Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-25
AGRICULTURAL.

or producing butter. q
Feed the calf well. Scan' leeo
neans q scant calf and with such a
,a,f q scant COW is the sure result.
The latest competition threatening
Rritish farmers is the importing OF
bailed hay from the United States =
The State of New York is the second
barley-producing State in the country
and the largest producer OF hops
California's production OF dfleo a
fruit has increased from 5,Vio'ooo
pounds in 1883 to 26,6o5,ooo pounds
in 1887.
An orange tree in the gardens "a
Versailles is four hundred and nity
wears old. 1t was planted by Eleanor
of CASTLE in l4l6.
Gull the fowls very closely. 1t Will
not nav to winter disqualified BIRDS
There is more success with fewer birds
and higher prices.
Experience proves that COWS which
have q due allowance OF salt give
milk richer than those which are not
supplied with salt.
In feeding skim milk to calves I'M
seed mesl, or a little fiaxseed ]eiiy'
should be added to replace the cream
which has been removed.
A few ounce trees in rich soil Will
often give very profitable returns. In
many eases OF failure the cause Is the
poor soil in which the trees are grow
ing.
With fruit growing as with every
other business success can only be as
sured by hard work snd perseverance,
| with careful attention to the small
items of work.
Galen Wilson says that a speedler
and cleaner way to remove the SKIN Oh
new potatoes, than the common prac-
tice OF scraping with knife, Is TO use
"scrubbing brush"
Peter Henderson says that after the
cabbage maggot is once developed, no
application will kill it that will not at
the same time kill the plant. Drawing
the earth away from the stems, thus
destroying the eggs before they hatch,
if carefully followed, will save the
crop.
Every feeder who has given his hogs
close attention knows that after the
hogs have reached certain stage as
regards to growth keeping any longer
is an expense with very little profit.
Probably the best tonic for fowls il
the Douglass mixture: Take cnt
pound OF sulphate Of lion and two
: ounces of sulphuric acid and dissolve
+ in one gallon of water. Add on
2 tablespoonful OF this mixture to on
gallon of drinking water for the birds
r. Remove the droppings from tn
Q poultry houses every morning instea
8 OF once or twice week, as is often d
rected. If this practice were strict
G. adhered to there would be less diseas
- among poultry and better result
, generally.
1t is observed that "the mass of til
it butter sold goes for half price, year i
t. and out, largely because it is churne
l. at the wrong temperature by person
too stingy or too stupid to invest in
" good thermometer. A variation
. five degrees from the standard spot
q. or greatly Injuries either butter I
cheese"
The wood harvest, for keeping l
20 warm, and tho ice harvest, for kes
or ing us cool, go right along together {
the farm, without much reflection
to how these artificial wants, from b
e. ing luxuries formerly, have becon
IL necessities and are constantly incres
~ ing in their demands upon us.
Where raspberries and other SIN,
~ fruits are grown in the garden, a,
w the labor is not great for so dom
vi they should be banked up with dirt
Il protection to the roots and can
,rs against frosts. Trees are also beI
he fitted by having earth banked agair
to them. The earth should be remoy
in the spring and the ground levelt
,sa The first grand exhibition of t
I've Ohio Valley Fsnciers' Club will
to- given in Cincinnati December 18th
10Th, inclusive. 1t promises to be !
~, finest display of poultry, pigeons a
pet stock ever witnessed in the We
81 Full particulars and entry blanks c
be procured from the secretary, w.
Riedington, 476 Baymiller street, c
Ma cinnati, Ohio.
she
RS. 'o ,''0''o feS' ~ A"s'i"ila Is llu
worse than the rabbit pest. The
d, mate is so soft that they have thirty
'ne enormously, and there is said to
asst "hardly residence or store that is
are pestered by the plague, while fr
ing every side come tales of crops
ysured so rapidly that many file
res- have had to be abandoned, what
sed left not being worth reaplng."
OF On recent morning every can
ne milk coming into New York was
amined by the State dairy inspeot
de- The total number OF cans inspec
will was 5,72S, and of this number o
INST fifteen OF doubtful character N