Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-16
AGRICULTURAL.
DEVOTED 70 THE INTERESTS OF FARMERS
AND STocKMEN.

Sylvanil, Gi., has Stalk vi va"
ten feet high, and which contains
seven well-developed shoots, SIX OF
which have put out silks.
More improvement in the farm and
draft horses of this country has been
made in the past FIVE years than were
made in the ten proceeding years.
Next to a sure and certain provision
for the great beyond, the health OF
the farmer and that of his household
should be his first concern. Often
times he makes it his last concern.
Mr.. ]. S. Woodward says he has
been successful in curing the black
knot of plum trees in its early stage
by the use of turpentine. He cuts OFT
the knot and applies the turpentine.
The damage done to fruit trees by
rabbits, borers and insects, may be
prevented by apply ing pine tar to the
bodies of the trees. Warm the tar
and apply with brush.
No farmer can continue raising
scrub stock. Between twenty years
of farming with scrub stock, and
twerty years OF farming with inn
proved stock, there will be difference
in profits equal to the price of fine
farm.
The union between scion and stock
takes place by the inner bark, and not
by the cut surface OF the wood con-
sequently the skill of the CRATER is
exercised to bring the inner bark of
the scion in close contract with the
inner bark of the stock.
On all the fields where the mowers
are to be used the advantage of the
} land having been previously rolled
will be noticeable. Fields that have
, been rolled can be moved easier, and
the work done more completely than
where the land is rough.
The carcass of every animal that
dies of disease should be burned.
Only by this proce can the virus
and germs be annihilated, and the
, spread of the disease be prevented
This is especially true of animals
dying OF diseases known to be contag
ious.
President Chamberlain, of the lows
e Agricultural College, does not believe
( in permanent pastures, preferring
q regular rotation Of crops, with Glove
i and timothy meadow for two years o
the rotation. The land, under rota
ton, is in better heart, and you ge
more grass, relatively.
T The more the cabbage plants ar
e hoed the better they will thrive. Tn
Is cabbage is plant that succeeds bes
= when given clean cultivation an,
plenty OF manure, as it is a gras
feeder. During dry seasons the loos
earth around the plants assist in re
tanning moisture.
The sour currants are sure to b.
l. plagued with the currant worm. Loo
% Tor them. A little hellebore busted o.
o the leaves Is an efficient protection
l. The worm never gets a second taste {
n TINS insect destroyer. Apply it earl
y In the morning, while dew is ON tb
h leaves of the bushes.
- The pineapple season is now at ii
height. New York merchants are re
IA ceivlng about ten thousand barrels
a week. The barrels contain ,went,
d i've TO thirty extra large "pines"
+ lorty to sixty small ones. The seaso
=. lasts from April until August, an
40 about five million pineapples are in
- ported each year.
IF An oblong form is better than
a. square one for the home garden. Seet
Is sown or planted in rows instead
O. little beds simplifies the whole matte
N ana admits OF the use of the blow an
O. cultlvator instead of the spade, tn
he noe and the rake, and makes its en-
ID ovation pleasure instesd of
ut dreaded task.
id
T. A o. ii mmond, secret ry of til
is Illinois Horticultural Society, SAYS b
1T sprayed his orchard of 300 trees wit
IN Tendon purple and gathered 80
a bushels OF apples, IS per cent
ID winch were marketable and nearly T
lie per cent. perfect. From the sam
ID number OF unsprayed trees in an 81,
le joining orchard he did not gather
le peck OF perfect fruit.
a IL does not take long to patch u
a and save tree that has been oor
- pletely girdled with mice. Take so
40 eral slips of last years growth of II
- eequlred length, shtve each of II
-. ehos 10 a fne point, and insert q,
u above and the other below in the Ii
d ing bark. A union will be forr,f
le and the scared place will, after a fe
10 years, be grown over. While ne
s. ozark Is berg formed on the gratis II
Ve sIdie place should be covered viii
en- soil TO exclude air 1t is well TO ~
NJ Chese whip gratis wherever a lare
ed patch has been eatan ont