Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-25
Fall Pruning Will Sa,,'
Much Labor.
HINTS FOR THE HoUSEHoln
Productiveness and Value Of :, !.
chard Depend on Pruning
While Young.

push with greater yigor and become Il
main shoot if the highest Ieit ~ !as
tree. The more vigorously youra sA
is pruned in fall or winter the SITE -
growth OF wood it will make neSt o'ea
and the concentration of san in ~
large shoots will prevent fruiting N
only pruning that can promote irui.ias
ness is that done while the tree Il Il ~
and this result is effected by chsss;l
the vigor OF its growth.
1t is good plan to use the snn,..
made manure as top dressing Il, y
poor places in wheat fields. A yery s ~
fertilizer goes great away in such es. ~
In our experience, when the grounS !.
dry, little damage is done to wbeat y
driving over it with loaded manure ~
ems having broad tires that do moi crt Z
deeply. If only ordinary wheels y
used, defer drawing until the surface = !
frozen so it will bear load, or wait ~,
later and draw on the snow with 4 IA
In this case some marks should be H..
up beforehand to show where the nv ~
nure had better be spread.
1t is not often that a careful fa,n..
will allow sows to breed SO as 70 ~.
their pigs late in the fall. 1t costs mo,s
TO winter such pigs than they are wortb
as it is almost impossible, however Wi
fed and housed, to keep them from H.
ing stunted. But the pigs need not /
wholly lost. Probably the best use i
them is to fatten rapidly and sell 4.
roasters about holiday time. Roast i.
is better liked by many than roast ~.
KEY, and if it were offered generally !,
fall and early winter, it is probably IN
best use to which pigs dropped at tha
untimely season can be pat.
The future shape, productiveness and
value of an orchard depend mainly h
the way it is pruned while young. /,
requires knowledge OF the habit 4
growth of different varieties to know
how to prune them to advantage. Aln.
tie pruning while the tree is small sets i
to growing in the right shape, and avoid,
the need of saving off large limbs later
which can never be done without inect
ing wounds likely to destroy the yitaIit,
of the tree. 1t is in pruning, more eye1
than in anything else, that little don.
at the right time saves the necessity n
doing much more afterwards.
Although hops can be grown from seed
this is not the usual way of propagatna
them. The best time to plant hops 4 h
the spring, as early as the ground can
be worked. The rows are made about
eight feet apart and the sets planted h
these at about the same distance. Each
set has two eyes, is planted about an
inch deep and pressed firmly down.
The first year hill of corn NAV b
planted each way between the hops. bat
the second year the entire ground istoh
kept well cultivated. Where the hoplors
has not made its appearance the cropi
generally very profitable one.
Many farmers who have practiced the
plan recommend cutting corn fodder and
piling it in small cocks to cure. Ins
large stack the heating of so much wet
material would certainly prove injurious,
but in small-sized cocks the fermentation
Is just enough to furnish heat to dry
them out. 1t also softens the stalks,
which are eaten with less waste than
those set up in stacks and dried BY ex.
posture to the air. Rain does not pene.
trate these cocks to any great extent
Farmers have often noted that the dam.
pened stalks kept in mows, even when
slightly moldy, were eaten cleaner than
those thoroughly dried.
The United States Consul at Mann
helm, Germany, reports that German
chemists have learned how to make but
ter from the oil of the cocoanut. 0nt
factory already produces 600 900 pound
daily, which is sold at Is cents pei
pound. The nuts are procured from
Africa, South America and other trop
zeal countries. Cocoanut butter contains
~ per cent. of fat, and OF the remainder
one-third is composed of the albumen
winch give it a greater nutritive Vault
than cow butter possesses. The new
butter is used largely in hospitals, and !.
hndlng Its way on account of its cheap
ness to the tables of the poor, especially
as substitute for oleomargarine, to which
II Is certainly superior as usually made
Roots OF all kinds are better kept il
pits than in cellars, where they are ex
posed to currents of air. Some eartt
should be mixed with them to fill up thu
spaces, and thus prevent the evaporation
mat usually makes them dry and taste
less before spring. Beets and potatoes
are more easily injured by freezing thar
other roots and require double or triplt
covering to exclude cold. Turnips, ruta
pagas, carrots and parsnips will all beat
a temperature nearly or quite down t
the freezing point, provided they are il
contact with the soil. Parnips with
silght covering of the part of the root:
ABOVE the surface may be left in The
ground until spring without injury, and
even with benefit. The freezing makes
them better favored than they will be il
dug in the fall.
Several trials in recent years have
SHOWN that the pine leaves-or needles
as they are called-from our common
pine forests are valuable, or can be made
so, as fertilizer for potatoes on sandy
SOIL. II the prejudice against sawdus'
rom reslnous woods in general can De
and vegetable matters gathered
ana applied to the soil with less regard
20 its origin and more for its effects, IT Is
lutte likely that many farmers would
md In the fine forests and groves val.
liable addition to their scant supply Of
bedding and at the same time furnish
ne much needed vegetable matter. One
nan raked up the pine leaves with what
,ecayed vegetable matter there was I'M
Ter them and mixed the mass with lime
ma let 1T be in pile few weeks and
hen used it for potatoes with COCA