Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-10-25
FOR THE FARMER.
Farm Notes.

are helpful both as a mulch and as a
preventive to weeds.
The object of saying what we have
said is to induce, if possible, great
er degree OF seli-reliance.
The Secretary of Wyoming esti-
mates the number of sheep in that
Territory at about 1000, 900.
If hereports ofmurderous assaults
by bulls continue to multiply as they
have lately, the cause OF dehorning
will get an immense impetus.
There are few methods by which the
small farmer 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 injuriously affected
by the emanations from filthy quar-
tiers.
Irrigation does not mean simply
the flooding of a 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 a difference.
The salt will prevent decay, as far as
1T goes, but so little is used that it
does not go far.
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 q deep
er range of feeding than barley.
The best time to pruneis 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. Ii the cut is covered with graft
ing wax, shelac-varnish, or boiled
linseed oil as soon as made, there will
be but little evaporation from the
wound.
The breed of Shetland ponies is al
most aytipcf IL, Tho Cho+io,J TeIooIa
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 in fashion
are the improved Shetlands bred in
milder 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 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
ly than will the erroneous and care
less mode OF feeding that some per-
sons adopt, by stuffing them with q
dry, hard substance that has no De-
culiar ingredients in it's composition
such as is necessary to help produce
the things which we desire.
The flocks 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
entire flock. There are three or four
grades of sheep on every farm where
breeding is followed. These grades
should be separated and each given
the care suited to it's condition.
There is plenty of time between now
and winter to put all the sheep
in the country in:the best condition
for Winter if tiock-masters would
only give attention to the matter.
A rather irritable farmer ANNOYED
by the fowls on his grain mows, pick
ed up club and slaughted a dozen
of the hens. To his wifes remons-
trance he declared that the fowls
were a great damage and of so little
value as to be ofn account at all.
The woman was however, able to
show in reply goodly roll of bills
she had slowed away as the receipts
from the poultry and eggs she had
sold. Chickens, as rule, are wasted
to great extent for want ofthe care