Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-06-30
FARM AND GARDEN
J Glover q, Hay Worm capsi,,
I srest Amount Of Loss.
SAVING ON THE FARM spon.
ass.sssl.,asg 'cAkY
Prevention Better Than a c,,.
DsAo Ma.. as Well .as. ,oths, :
hlq.lA Ratters-A Mixture.

sAfs AAt ~ tshf, -
prevention is better tbon
dehorning as we'll as othar Ia, = cure in
arovti ulslorning in mature catt's 10
CROWN OF The horn should be- s st". the
, .ne VERY young calf. To accomuIlp.p ain
t A n; salmon, chief Of the RI' s1 that
c Aht,mal Industry, Department o q q
me following mixture has 1911
eesssluily used in preventing tho rsen sue
VI norns upon calves in ern growth
conducted by the bureau. tn ellments
Is prepared by taking fifty part. , y
TIC soda, twenty-five parts r' y; q caus-
oil and twenty-five parts ~ ~ kerosene
emulsion is made Of the keros ma.er. An
soda by heating and yiporous sene OIL and
and this Is then dissolved in ws. surfing,
mixture should then be, pace %a y. The
tie with solid rubber CORK ~ y bot-
ing the following directions a. apply
observed: First, the calf sbo ,'lSuld be
over three weeks old, from fiyo . ~ not be
a sn;ast;s tne proper age. A horn III,
sometimes be killed on calves tbat VIII
even lollr TO six weeks old, but \; a ts"n afe
De depended upon with certainty 'aS ~
ondiy, with pair of scissors .i;r e M
hair around the embryo horn so up lne
expose spot about the size Of a. n ~ %
"hiie an assistant holds the cali s m.vael'
~, drop two or three drops Of tbe o'vu;e-
ture upon the horn and with tho e an d''A, \,
the rubber cork rub it in thorouobln VI
the bare spot. Apply the fluid Az VV q
one horn and then the other mt, In. 70
horn has been gone over three ~, eaei
times. The rubbing should III en- tin rvui
until the caustic has softened ana
moved the hair and surface skin IL" ;mn ~
diately around the horn. Third lr'ne-
should be taken that the fluid d" a, ' ars
spread over too large surface a"d nos
down the sides OF the face IT, r,' ;,, run
success the mixture must he csr .usI,e
ana thoroughly applied. II used cars'
lessiy' the embryo horn may not onIv
not be killed. but the face Of tho "a,
may be disfgured by allowing the anid
TO spread or run down over the skin.
CLovER-HAY WORM.
The clover-hay worm (Asopia costaI;s,
is causing great amount of loss in CLOVIS,
ihaystacks the present spring, and itmay
be service to many farmers who oro,y
clover, or who have it mixed with tImrwo".
thy, to call their attention to the nss,
SO they may adopt such measures az NAV
reduce its numbers for the coming wear
Probably the most important thinoto h.
done now Is to overhaul all old clover
hay and where tits so webbed and full
OF worms as to be unfit for food to burn
1T SO as to destroy the larvae and pupH.
This will prevent their issuing as moths
in summer to deposit eggs for the next
hay crop. Such of the infested hayas Il
not too full Of webs may be fed to stock
but it would be saferin feeding it to shake
out the worms as much as possible and
destroy them by burning with the chat
and webbed hay. There is probably no
risk in feeding the worms to stock, but
the webbed hay is pretty sure to be re-
iected by them, and if the worms escape
in managers, they have an opportunityto
transform and produce moths later in
the season. Clear out old haymows.
The bottoms OF stacks should be exam
ined. The adult is purple and golden
moth, and deposits its eggs on theclover
hay. They hatch into small brown
worms, which become full grown in
few weeks. They then spin silken CO.
coons, within which they change to the
pupa state, and soon after emerge as
adult moths.
SAVING ON THE FARM.
It pays to look after the small savings
on the farm, and still more does it pay
to look after the large ones. Did any Of
our dairymen ever figure out just how
much fertility they were carrying away
and wasting when they took their milk
to the creamery? Did they ever estimate
the value as food OF the fresh skim
milk that is in the creamery and not
made use Of? If they did, many OF them
have most certainly found a very large
sum of money lost to them which had
better been saved. The correct plan,
when you have enough COWS to make 1t
worth while, is to get q cream separator
on the farm, do your skimming there
and carry only the separated cream to
the creamery. No better machine has
ever been made for this home skimming
than the Sharples Russian separator. 1t
is low-priced and far simpler and more
easily operated than any other separator,
and the first cost can be saved in sea-
sons work. This machine is almost as
to the real, progressive farmer
as the milk pail ITSELF
FEEDING TURNIPs TO COWS.
All kinds of turnips are Objectionable
to COWS, as they will give their strong
flavor to milk unless fed with careful
and only at the time OF mix
ing. The special flavor OF all KINDS
Of turnips depends on avolatile in them
which goes directly to the milk andglves
it an unpleasant taste. This isprevenled
if time is given for it to be esaporateu
through the skin in the persplratioh'
but, as beets and mangels are quite lree
from this objection, they are prelerapIe
to any other for feeding cows. Inc lons
red and the yellow globe mangels areeA.
but the sugar beets have more
in them, having IL to 10 Pc.
'ent of sugar. They do not yled ,a ~
much as the larger mangels, as 9oo 70 oVg
bushels per acre is good crop, wh'ie =.
two or three times as mucn ''
often grown on good soil.
UTILIZE WASTE LAND.
Let there be no waste ground on a.;
arm. 1t is not only unprohtaple' NV
lepreciates the value of the other lanG'
Usually most waste places can De cul',,
rated. Patches of willows ana swamp
lsh can be grubbed out. With s.r .o,s
blow and a good team the small roo nd
eft after grubbing will be turned up n ior
Tiled. Keep back all sprouts ior a 'eS
ears, and the pests will be eraoica'eu,
'low close to the fence; four feet is spa.e
nough to leave between 1t ana tne taGp'
lnless it is alongside pasture, eon'' Wv
ng breachy" stock. There ieave ,e s
eet. Pow and plant all but about 'o'
eet of the turn row.