Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-06-02
FARM AND eAaDsS
1hs Most Expensive Ip,,.,,
Of Fertilizers, S'''f
USEFUL AGRICULTURAL ~.
The Requisites Of ! toos 3.
mouse : Selecting . B,ss s'''''
sow-Habit in Cow,

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Salt and wood asbes Y K
are beneficial. Good for Il ~ seach y bts
nj me ns neglect given the cbic.. . 40
by y. % overcome with good q az ny Y. 90
ara Inc e nursery barn at the W.,
c cos contains happy iot Il S bisa. q,
Seed potatoes should i.
veiope sd mat strong sprouts %ss Y = =,
ls your experience ~.
s ss corn Is better than a. cSSosed u
Health, comfort and nas..
poni fr e e sought when bui IA y
4 =; rs chicks enjoy fresh WI, \, II,
vide milk for them. usn you pro.
II your fowls have tho
farm and have access ~ ange d tho
tney VIII need but little care a.ssn vatsr,
~ takes as much brains to ~.
successfully as it does 10 = ca NJ lam
otner business of like proport;o uues my
1t is mistake to become \.
in routine work on the far,O y absorbed
ton. 'ann'ne Or recres.
II you mean to sell sprinc AZ,
sell them in the sprinq-not 4 s',,ekens
lor or ~ cents pound and L. s y lsl
Soft coal cinders and ch.....,
wood ashes or cobs should II ~, nom
:. a q 9e;la kept on the hogs hi =:
II YOU are raising chicks for the s.,
tney VIII lay, don't keep the ~ ~ sgH
TIL fall sell them as soon AZ Ia &c sn \,
for broilers. g 'A'ge enough
A writer in an EXCHANGE so,,. +,
gee h live on the heritage Of the fieid . tbss
should be largely raised as sub bsi Wy
Inc superintendent Of the Kansas i.
pertinent station saws that tba aAsas *
ments with sugar beets in tbat s. ..pell-
dictate that the soil Is NOT ada nss1 ~
their growth. - 'uaP'ed %
PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
All who have bred Plymouth po.l.
are aware, and they who have ro 49,. ~
intend to should take heed. that ~ d. o'a
mouth Rock cock is natl,rallv NJ l;sh.,.
tnan the hens; and, says the Scientific
fouitryman, it is the custom of breeder
OF show birds to mate light cocks WITH
dark pullets and use extra dark cock IN. i
get dark cocks and extra light ones IL
get hight hens-that is, hens 70 mate tbs
cock-thus making up . pen that viii
look very nice on exhibition; but Il VIM Nj,
breed the pen, the result will he ds,I
pullets, and the next season Won viii he
farther away from the desired result Than
before, and you will be compelled II
mate them with very light cock to 0st
the pullets lighter. 1t is as natural ior
the Plymouth Rock cock to be lirbte,
than the hens as for the Brown LeQhorn
cock to be darker than the hens; and Il
we want to breed to uniform color. the
only way is to select medium light hens.
blush gray, barred with dark or blue,
the bars being distinct, the cock being
little lighter than the hens, mating each
year the same way. If breeders will fol-
low this rule, they will find that the Ply
mouth Rock will breed truer and will Be
able to breed show birds; otherwise we
must have two separate matings, one for
cocks and one for pullets, which is not
always convenient for parties who can
only keep one yard. 1t is too much like
q first cross on two varieties; some Of
them look very nice, but the next breed.
ing is away off.
HABIT IN COWS.
Every man who handles cows should
that they are creatures Of
habit. Habit made them, and habit
alone will continue them in the line Of
their good work. To make use Of this
knowledge we should always and on all
treat the COW as nearly as pos
,ible in the same way. She is fond Of
her home life and its monotonous rou-
line, and any deviation from that tread
mill method greatly disturbs her equa-
1imity, and that disturbance acts imme-
lately on her milk-giving organs greatly
o the loss of the man who owns her.
We have not found that she even likesa
hange Of food, except from dry to grass,
md that upsets the milk yield for q few
lays. She must have the same stall and
he same companions; she. must De
mixed by the same man. II you have
ot into the practice, which some men
ondemn, of feeding her while you milk,
hen keep it up, for it has become
abit with her, and without 1t she VIII
e restless and inclined to hold up hef
milk.
SELECTING A GOOD BROOD SOW.
A brood SOW should be long OF great
epth, broad in forehead and not TOO
losely coupled over the loin. Select her
fter the pigs are weaned, so that sae
ill have taken on natural form. she
nould be retained as brood SOW until T
r 5 years of age if she has proved COCA.
he constitution of many animals mas
cen ruined by breeding from young Or
parents. A good sow will glVe
,irty pounds of milk in twenty-iour
ours. 1t has been tested and is known
be fact. If litter OF pigs woua
AXE growth OF four or five pounas =
hours, it stands TO ressp,,
lat, if seven pounds of milk Will maxi
lie pound of growth in q young pg"
10 age of one week, a SOW must ae S;1r
rily give at least thirty pounds O li'n =
twenty-four hours. Mistreatmen. !.
brood SOW should never be allowsd
mile treatment of sows in herus S'i01
ways be exacted.