Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-11
AGRICULTURAL.

worms.
Winter oats grow in Virginia ana
are seeded down in the fall. 1t mighe
pay to try a small plot in this sec'loh'
Cooked clover, and the mess thick-
ened with ground oats, makes an ex-
cellent addition to the food OF the
brood SOW.
Cold frames can be used for forcing
some of the hardy plants in winter
Early cabbage and lettuce are grown
in this manner.
Mix wood ashes, cinder and gravel
together for your garden walks, ana
run roller over it after each rain I'M
Til it is well packed.
The best varieties Of early raspber-
ries are the Tyler and Souhegan. The
Ohio and Mammoth Cluster are ex'
ceilent late varieties.
In feeding grain to poultry it is bet
ter TO vary it, allowing wheat and oats
as we'll as corn. Cooked potatoes
make an agreeable change for laying
hens.
Plant your trees, vines, etc, this
fall. Do not postpone the work until
spring. If you cannot possibly plant
this fail, get the trees now and heel
until spring.
Watermelons for the Christmas
dinner are not an inpossibility. 1t is
said that they will keep perfectly ii
put away in NOV of we'll cured hay,
free from dampness.
Sweet potatoes will fatten pig
sooner than will corn. The small
tubers can be used as well as those
that may be damaged by cooking
them for that purpose.
Here is a good health mixture for
hogs: One bushel of charcoal broken
into small pieces, peck of wood
ashes and twelve bushels Of salt.
1t is computed that this years corn
crop, il loaded for railroad shipment,
would ill 2S7S,57l cars and make a
train that would reach 16,449 miles, OF
two-thirds the way around the world
If mice are troublesome they can
often be easily got rid of by soaking
wheat in a good solution Of arsenic
and burying it at the roots Of trees
where the mice will be likely tC
find it.
In France whtewash is used to pro
tect the frame and interior CT build
ings from fire. The beams, joists ant
under side of foorings being thickly
coated with a lime wash before they
! are placed in position.
Now is the time to secure rams i
early lambs OF the mutton breeds al,
desired next spring. Sheep shoulC
not be too lat at this season il INTENDED
for breeding purposes. Dry pasture
, is better for them than heavy grain
feeding.
1t is curious fact that wasps' nest
, sometimes take fire, as is supposed b,
the chemical action of the wax upol
! the material of which the nest is com
posed. Undoubtedly many fires O
, unknown origin in hay-stacks an
. farm buildings may thus be accounte
for.
t The wells on the farm should
cleaned out every fall. Despite a.
4 precautions but few wells are free iron
: toads. 1t is not safe to wait until tn
D water becomes affected before clean
Il ing, but do it now, before the late rain
l come on, SO as to render the wor
e easier.
Good cider vinegar is always salabl
Z and it pays to convert the surplus az
u pies into cider for the purpose OF mal
: ing vinegar. The artificial vinega
= can be used for choice pickles an
u other purposes for which good eide
' vinegar only is adapted, and does no
therefore, largely compete with.
. Don't try to crowd fifty hens into
e poultry'house suitable for only twent,
|. five, as the larger the crop the fewe
4 the eggs proportionately, unless the
= have perfect accommodations. AS
+ rule, small tiocks give a larger prof
h from the same outlay than when nun
Q bers are kept that can not be properl
Il provided for.
Il Place your manure heap unde
cover so as to be able to work it owe
10 in winter. Rains should never fall O
:, the manure at any season. 1t is {
"A great advantage to turn over the hea
d, IN winter, create heat and thereby d,
;, compose the materials, in order I
/ render them fine and in good cond
. non to spread on the land in sprin,
~ In storing apples free circulate
a OF the air through the barrel will
d of advantage. The fruit should I
y kept in cool place, but should be b.
Of You'd the reach of frost. Only soua
apples should be used, as the slighte
touch OF decay on single apple wi
I'' sometimes cause the whole to rot.
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70 While the work can be done hefo,
W the ground freezes, large supply