Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-11-23
FOR THE FARMER.


said is to induce, il possible a great
err degree OF selt-reliance.
The Secretary Of Wyoming esti-
mates the number Of sheep IN that
Territory at about 100000.
If thereports ofmurderous assaults
by bulls continue to multiply as they
have lately. the cause of dehornlng
will get an immense impetus.
There aretew methods by which the
small farmerc can more easily increase
the profit derived from the farm than
by keeping sheep.
Cleanliness is an all important
matter in the management of your
Toulouse, and experience shows
that poultry are iniuriously affected
by the emanations from filthy quar-
tiers.
Irrigation does not mean simply
the flooding of q plot with water, but
it includes thorough under drainage.
Prolonged rainfall is as injurious as
well as prolonged drouth. 1t is the
undrained fields that become dry the
soonest.
A writer says that the salt in the
butter does not preserve the butter.
1t only arrests the fermentation or
decay of the buttermilkl Well, that
is distinction without difference.
The salt will prevent decay, as far as
it goes, but so little is used that it
does not GO lar.
The depth to which the pillow should
be run in preparing the soil for seed
ing, depends upon the character of
the soil and the kind OF crop to be
grown. The stiffest and poorest soils
require more working than good
land. Wheat and beans need deep
er range of feeding than barley.
The best time to prunei is when there
can be the least loss OF sap; at time
when the wound will cease bleeding
most readily and heal over the soon
est. If the cut is covered with graft
ing wax, shelac-varnish, or boiled
iinseed oil as soon as made, there will
be but little evaporation from the
wound.
The breed of Shetland ponies is al
most extinct in the Shetland Islands.
None are bred there, and there are
fewer specimens in these islands than
in many other places. Bred as they
are under widely different conditions.
the old shaggy-coated Shetland pony
is thing of the past. The small,
smooth-coated ponies now infashion
are the improved Shetlands bred in
Ililder climates.
The apple-bud worm makes it's
entrance generally at the bud, and
follows the heart of the twig down
ward to three or four joints; the
twig dies as far as it is bored. The
worm is about the size of a large pin
and from one-fourth to one-half an
inch in length, witha black head and
an opaque body, ranging in color
from white to brown. Spraying with
any effective insecticide will extermi-
nate them.
Most hens will lay eggs, more or
less, at certain seasons of the year.
But while they are engaged in this
work, we must not forget that we
can assist them materially by giving
them good nourishing, varied grains
and vegetable feed that will 90 to
aid in creating eggs more abundant
" than will the erroneous and care
less mode OF feeding that some per-
sons adopt, by stutfing them with a
dry, hard substance that has no pc
culiar ingredients in it's composition
such as is necessary to help produce
the things which we desire.
Thefocks of sheep should be care
fully sorted says an exchange. Much
Of the success of keeping sheep de-
ponds on keeping them SO graded
that the weaker ones will get a fair
chance to rustic "A yearling or two
year old with imperfect teeth for
grazing stands poor show if kept
along with mature animals, and the
old ones, which often have disease of
some kind, threaten the health of the
enfSge flock. There are three or four
grades of sheep on every farm where
breeding is followed. These grades
should " separated and each given
the care suited to its condition.
There is Henty of time between now
and wintev to put all the sheep
in the countsg insthe best condition
for Winter iN fock-masters would
only give atteS tion to the matter.
A rather irritable farmer annoyed
by the fowls on Vi grain mows, pick
ed up u club and @Iaughted a dozen
of the hens. To Ns wife's remons-
trance he declareW that the fowls
we're a great damaA and ofso little
value as to be of no account at all.
The woman was ho@ever, able to
show in reply goodM roll Of bills