Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-26
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to tho Interests Of Farmers
and Stockmen.

for churnlng mas accuHiuiaIeo lie
wrong. The best butter is made from
cream that has been recently removed
from the milk.
a good deal is said about the dairy
form" of the COW. But il must not he
taken for granted that every angular
Strengthened COW - poor one.
After the hen is set and process OF
incubation begun, it il desirable that
nothing disturb the hen. Every pre-
caution should be taken to keep her
setting steadily until time for the eggs
to hatch.
According to some experiments re
Gently made in Holland, cattle fed on
hay with other food increased in live.
weight more than those fed with en-.
silage. but those fed with On lag.
gave more and better butter.
Poor, sandy soil should not be left
uncultivated. Carefully prepare the
land, SOW to buckwheat, and pillow the
buckwheat under when the crop is in
blossom. In this way the land may
gradually be made productive.
A few stakes around young tree,
with barbed wire wrapped around the
stakes, will protect trees from animals.
With this method fruit trees may lie
planted in field given up to stock.
| Pyrethrum or buhach will kill the
apple tree worms With u bellows
blow the powder into the nests Cor
webs) after four O'Clock in the after
noon-.he later the bettel-for the
worms will then be in the nests. The
powder will kill them Instantly.
Pig pens should not be in the same
location every season. By having
them movable much valuable manure
can be secured from the saturated
earth around the old sites, while the
change to fresh places will greatly
promote cleanliness and health.
1t is not best in planting young or
chards to trust to labels or to memory.
Both may fail. The only sure way to
know what trees are planted is to
make record at the time OF LAYING
the orchard out in a map and mark
ing on that each variety.
In multiplying very scarce and dear
varieties OF potatoes, gardeners plant
the eyes in hot beds early, placing in
rich soil, and from each eye will get
several plants. These may be set out
in the open ground, and cultivated
the same as potatoes planted in the
usual way.
| There are good many cattle COM
ing out OF their barns and stables this
spring with the hair rubbed off in
some places. Whether it be barn
itch, or some other minute parasite
the old fashioned cure is the best
Sulpher and lard we'll applied. This
knocks all of them.
If a sample of sweet cream il di-
vided, and both parts are kept at "a
favorable temperature for rlpeniny,
ana the air Is excluded from one and
II Tree exposure given to tn O her,
both will sour at the same time. but
flavor will Only be increased in the
one exposed to the air. Churning the
Two parts will show this.
The peppermint growers of Wayne
county, N. Y, where three-lourths of
The worlds Oil is produced, are COM
planning that the prospects this sea-
son are the worst for twenty wears.
| hey say that Japanese oil is now be.
ing sold In America at such rates that
the former large profits from the bust
ness are greatly lessened.
Do not now trim shrubbery that
blooms on last years wood, if you de
sire abundance of fl ,wers. The best
Way ls TO cut out the old and weak
wood Immediately after fl ,werny. A
Judlclous thinning, if too large and
thick head remains, will improve
the qualify os the fl ,wers, but to cut
back the whole head is not the best
way in America.
The garden should be near the
house but free from shade. Set no
trees of any kind in the kitchen gar
den. Have it laid out SO that as much
work as possible may be done by horse
power. A sandy loan is the best soil
Tor most vegetables. Use no green
manure in the garden. The standard
iertilizers are good. Use NO d ashes
freely and slops from the he use. The
'ooiee ol success In gardening, as in
courtship lies in smlll attentions fire.
quently and steadily bestowed.
Mr.. d, B Widr, says he has solved
the problem of the plum cru, uli ). A
mixture OF On pound of Paris green
or London purple, and sixty gallons
OF water sprayed over the trees inst
before blossom buds shall op, n, tn, n
spraying of soap emulsion two weeks
later' with a third spraying about
June 10Th, will etf.ctutlly DESTROY the
curcnlio, as we'll as kill leaf lice. aphis
and other injurious insects.
There are in America over 4 600 OOO
farms, large and small. They cover
nearly 20 100000 acres of imnrovsd
land, and their total value is some. h inc
like $4,000 100000. These fynress
are not, OF course, vely comprebens;v.
They simply convey the idea of vast
ness OF area and equal vastness of i'm.
portanee. The estimated yalue Of III.
yearly products OF these farms il he.
600. *''ooo'ooo,-
IN order to improve the oat cron
.ake a washtub or a large barrel, fiji s.
.wo,thirds full Of water; pour half .
bushel or so of seed oats ~ =, 80 .