Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-07-07
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to tie Interests Of Farmers
and Stockmen.

Too much corn or cornmeal causes
hicken cholera. u
Linseed meal should not be fed 70
cry young pigs except in small guam
ities, and not very often, rs it is too "
i. uch of l. tive for them.
To prevent the formation Of long g
ap roots and get large number OF
mail roots on plants raised in boxes
use q shallow seed bed, not over two
nches Of loam in the boxes. This 0
iries Out quickly, and care should be
taken to keep it moist. c
There 10 more gain, in proportion TO
it, feed, during the first year Of any
life than there is any time
after. Acting on this hint, calves pre-
destined for the butcher including all
grade males, may be we'll fed until
they are year old, and then turned
{ fl for beef. If killed thus early, the
male should not be castrated. |,
The utility of windmills on the
farm is nj " very generally recognized
. d they are seen dotting hundreds OF
farms where five yeers ago none were
to be found. A Western farmer
writes that with his windmill he grinds
all kinds Of feed, makes good article
Of corn-meal and graham -four, shells
corn, runs feed-cutter and 29-inch
wood saw.
When the farmers are advised to
give warm water to stock, it should al
ways be understood that il above
blood heat it should have fed of some
kind stirred in it to make it palatable
bran or corn meal will do. II given
to them clear it should be, for the
best results, only little warmer than
spring water, the icy chill entirely re-
moved.
1t certainly does not pay to keep
low grade OF sheep and then let them
take care of themselves. The small
amount OF wool secured, rs well as the
poor quality, is such that no margin OF
profit will be left to the farmer over
and above the cost. Even with poor
sheep much better growth of wool
can be secured if they be reasonably
we'll cared for than if they be left to
them selves.
The very best time we believe 0
max, plant cuttings of grape vine
canes is Just as soon as frost destroys
the leaves. Make two-joint cuttings,
leaving an inch Of W ,od beyond each.
Pl mt these at an angle OF 80 deg. in
mellow soil, foot apart. Firm the
80 ], espe tally about the lower joints
and then cover three inches deep after
the first freeze with straw or litter.
Ten tons of superior Texas cotton
seed were shipped from Galveston
: Tex consigned to the German East
:, African Colonization Society, Zanzi
! bar, Africa. An experienced planter
accompa I'd the seed for the purpose
Of instructing the natives of Zanzibar
), i, the cultivation of the cotton plant
!, rllis event marks the introduction o
:, cotton ON the east coast of Africa.
A method for protecting tree
Q against rabbits and ground mice
n prac,iced by Missouri farmers and in
Is dorsed by the Missouri State Horti
n cultural Society, consists in covering
II the trunk of the tree around witt
is wire cloth. II this be inserted al
ls inch or two into the ground, it
IT claimed that it proves an equal pre-
e:tion to ground mice, which ofte
r girdle trees at and below the surfac
oi during the winter.
- Experiments in pig feeding, inst
= tuted under the D.nish Agriculture
is Society, go to show that skimme
~ milk has double the feeding value ,
~ buttermilk that rye and barley al
y of about equal value, with sligf
. percentage in favor Of rye, and ths
y, six pounds of SKINNED milk have til
~ same feeding value as one pound ,
u rye or barley, and twelve pounds ,
buttermilk are required to obtain th
!. = same result Of feeding value.
To There is no popular craze just no
~ for growing sunhowers. 1t is quite i
90 90 well, since the old-fashioned reason
40 for planting them are as strong 1
70, they ever were. They made exceller
in winter food for hens, apd if protecte
20 while y oung, the sunfower will RAJ
ce idly tower up and make . splend
ty shade for them in hot weather, in Il
m yard where fowls run. The plant is
m gross feeder. and even the henyard
10. scarcely too rich for it.
Twenty years ago the value of fru
he imported to Great Britain was give
ls at about SIS 100000 from al poin,
er, Now it has increased to $37 ,OO0,O 90
M OF the apIl.s from North Americ
m one-third reach British ports fro
At Canada. Judging by the quaint
ys shipped, the yellow Bellefieur must
he immensely gown for American e
nd port, while ths Baldwin also reach
ed Britain in immense numbers. II
ov- Newtown Pippin brings the highe
ry price.
an The old. fashioned open ditch is
ne u climate an ex ,ensive nuisant
the Every spring it is partly filed wi
sediment, leaves OF X es and g.
>. washed down from its banks. The
!" is, beside. a waste OF time in plowir
-. = ,ultivating, and every other teamwo
y u'a n field thus divided. The soon
ne the open ditch is made into an und'
De. drain the better 1t will be for t
ie' farmers purse. II may cost at fir
81. but it will pay every way.
ge Except for beets and mangels, whi
1t thrive in hot weather, no heating n
ith nure should be nssd for root CO
m. Turnips, carrots and parsnips are
The ter manured the year before with g
ian BILE manure and some mineral fert
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