Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-01
Diversified Farming !.
mended by d Fan
EFFECT OF POULTRY
The Spirit Of Thrift ana
Of Enterprise Seen }. 8
Hand in Iowa--R,. -

I q 49,
!, fourths OF the oats that AZ
= ground are so because 4, ~ thin & b
been covered, and the Isa ass
cold and wet weather has gnats
the surface. II is difficuls WED d s
healthy germ OF life when !. 2 bill n
c protected. The same -. pfqs
!. timothy sown with the ~. q NJ
Renee proves =; that grass seed e! aya
rowing ~ az thoroughly as Ms sesda
II there is one thing NOR nsat0s
: than others in farming. Il Z NORTH
; half stand, especially mead 70 hs
, waste OF land and, what e =. \
: cious, q waste OF time-no.y..e s mon
next year what we shpuI'
year. Herein lies the secret y =
tedious debts. A full crop IN 9 =
. the mortgage, which hanrs ~ ~ otA
root, so TO speak. Besides M A4
as good right to yield Il. ns ~
have to expend my streno,SS snea
And the land in these narfs - indt
yield cheerfully II wa ~. y ~
properly. There Is a BONANZA y
quarter section Of Iowa nrs;.;. y
owner IT he but works hi ny "
should. And the same lana W. 4
guish and pine" and man;, wv
whole year round if it's t;lsS \
owner, is half hearted and Ill, nR
days OF 10 and 2O-cent corn ~ - NJ II
never to return. For this Va !. y
iul; | have hauled oats tws1 is 49,. y.
and sold them for ~ cents e.T n
But that will never occur ara;r I O1s e
Hence the farmer who d Wa z lss
his privileges will push "tS;s sNan 8
farm. His farming will be da o. y
Ills farming will not be All W. &
more. But he will raise al. y, n n;
and other cereals and many tuhsr~ AZ
spirit OF thrift and largeness II =
prise is seen on every hand sm ~ w. K
farmers. Fodder OF all sorts =
mand at some time in the " in,s, y 81 Il
tne sWaies are now with us Of thi.s Il
ton all moved not only once bn ~ \
during the season-the first time Il. VA \
Ter part OF June and later in Sentsn " Ill IL
This Is as 1t should be with dIrsr:,
farming; care in saving and 80
after what are called little matt
soon make the farmers not onlv H.
prosperous, but the happiest ~ IL 81
people in all the world. -
EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING DAIRY m. s
1t now seems to be a generally a,,,,,
TACT that the per cent OF butter 4, .9
mix IS always a matter of breedin, Y.
OF individual peculiarities, saws vl,ss5
and that it cannot be controlled Il MI
considerable degree by the ieedia, \.
treatment OF the COW. Prof. Fa,rOs, Y
OF the Illinois station has made 3,
experiments recently to test this uor Il
and the results obtained are interest,"
lie finds that the butter fat W, h
most changeable constituent OF the "a
The per cent of solids not fat WA ors
Both were higher IN tn M
part of the period of lactation Inn E
the first, when the cows were fresh q
the maximum quantity OF milk was M
duced. This was especially true of h
lat. AS the activity Of the milk grI
decline until the flow Of nj 4
ceases, the formation of the fat seems
hold out better than the other constr
e Il OF the milk. A gradual increaxd
Inc grain feed from twelve to tvenp
Jour pounds per day per head and 81
,hange from stable to pasture feed III
increased the yield Of milk, but hsdyr!
little effect on its quality. In some i
'pects the results obtained by Prof. Fr
'lngton are contrary to the eenenllyr
'ePted belief in regard to the producta
II butter fat, and will serve to reopen III
luestion which has never been defnikt
ettled.
EFFECT OF POULTRY MANURE.
The droppings from flock Of 9Th
owls were saved during last winter n
asst spring were spread thinly oy9
atch OF Strawberries and raspbens
avs an exchange. Some OF the ness
ors thought that the droppinga wulGG
rove Injurious if applied without mir
1g with anything else, but they va
OF injurious in the least, and bothcnr
berries showed in their thrifty grovr
nd the large crop OF fruit they bore th
enencial effect of the manure applied
ne new canes of the raspberries ss
xtra size, and of the strawberries
light be said that thew have outdou
Fifty fowls will nroducs
srrel OF droppings every two weeks y
'enty-slx barrels in year; and thes
used on berries, will add enough b @
re crop to buy almost as much feed 8
e fowls would require on farm.
MoLAssEs FOR STOCK.
An English exchange says: Molaws
a feed for stock, on account Of thea
Ice at which it is offered, is receiviE
we are able from persoaa
pelience 10 testify to the value Of DIV IA
'scs as an article OF food Tor catte
n.s ago we used 1t with excellenl :
wn with h nloiasses snouiu pe .n,I h
m nen cnt fooS Ma.ei anu 'lien , ao.J
the feed ~ p,0sioui w '!pm,andJ
be fed n the atoai. "iI 7. VI n,snrld mi i So
-, 49, ~ eioae quah.ity, 20
" satisfv;nm. hnt so ,, mon I've r1;,h Jiscrp