The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-10
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manure pile.
Good sheep require good care t.
= maintain their excellence, or they vii
soon d~eteriorate.
[ Michigan allows to each farmer who
uses wide tires on his wagon a rebate
on his taxes.
Good corn fodder is an excellent
sheep feed. 1t is ~loosening, cooling
and relieves constipation.
At Seattle, Washington Territory,
eggs often sell for a dollar a dozen,
and are rarely less than fifty cents.
Early lambs are considered by many
sheepmen the most profitable source
of income from their hocks.
Do not forget the great value of the
wood ashes. They are valuable in the
orchard, in the garden, and in tho
fields.
The patent on driven wells that has
given farmers so much trouble expired
by limitation on the Nth of last JAN
uary.
In Berks county. Pa, apples sold
last season for ten cents per bushel. A
three acre orchard yielded 800 bushels
of fine fruit.
What the wool growers need is less
grumbling and more united action in
seeking legislative redress. says the
National Stockmdn.
A writer in an exchange says: Tell
your readers to feed grain, if they have
to sell half their sheep to pay for grain
for the other half.
The most profitable sheep is the one
that will produce an eight or nine
pound fleece from ITO to 125 pound
carcass, an exchange says.
By the wool clip and the lamb crop,
says the Record, every well bred flock
of sheep in Colorado has paid twenty
per cent on the capital invested in it.
Nothing is gained by selecting
grape vines more than two years old.
Older vines suffer more by being
transplanted, and will fruit no earlier.
The fecundity and excellent nursing
qualities of the Merino ewes give
them the first place in breeding for
early lambs, says the National Stock
q
The wool business is not likely to
be overdone in this country, as we do
not supply our demands, and the
market will increase as rapidly as the
supply.
An Indiana farmer banished Stops
from the pig pen and gave his swine
clear, pure water instead. He never
had such firm, solid meat to put up
before, he says.
In pruning, it is we'll to cover the
wounds with oil or white lead or
grating wax or shellac. Even the
part Of small branches had better
be so treated.
1t seems that the seed of sorghum
may be made to yield a fine quality of
glucose which, sweetened with ane
juice is superior, in appearance at
least, to cane syrup.
1t is said that eggs from mature
hens are much better for Matching
purposes than those from young ones.
as a larger proportion of them are
likely to prove fertile.
Prepare to give your melons a south
to southwestern exposure, and, if
possible, a light, sandy rich soil. You
cannot raise melons in heavy land ex-
posed to the north and east winds.
1t has been proven by actual exper-
that beets or turnips can be rails
ID, lifted and stored for six cents per
AT this cost they certainly
re a profitable food for sheep.
Kale should be sown in rich ground.
'ow the seeds in seed beds in April.
he plants will be ready to transplant
q June, and should be treated Just
be same as cabbages. They are
ardy.
Never feed much corr to young |
orses. 1t only supplies heat and fat. |
no wing stock needs bone and muscle !
orming foods. Many a colt has been
ljured for life by getting too much
Egg plants are just abou; as tender
5 tomato plants. Seed should be
iarted in frames or in the house, so
lat the plants may be in the open
round about tho middle or latter
art of May.
Chambers appear to have a strong
among the horses of Illinois.
+. Paaren, state e~terinarian, recent
had six head killed which were suf-
ring from the disease. Stamping it
is the only remedy, as it is utterly
durable. n
Nature adapts vegetation to soils, n
1T soils to vegetation. OF course
ere is great adaptive power in plants.
any varieties have a wide range of
innate and soil, but the principle stat
is n of great practical impor-
nee.
The leek is very handy. Sow seeds
April in seed beds in drills one foot
When six inches high, trans
ant. They should be set deep so IS
at the soil may blanch them Or if
t on the surface the soil should be
led up about them. Large flag win
large Rouen winter and Carenten n,
inter- are the best kinds. Ill
From this time poultry should be
culled, and all that do not
wv particular merit and evidence Of
and vigor disposed of. Many
MS are non-layers and do not pay for
cir keep. Such hens are readily dis
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