Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-06


That of Great Britain is little over 100
pounds while in many other civilized
countries the average is not over fifty
pounds.
Economy in feeding and a careful CLEAN
ing Of forage should be tho rule this year.
Fodder is likely to be scarce and high
priced in some sections OF the West betore
another crop is grown.
1t does not pay to warm poultry houses
by artificial means, except where the bust
ness OF raising early hroilers is carried on.
Build warm houses, feed we'll, keep Off the
yermin, and fowls will get along we'll
enough without artificial heat.
Falling leaves about the yard or grounds
should be carefully rakcd and utilized as
covering for strawberry plants in winter, or
as mulching for raspberry bushes. They
make excellect bedding ;or stables, and add
to the value OF the manure pile.
Ifyou shocked your corn, husk it as soon
as cured and get the fodder into the barn or
stack as soon as possible, for every storm ON
it causes a loss, and il is going to snow be-
lore you are ready for it, you don't hurry
up. Dom; forget that.
Dried milk in a powdered condition is
being talked about as possible in the near
future 1t would be preferable TO con-
this form is practicable, why has 1t not APP
peared before this?
In the rush of the fall work don't forget
that the boys ought to so to school this
winter: crowd the work but don't crowd the
! bows out of school. Their development"
| will pay better than any crop you can
| gather
| When your cows seem not to thrive on
| silagc. or when they make a poor quality
| of milk or cream while being led on it, the
reason is either that the silage itself is
/ poor or they have had too much OF 1t and
not enough OF dry food with it.
| A Virginia fruit grower sprayed his plums
| with Paris green, using one tablespoonful
in five gallons of water applying with a
1 Whitman force pump. He sprayed soon
4 after the blossoms fell, and again III a week
| or ten days. The result was the most per-
iect crop OF plums he had ever grown.
A COW wilfully and .'cussedly' holds her
milk by main force. She draws her stom-
ach up and holds it in, thus COMPRISING
| the milk ducts So that the fluid cannot run
through them. Beating, scolding and kick
ing her at this time will, however only
make her worse.
There are 10, 600 acres of land deyoted to
4 the culture OF tomatoes in New Jersey, and
the value of the crop to the farmers of tia:
state is over Sl,OO0.U00, equal to the value
of the wheat grown. and above the value
of oats rye and buck wheat There are
seventy-three caunerles in the state.
In the general advance in farm products,
and especially OF grain, fax seed has not
kept pace with other grains. 1t is COM
paratively a much cheaper feed now thar
it has been in several years, cheaper, too
than it is likely to be before next spring
One reason OF this is that the flax seed in
market is largely grown by farmers whose
necessities oblige them tosell as soon as thl
crop can be harvested and threshed.
Whether grain should be cut high or low
depends on what is to be done with tin
field afterwards high stubbe is the bes
where young clover is growing, as it help
to shelter the plant. not only rom summe
t heats, but from winter freezing by keeping
i the snow from blowing away But ii tn
stubble is 10 be plowed for winter seeding
the less there is of it the better. II too mucl
has been lett it is better to burn tower thai
to turn mere straw stubbie under 70
manure.
. When you have company from town o
/ city, give them eggs or chicken instead {
: beeisteak or roast A lady said to US this
/ she, with a company of others, was invite
e to spend an evening on a farm. RetresE
e ments were served and the host had been
d great expense TO provide something mic
! for them: but, said the lady. Two woul
n have enjoyed some of their homegrown
; chickens and fruit much better"
e When you have taken the time to fgur
Il out the profit in the weed crop that yo
. raised in the black field please repor
4 We don't think it will be otherwise than
!. loss. If you cannot cultivate crop, tur
the weeds under before they bloom-the
will do some good then. Otherwise the
are naught but pest and source Of loss
loss OF time, patience and money.