Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-10
AGRICULTURAL.

rom the tree peddler deserves to be
cheated.
Some families Of Jerseys are No better
than "scrubs," and poor Jersey bull in
4 neighborhood will spoil the reputation
If the breed.
Dakota farmers are growing flax for
fuel this summer. 1t is said a ton of
OAK straw is worth more TO burn than a
on of soft coal.
1t is remarked that "the various de-
ails and processes in dairying may be
compared to "a chain which is no stronger
han the weakest link"
The cultivation of any crop that will
completely shade the land, such ss caD-
age, squash, corn fodder sown thick,
will kill every root of witch grass i'll one
jeason.
Counterfeit butter il rned out of all
The public institutions 81 Paris by the
authorities, it having lten found not to
satisfactorily fill tie place OF butter with
The sick.
Small chickens should never be kept
Dr. fed with old ones; thew are apt to be
injured. Have two or three wards and
separate them according to size and
trength.
Clean out all the rose bushes by tax
ng away the old wood and then orien-
ng the stronger shoots one-third The
growth and appearance will be greatly
improved thereby.
Young chickens need aim food.
When it fails to do them good it is in
consequence OF the common fault Of
overlooking. They cannot bear large
fations of rich food.
Early gardening lengthens the grow
ing season and permits at times OF two
crops on the same land, as turnps may
follow peas, and time is thereby gained
Tor putting in late crops.
Do not plant the stumps of cabbage to
grow seed from. You may thereby get
cabbage seed that cost nothing, but like
most other things got without expense il
will be worth even less than it costs.
England buys $40 ,252 1884 out of the
SIC, SO5 1874 worth of bacon we export; OF
hams, 81, 400 $3.50 worth out of the SO ,231t
800; nearly half OF the So, 462 ,53S OF pork
and about one-third of our surplus lard
Hybrid perpetual roses should be well
pruned back and. old or weak shoots
should be cut out entirely. The strons
shoots should not be left longer thar
three or four buds or joints from the
base.
Cows which give most and richest mill
need most careful feeding, and excessive
stimulation of milk glands causes garget
and often milk fever. Many valuable
Jersey cow has been destroyed by trying
to force an unnatural butter yield.
Vegetable and animal lives in no way
differ in principle; there is a perfect
analogy between the two. All plants pos.
sess real life-they eat, drink, feel, sleep,
breathe and secrete-in short, perform
all the functions of supply, repair, de-
velopment and reproduction.
When more or less moss is seen on
fruit trees it may be taken as evidence OF
lack OF thrift in the trees. Flourishing
growing trees should not carry this mark
OF decay. AS remedy, and to stimu-
late vitality, it is recommended to scrape
off the moss and wash the bark with
weak lye.
The best varieties of lettuce for sum.
mer use ore the yellow butter and the
white summer cabbage. In a deep,
well-enriched soil they stand the heat
well and remain for a long time in con-
dition for use. These varieties form
large heads, and on this account are OBJ
jectionable to some persons.
English farmers first learned the bene-
fetal effects of phosphate on turnips. 1t
is equally good for cabbage either in seed
bed or after transplanting. For cabbage
it has specific effect in preventing the
disease called club root, which is apt to
prevail where cabbages are grown more
than one year on the same land.
Profit in farming consists in devotine
most of your land to grass and stock in
making large quantities of manure, and
applying it to a small portion of cult
waited land, giving high cultivation. In
this way more grain, roots, &C., will be
raised one year with another than can be
raised on the whole farm by the usual
skimming and half cultivating process
Here is success in a nutshell. You
.arm and pocket will grow fat; no mis-
AXE about it.
Insects in the hen house increase very
.apidly during the hot days in summer
When hen spends much of her time
.rs, she is afflicted with parasites, and
needs immediate attention. Lime wash
md kerosene are the two cheapest and
most reliable insecticides for use in the
1en house. They should be used liber
lilly. For setting hens Persian insect
powder, sprinkled among the feathers
Ind in the nest. is safer than oil, lard oil
sulphur. 1t is also used for laying hens
+ applied after they have gone to roost
the evening