The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-07

A marked feature of the meat imports
into Great Britain during 1884 is the
decrease in all sailed meats, except
hams, and in the quantity of preserved
Ctinned) meats also, partly on account
of exaggerated reports of bad effects
that have resulted from consuming them
in few instances. On the other hand,
the fresh m eat receipts have largely in
creased, especially those of mutton,
chiefly foreign mutton from New Tea
land and Australia.
The culture to fax is quite easy, and
this crop will grow upon almost any
soil, although low, moist, vegetable
soil is the best for it. It will not yield
well in poor land; good sod plowed in
is the best for it. Half bushel of seed
is used per acre; it is sown in the Spring
on well-plowed land at the time when
oats are sown. Some farmers mix it
with oats and thrash the grain together
feed for horses, colts, and calves.
The feed required to fatten a sheep
should be rich; rye, oats, wheat, and
buckwheat are better for making flesh
than for fat. Corn is the best fatten-
ing food, and small quantity of cotton
seed meal with the cJrn would hasten
the fattening. The food for 3-year-
old sheep should be daily two quarts of
sliced turnips and a quart of corn, with
four ounces of cotton seed meal busted
over the turnips. This should be sup
plemented with as much good clover
hay as the animal will eat until grass
comes, when the grain food above will
be needed in addition to the grass.
The Massachusetts, Board of Cattle
Commissioners report to the Legisla-
ture mo animal disease"in that state
the past year, with exception of "dis-
temper more or less prevalent among
swine" The New-England Farmer
hopes this official utterance will set at
rest "the hog cholera scare in the Con-
necticut Valley" and adds: 1T is not
the first time, within period of a very
few months, that trivial and non conta-
gious maladies among live stock have
been magnified into dangerous and
diseases, to the great de-
friment of our animal industries both
1T home and in foreign markets."
Mr.. J. Henry Gest, who testifies for
he Jersey Cattle Club to the enormous
butter yield of Princess End, viz: 46
bs 12t ounces of sailed butter in a {
week, is willing to wager that the COW
IAN raise the record to so lbs. per week.
Pea meal is considered by Mr.. Gest as Q
he great fat producing element in .
'rincess' ration. Seven pounds of but c
er were made from the last days milk
ng. One pound of butter to six pounds G
three quarts of milkl Dairymen y
lay we'll be skeptical about the accur- !
cy of these figures, but the ties. seems Z
, have been fair one.
Dogs were made personal property b
Minnesota by an act of the state b
gislature. The law reads as follows:
Sc it enacted by the Legislature of
Q State of Minnesota: Section L.
l dogs owned or kept by any person m
domestic or personal use, or for ar
easure, are hereby declared to be an
rsonal property within the purview
d meaning of the criminal laws OF he
is State relating to larceny and mali
us mischief or injury, shall be con- ">
ued to embrace and apply to said SD
mails. Sec. 2. This act shall take
ect and be in force from and after ita W,
ssage." co