The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-14
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inexpensive way OF Il sposlng OF it.
Ut course the stump is left. but II
sprouts are burned off next July OF
Anghsk 1t will not sproGt again to dc
any hurt and will in time rot out Who.
ever tries grnbbing out trees as means
OF clear ng land will t re of it. There
are places Where it will pay to remove
! few and have valuable land at once
available for other uses. But ordinary
farm crops '7ill not pay the expense. II
is poor Little tree that does not require
three feet square to be grubbed over to
get il out by the root This is just one
square yard. II it could he done for
three cents it would make the land thus
obtained cost $500 per acre. Some cal.
culation of this kind is apt to come
over a man when he has been working
a whole day TO grub out tree. The
next one he tackles will be cut down
in the old fashioned way. and leave time
TO do the grubbing.
CURING BALKY HORSES.
Balky horses are rs obstinate as q
mnle. In fact. where mules are bred
large numbers of horses not related to
them partake considerably of the mule
nature. 1t docs no good 10 whip them
for baking Whipping may cure 9TH
err faults, but never that. Distract the
attention of the horse rs much as pos.
sible from what you arc doing. There
are many ways of doing this If the
horse can be made TO forget that you
and he are in contest he will do your
will Putting dirt in his mouth or fine
gravel in his ear may sometimes get
tile horse to thinking about his own
discomfort so that he will start. We
believe there is no permanent cure for
balkiness. A man used 10 such horse
can get some work out Of him by nev.
er overlooking him, and always AVOID.
ing places or work where baking has
previously occurred. But he needs 10 be
a first-rate Christian before he begins,
and even then he will be in great dam
ger Of backsliding.
AMERICA THE HOME OF TROTTERs.
1t is conceded now that the American
trotting horse is the best in the world.
Years ago superiority was conceded to
English horses, and before that to the
Arabian. We imported from both and
improved on both. While England
has some good horses. her breeders
needed to continue Arabian importa-
tions, or their stock would run down.
There is significance in this to horse
breeders. English climate is always.
over-moist That of Arabia is always
dry, and our own is generally dry and
bracing. The Same atmospheric con-
ditions that have made our people the
most wide awake, enterprising and in
domitable in the world have apparent
ly affected our horses also. Consider
the localities in this country where our
greatest trotters have been bred, all
dry and generally on high or rolling
lands. On the face of things it would
evidently be mistake for farmers on
low, wet pra ries. or in other sections
where the climate is always moist, to
expect to breed the best trotters.
MARKET FOR JERSEY COWS.
During the past year the great pro-
duction of Jersey cows has begun to
have its natural effect and thousands
have been sold at prices that would
once have seemed absurdly low. 1t is
quite certain that the extreme prices
once paid will never again be restored
nor is it best that they should be. The
Jersey has its valuable points for the
dairy, and will be none the worse for
passing out of the list of fancies. In
this rs in many things else, lowering
the price leads to much more general
introduction. 1t will pay farmers now
who mean merely TO make good butter
at every day prices. TO attend sales of
Jersey cows and stock up. In doing
so. however, they must remember that,
owing probably TO carelessness in
breeding for color, points and fashion.
rather than for use, the Jersey var es
very much in practical value. 1t is this
really that is at the bottom of the pres
ent depression in the prices of this
breed. The Jersey is so small that
when it does fail rs milk or butter
producer the failure is not easily reme-
diable. Prudence requires that the pur.
chaser should know not only the pedi-
gree. but the animals own record for
milk and butter. If this is all right, it
is safe to invest literally, always re-
membering that a valuable animal is
sure to be good purchase. and an in
ferior animal poor one american
tultirator.