Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-19
AGRICULTURAL.
THE SECRET OF BREEDING AND
FEEDING CATTLE.
Tho Proper Manage cement of Seed ro-a
toes-The Advantages OF Weil-
shod Horses-A Receipt for
" Preserving Eggs.

IOTnlttl I'll 6NCl hOhSO CIV AS'''"
day. Never groom horse in its stall
while the horse is eating, but take IL
out for the purpose. Otherwise the
dust and dirt which fill the air becomes
mixed with the horses food, making 1t
unavailable and unwholesome.
Breeding sows should be given com
Portable, clean quarters, with freedom,
or, at least, the liberty OF yard large
enough for moderate exercise. DO not
let them run with cattle or horses,
though, they should have generous
and plentiful r..tions OF bran and
other muscle forming food, but not
much Indian corn or meal. Skim
milk, bran, oil-meal, boiled to a thin
Cruel, peas, ETC., are good foods for
them.
The management of seed potatoes
is one of the important arts OF the
potato grower. The chief point is to
prevent them from sprouting, and Tor
this purpose low temperature as near
to the freezing as is possible, without
touching it, is desirable. Nearly ey-
erywhere farmers find that the late
varieties of potatoes are more product
i've than the early ones. l. not this
partly due to the fact that early varle-
ties have been injured by sproutlng,
while late varieties are less liable to
this injury.
The following receipt has been tried
by a lady who says she has eggs that
were preserved by it four years. They
are still good. Take one pound Of
unslacked lime and one pint OF com
mon salt to two gallons of soft water
Put your eggs on end, in layers, III
any good tight veSsel-a jlr is good
When as full as you wish, make
enough of the brine to completely
cover the eggs. If you put the eggs
down as gathered each day, add some
of the brine so as to keep all complete
ly covered all the while.
In breeding and feeding cattle thu
first legitimate purpose is to make the
animal do the very best that it will
The saving OF food--in the direction
Of depriving the stock of all that i
will eat-has no place in the calcull
ton at all. 1t is true that in som,
cases the animal will cat it's bead of
though that will occur only with scrul
stock. But in such cases the ANNA
should be got rid Of 1t does not de
stroy the rule that profitable dalryinI
demands abundant food and goo
food.
Probably meal will finish up stee
better than ear corn, but for the bull
. of the feeding there are no trials t
which we can point that show in favo
of meal over whole corn. A step sti
further in the right direction is to fee
. unhusked corn, fodder and all, to th
{ cattle. Such innovations may appa,
many farmers, but what we are drift
ing toward is not more mplicate
methods OF feeding, but big crops t
, feed, better stock to feed it to, all
: simple, rational methods OF gettin
feed to the animals.
If the owner OF small farm bring
l to his work the business capacity an
s good judgment which the large lane
> owner does, it is very evident tina
!. proportional to the acres cultivated
! he will have the most money at til
+ end of the year. Hired help is ne
= only expensive, but at times very III
, certain and unreliable, but man
i own hands, with heart in his worl
which seldom accompanies hired hel
are always available for every little d.
i tail on which success depends. Man
}, men will do more with ten acres an
y get more out of, and from them, TIA
: others v i'll with hundred. 1t n
d quires as much labor, however, for I'll
ten as the hundred. 1t is intelliger
@ labor and good management th;
|. count on farm, hence it is that sma
v farms pay the best and that farmer
2 continually complain that there is Il
e money in farming. To our way
q thinking, and we are familiar wit
y every department of farm bushes
and measurably so with the cit
4 there is no enterprise one can engag
a in which offers better opportunitit
. for healthful, independent and SUI
- cessful life than moderate sized farl
! under good management.
|, There are many who never take
" ramble in the woods in the winter Sc.
l. son. They seem to think that becaus
the trees, save the pines, hemlock
|. ETC., are bare, and because the bird
It have left for a warmer climate, thel
e Is nothing to be seen in the woods
G winter. Those who have learne
I properly to use their eyes, will fin
that the woods present enough OF i,
d terest at all seasons to make visit
y them profitable at any season. Lun
: bermen, who work at telling trees, d
e so IN the winter only, and can distiI
n gulsh trees with great accuracy, an
tell one kind of tree from another :
|, Tar OIL as they can see them. They d
Z this from the peculiar way in whic
the tree branches, and the color an
markings of the bark. We hay
found that these same lumbermep.
shown the leaves and flowers of tt
: trees with which they are so familis
!, in winter, tail to recognize them, i,
II deed many are surprised to learn th,
i forest trees have flowers. To be alb
to recognize trees at all season. an
q 10 name them accurately, wheth,
: they have leaves or not, is a very us
= tul sort OF knowledge which every ia
- mer should acquire. The earpente
% the Cabinetmakar and all othn. ..1