Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-10
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to the Interests OF Farmers
and Stockmen

Too much corn or cofniheai oa"se'
chicken cholera.
Linseed meal should not be ia 10
very young pigs except in small gu III
,ities. and not very often, Us IL Is 700
n uch of lax tive for them.
To prevent the formation OF long
n roots and get large numoer OF
small roots on plants raised II boxes
use a shallow seed bed, not over TWO
inches Ct loan in the boxes. This
dries gu quickly, and care should be
taken to k ep it moist,
There is more gain, in proportion TO
it. feed, during the first year OF any
animals life than there is any time
after. Acting on this hint, calves pre-
destined for the butcher including all
grade males, may be well fed until
they are a year old, and then turned
fl for beef. Ii killed thus early, the
male should not be castrated.
The utility of windmills on the
farm is now very generally recognized
d they are seen dotting hundreds oil
farms where five yefrs 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 flour, shells
corn, runs feeI-cuttsr and 29-incl
wood saw.
When the farmers are advised tC
give warm water to stock, it should al
WAYS be understood that ii above
blood heat it should have fed OF some
kind stirred in it to make it palatable
bran or corn meal will do. Ii giver
to them clear it should be, for the
best results, only Little warmer thar
spring water, the icy chill entirely re
moved.
1t certainly does not pay to keep
low gr..de of sheep and then let then
take care of themselves. The small
amount OF wool secured as we'll as n
poor quality, is such that no margin q
profit will be left to the farmer owe
and above the cost. Even with poo
sheep a much better growth OF woo
can be secured if they be REASONABLE
well cared for than if they be left
themselves.
The very best time we btlieve
make plant cuttings of grape vim
canes is just as 81 on as FRI st destroy
the leaves. Make tw,-joint cutting
leaving an inch OF wood beyond eacl
Pllnt these at an angle of 80 deg.
mellow soil, u foot apart. Firm I'll
soil, espe tally about the lower joints
and then cover three inches deep aft,
the first freeze with straw or litter.
Ten tons of superior Texas cotto
seed were shipped from Galvesco
Tex consigned to the German Ea
African Colonization Society, Fan,
bar, Africa. An experienced plant
accompa MED the seed for the purpo
Of instructing the natives of Zanzib
In the cultivation If the cotton plar
This event marks the introduction
cotton ON the east coast of Africa.
A method for protecting tire
against rabbits and ground mic
prac iced ly Missouri farmers and i
dorsed by the Missouri State Hor
cultural Society, consists in GOVERN
The trunk of the tree around wi
wire cloth. # this be inserted :
nch or two into the ground, it
claimed that it proves an equal or
iection to ground mice, which oItt
glrdle trees at and below the surfa
during the winter.
J Experiments in pig feeding, ins
luted under the D 'nish Agricultul
? Society, 90 to show tn It skimm
; milk has double the leeding vtlue
! buttermilk; that rye and barley a
OF about equal value, with slig
percentage in favor of rye, and III
six pounds Of skinned milk have I
same feeding value as one pound
rye or barley, and twelve pounds
buttermilk are required to obtain Il
same result If feeling value.
| There is no popular craze lust ne
, for growing sunhowers. 1t is quite
well, since the old-lashioned reaso
Tor planting them are as strong
they ever We're. They made excelle
winter food sor hens, and if protect
! While young, the sunf Jwer will RI
IDLY tower up and make snlend
shade for them in hot weather. in +
yard where fowls lun. The plant i.
sro's feeder. and even the henvard
> scarcely too rich for it.
Twenty years ago the value of fr,
q imported to Great Britain WAS DIV
at about S15 100000 from u po;n
Now it has increased to $37 O00O(
VI the apl IS from North AmeriS
one third reach British ports fro
Canada. Judging by the quaint;
shipped, the yellow Bellefeur mus,
{ immensely grown for American E
/ port, while the Baldwin also reach
! Britain in immense numbers r.
: Newtown Pippin brings the hial,
price. "'
n The old fashioned open ditch is
E VI climate an ex ,ensive nn;s,r
e Every spring it is partly filed ";
sediment, leaves Of trees and q
washed down from its banks. tn,
Is, beside, a waste OF time in nlow;,
J ultivatlng, and every other te m wo
4 n held thus divided. The soor
u the open ditch is made into AN und
drain the better 1t will be for +
farmers purse. 1t nay cost at fir
J out 1t will pay every way.
. Except Tor beets and mangels, viii
thrive in hot weather, no heating n
nure should be used for root . -