Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-18

stock. In Cho.eau County Charles
Adams was compelled TO fly from th'
beasts the other night, when they ue
stroyed eighty of his thorough-oreo
bucks. One hundred and fifty sheer
were killed in one flock, and alsc
thirty colts belonging to another
ranchman. The wolves also attach
travellers.
If COWS are fed liberal ration cl
palatable, nutritious ground feed nlgh'
and morning they require no driving
No dog or boy is necessary to chase
the fields over to persuade them, but
about milking time they are ready &c
walk from pasture to barn quietly
and the pals will be fuller as there
has been no excitement. Keep COWS
quiet and they give better returns
Thus a saving of labor and patience
pays in part for grain fed.
Will it pay to cut rough forage for
stock? To cut it involves the utlllza-
ton of parts which the animal would
otherwise reject, but when cut will be
swallowed without hesitation, and
nourish the animal just as much as
any part of the forage. 1t has been
found that to cut evergreen sugar corn
makes gain OF 10 per cent. in feed
ing value. but to cut the ordinary dried
COZ n-stalk adds 80 to 40 per cent. The
standard Of value is the result i'll
butter.
Economy with the corn crop means
that the fodder should be stored under
cover and not left standing in the
fields, as is often practiced. Good fod-
der is valuable and highly relished by
all classes of stock, but it can be in
iured by exposure as easily as hay.
No matter how much care is taken
the shocks will pillow over in iater, by
which means a large share of fodder
is ruined by being on the ground. If
cattle are turned in on it they will
trample a portion also. The barn is
the proper place for it.
Considerable of success on the part
Of farmers depends upon keeping a
close eye to the market. The first of
any new crop will almost always COM
mand high price, and soon after,
when there is rush for the market,
prices rapidly decline. Unless one
can be among the first it is better to
hold until the prices have passed the
last stage and come back to q more
normal condition. 1t is the forcing
of the market that brings low prices,
and for that reason a close watch
should be kept of the reputed supply
and demand.
AS the cold increases with approach
to winter, farmers should bear in mind
that an increased amount of food or
material is required to maintain bodily
heat; and if animals are only able to
procure maintenance rations, the in
creased heat required to maintain a
normal heat of the body must be gen
Grated from consumption Of ele.
ments of heat that have been accumu
lated in the shape of fat and tissue.
How much better to furnish the re-
CURED heat by means of protection
from the cold by shelter that the .eby
saves any waste of accumulated fa,
which may be continually held against
severe emergencies.
The nending OF the fences and re-
pairing of the bitches and drains are
usually laid aside, along with cutting
the supply of wood, for winter employ,
ment; but though this has been the
custom in the past, yet 1t is doubtful
II such work can be economically done
IN winter. Digging post-h holes when
the ground is frozen, and hauling
wood over rough roads, or being caught
with load IN snow storm, are more
laborious than doing the work in the
TALL, when the materials for building
can be more easily procured and the
work one in a shorter time. All the
outdoor work should be done before
me winter comes on. The winter will
give ample employment with inside
work. Manure making and stock
Ieedlng are jobs for winter, and much
d The grain Can be thrashed and
cleaned later on. If any of the work
20 90 done Is to be postponed let it be
'uch as can be done under shelter
All land intended for spring seed
ng should be plowed in the fall not
'nly Tor the purpose of avoiding the
hurry OF work in the spring but also
o assist in getting the land in better
condition. There is no surer remedy
OF destroying cutworms in the soil
nan fall blowing, which opens the
oil to frost, thereby not only destroy.
ng the worms and other insects hit
ESQ assisting to pulverize the soil bv
llernate freezing and thawing, the
expansion and contraction CAUSING all
jumps and clods to fall to nieces
y mere the soil is well drained M
lowing, : will be necessary in the spring
the ground be we'll broken late ;n
ne IAN 1t the outside work can be
one before winter the spring will
pen with the heaviest portion Of the
'orK done, leaving only such as can.
'ot Do done at any other season ex.
ept in spring. "'on tx
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