The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-10-21
AGRICULTURAL.
Do as Much Flowing This
Autumn as Possible.
EXAMINE FLocKs OF SHEEP.
Turpentine for Roup-Advice About
Ailking-Wintering Onions
General Notes.

Never waste time in wintering weak
colonies.
The grub lie often the cause OF tho
flower plants turning yellow.
Keeping the orchard we'll trimmed
will add to the appearance Of the farm.
Tobacco is . valuable insccticide
against greenhouse pest. used dry, -
smoke or in the form Of decoction.
Where the hives are troubled with
ants little pine tar on . board, placed
next the hive, will keep them away.
Cuttings Of grapes and currants taken
close to the old wood will be more GER
tain to root than if from long pieces cut
up.
This season eeeme to be . favorable
one for some OF the less COMMON kinds
| of insects, and they have occurred in
| increased numbers.
Burn the straw or other material from
the nests once q week, and replace it
with fresh. This practice will aid greatly
in keeping down lice.
Many swarms and large yields Of
honey will not be obtained during the
| same season. The one will be developed
At the expense Of the other.
To secure the greatest quantity Of pure
| white combs remove the sections as soon
as filled, and replace empty ones with
starters of comb foundation.
| Do as much blowing this autumn a.
possible. 1t will FAVE time in getting
| crops in next spring. and will prevent
many weeds maturing in stubble fields.
| Late growth produces tender wood,
which cannot Withstand . low tempera-
ture therefore. cease cultivating orchard
trees in time for them to thoroughly
npen.
II discarded apples are removed from
the orchard and fed TO pigs or other stock
or the animals allowed to pick them up
in the orchard, many injurious insects
will be destroyed.
Do not allow weeds to mature seed on
the land where potatoes were grown.
They will seed the ground thoroughly for
another year with foxtail. purslan, pig
weeds, etc, if allowed to grow.
Examine f1ocks Of sheep. and il ticks
are still found on them, destroy by dip
ping in tobacco detection or in some Of
the prepared dipe before they are con-
fined in barns and sheds again.
In pruning Young seedlings after the
introduced bud has started growth do
not cut away too much OF il at a time, or
too heavy q flow Of sap sent to the young
shoot may kill the introduced bud.
One Of the best WAYS Of renewing an
old currant bush lie to cut ont all the old
growth and the greater portion oil the
new and dig thoroughly around the rcots
and apply good dressing of manure.
wNTERING ONIONS.
/ will repeat my plan of keeping
onionr through winter in as few words
as possible, As some of your readers may
have forgotten it, or perhaps not have
noticed it, saws . writer in Ohio Farmer.
4 We select q piece Of dry ground and dig
trench from four to six feet wide. and
y long enough to hold all that we have to
put in it. We put them about SIX
inches deep in the pit. They are pu,
upon the ground. but about two inches
Of straw over them, and then q few
inches of earth on the straw. We wish
them to get frozen as soon as possibl,
after they are put into the pit. Aftel
We are certain that they are all frozen
we haul some manure and cover them
perhaps . foot deeper than at first
: There are two reasons for this. One i,
1
the winter, they will almost certainl,
rot and the entire lot be lost. Upon tn,
other hand. if they get frozen too hard
they will either rot when they thaw on
: or else be dead and worthless for sets. II
the spring, after the frost is all out o
them, We take them out of the pit anC
put them back upon the shelves again
as they were during the fall before
There they remain until they are needed
, to set out. have tried various plan.
of preserving onion sets through winter
but none Of them have proved as salts
, factory as the above. In fact, we con
slider it just about perfect.
Il TURrkNrrNK FOR Rour.
Western Rural says: Experiment.
made show that germs Of roup are de
/; etroyed when brought in contact with
spirits Of turpentine. Turpentine, how
/; ever, is q severe dose to give. even il eff
fectusl, and If too much is given. It maj
, do damage Of itself. To properly pre-
: pare it mix one part spirits OF turpen
tine, one part kerosene and three part,
\ glycerine in . sewing machine oil can
and always shake well before using
: With the point Of the oil can force thre,
1 drops OF the mixture down the throat o
/; the fowl three times . day. Roup is 9
disease that il almost incurable. beins
contagious, and gradually exhausts the
bird instead Of causing instant death
Hit appears in the f1ock, the labor OF han
: ding the sick birds is often more thar
I the value Of the flock. and as roup can
!. not well be treated on the wholesale plar
+: tthat is without handling the fowls), II
{ is cheaper to clean them out, burn thu
!. carcassee, thoroughly disinfect and berir
, anew. The building should be very
r warm and dry.
ADVICE ABOUT MILKING,
II cannot help but be injurious to I
COW to milk her up to . new calving. II
:. is ~xhausting to the COW and the cal
. both. as the calf is supported by the COW
a and needs the nutriment that is tak.r
e from the COW in the milk. A COW should
I've dried Off four weeks before the calf |.
; due, and this il more desirable because
: the milk itself is undergoing Q change
: during this time by which il Is made un.
+ fit for use in the dairy and unpleasant
for food. To dry . COW leave half the
!. milk in the udder, and continue this 70,
e . week; then milk once . day only, and
e still leave some OF the milk; feed only
> dry food, and II necessary. STRAW: bni
' give meal In moderate quantity. II the
: COW 10 one OF those occasional profus<
q milkeFs that cannot Be- dried. the mill
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