Il
panish papers, plants attacked by the q
hylloxera and given up as practically d
cad have begun to show marked "
vmptoms of vitality due, it is bellev- 81
in the localities, to the destruction u
the insect by gases or electrical con- W
tlons consequent on the earthquakes In
that district OIL
At Charleston, S. c., there is a u
ethod of preparing tiles which it is ~
aimed renders them suitable for "
wing roadways subjected to the ot
'aviest traffic. BY this process the u
Icks or tiles are first heated in an ~
EN-, where they are covered with "
nd; when taken out they are plunged y.
to melted asphaltum, and then "
aced on racks, where the excess car 30
w from the blocks. SD
At recent sale of Holstein cattle at ~
oy. o., thirteen cows averaged Nc uo
Sc "a, twenty 2-year-olds averaged po
"a 90, fifteen 2-year- olds averaged 10
"a 30, four 2-year-old bulls averaged H.
% 25,. five 1-year-old bulls averaged ~,
80, and thirteen spring calves aver To .'
ed $177 SO. The average for the "a
'enty was 1886 so. The heifers were .a n
d privately for $1,000 a av
The largest pork-producer in Mas we
husetts is Mr.. John CUMMINGS. of mn
'burn. He has now on his place RI
90 hogs and pigs and generally kills les
90 each year. He buys all his feed. as
purchases the buttermilk of a ba,
'ton firm, who churn fresh milk am
t has not been skinned. He buys lea
stern corn and grinds it on his bee
misses. for
.ccording to New Zealand papers, stI
export cheese trade of the colony law
becoming established. One COM qui
y sent to England eight tons in mu
ruary, four in March, and the VIII
'e quantity in April, and othe, tina
lpanies have also exported cheese. con
results SO far are said to be re. exit
nerative. nee
orn that is thoroughly ripened OF coll
stalks in the field, well dried in the
sun, traced up and placed in q b
n, possesses remarkable vitality. pom
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