Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-23
AGRICULTURAL.


Ut nl9nb. Dam pieeo 10 '"e
being the cause OF distemper, VINE
vet pasture fields conduce to ioo'-f 3D.
half-bred eve, br d to Shrop
,irs ram is reported from Engiano
drumming six.wen matmed lambs at
nne birth. Another PRODUCED louf
lambs and two others triplets.
Sheep eat 30 many different k'no9
Of plants which horses and cattle re-
inse that the addition OF sheep, py
keopine down those plants winch
other stock refuse, really increases the
product oil the pasture.
The vessels carrying frozen NUT
tons from Australia are said to be tax
ing out their refrigerators to abandon
The business, while the South Amer-
can trade is preparing Tor an increase
in the same line.
Sonthdown rams are the best Tor
crossing Oh small native breeds IN or
der to produce excellent mutton. The I
yves from such cross should be mated |
with oxford or Shropshire rams II
larger SIZE be desired.
T.. E,Yv,,or &c a nj i,nrItu Inr
the statement that the Shropshires
have grown more rapidly in popular
lavor than almost any other mutton
breed IF sheep, especially in the cen
trail Western States.
An English farmer, writing Of feed
ing ensilage to his flock OF five hun
dred sheep, saps tn 1t they did better
on it than OH any other food, and last
year of his 4S0 lambs not one died,
and his ewes did better than usual.
The way to build up the sheep III
dustry is to weed out the llocks, g. for
greater capacity for mutton, and iu-
croases in the individual, and put a
small flock on every farm, where they
will pay their way, even if wool isn't
worth ii cent a pound.
The points to be observed in putting
up wool are, not to fold the Il ece too
tightly as to destroy its elasticity ;
not to try to sell twine for wool, and
to exclude all tags, leg wool amt all
foreign matter from the interior oil
the the fleece.
The business of raising lambs foi
early spring marketing is yearly as
Stunning greater proportions in New
York and New England. To NEE
/ with the greatest success it is four(
important TO select ewes for dams tina
are large mixers, and to SO feed then
as to keep d liberal flow Of milk Ions
continued.
There is always an uncertainty he
garding the temperature for churn
ing While from b2 to 65 deg. i
usually accepted as the proper tenn
perature, the milk from some COW
produces cream that requires AS higl
, as 81 deg to form butter Ga e cl
, dairy farm practical handling of tn
: milk only can determine how best t,
: churn for tirst-class butter.
To get the cream quickly from milk
D as soon as it Is drawn from the &C,
D reduce its temperature to about 4
Q deg. and keep it there, and in four q
. live hours all the cream will rise. Tn
/ cream will be perfectly sweet, and Ia
t skim milk will be OF a very superio
= quality. If the cream is to be mad
, into butter, it should be kept at
temperature Of about 65 deg, an
v chnrned at temperature OF from
' to 60 degrees.
A The idea that any ne hod OF feet
, ing turnips to COWS, either Just bafor
5 or just after milking, will save tn
!. next mess from being favored, is
= popular mistake Heating tie mil
t viii cause the flavor Of the turnip (
Y evaporate so that it will not affect III
a butter made from it. But there ar
: objections to this. The butter frnr
q milk thus treated will be soft, and tn
D milk, II used as food, will have q cor
e stpating effect which it did not be
4 fore possess.
= II hens are confined in somewha
; narrow limits there is a great advm
>. tage III having two runs to be used a
'efnately through the season. If 90,
S slble these should be arranged SO iha
r one-horse plow can be introduce
o ana the ground be plowed or dragge
over every time change in quarter
: Is made, A few sowings of ONT
n dragged in will keep the fowl, Inns
Q scratching for the grain, and what .,
!. capes them and grows will be wort
4 even more for g'een f cd.
$ The competition among markt
. gardeners IS now so great that earl
. VEGETABLES Tor outdoor plantfng are q
tered by them cheaper than mo,
!; farmers can grow the few they ma
l REQUIRE. Send an irquiry te aty lea,
r ing market gardener, and The wri.f
VIII be surprised to learn how che nj
J. tomato, cabbage, lettuce aud ot6t
pants are furnished to those orderin