Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-10-05
FOR THE FARMER.


Use only good oil with the harvest.
ng machinery.
Filth in the stables increases the
number OF flies very materially.
II should always be made an item
'ven during the summer time 10 keen
the milk COWS as comfortable as
possible.
a New Mexican paper states that
the San Simon Cattle company has
,old 1000 COWS to be delivered in
Mexico.
So far as tried ensilage is highly
recommended for keeping up the fer
tility Of the soil and this OF itself is
often quite an important item.
1.-THE wheat is TO be threshed from
tina shock arrange to have the ma
chine ready as soon as the grain is
sufficiently dry; there is too much
risk in delay.
BY keeping the manure near the
surface during the summer time with
the growing crops il can be made TO
act as a mulch provided ii is thor.
oughly fined.
ltsheep are provided with a con
yenient shelter, even during the sum
mer they will seek ii every time il
rains and the heavier fleece OF wool
that will be secured will make the
cost a good investment.
The Chicago Board Of Trade has
| memorialiEed the United States gov
ernment. asking that such action he
taken as shall compel removal Of re-
strietions ON American meats, 10 the
relief Of beei production and kindred
interests.
Colts are like plants. they need
and require care and cultivation. II
these nre not given they may be
stnntcd al this start and no after
treatment will entirely eradicate the
effect. Keep them growing steadily
the first summer and il will be un
ensier matter 70 keep them growing
aiterwnrd.
Consul Griffin. at Sydney, Aus
trnlia, in a report 10 the department
Of State. soys the disease known AZ
anthrax. or spienntie apoplcxy,
which Tor 80 many years has been
devastating this herds Of New South
Wales Is in fair wny Of being ei'
sertnnlly checked by Pastcur ssyetcu
IL iuosulation.
| II Is reported that there is con
siderable excitement in Marshall
town. Iowa, over the discovery that
"a number Of cattle afflicted with
lump inv lave been slaughtered at 4
a public nhaitoir in that city. Thu
authorities investigated the matter
and found that the cattle has com'
fr ON the glucose works The loca
manager of thnt institution is sal,
Go hnvc admitted that the cattii
Ind been sent to the nbattoir 10 b
slaughtered and the meat sent I.
Chicago. lie also said that the AM
mails had swollen jaws.
Tho question MS TO the use Of i'm
proved stock cars is not that OF
difference between the different pat
cnto,l cars. but the shipper demand
n system by which his stock ran b
mt on the market In a silable con
iIition. and the quickest and best nc
connodations accompiishes thai oil
,cct. II tho railroads build cars 9
their own better than the paten
cars the shipping public will use then
IN preference 20 the others But on
thing Il certain, md that u that nv
stock shippers who have long haul
have found bv experience that muc
a snved III the improved chr aud y
the future demand them for thei
stock Texas Live Stock Journal.
The COW. according to Lin9tu'
writes correspondent OF the Cana
dim Live Stock journal, cats q
plants and rejects 2ls, the sheep eat
. ssT and rejects t41, the horse eat
2g2 and rejects 212, but the hos
more nice IN its provisions than an
Z ~ the former, eats only az plant
! and rejects III. In It's dome .
state however. the hog is omnivel
Gus, and little comes amiss to hun
vet II allowed choice Of diet ne a
wnys selects that which is most nj
D triiive. The hog is naturally aeon
pnratively long-lived animal, havln
) been known to live over ~ .yeai
when wild. but when domesticate
/, there nre lew opportunities OF asce
. tanning his longevity, MS ms me
= usually cut short at an early age