Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-25
AGRICULTURAL.
devoted to the Interests Of fafmei'
and Stockmen,

There is little nutritye value III
the first potatoes that comes 70 iiH
ket This tuber at its best is NANNY
starch, but the unripe potato mas nov
even that. The potatoes whose sA,n
can be rubbed off by the hand snow
bv the fact that they are full OF raw
inices that need time to be developed
in large part into layers Of starch
Much valuable manure may oe
saved by carefully deodorizlng ana
composing the refuse and night SOL ,..
A mixture of five bushels OF dry DIRT
and one pound Of carbolate OF llme'
added to the sink or closet as re-
ouired will convert the whole INTO
valnable manure, that can be handled
as easily as that made in the barn
yard.
Prof. Roberts, of Cornell University,
saws. "a COW that makes six pounds
If butter a week on cold water will
make seven pounds il the water Is
warmed" He further says that "cows
will drink one-third more when the
water is warmed to so degrees than
they will at 80 degrees, and that the
milk will increase one-hfth without
deterioration"
The conceit is often knocked out oil
the dairyman who considers himself
first rate Judge OF a COW, when he be-
gins to weigh her milk and churn 1t
into butter. It is very rare that the
true inwatdness OF COW can be as
certained, ard her real dairy value
known, until these tests ara applied.
Weigh the milk, and keep the record.
Appearances are deceptive.
Many kinds of pears grow in clus,
tiers like cherries. Usually il these
were reduced one-half or more, the
crop would be more valuable. 1t
seems pity to cut out the young
fruit Just as it is formed, but it will
pay. Nature does some Of this work
but not enough. II half the blossoms
{ drop without setting fruit, the orchard
list will do well to cut oft half OF those
that remain.
Switzerland has 100000 mich COWS
all of native breed, and divided into
two sharply defined races, the brown
and the spotted. The folmer colo
varies from deep lawn to mouse gray
{ the latter shade being held in most es
frl>o l,,,xr,,, el C,,,tl Ia
and considered rs the original type
1t corresponds to the remains foun,
on the sites of the Roman cities Of tn
third century.
4 Three or four good sprouts ar
J. enough for the best yield OF market
Il able potatoes of even the most proliti
varieties. Small yielders, like some
the early sorts, may do better to hay
only one or two sprouts in a plac
putting the hills closer together. TIC
Il many sprouts mean great number
II very small potatoes and few fit fC
t. market. 1t will often pay to thi
h them out if too numerous at first.
The phosphate rocks OF South Car,
lima are so rich in phosphate that
dissolved by sulphuric acid the
should contain twenty-eight per cen
of phosphate of lime. Few OF then
20 however, show so high an average Z
h this. The deficiency is due to adu
4 teration partly with worthless SUI
- stances to increase bulk and weigh
- but sometimes with nitrates to furnis
= ammonia, which is quite as necessa
:. Tor crops as phosphate ITSELF
Is There is much injudicious wateriI
l. OF plants. Let it come as the slo
d gentle rain, that never fails to bene
}. vegetation. The sprinkling-pot do
II not at all accomplish this, unless
,, has so fac nozzle that the wat
Is comes out in mist or spray rath
II than in streams. Drenching plan
10 often does harm. 1t packs the 50
d causing the surface to harden in cru
d as it dries. If the water is cold fro
a the well, as it often is, the injury
n greater and the chance of benefit LEI
>, As "a pasture for COWS no plant vel
Ii sweeter, richer heritage than VIII
o clover. Though its habit of grow
n Is very close to the ground, it well
10 more pasture than would be suppose
st II not allowed to blossom long enous
IS Tor seed to form, the new herba,
Is springs up quickly after croppin
lie Its roots are near the surface, and a
l. easily reached by light rains, b
iii owing to their spreading habit Il
Is roots are not injured by cattle tram
y ing over them, as are those Of re
10 clover.
n That the plantain is a nuisance
u" certain, but it is scarcely unmi
gated except in the sense that wbe
1t has once gained possession it c,
never be entirel, eradicated. ri
Of common plantain has about two-tbir
-. the feeding value of common In
90 ranking higher than most other wee
~ IN tins respect. Cattle will eat in "a
~ ture or IN hay without being starry,
- 10 1t, as they have to be with the dais
~, Inc large, vigorous plantains, th
:. grow In rich ground, seem to be- eat,
u more greedily by cows than the pu,
~ specimens dwarfed by poverty of so
ut ----
III II ferrotin, n French astronome
% has discOVerad tha4 ~