Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-15
FARM AND G1Ss
Inc silo q Necessary 81
to the Dairy.
SOME AGRICULTURAL po,..


SOmethinv Corna
ra.,., 'fning Spesl,lh.
"eneral Farming-Is..
Ticks y. a'se NJ
| w Sheep.
|
do s1r s. years past there hss -.
oea said sara ana written abons :
anu general farming, and mos sps
y curing the last few yea,o e mi
tent among the farmers. an. o. ~
.ne ONO Farmer. The d;s viii
wv smeem LISP speciaity and genera s.e
. nos srenI y the advocates ~ s- -!
.sms VIII put the same con.t,. eo
the woro speciality. Whatava' go
may mean, DO not think ~ - w
USE II 70 convey the idea that suso
oe . sPecialist must confine III a g
In.y one crop Of only one N, r s.st
prancn Of agriculture, and ~ ~
ca.es Q! general farming 49,, s
mined that q specialist NM.
himseH; y
1, 70 DC speciality farmer M.
man must confine all his eecss.
pla ai: u agriculture, such y
ho1ning Dus wheat, corn, oeis 8.
n0gs, horses, sheep, cattle - ~ ~
uiar tning, Then the less spcc;.is
my we nave the better. ON H'.s
~ ..e SCUM Tried specially FARM
sPeclaiCy Deing cotton, and il r.a
curse 10 them not only a. ;p pMvs
farmers, put as a people. ~ sa
farming DOESN'T mean anythin. \,
, KIND; II " does, ! have never y I
modern specially farmer, nor h NJ Y \
feau = nne advocating such NH
rom the most enthusiastic spec;sS ;
peiieve voice the sentiments n ~ (
ciaiists when l construe 1t IN W.
system, . special system, Or il M
Mords special rotation or comh;,'sy
nus . man may have one or mora ~
al iis enorts ana energies are casi.T
on that crop; 1t is the primary Il
inns crop may be potatoes. Hem,,sS
Goes raise clover, wheat and corn ,sS
raises tnem only that they NAV \ y
means OF holding or increasing I'M L
tlilty IN MS soil and stimulatinp + NJ
pest efforts to produce potatoes N NJ
ne may raise other crops, they ara n
tne means through which he exuss n
gam certain ends In view. Our susss
u nueter, YET we raise wheat, beel,S
10 Ine pest way TO get our ground M
10 ciover Tor hay and to increase Il, 1:
.,a.y ~ our iaiu. we raise corn bAy,A
IL is the foundation of dairy feed T.
RAISE pota,oes because they bris Il
money Win which to buy bran and n
SEED meal. we Keep a few hogs andar
many cnickens to eat our skim M
yyet al our efforts are to make al n
outer we can. Everything grown
Illis system or rotation, excepting N
ana cntckens, goes into the mouths Il
our cows. Ihey are our machine
our farm products into q
DulCer Is our money crop and our M
so a man might, and | III
esery farmer should, make some bni
~ agIiculture a specially. | belient
man tnat VIII take up some special II
.eh Oh farming or stock-raising and sh
MS business and follow it intelligence
1he man VINO VIII succeed. Itisat
Lifted l TACT That there is no monq3
general farming to-day, yet we see ID
ana reao statements daily Of men u
gre making money by specially fams
not oy growing one thing, but by ii
special system.
THE NECESSARY sILo.
Iractlcal dalrymen are coming na:
aho more TO the conclusion that the i
rs = d necessary adjunct OF the dii' \
! mere nave been strong objections uNE
igainsG IL, partly through prejuda9
1ar.iy because the methods OF carlngh
Queer IN TINS way were not thorcq
One hears and reads ags
ieai less In opposition to the sio mS
1. Two or three or even one year y
- mas peen discovered thata siloneeia
'e q costly AFFAIR, and the proper moi
y ming IL Is mucn better undena
nan lormeriy, SO that the ensllagek 3
cry mucn better quality. One oiHz
llost careful dalrymen in New EnghsS
J reported to have said recently thf
NIX producer with all his capital NJ
anor dependent upon large tori
iiik could not be subject to the WIN
! Inc season and lose large prop0tas
! ! MS income because the usual qusrtg
! ram happened to be withheld D
9oeo mat he must have supply Ola
llage the year round as an insunls
gainst drought and Hood. This 4 rs
ase IN a nutshell. 1t is a question Il
oliars ana cents. when the pasIlr
ry up IN August, as nowadays theF y
most sure to do, the COWS begin
lrlnk IN milk, and at the same tl9e4
pes the price OF butter, but the aal
IAN VINO depends on pasture ieedns Z
oweriess to take advantage oil the IL
Is ihen that the sllo comes INTO Ps
M tne dalryman who has one smln.s
lihk ne Is not dependent upon ouls
p pastures and shrinking mllksuPN
LICE AND TICKS ON SHEEP.
An expensive experiment was n'l
Ioi' y. +. Ulllette OF tne oo.ml f
,perlment station on the preyenlloas
e anu TICKS on sheep, whicn W.
IolloWS: After shearlng the sheepAk