Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-18
AGRICULTURAL.
oevoted to the Interests of Farmers
and Stockmen.


.heie Is gum close to the base il not
IN sight. A channel is found in tho
upper bark which the worm. when
matched, digs to the ground, not more
than an inch or SO long, showing that
Inc egg was laid near the ground
ror iour or live inches below ground
there Is a mass Of gum and the worm
aug small holes and short channels in
the bark OF the main root. capsino
gum to exude largely. You will often
ma that small roots, putting out near
',ie base, that are tender, have been
dl ten and need cutting away. III
you watch, as the gum is cleared away
the worm will be easily found, but II
not careful the worm may be lost in
the mass of gum. The safe way is to
dig The gum out with small wooden
sno'el made oil single and throw il
on out OF the way, SO the worm will
die. Wood is better than an iron
KNIFE, and it does not hurt the roots.
Dig fresh earth and pack it we'll
around the roots, and your tree will
DO better than if the gum is left near
1t. Clean and scrape the roots 30 no
gum Will adhere to them.
When the worm is small and found
between the gum and the tree, a dash
OF hot water would probably kill it and
would not injure the tree, but if the
worm Is inside the bark, hot water
would do no good. The SURE st and
best way is to dig away the dirt, clear
away the gum, kill the worm and
Grape away the dirty mess of gum and
castings. This leaves the tree clean
and well cultivated around the roots
and the work is not thrown away.
While the borer usually works in
young trees, it sometimes kills older
trees, and as many as twenty fellows
three.quarters of an inch long have
been found in a tree, which their
channels under the bark had thor
oughly girdled. They are often found
In roots of prunes grated on peach,
especially if small sprout has grown
from it roots.
A grove OF lines comprising only
four acres and half, nesr Sandford,
Fla, nett it's owner $4,000 last sea.
son.
The culture of the apple and pear
is on the decline in Illinois. The
trees OF the old orchards are dead or
dying. Few new orchards are being
set
Every trace OF the Colorado beetle
has been destroyed in Germany by the
timely use of disinfectan,s and tilling
OF the fields in which they first APP
peared.
A full third of the territory of the
United States is a sheep pasture OF
the most favorable character. Texas
represents the highest money value
in sheep, and the most extensive
ranches are there.
Look over the peas and beans for
weevils. Placing the seed in a vessel
of water for few hours, adding tea
spoonful OF blue vitriol to each gallon
of water, would be an advantage.
The seed should be carefully picked
over.
At the Iowa college farm, the eighty
two acres OF corn which were put into
silo, gave the equivalent of sixty
five tons OF prime clover and timothy
hay, according to Pre- sident Chamber
lain. But the drought operated tc
prevent good growth of hay, so that
the corn was really very profitable
food.
A heed crop should be part of the
regular rotation ON all farms, for the
reason that such a crop requires close
| cultivation, and when removed leave.
the ground clean. Unless this be done
the weeds will at some time take pos
session of the fields, though mucl
BE- nefit will result from the use of tn,
cultivator il corn crop is grown.
One of the best things to break s
colt is a common sulky rake. TIL,
machine is strong, with wide shafts
and there is no danger of kicking out
and it cannot be turned over; back
ing does not hurt, and ty put ing tn
teeth down you can get some draft. |
you have freshly plowed ground it i
all the better.
A good COW should yield 365 pound
of butter a year, allowing for the tim
she is dried off, This yield is seldom
secured from each animal in dair
herd, but it is not impossible, as sucl
yield has been greatly exceeded. B
using the butter producing breeds, an
feeding for the highest possible pre-
duction, the profits from herd ma.
be doubled.
The disease of scaly leg, caused b
an insect which is identical with tn
insect causing itch in the human fam
lily, may be cured by rubb ng the part
with an ointment made by mixin
equal parts of sulphur, lard and kerc
sene. An application about once
week will be sufficient, when the sui
stance will begin to peel off.
A good plan for butter packing
Make three gallons of brine that wi
bear up an egg; add quarter of
pound Of good white sugar and on
table spoonful of saltpetre. Boil til
brine, let it get cold and strain i
Wrap up rolls of butter nicely in clea
muslin and tie with string. The
pack the rolls in earthen jars and p,
weight on them. Lastly fill up I'll
Jars with brine till the butter is a
covered.
Wheat fed whole to laying fowl
and wheat screenings or cracke
wheat fed to young chicks have q
ways produced the most desirable r
suits, though it must be remembers