The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
FARM N GARDEN.
Notes and Comments on Various Topics Of
General Interest to the Husbandman.

n the trimmings of the previous year
e crop, cut into pieces of four to 81
inches in length. The land should b
o well worked before planting, whic.
has to be done early in spring. Il
4 field culture the sets are planted il
> rows about three feet apart ant
eighteen inches in the rows. TIT
4 planting is done by simply making
r hole with Il pointed stick, dropping
the set SO that it is about three inche!
below the surface, and then pressing
I it firmly with the foot. During th,
l first month or two the ground has tt
be kept well cultivated and clean
later the leaves cover the entire
ground so as to make cultivation use.
less or unnecessary.
A correspondent of the Country
. Gentleman has this to say about oil
meal for calves. Take old process oil
meal and pour hot water over it, and
let it soak from one feeding to another,
and heat before feeding. Ihave found
dry oil meal do calves but little good.
Their stomacEs are toe weak. Feed
from n tablespoonful to half pint
per calf, with milk, dishwater, &c.
Get them to eat whole'oats. if you can,
in addition to other feed, always being
careful not to overfeed. Many young
calves are ruined by overlooking.
Calves, to do the best. ought always
to have access to good, pure water, to
drink, as milk will not quench thirst.
Some dairymen took to feeding cot
tonseed meal to calves several years
ago. with bad results, owing perhaps,
to their not giving them plenty of
water.
At this season calves are likely to
suffer with scours. The affection
stunts the animal, weakens it, and
may prove fatal. 1t is induced mostly
by a change in the milk-from fresh
to skimmed-or by putting on pasture
before the grass is sufficiently mature.
A good remedy is phosphate of lime,
six ounces; powdered ginger, three
ounces; charcoal, four ounces; golden
seal, two ounces; bayberry bark, one
ounce; mix and divide the mass into
twenty parts and mix one of them in
oatmeal Cruel and give night and
morning. If the calves are quite
young once a day will do.
The preparation CT r%ennet, to insure
a perfect article, begins with the treat
ment and care of the calf. Everything
TO promote the character of a healthy
animal, not pampered and not cloved,
should be adopted. On the other
hand, starvation will be as objection
able as overlooking. The animal
should in no case be slaughtered until
is clear that it is a healthy. vigorous
one, and this may be determined usu-
ally soon after birth.
Though sunf1ower seed is good for
many purposes, these flowers can not
be grown profitably except on verv
rich soil. They are especially exhaus-
tive of potash, which, however, is
retained in the woody stalks,
which should be burned and the ashes
'eturned to the soil. The Russian is {
he most heavily yielding variety. i
If feeding for eggs give oats, fine I
.niddlings. scalded. but not too thin. I
potatoes and an occasional feed {
# meal. If it is desired to fatten t
owls, give corn at night and soft feed |
n the morning, and keep them close q
Y confined from ten to fifteen days. I
kept longer confined they will be- E
in to loose flesh. +
decomposition commences in milk, Il
allowed to retain its natural heat, a
Don after it is drawn from the COW. d
'ecause the night is cool it does not "
bviate the necessity of cooling the o
lilk that is to be delivered at the =
lctory the next morning. 1t should p
$50 be well aired, since contact with p"
If removes the animal odor. II
A farmer SAYS that after twenty-five ~
ears experience in raising pears for =,
arket he has come to the conclusion "
lat if he were about to plant an Or o.
lard and could get dwarf pear for a.
while at the same time he y,
Id to pay $500 a thousand for stand VI
'ds, he would not hesitate a moment '"
taking the latter. ~
Give to the COWS none but the best th
ID purest food. With no other stock 10,
this so essential, for the reason that II
has been. fully demonstrated by io
mpetent authority that milk is a If
ry prolific source of transmitting fo,
'ease germ from impure food, and rio
oecially from impure water. if
not neglect your dry cows just we
fore calving time, rs it is then that in.
need especial attention and care. as
ey should be well and iudiciously LIE
so as to keep them in good condi- ste
n, for when poor and thin in flesh sla
~ can not digest as much food and ly,
Il not be strong and thrifty. no,
t would pay all farmers who have ant
Y considerable number of cattle to ito
nter, to get a small engine or horse bes
ver, and cut up all the good corn the
lks in short pieces, half an i ch or the
) in length, as this will induce the set
mails to eat it all up clean instead lea
rejecting the large stalks. he
he sweet potato is one of the most GRO
liable crops grown. In addition 10
being a favorite on the table it I'll
kes excellent food for stock. Hogs CIR
very quickly on cooked sweet tut
atoes, which are a cheap article of litf
considering 800 bushels per acre pla.
OF an unusual yield. and
may be made very useful by siee
cling them around plants and trees Nc NC
mulch. Thus used under trees, col
evergreens, they are very VIII
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