Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-12
AGRICULTURAL.
A PLAN FOR THE RECLAMATION OF
PEAR AND PEACH TREES.
The Effect of Too Much Pepper IN Inc
Fowls Food-BisulphIde OF Car
bon as an Antiseptic-A
Model Barn-yaro.

erately cold day, with driving rain
storm, causes more illness to stock
than severe cold on dry, clear day
The hower-bed for the next year
NAV be made very rich by scattering
| the sweepings of the poultry-house
over it. Solpsuds may also be well
utilized by throwing them ON the
flower beds.
If the bulbs OF certain flowers start
to sprout while in the cellar II indi-
Gates that they are kept too warm.
They should keep cool enough to re-
main in dormant condition until
spring. Sproutlng Injuries them.
The object of the farmer in feeding
animals through the winter should be
for profit. Feeding stock to gain
: profit from is nice point, and re-
quires study and attention. 1t is not
enough to feed sufficient quantity,
but the feed must be of such nature
as is best for accomplishing the o.
ject of feeding.
Bsulphide of carbon is one of the
best and cheapest antiseptics and in
secticides. Already more than S,0OO,-
600 pounds of it are used annually to
check the ravages of phyloxera, the
scourge of European vineyards. BIZ
sulphide of carbon has an extremely
offensive odor, and is highly inham-
mable and explosive.
Feeding pepper often to fowls as a
regular appetizer is a bad practice.
Although very little will do no harm,
yet the continued use OF the condi-
ment is liable to cause liver complaint.
, Warm feed tends to have the same
stimulating effect without possessing
> the injurious qualities of the cayenne.
The only way to make roosts is TO
make them on a movable frame, that
may be taken out OF doors, there to
be scalded with boiling water in which
is a little crude carbolic acid. Make
4 the roosts all on lsvel and not more
: than two feet high. thereby prevent
? ing much qusrreling and the humble
foot.
The kind of feeding that keeps a lot
; Of pigs or stockers from three to six
months without grain is total loss
of grain; also, loss of time in the
maturing of the animals. That is
shiltess feeding that carries lot o.
hogs through winter on one class OF
feed. The need of variety brings them
t to the boneyard when grass is almost
in sight.
A farmer with considerable exper
fence who has sliced clover for Two
years, says if it should be left to will
Ola the ground for two hours after cut.
ting, aud each days filling Of the silo
he allowed to heat before the fresh
cover is added, and the sides, not the
: center, kept thoroughly tramped, the
clover will come out moist and green
and the cattle will relish it as
thoroughly as summer pasture.
= To make pullets trot along toward
= maturity with wonderful accelerated
pace, give them every morning a
warm feed of bran and shorts and
0 ground oats mixed up with milk, OF
:, meat stock in which is little salt. At
e noon give feed Of meat, and at nigh
all the wheat they will eat ard little
left to scratch for the next day. In ad
, dition to this provide green food
!, crushed bones and pure Water, anC
give each day one heavy feed of brok
= en- dishes; they will be eaten with
avidity.
a Freezing of the food and water vii
a be one of the difficulties this winter
as usual. The troughs become ice
bound and the soft food free yes rap.
IDLY when the weather Is severe. Il
such cases 1t is best to water the ocB
at . 'ervals rather than to keep water
in the troughs. If you have no az
rangement for warming water, try the
plan OF Western farmer, who heat,
a stones and drops one in the trough
p when the water is pumped in. 1t il
|, | better, however, to warm the water
t using a boiler or steam-pipe, and il
d there Is large number OF animals
will pay to do SO,
= A person who has some old pear
a trees that have about run out, asks
o advice OF Popular Gardening and re-
$ celves the following: Try the plan OF
: digging shallow trench, say one foot
. deep, SIX to eight feet away from the
, body OF the tree, and throwing into
his liberal supply Of soda, leaf mold
'>heS, lime and manure and covering
WI earth, ami then cut away all dead
limbs and give the body and limbs a
good coat OF whitewash. We hay,
seen Old peach trees renewed beyond
belief by this process.
la some cases large BARNARD
might well be divided into two O,
more smaller ones for different classe
OF live stock. A fruitful source Of los.
rs the keeping of weak animals with
vigorous ones; young with old
nors' with cattle, sheep and hogs
by letting one set of animals out of
stables or pens at one time and another
IL may be possible to get along with !,
s'ngie yard, yet the best plan, whe,.
: much stock is kept, is to have several
. yards.
why more men do not make the
ualry pay Is because they refuse to he.
; ieVe that there is any study or inyes
t'gatlon needed in regard to the care
Treatment and management of IN,
dairy. If they chance on a succes.