Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-12
FOR THE FARMERS.
PREPARATION OF THE SOIL FOR THE
RECEPTION OF SEED.
A Varied Bill OF Fare for Chickons-Dis
posit on ofSwine to Pile Upin Cold
Weather-Whole Corn or
Meal the Best for Pigs.

DTOluCcu ny WIlILt lipOi.
A Id little boiling water to the hog
swill so as to take the chill off.
The weather throughout the North has
been extremely trying to stock.
A calf born in fall or winter is worth
two born in the spring for profit
The largest peach orchard in California
is near Marysville. 1t contains 420 acres.
Last year 10000 persimmon trees were
exported from Japan to the Unitcdistates.
More pounds OF pork can be produced
from the same food than beef. The pig
utilizes larger per centage OF food than
the beef animal or than sheep.
The warmer and more comfortable the
bed of pigs the more rapidly will they
grow and fatten, while less food will be
consumed.
The propagation of game should be
taken up seriously, and become a branch
to be fostered and encouraged in the same
manner rs methods of the fishculturist.
Tarred paper makes an excellent COW
ering and protection for cold frames at
night. Old bagging serves well, but the
paper is q better non-conductor of heat.
Do not worry because you have no
blooded stock till you improve what you
have. Breed only from thoroughbred
sires and soon you will be able to go up
higher.
Ground gympsum or farmers plaster
spread upon the stable floor will add to
hn pn1trn nf fhn xxfhila II
vents the waste and nuisance of escaping
ammonia.
Every farmer is interested in good roads.
None but experienced road overseers
should be selected, and the tax required
for road repair, if properly applied, is
money well invested. Good roads save
valuable horses.
Every farmer should experiment, in
order to learn by practical experience, the
kind of crops and mode OF cultivation
best adapted for his farm. Soils vary,
and the experience of one farmer is not
always guide for another.
The disposition of swine is to pile UP in
cold weather, and the warmer we can
keep it underneath them the less liable
they are to do this, and unless they can
be prevented from doing it to Il great ex-
tent disease is much more liable to break
out among them.
1t amounts to grave neglect, not to
plant trees about the home grounds, road
side, cemetery and school ground. First,
after beautiful site has been selected
Tor the home, the very next considera-
ton should be the identifying and en-
Enlistment of the grounds by planting
of trees.
When horse comes in with snow in
his shoes, knock it out with hammer
before putting him up, and rub the hair
dry around his heels and ankles. In Or
der to do this easily, it is well to shear
OIL some OF the long hair. Cracks in the
ankle, called scratches, often result from
inattention to this.
Early blowing exposes the soil to the
action OF the rain, frost and sun, and the
earlier the work is done the finer will be
the particles of earth and the more avail
able the plant food. Quite number of
insects will also be exposed to the surface,
While the loosening of the soil also per-
mlts the ground to become warm early.
There are men in every neighborhood
who sell their hog crop to a disadvantage,
and with more or less loss to themselves !;
notably, when Il man sells hogs at seven
months old, weighing 125 pounds, that
are healthy and have good frames, when
there is abundance of good corn on the
farm, that must be fed or sold. Misfor-
tune follows such management.
Most every farmer is aware the fact that
sheep must be fat to make the best INIT
ton, but few conceive the idea that a
properly and well-fed sheep produces
more and better wool than one poorly fed
and cared for. Wool is a product from
feeding, just the same as fat or flesh. and
the flock should be fed and managed with
view to wool growth, and that of fine
quality. ~
The pigs should never be raised in a
small, close pen; they may be started
there In the spring and finished off dur
ing the last six weeks of their lives in
comfortable pens, but the summer
months should be spent in the omen
neids, among the clover and grasses.
Skim milk and bran are much better
foods than corn. The aim should be to
make the pig grow rapidly, but he should
not be made what is called fat until near
the close of his life.
Inc better the preparation of the soil
the less seed will be required Manv
failures in the seed are not due so murb
To lack OF vitality in the seed as to tbe
condition of the ground II
Is always matter of chance gernination
When seed Is broadcasted and left to he
covered by the washing of the rain and
the harder and tirmer the seed he'd fine
greater the difficulty in securing n cron
from the seed. Pulverize the Soil bar,
row 1t down as fine as possible and then
brush the seed in.
Prof. Jordan, of Massachusetts has
experlmented with whole corn and meoI
led 10 pigs, and has found that the ya;n
made by hogs fed corn meal costs abont
= per cent more than the gain made nv
lhe hogs led corn. In all trials the hogs
We're led potatoes and milk also. and tie
same quantities of feed. 1t seems that
tne results would have been of more valme
IL the animals had been given nil the
"hoie corn or meal they would consume
Us inns would have tested the palatable,
ness oil the feeds, which has a particular
value. POI w u'''r
i, Nothing will enlarge the capacity of a
quicker than varied hin nj fara
ana a good supply of green food. To
'nickens IN confinement onion TONS ara
acceptable, and the tops are rel
shed more than the bulbs tbemsel,.os
neet and turnip tops will be greedjlv do.
voured. That they mey not be wasted
ay tnem with the tops all one wav and
"eish them down with Il stone. Bran