Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-12-21
FOR THE FARMER
PoIaters for Farn.r.

LaViS AnN ou htop 10 oil tha =.
shine east a glance afoundt n ~ aa'
the bolts and pins and NUT y wv \
right. '@ y
Broods that are being weao.a.
the mother hen, require watebirs
a few evenings lest they eromli'..
neighboring coops andget naet.ss +
1ross-grained hens or crowd w
er and smother.
Turpentine, coal oil and VIM.
equal parts, well shaken too.,s'.
aud rubbed on the eggs ofth. +, /
fly on horses legs viii. We ar,.s
utterly kill them after about ,.
applications.
The little chick il happy VIII, /,
can swallow a big fat worm. H., (
begrudge him the little fruits. IA. /
plants he sometimes areideo,.s,
destroys. He viii return Ia yaIs-s
a few weeks, destroying pests
Thirteen miles from Chayso,s
what is said to be the largest Aop
farm in the world. There ar ID. /
900 acres OF land. where roam l A.
horses, which require the constap,,s
tention 81 sixty-tiYs mon. On n.
drsd miles oil wirc fence ksm h. F
animals In bounds.
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By stirring the soil after en-, +
rain, the weeds will 10 Eop ~,
destroyed than at amy othm tn
Never allow weeds 70 20 10 sNd, : +
pecially in the garden. Asingls ual /
that seeds entails more labor M
season than IL would cost 10 I'm
out all OF them at this time.
The sudden approach Of sunnm /
heat Is enough TOR fowls 10 sossal
with: when thc plague flies aaiaa |
the burden IL tntolerable, Wh&as
poultry keeper cannot control III
weather e. can control the lie. aal /
there Is Feaily no good exenreicfps
uniting them Co worry the ioehH
they do for night and day.
The farmer who considers al srs
ters designed Tor the lmpFovsuss;5
agriculture will not neglect ths sasf
In an old wecdy pasture or wocd Il /
they will more than pay thar lsa
by the service performed IN kesY9
down tho uoxIons weeds and bspa
Will. nothing equals them ioriwsar
Ing Eertility TO a w0Fn.0ut helt.
A strong, vigorous plant proigs
strong. vigorous sced, whes
turn, withstands abuse 70 q aria@
extent above the more delieas q
spring of weaker plants. sirsng'sa
given n plant by proper snliiHasa
in suitable soil. But proper ssluls
ton does not consist In nllowinz y
weeds To rob the plant III nuiFlENk
An oxchnngr suggests thas az ~
tionnl incentive 10 raising EpN
horses, did It ever strike you ~
the horse was ths ouIy produe
the farm that the farmer was allcsei
60 put hts own price on Ils
-Four fix the price on the meat ~
John Bull on cotton, and ths ~
blerS on the grain, but thehow G'P
hns not yet been cornenrd.
There Il no crop grownonshe ~
but will run out In time iieafrs
taken TO obtain pcw seed oefas'0
~, or unless cnre is tnkcn sosssp
seed pure and carefully selected
no other crop seems so shcrtll''a
potatoes. nor cnu new varists
any other be SO easily produces.
win pny occasionally to w v
new one.
II Is discournging when even ? "
grain Is given a COW In Sumna
pasture to have her begin % ~
instead OF increasing the mlk ~ y
But II the COW be Of that ki0o'
sooner her owner discovers !
better. II grnining fattens " M
probably is not worth keepln
out the grain. so fatten % s.,,<l
rapidly as possible, and ges ~"
COW in her place.
The shorthorn cattle originals
Durham, England, and i y even! !,
common in some old.fashioneu =.
tions to speak Of them az ING Wi 4
ham breed. or course the oie
Durhams we're not bred up Y
present standards for beef mss,,1, 4
but the characteristic sas,,siuaI|
good beef breed were In The Oe esrsld
stock. Good feeding nna ~ aoal
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