The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-12-23
AGRICULTURAL.
Save the Liquid Manure by
Using Absorbents.
WHAT AND HOW TO FEED.
A Heavy Clay Soil Holds Watsr
Like . Basin - Condensed
Farm Matter-Etc.

Ventilation does not mean drafts
When pruning remember . low, COM
pact, vigorous tree will give better ~.
suits than tall, slender one.
Many insects will be killed II land in
fected with plant lice, cut worms, etc.,
is p!owed before freezing weather sets in.
There cannot be . thoroughly good
farm unless there is good water supply.
If your farm is wanting in this, spare no
effort to correct it.
| The 1890 butter product in this coun-
try would require coo freight trains Of
thirty cars each and each car carrying
twenty tons To transport it.
The money expended for pure-bred
| male animals IL one OF the hest invest
| ments that can b. maize. and gains com
pound interest in ehort time.
Sow come clover seed in autumn on
winter grain. This NAV do south OF the
| latitude. of Southern Kansas, but north
OF that line better WAR until April.
The modern frnit groser mnst con-
stantiv u-e Insecticides. tiet all the i'm
Formation po--ihi. this winter 90 AS to
inieiiiyentIy coinbat fruit p-sts next ses-
con.
One thousand Virginia farmer. within
q radius OF twenty miles Of Norfolk are
said to have shipped is, $50 90 worth of
early fruit and vegetables to Northern
cities last spring.
II YOU have an old lot or abandoned
rad which is to BE- cropped next season,
plov it this fall 80 the fro-ts will have an
r,aaIinur the ovnslrA pinur
again in the spring.
Save the liquid manure bv using some
absorbent material for bedding which
can be spread over the fields. Straw,
sawdust. old hay. leaves, etc. are good
and most of them obtainable in all places.
When green crops are plowed under
for the purpose OF enriching the soil an
! application Of lime will often be Of the
greatest benefit. II helps to correct the
acidity OF the soil that often results from
the too rapid fermentation OF the green
stuff.
The fence law which works the great
. est good to the greatest number is that
(which oompels a man to fence his own
cattle in rather than to fence other peo-
: pies out. Where this is once tried it is
. not easy to persuade people to go back
to the old way.
A heavy clay soil will hold water like
q basin, and no crop can do its best il
the plants have wet feet. A subsoil pillow
that will break deeply without lifting
the under soil will make the cropping ct
.uch land much more profitable than it
has been before.
', In order to be wholly successful .
!. farmer should make his plans . long
> time in advance of the day when they
: must be put in operation. The best way
! is to mature a plan of operations that
= will require some years for fully carrying
:. out This brings better results than the
> changeable way that some have OF try
ing one way this year and another the
next.
WHAT AND HOW 10 FEED.
ri The daily feeding standard for milch
A COWS of 900 pounds weight should con-
tain two and half pounds OF protein,
Ia four pounds Of fats, twelve and hall
, pounds of sugar and starch and TWENTY
!. four pounds of dry matter. Following
i are the the rations properly made OF the
:. requii ed quantities by the Wisconsin ex.
pertinent station:
a Corn silage forty pounds, clover hay
eight pounds, wheat bran six pounds
n cornmeal three pounds.
n. Fodder corn twenty pounds, hay six
r. pounds, oats four pounds. shorts fouI
"a pounds, oilmeal two pounds.
4. Corn silage fifty pounds, corn stoveI
six pounds oats six pounds, malt sprout,
four pounds, cornmesl two pounds.
HAY eleven pounds, corn fodder clever
q, pounds, cornmesl four pounds, cotton
r. seed meal four pounds, gluten meal on'
q and half pounds.
-, Silage thirty pounds. hay ten pounds
-. Il 81 De ~ s,sAI asla
"a three pounds, gluten meal two pounds
Is, The bulletin saws i cannot assert to'
Is, emphatically that heavy feeding pays
er other conditions being given. Gov
d, producing full flow of milk should re
n ceive over 20 per cent more food than /
" reaui ed for the maintenance of he
~ body: it is the excess over maintenance
g, that brings profit to the dairvman. keeI
u, only cows that respond to good feeding
'S Feed literally. but not to waste. Selec
p such feed as will supply fair quantit
~ of protein. Raise moe ensilaee an
" clover: use bran, shorts and oilmes
e whenever needed and when obtainabl
~ at reasonable price.
AZ RESTORING LAND.
oh A Western writer gives his experienc
ne in restoring land As follows: Four veal
20, ago l bought piece Of land that ha
lie just raised its third crop of tobacco
he line, which had just killed the sol
rk When told old farmers what WAS &,
ing to do they laughed at me; 50 CAV
the soil a light coat of manure and sowe
life it to wheat. The next harvest l shocke
re- it in rows, turned the stubhle under wit
he three horses on July 2, rolled and dragye
, a the soil, and put on light coat Of ms
on nure again. On the 4th planted froi
sx- five to seven grains OF corn in hills tw
feet apart in rows four feet wide: plowe
three times. and the horse could not 2,
ev through any more. l cut it just at fros
nee laid it in lunches for two DAYS, and the
in put it i'm shocks. Resolved the land
ble wheat. Last harvest cut my wheat I
nd high as could. Had big yield. p,
on some more manure: planted in col
the same way: only drilled the grain or
The foot apart. This year is still better. an
,rv several farmers that laughed at me no
ho, say it WAS the largest crop they ever 50
Of grow out OF the earth, and one OF the
,m has rented the ground for tobacco ne,
wear. cut the roasting ears and Todd
both together in . fodder cutter. N
bs. horses and COWS won't eat anything ell
m. while Il lasts, and Il just pours the mi
4 . and butter. Ny motto 10 this:
r0I Plov deem while slugxards sleep;
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