Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-22
THE AGRICULTURALIST
Naysv Notes Concerning the Farm ana
of Especial II terest to the "a
cific Coast Husbsndman.

Re certain that there is plenty OF wa
ter where the cows are turned out W
pasture. Clean, pure water Is nuns
pensable to the mich cow
Never wait for rain when you nave
q crop under cultivation. Keep right
ON cultivating and you Will be sur
prised TO find how your crop Will win
stand the drought.
Many farmers in western New OH
gave up the wool business as unproi-
table long ago, but still keep sheep
and say that keeping the mutton
breeds is one OF the best paying
branches OF farming.
Tramping upon the hay IN barn
often causes horses TO refuse IL. 10
pass from the barn-yard into the parh
and walk over the hay leaves odors
which are quickly recognized by the
animals when such hay Is leu 10 'he'h
Chopped clover-hay scalded Is
CHEAP and excellent food for hogs, ana
they will thrive on it while growing
with but little grain. Bulky 1000 Is
necessary for the distention OF the
stomach. and there is nothing 80 nu.
tricious for that purpose as the scaloeo
clover.
The price of onions is lower this
wear than for some time past. Ihs is
due to large increase OF area piahteo
throughout the east, and to an un,
usually large crop; the insects ana
diseases that usually attack the onion
having been far less prevalent this
year than usual.
After winter grain is sown there Is
vet time to remedy defects OF soil ana
exposure. II there is knoll IN the
field it is probably the poorest part OF
the lot and one or more loads OF ma
nure distributed over it will have a
wonderful effect, not alone upon the
grain crop, but on the grass seeding
Good cider vinegar is always sala-
BILE, and it pays to convert the surplus
apples into cider for the purpose OF
making vinegar. The artificial vine
gar cannot be used for choice pickles
and other purposes for which good
cider vinegar only is adapted, and does
not, therefore, largely compete with It,
Don't try to crowd SO hens into a
poultry house suitable for only 20, as
the larger the hock the fewer the
eggs proportionately, unless they have
perfect accommodations AS u rule
small Hocks give a larger profit from
the same outlay than when numbers
are kept that cannot be properly pro
vided for.
Parsnips, satisfy and horseradisl
can remain in the rows where grown
as freezing does not injure them. l
they are covered with litter, however
it will prevent sudden thawing arount
, them in the spring, 1t is too mucl
> warmth that does injury in winte
= to such crops, rather than cold. 4
3 few warm days in winter may be NOR
detrimental than beneficial.
+ The first signs of disease in flocl
. should prompt the herdsmen to a
!, once remove all animals not atfecte
: to new, clean location. 1t is bette
to kill an animal that is suspected o
having a contagious disease than t
n attempt 81 cure. Delay is dangerou
d Precaution IN the beginning is bette
a than any work that can be done in a
u tempting to effect a cure after the di
ease secures hold.
}. Most farmers who give no particl
,e lar attention to horses usually dri'
l. with a loose rein. This Is well enoug
: with the cold family horse" in whol
h. YOU have pc. feet confidence. 1t
never safe, however, with young al
st spirited horse. Never drive such q
lie animal with 50 loose rein that yC
d. cannot Instantly command the stu
d. ton, whatever happens.
Pork made from considerable pc
ton of apple diet is peculiarly swe
ey in flavor. Hogs will fatten more ra
OF idly on sweet apples than sour, if a
We Piles are principally depended upo
II but if grain is fed with apples Il
IT. sour will do even better than Il
sweet, as the acid i'll assist in the {
gestion OF the grain. 1t would be b,
a ter to feed corn for few weeks befo
az as killing, to harden the pork.
al In California turkeys are raised
to ilocks numbering several thousaI
They are placed in charge OF a herd
who drives them as he would a flo
y. of sheep. They range over miles
10 territory in a day, and live almost {
NJ NJ tirely by foraging. When the gra
l NJ is cut and harvested the turkeys q
I'm turned into the immense wheat a
barley fields and the birds do t
ed cleaning and become fat and rea
en- for market at very little cost.
.'e' One article of food cannot supp
". all the necessary sustenance, becau
nv it may lack some of the essential e
ments and is sure to have some in
eat sufficient quantity. A normal APP
len tite, that sure guide to the wants
ort nature, Graves a variety OF foods.
re- is not necessary to make the raft
ex. costly a little thought will provid
variety In the ration and with,
greater cost. AS to regularity in fe
res. ing, it has been amply demonstra
hat that animals do not thrive so v
the when fed irregularly as when they
XIV, their food at certain seasons.
' Nv, A practical dairyman gives the
a., lowing reasons why he was more
cessful with his cows than his nei