Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-24
AGRICULTURAL.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF FARMERS
AND SToCKMEN.


To XIII Lice and Ticks on Sheep.
The following from the Indiana
Farmer is most excellent method,
and worthy the attention OF every
man who owns sheep, whether they
have lice, ticks or any other vermin OF
not. 1t is practiced by Mr.. Boutwell,,
the largest sheep-grower in Missouri
Take one quart of sulphur to every
gallon of salt, mix thoroughly, and
put the mixture into trough. Let
your sheep have access to it. Set
your trough in the pasture where
your sheep are most accustomed to
lying down, or in under shade tree.
and keep the mixture dry by making
a shed out of boards. Use the mix
ture until you are confident the lice
or ticks are all killed. Any one That
has never used it will be surprised al
the results.
Five hundred thousand orange trees
have been set out in California and
their cultivation is extending.
The whole value of fences in the
United States may be set down at
$4,000, 000, 900, and it costs 100000
600 annually to keep them in repair.
By far the best potato for late spring
use is the Blue Imperial. 1t does not
sprout readily, but remains compare
lively solid until early-planted new
potatoes are ready for use.
Now is the season when butter
taints very quickly, and none more
quickly than the choicest article. 1t
is time for special care in manufac-
ture, and for the earliest practicable
consumption.
The wool product of California has
averaged nearly 10000, 900 pounds per
year since 1880, bringing to the State
S6 100000 year. This is about one
seventh of the entire wool product of
the country.
Penuts are becoming popular and
profitable crop in Georgia. The pea
nut plant makes forage and rich and
nutritious hay, and 1875 bushels to
single acre will raise and fatten many
pounds of bacon.
So long as the milk is warmer than
he surrounding atmosphere it is
throwing off vapor and is thereby pur-
fled. 1t will not then absorb odors,
out tue germs of fungi and other mi
,roscopic life may fall into it and do it
injury.
Odors in the stable indicate the air
herein is impure. Use of absorbents
s very important in summer. Once
week the stable should be sprinkled
With solution made of one pound of
,opperas in two gallons of soft water.
A churn should be scalded with
polling water, made alkaline with
soda. Every particle of milk
md cream should be removed. After
icing well washed the churn should
'e rinsed again by using boiling
water.
If the fruit is likely to be at all
the removal OF third or
ven of a half of it will often result in
much larger and finer crop than if
ii had been allowed to remain. and
he pecuniary returns will be cores
better.
1t is generally acknowledged that
inter dairying pays best, and for
bis reason farmers should give more
ttention to this part of the business.
o attempt this next winter suitable
ED must be raised this summer, and
God warm stabling provided.
1t is not desirable to pasture COWS
woodlands, especially in early
prlng. The grass grown under the
lade OF less nutritious, and the ami
halls are apt to find many wild plants,
he flavor of which spoils the milk for
ny use. This is especially true in
GODS where wild garlic abounds.
Sprouts of suckers IN apple Or
lards should be promptly removed.
hey frequently start in great num-
ars where the pruning has been
we're, and they should be pinched off
soon as they appear. Removed
hen In leaf, suckers or sprouts of
lis character are less liable to have
lccessors.
One advantage in keeping the soil
ose Is that when a shower comes, no
after how hard, the water does not
N Oft, but goes down into the soil
hereas, if the surface OF the soil be
lrd, some OF the water will run off
ning heavy shower. Hence, cul.
'ation not only protects the plants
ring dry season, but enables the
IL to absorb a larger proportion of
tter when rain falls.
When grass has stood to long and
overrlpe before cutting, it looks so
y that 1t seems to need but little
ring before putting into the barn
t late-cut hay is as frequently dam
ed IN the NOW by not being we'll
red as Is that which is cut before it
3 doomed out 1t is most fre-
ently smoky" To prevent this it
ould be cut when there is no dew or
IN upon 1t, and put into heaps, in
l'ch 1t should stand twenty-four
urs or longer, that the JUICE which
IN the stalk may sweat out. Then
re 1t an hour or so of sun and air
d 1t will be found to be more thor.
ghly dried than it would be by two
Us of hot sun. WV {
WELL it's spring at last" said