The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
the NIAGARA CRAPS


tbs season realised An average price
Of ten cca,s per pound. As the variety
8 extremely prolific. this price is very
profitable. Specimens of this grape
rent 10 Europe have been pronounced
| superior to cne other of our native
! American varieties. 1t will probably
be extensively planted in France and
Switzerland next year.
CORN cora
Corn col.s sIiuald b. saved for using
in smoke houses. They are excellent
-or turning hams and shoulders the
right kind OF brown. The hons e#ife.
too. finds Their ashes Very strong in
potash. In Diden times corn-cob ashes
were often used. as saleratus is now.
for correcting acid ty. Much of the
mineral substance in the corn crop
goes into its cob. and this may often
be of valu. for highly fed stock, to
correct acid .ty of the stomach.
HENS LAYING IN WINTER.
Cold weather is the chief cause why
we do not get so many eggs In Winter.
Fresh meat and all ether kinds OF
Summer feed may be provided, but in
Our climate we cannot entirely shield
fowls from the cold. Some varieties
are less injured than others. They
have large bottles, and make good
deal of heat themselves. This is the
chief reason. probably, why the
Brahmas are better Winter layer. than
the Leghorns.
COWS PICKING AT HORSE MANURE.
When cows in Winter pick at the
rolled bedling of straw thrown out of
horse stables. the fact shows that they
need salt. 1t is the saline taste that
attracts them. and when salt is SO
cheap as it now is, there are certainly
modes of g wing 1t to any kind of stock.
preferable to that of having it eaten
with the cXcrcment of other animals
If salt alone does not stop this craving,
8 We the cows some bone meal.
SUGAR VS.. WHEAT.
A great many discouraged wheat
farmers have been looking for some
other product that they can most pro-
fitably devote the If time and land 10
growing. The sue cess OF cheap sugar
production by the diffusion process
seems to have come just in time 1T
will require time and money to make
The change, but there can bc little
doubt that in many localities it will be
done, thus reducing our wheat surs
plus, and thereby m aking all farming
more profitable.
BEAN STRAW FOR COWS.
Where beans are grown to any ex-
tent, sheep should be kept to consume
The straw. and damaged grain, One of
the advantages OF feeding these to
sheep is that the scattering beans will
he eaten, which no other farm stock
can be taught to do. Those who have
beans. but no sheep, may, however,
feed the bean straw to milch cows
Only q small quantity should DO given
daily with other provender. 1t is n
rich food, and despite Its dry, hard
character, is excel cnt for making cows
give milk in Winter.
CnAFFED STRAW FOR BEDDING.
In cities l.verymen like whole rye
straw, as long as possible for bedd ng
horses. 1t is hard, and does not alb
sorb the droppngs which fall through
t, leaving a dry bed for the hor Sc to
con. But the farmer wants to have
his bedding absorb the liquid excre-
ment and yet do so without sol ling the
animal. If that can be done Cows
stabbed VIII often shuffl, whole straw
behind them, filing the cutters, and
then lie down in their droppings at
last. If the straw is cut up fine this
is not apt to be done. and the cow
with fresh bedding night and morning
can be kept with clean bag and teats
Cor milking.
PROTECTION BY SNOW BANKS.
In locating place to pit potatoes
that are not to he moved until spring.
it is a good plan to make the pit on the
zee side of fence, where snow banks
will cover it. Few think how much
protection this affords II the snow
does not bank cas- ly it may be shovclled
OH the heap. The aid this gives in
keeping out cold winds is twofold
Not only IS the snow itself q protec-
lion, Lut when it thaws it mo;stens the
rarth beneath. and thus prevents it
from freezing dry. In cold winter
lie top of the pit, two feet or more
above the surface, if in an exposed
place. is sure TO become dry through,
and when in this condition it will be a
m racle If frost does not get down to
The roots.
FEEDING FOR STRENGTH.
One of the remarkable results in the
sXper ments made at the Wisconsin
station was shown in the tests of the
strength of bones. Those fed mainly
for the production of lean meat bore q
strain of 1000 pounds. Others, appar-
emily the same. made from a feed of
corn meal. broke at 800 pounds. Per-
haps farmers can see from this why it
is that corn alone is not good food for
horses hard at work. 1t puts Oh fat.
put it does not wear. because 1t gives
so tile for making muscle. The
world-w dc preference for oats as food
Tor working horses is not an accident.
1t is one of the best grains for giving
strength. Farmers learned this practi-
cally long before science explained the
reason.
CORN FOR BREEDING cows.
Most authorities say, and truly. that
grain. and especially corn meal, should
not be fed TO cows with calf. 1t is too
fattening. and increases the danger
from milk fever or other disaasas Of