The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-10-14
AGRICULTURAL.
HOW TO HAVE CLEAN cows.
Cows Must Have Plenty Of Good
Water In Order to Produce
Good Butter, Etc.


Water In Order to Produce
Good Butter. Etc.
There il more profit In Ave good than
In fifteen inferior cows.
Don't get general-purpoee COW for .
special purpose use, or vice versa.
Do not be in too big . hurry TO store
the corn. Let it be well cured before
cribbing.
When trimming shrubs and bushes
cut out the old wood; leave the new for
next seasons bloom and fruitage.
First-class butter sells for . good price
almost universally. II 10 only the infe-
rior grades which bring low prices.
Pharaoh's lean kline ate up the good
ones. The same thing. 90 far - profits
80, is repeated often on many . farm.
Feed literally, for it 10 only from what
10 received above the amount required
for maintenance that animals give re-
turns.
Nov that the strawstack has settled,
. day may be well used in fixing it up
for the fall rains. Does yours need At
tention?
A light mulch Of nev-mown grass will
help the bed Of animals by keeping the
ground moist and cool during the hot,
dry spell.
II you have cultivated your crop the
past season 6mply to keep the weeds
down. yoa have not done the best BY
your farm.
II the cocks have not already been re-
moved from the 6ocks, do 10 at once.
The number Of eggs produced lie not af-
tected BY them.
Keep . dust bath within reach OF the
fowls constantly. They enjoy wailowing,
and it helps to keep them healthful and
free from vermin.
In selling dairy products the minimum
quantity Of fertilizing elements leave
the farm. Dairymen usually build up
the fertility of their land.
The coucensm of opinion favors hav-
ing COWS dry for few weeks before calv-
ing, although some dairymen insist that
continuous milking 10 best.
Two things never learned by the blum
def-head buttefmakef arc when the
cream is just ripe enough and when the
butter is worked just enough.
| GOOD WATER HoR THE COWS.
1t is almost . stereotyped phrase to
recommend goed water for cows. says
the New York Tribune. and If cline
upon line and precept upon precept +"
enforcea great truths, there ought to be
| very little need Of sermons upon this
subject, but the other day in q forty
mile drive across the country, the heart
Of the great dairy section Of Ohio, it wa
surprising how many dairies this drouth.
stricken section Was compelling to drink
out Of stagnant pools and dugouts, the
water Of which was, with its pollutions
Of mud and the offal Of the cattle them.
selves, thick and horribly filthy. This
need not be 90, and the fault is all with
the man who owns the farm, and not
either in the withholdings of Providence
or natural defects in the living water oi
the farm itself. In these days Of cheap
aerometers and cheaper pumps every
man has . spring on his farm and an
| 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 81
parts water. and this serum must have q
water origin. it is seen that it lie very
probable that bad water will give as bad
influence to the milk; for while with
good food and water it lie quite difficult
thing to influence the natural favors oi
dairy produce, yet with improper food
and drink it is one Of the easiest things
to feed stink " or Objectionable favo'
into what would otherwise be a table
luxury-butter and cheese. Good. pure
water 10 as certainly demanded - much
- good food, and the present droutt
ought 10 be full OF needed lessons in
these very particulars.
| PAYS THE FARMER.
| The Homestead thinks farmers viii
not allow the poultry to be sighted, a,
they realize more fully what can be made
out Of it, and recalls the instance Of Z
small farmer who became converted Il
poultry farming by an experiment
Wishing to adopt only those branches o.
farming that pay him the best, he KEEP,
| . ledger account OF all his crops-vege
tables, grain. hogs, COWS, poultry. He
kept this up three years, and then set.
tied down to poultry - the best crop
His farm paws better to-day on ten acret
than any 100 in the neighborhood. He
states the situation in this way: "If
| put much time and expense in the grow
ing Of vegetables and dry or unfavorabls
year should preeent itself, 90 that the
crop becomes . failure, am at q big
loss; but with poultry am eafe-thai
IL, l always have some income, both
summer and winter. No matter how
hard the times are, people do need eggs,
and chicken meat is cheaper in many
localities than pork and beef. can al.
WAYS find . market for my produce, and,
unlike most crops, il is ALWAYS in q con-
ditiou 10 be marketed. While the worh
at times becomes tedious, it ID not neces-
sarily laborious."
SIMPLE DEVICE.
4 correspondent OF the Country Gen.
tleman gives device he uses to keep his
cows from getting soiled while in the
stable. The plan is simple. and places
no restrictions on the animal. He saws
"A device I am using answers the pur-
pose. Il 10 simply board. which may
be padded to keep from rubbing the hair
OF, placed acroes the stall. Just high
enough not TO touch the animal when
standing ut case. When she wishes "a
void excrement she must arch her back.
The position OF the board prevents her
% she steps back 10 get into the position
nature requires, and the excrement falls
| In the cutter or offset, far enough away
| 10 permit her living down in the clean
stall. Tho hoard must be placed at diff.
isrsat heights and lengths 10 suit thu
siss Of the animal. A little notice Of III
actione Il each will give oas The sxasi