Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-15
AGRICULTURALNOTES

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There win hereafter be no profit on
Inferior stock, and it must be pruned
out. The earlier the better.
A thrifty farmer inyigorates a
neSilghborhood. A lazy one demon
There y said to be a great increase
IN the practice Of threshing corn this
year We need a machine to perform
this special operation.
There have been 10, 900 bulls and
$1,000 cows enrolled in the herd
Register OF the American Jersey Cat
tie Club. Probably two-thirds of
These, or more, are still alive.
Whenever a farmer appreciates
that his team Is one OF the heaviest
items In his expenses, and must be
Kept at work every day when work
~ possible, he has fair chance of
success.
With proper provision of warmth
aud shelter, and a good store of
sllnge and hay, winter dairying can
frequently be made more profitable
than summer labor is then cheaper
and butter higher.
Three rules for improving dairy
cattle: Select and keep only the best
aud most promising calves. study
and prnctice the best methods of
heding and keeping stock, secure the
best blooded stock possible.
The remedy for d hide bound''
horse is simple tonic, nutritious.
food and the use Of the curry-comb
and brush freely. By this means the
hide viii soon berome supple and the
coat sleek and glossy.
breaks were dollar apiece a
few would have them; IL they were
So each quite a number would be
used; Il Il required the giving Of a
chattle mortgage 10 get them nearly
everybody would have one. But they
are iree-that's why they are so
carre.-Journnl, Re,lheld.
There viii b. change IN the sys-
tom 81 breeding and feeding swine in
q few years, says an exchange. Peo-
ple am firing 81 fat pork. They are
calling for more lean and less fat,
AMI corn viii not answer the call
Other foods viii need he FED, foods
ihni will give growth and Tenn meat
Al anagrieul,uraI fair hold ia n Con-
nceticnt toan el,illrpn's depart.
mcat hiss hrcn established, which Is
Niid Is have proved very successful.
t11npRsion between the youthful eN-
hiMtoF8 ii sharp, aud parents take
much pleasure - the result 4 good
may ID interest the farmers boys
pnd girls ID farm work.
Shoe p and lambs win ron out anu
take care 81 Themselves later than
uuy other stock. Now i the time to
clll out thr aocB. and fatten for the
butcher these shrp whirl, failed at
shcaring time 70 yield . profitable
iieecf. Lamhs that are intended to
turn uif should he given generous
i.el There II inore money in rear
ing nnBls. this year. than in any
Other class 81 butchers stock.
For flttcning cattle especially 10
increase the production Of milk in
cows. Il il inserted that the pressed
cake from cotton.Fced gives thc hest
results. The next in good results is
the pressed cnkc from peanuts No
other kind uf food seems 10 equal
the two mentioned FOR mich cows,
the milk results being greater in
amount aud richer In quality. The
foods, like all other
concentrated materials, are TO he
used ID conjunction with the usual
rations for good results.
"A farmer must compound and
Use the feed thnt he has at hand, or
IL most ensily produced. A COM
pound may be made of bran, oats
and rye. bran and rye, or bran and
corn meal; and these compounds can
often he made in such n way as to
cheaper the cost Of feed-when all
has To be bought on the market. On
tho majority Of farms onts aregrown |
only for the horses and colts. The
nirs should always be thought OF as
sharer In this importan. muscle
forming food.
There Is no use says the Breeders
Gazette, in shutting our eyes to the
fact that the majority of our home
grown woods are slovenly handled,
when compared with foreign woods
giving us the sevcrest competition.
In this fnct OF condition, quite as
much as in quality, lies the popular,
I'M Of Australian woods. Most q
our woods are sheared and marketed
n seeming disregard of the prefer
ences of buyers; the foreigner puts ms