The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
Farm and Household.
Brief Points.

Because you know that Paris
green and London purple are poison
do hot neglect to caution those who
use them on your premises. They
are as dangerous as they were when
many farmers declared that they
would quit raising potatoes rather
than use poison.
A correspondent of the American
Stoekmah Is IF the opinion that
ranching is now on a basis at ts.ysall
profits are once more possible, end
that the business is likely again to
assume something of its former i'm.
portance.
When chicks are droopy or weak
care is needed to fechperate them;
little more green food and onions
should be given them, or, if they are
too much purged, a little powdered
chalk and bone -four in their soft
food-one teaspoonful of each to a
pint of food is sufficient.
A young farmer Hear Amerieus, &C.,,
who had mortgaged his mules and
could not redeem them, asked a law.
yer how he could prevent their con-
fistatiofi: Hewas told TO marry and
then his wife could homestead and
save the animals. "Well, replied the
young man, II will get married if
that is the only way out of it, but it
seems to me that it is a poor law that
depriyes a man of his liberty just to
save two poor mules"
The advantages of dishorning old
animals have probably been exagger-
ated. A bull or cow used to hooking
Is only temporarily made harmless
by dishorning. While the recent
wounds are sore, such animals are
kept quiet, but with returning free
dom from pain will be found return
of former viciousness. The art OF
butting is not lost with the horns,
and good butter, il viciously in
clined, needs to be guarded against
with Or without horns:
An advocate of corn-fed pork ad.
mits that the hog miscellaneously has
the sweetest and tenderest meat, and
if taste be a criterion in pork, as it is
reckoned to be in everything else that
is eatable, the fruit-fed and milk-fed
pork is certainly best. But he adds
that if greater frmness be desired it
may be had by finishing off the last
few weeks of fattening by feeding corn
meal, not corn in the ear.
At this season farmers who get up
early find an all days work to ex-
hausting of vitality. Yet getting up
early is always good policy. The So
luton Of the problem is found in a
longer rest at noon time. This should
come after eating, and it will do many
workers good at such time to snatch
a few moments sleep. The process
of digestion goes on better while the
body is entirely,at rest, and with the
dinner partly digested, the worker is
every way prepared to push with Wig
or through the afternoon everything
he undertakes.
1t is said in 1.-THE Scientific Ameri-
can" by a correspondent who has
tried many of the alleged remedies
for ivy poisoning that they aggra-
vate the trouble: But hot water,
hot as can be borne, affords instant
relief. 1t must be applied every hour
or two, as often as the itching returns.
In couple of days cure is effected.
Poison sumac yields to the same
treatment. The inflammation. and
with it the itching and burning, is
allayed at once. l am poisoned doz-
ems of times every year, but suffer no
Inconvenience except the trouble OF
the hot water"
Far too few Lima beans are grown.
In their dried state they are superior
for cooking, and would be more
largely used for hatpurpose, did not
their usual high price prevent. The
Lima bean requires polling, but it is
to make the poles longer
than six feet out of the ground. When
the vine gets to this height, stop its
growth and turn all it's strength into
fruitfulness. When raised on very
high scale the Limas are grown
sometimes without poles, the vines
trailing on the ground. This is a
practice, but a good many
beans may be thus cheaply grown.
Hay requires much less drying than
many suppose, and the more of the
Juice ofthe grass that can be retained
and not injure the keeping quality OF
the hay the better. In the drying
process much ofthe aroma of the hay
must necessarily escape, and this
taking SO much from thepalatablenes
atleast of the hay. The more hay is
cured in the shade the better is the
quality, and as soon as possible the
hay rake should be started, and the
hay got into windrows and cocks,
particularly if it cannot be housed
that day. ALTERNATING become wilted
it is very injurious to hay to have dew
Or rain fall upon it, and it is better
to rake and put into cocks for the
night, even if it must be stirred out
the next morning Rural World.
Lazy Indians.
Mr.. Monnier. who has been exnlor-