Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-10-20
FARM AND GARDrS
A Simple Device to Keen =.
From Becoming soilsd -
PouLTRY-RAIsINa PAYS VIZ.
Good Water Essential for q.
Valuable Information Con- s'''
densed for Farmers.

IN nIteen inferior cows. eooQ thu
Don't get a general-purnosa
speciai-purpose use, or vice va ~ Tor /,
Do not be in too big a bn,..
s the corn. Let it be well cured = b s'es
When trimming shrubs az
cut out the old wood; leave sha ouahA
next seasons bloom and fruitaooan new d
First-class butter sells for o.,
almost universally. It is onlse ~ 4. pta
rior grades which bring low piic - 'nls
Pharaoh's lean kline ate nm !.
ones. The same thing, go far ~ ~ soM
60, is repeated often on manv 3 prOds
Feed literally, for it is only 49, ,.'a,
IS received above the amonnt s - Mha
turns. give NJ
Now that the strawstack bos
q day may be well used in fr as sestlsd
tention? 'o1i1 need u
A light mulch OF new-mown o.. !.
help the bed of animals bv kaag;sA W
ground moist and cool during thas M
dry spell. 'ne ho
If you have cultivated vour 81.
past season simply to keep the Nv. Y
down, you have not done the ~ ~ 3
your farm. pes' y
II the cocks have not already be-,
moved from the fiocks, do 20 Il Mr. ~. =
The number Of eggs produced h M va =
fected by them. = NV Y
Keep dust bath within reach !, Z
fowls constantly. They enjoy wsI wall "
and it helps to keep them healthinl .sI
free from vermin. sua
In selling dairy products the m;,;,.-
quantity of fertilizing elements ' iasla
the farm. Dairymen USUALLY hr;l fly
the fertility of their land. ~ v
The concensus of opinion favors y.
ing COWS dry for few weeks before ~ ~,
ing, although some dairymen insist ~ A.,
continuous milking is best. ~ ~
Two things never learned bv tba H..
der-head buttermaker are when Il.
cream is just ripe enough and when X.
butter is worked just enough.
GOOD WATER FOR THE cows
1t is almost stereotyped phrase i,
recommend good water for COWS s..s
the New York Tribune, and il Gina
upon line and precept upon preceDtS
entorces great truths, there ought d \,
very little need OF sermons Ipop iii
subject, but the other day in fonv.
mile drive across the country, the hest
OF the great dairy section of Ohio. Il Va,
surprising how many diaries this drouth.
stricken section was compelling to drink
out OF stagnant pools and dugouts. ths
water of which was, with its pollution,
of mud and the offal of the cattle them.
selves, thick and horribly filthy. Thh
need not be so, and the fault is all with
the man who owns the farm, and moi
either in the withholdings of Proyideno
or natural defects in the living water d
the farm itself. In these DAYS Of chesp
aerometers and cheaper pumps ever
man has spring on his farm and Al
abundance of water at command. and
no excuse exists for cows drinking filthy
water. In the dairy districts bad water
means more than its injury to the cattle
for it has its deleterious effect upon the
butter and cheese, for milk being ST
parts water, and this serum must hsyes
water origin, it is seen that it is very
probable that bad water will give as bad
influence to the milk; for while with
good food and water it is quite difficult
thing to influence the natural fayon Of
dairy, produce, yet with improper food
and drink it is one of the easiest things
to feed a stink or Objectionable flavor
into what would otherwise be a table
Iuxury-butter and cheese. Good, pure
water is as certainly demanded as much
as good food, and the present drouth
ought to be full of needed lessons in
these very particulars.
PAYS THE FARMER.
The Homestead thinks farmers will
not allow the poultry to be sighted, IS
hey realize more fully what can be made
'ut OF it, and recalls the instance oil I
small farmer who became converted to
poultry farming by an experiment.
Wishing to adopt only those branchesd
armlng that pay him the best, he kept
ledger account OF all his crops-yege-
ables, grain, hogs, cows, poultry. lie
;ept this up three years, and then SET
led down to poultry as the best crop
lis farm pays better to-day on ten acres
han any 100 in the neighborhood. He
tates the situation in this way: "lfl
'ut much time and expense in the grow
ngof vegetables and dry or unfavorable
ear should present itself, SO that the
rop becomes a failure, l am at big
oss; but with poultry l am safe-thsI
), l always have some income, bolh
ummer and winter. No matter now
ard the times are, people do need egg,
nd chicken meat is cheaper in many
'callties than pork and beef. can al
avs find market for my produce, and
Mike most crops, it is always in con-
ltlon to be marketed. While the WORE
times becomes tedious, it is not neces
arily laborious."
A SIMPLE DEVICE.
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
eman gives device he uses to keephls
'ws from getting soiled while in inc
able. The plan is simple, and places
, restrictions on the animal. He says
A device am using answers the pur.
'se. 1t is simply board, which my
: padded to keep from rubbing the nan
I, placed across the stall, just nen
lough not to touch the animal wnen
anding at ease. When she wishes y
nd excrement she must arch her PACK.
ne position of the board prevents heri
she steps back to get into the posl,tlU1aa
tture requires, and the excrement ialls
the gutter or offset, far enough away
permit her lying down in the cle ~
all. The board must be placed at al,
rent heights and lengths to suit ~.
se of the animal. A little notice oil lns
tons of each will give one the exs''
ace to put it,"
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