Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-27
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted TO THE INTERESTS OF FARMERS
AND STocKMEN.

is more preFaleh' IA
laod than in England; thus thirty
one If the outbreaks are reported from
English counties; and thirty.nine
from Scotch counties; while oil the
cattle attacked 140 were in Engla no
and ITO in Scotland. The districts IT
England where the disease has re-
Gently been most prevalent have b. en-
Kent, Lancaster and the MetIopohs'
in which about two-thirds OF the out
breaks have been reported
The practice Of putting fodder dow
in silos has led to many experiments
in preserving fodder, and the last e'-
fort is given in the Country Gsnflen'o"
"a follows 81 cut and shocked when
corn was in the dough and let it stand
until dry enough to husk and thresh'
Then cut it up in half-ineh leng IN
and filled the silo heaping full OF It,,
and put on neither weight nor cover
| have tried every way to handle the
corn crop and like this the best My
thresher leaves chat, blades and huskr
about two-thirds the bulk. In iced
ing this cut feed few hogs are needed,
as scavingers, as cattle do not digest"
Where the quantity Of manure il
limited and the soil poor, larger crop
of corn can undoubtedly be grown BY
applying the manure in the hill thar
by spreading broadcast, provided it Ii
thoroughly decomposed. Green ma-
nu,e fresh from the stable or cellal
should never be applied in the Hill,
but should be spread broadcast upon
the burrows aud narrowed in. 1t If
much better for succeeding crops to
spread we'll decomposed manure and
hasten the growth the first of the sea-
son by applying a spoonful OF first
class commercial fertilizer in the hill
covering it with earth before droppin 6
the corn.
"Last week." says the Rural New
Yorker, eve ate piece OF beef that
had been packed in snow for more
than month. The flavor was delic.
ious. The beef was packed during q
comparatively warm spell. The only
snow to be obtained WAS the rema IN.
Of drift under shady bank. A
quantity of this snow was placed a
the bottom of barrel and vel
pounded down. A piece of the mea
was placed upon the snow and theI
more snow firmly packed around it
The barrel stood in the barn and tn,
meat has kept in perfect condition. |
the snow had melt d the meat woul,
havd been placed at once in brine"
A Massachusetts Journal says: Tn
quality of Northern farm help is de
teriorating. Ia nothing is this see
more clearly than in the management
OF teams. Every hired man wants +
work with the team, most Of them be
cause they think this part of the Won
the easiest. The team has to SUITE
poorly cared for at all times, an
liable to severe beatings When tn
driver ia provoked. A high-spirite
horse is soon ruined by su h treatmt n
and this fact is causing great in
crease in the number OF mules no,
kept by Northern farmers. The m ul
has long been considered necessary q
the South, where the farm labor ha
been much less intelligent than it
here.
Appearance has much to do Wit
the sale of manure. 1t is a popule
fallacy ahat muck, being black, mu.
therefore be very rich. 1t is ofte
used by ladies in making flower bed
where it is handled with great ii
faction, being light, porous and nc
adhesive when dry. But unless it hi
been out of the swamp a year or tw
exposed to air and light, it is 200
stuff for roots to feed in, not nearly s
good as the rich soil from q well-m
nured garden. The porousness
muck fits it admirably for mulch f,
newly planted roots or plants, but tn
makes the soil dry out much tc
quiz ky when once the muck is mike
with 1t.
; A mixture of resin and lard is +
commended for applying on the trunl
OF trees to repel the borer. Linsee
OIL mixed with SCOT, and applied IL
first week in June, has kept the Dor,
from attacking trees thus protecte
Tor two or three years after its appl
cation. Carbolic soap is also a GOO
repellant. Ii the borer has AHEAD
effected lodgment, he must be du
out or followed up into his hole with
flexible wire and killed. Apple an
peach'trees should be examined Il
latter part of the summer, even
some ofnsive substance has bee
used to drive away the enemy
may have failed to reach every pat
the trunk liable to attack.
E7rly potat toes are ready to be dr.
AT any time after their leaves d
: down, as it is to be presumed that tn
was the sign of their maturity R,
late planted potatoes after A moist E.,
are often green until frost cuts tbn
down. 1t is not safe to dig such n
| 'atoes at once. A little time must
| gwen 10 allow them to ripen. VIII,
= VIII be known by the skin not slin,,;,
= S Inen bruised o. as an unripe pota
SKIN viii peel. The ripeniag after Il
5 stems and leaves are killed proeoe,
very slowly, possibly only some of n
A unirozen sap in the stem is left 10 ~
cor the potato. So long as the ~
F. Siips easily, the potato must
, handled with great care. If hr,is,