Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04
HoME AND FARh.
rba Cara of Horses Feed for Breeding
Sows-Fruit Culture-Handsonie
Picture Frames-Notes.

Cooked rice, fed cold, is good Tor olar-
rhea in chickens.
Don't feed sulphur to young chickens
it produces leg weakness.
The newer the butter the quicker the
sale and the higher the price.
The pigs should be fed to secure as
nearly ali their droppings as possible to
the manure heap or fields, and not 10 tile
wash OF the streams.
Every woman should start formid-
able rebellion against open setting OF
milk in pans, either in water or air, and
against working butter three times.
Glover hay, cut up about an eighth OF
an inch, mixed with bran, and scalded,
makes a capital breakfast for the fowls,
and one that will tell wonderfully on the
egg basket.
Manure the ounce tree more frequently
and heavier than any other; keep the
soil loose with an annual dressing Oh
coal ashes and salt, and give thorough,
but shallow cultivation.
A horse that is naturally courageous
may be made cowardly by abuse. Ii he
often receives blows the fear OF them IL
uppermost, and any unknown noise Is
imagined to be coming hurt, to escape
which is an uncomfortable impulse.
The high winds shake young trees
severely, ard If the ground IS very wet
the trees are liable to he blown over
stake should be used Tor holding young
trees until the summer season opens, or
until the trees become firmly rooted.
Old pasture fields are usually full of
weeds which have crowded the grass out.
To utilize such pastures turn sheep on
them. The sheep will eat the young
weeds as well as the grass, and greatly
assist in destroying the pests. In the
fall the sod can be turned under and
reseeded with less danger of the weeds
again appearing.
Handsome picture frames may be
made at home, by gluing ears OF rye or
oats, tiny shells, beans or acorns, upon a
simple wooden foundation. Then coat
the frame and ornament with white
paint When this is thoroughly dry,
cover with metal paint, either gold or
bronze and if we'll arranged the effect
will be most satisfactory.
Young bulls of the improved breeds
are sold at very low figure compared
with their real value and farmers who
have dairy herds can grade up their
stock at very low cost by securing the
males when they are young. Heifers are
high, as they are in greater demand by
those who do not object to paying good
prices for superior stock.
1t is common practice with many
farmers to delay seeding till the ground
is settled and frosts are over, when, I'M
| less the season be quite wet, the seed
will not germinate; or, if it start, it is
very liable TO be killed by drought in
June, before the germ has sufficient
strength to resist it, hence a failure,
which early seeding would have avoided.
Guineas do not usually commence
laying until late, but after they once
begin will lay very steadily. Like
| turkeys, they prefer to hide out their
nests, and will need to be looked after if
the eggs are secured fresh. AS with
turkeys, ducks and geese the first eggs
should be set under hens. More eggs
and more poultry will be secured if this
plan is followed.
The Delaware grape succeeds in nearly
all sections, but is not as hardy as the
Concord. The latter is the favorjte
market variety, but its sale is greatly
injured by the Ives Seeding, which is
sent to market before it is ripe, thus
creating a distrust against the Concord,
which is really an excellent grape, but
strongly resembling the Ives. The
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produces well in this section.
1t has been found that ton of hay
absorbs in its growth thirty pounds OF
nitrogen, worth 81 80; forty pounds OF
potash, s., and fourteen pounds of phos-
phoric acid, worth 81 y, Therefore each
ton OF hay shipped from the farm takes
with ii 81 ~ worth OF these three ele-
ments, which must be replaced or the
land will be weakened by Just this sum.
1t does not pay to sell hay at S. per ton.
Better feed where grown and sell in the
form of beef, pork, butter or milk.
Plum cakes: Take one cup of butter,
two cups Of brown sugar, yollls of three
eggs, white OF two eggs, hall a cup oil
milk, half cup of dark molasses, half a
teaspoonful of soda, half pound OF
raisins, stoned and chopped, half tea
spoonful of cream OF tartar, half pound
OF currants, two tablespoonful of any
fruit syrup, four cups OF flour, two tea
spoonfuls OF mixed spices. Ii not dark
enough, add a little melted chocolate
Bake in small tins, and frost part of them
with the remaining white OF egg
A correspondent makes inquiries re-
gardlng mllet and Hungarian grass
They are very similar in appearance, but
the millet grows higher and affords but
one cutting, while the Hungarian grass
can be cut every five weeks if the soil is
rich. They are summer crops, and are
not usually sown until May. The hay
from millet and Hungarian grass is
highly relished by all classes of stock
and the yield is usually heavy. The
ground should be well MANFRED, narrowed
line and ten quarts OF seed per acre sown
or even more il a thick growth is desired
Food for breeding sows should be care,
FULLY prepared. There is no better food
Tor breeding sows than skim milk with
wheat bran. There is very little fat in
either, yet such is the appetite of q
breeding SOW that she will fatten rapidly
II given all she can eat OF either of these
But the pigs thus nourished before birth
Will be strong and vigorous, and what
lat the SOW has will not be in any dan.
ger OF making her nervous or feyerish
II supply OF beets and mangel wurtzels
have been provided they will be worth
more than grain to feed to breeding sows
as to cooling diet for those disr O, ID tr
lay on too much fat. No other kin Is Of